The White Slave (1939)
- Original title
- L'Esclave blanche
- Directed by
- Mark Sorkin
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young woman is forced into a life of exploitation in a foreign country. The story follows her struggle to escape from a trafficking ring.
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What happens
The White Slave (French: L'esclave blanche) is a 1939 French drama film directed by Marc Sorkin and starring Viviane Romance, John Lodge and Marcel Dalio. German director Georg Wilhelm Pabst acted as a supervisor on the production. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne, while the costumes were by Marcel Escoffier. It is a loose remake of the 1927 German silent film of the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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