Underplayed Gems

Czarna ksiazeczka (1915)

Czarna ksiazeczka poster
Directed by
Aleksander Hertz
Genre
silent film
Runtime
22 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This silent Polish film is based on a real historical situation where Jewish women in Russia could only escape the Pale of Settlement through prostitution, requiring a yellow passport. The story follows one such woman as she navigates this harsh reality.

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What happens

Czarna książeczka (titre anglais : The Black Pass) est un film muet polonais réalisé par Aleksander Hertz, sorti en 1915. Il est inspiré par un fait réel : à une époque, la seule profession que pouvaient exercer les femmes juives en Russie était la prostitution, et elles devaient posséder un passeport jaune pour fuir la Zone de Résidence, région ouest de l'Empire russe où les Juifs étaient cantonnés par le pouvoir impérial de 1791 à 1917. L'UFA en fera un remake en 1918 avec Der gelbe Schein, toujours avec Pola Negri. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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