The House of Ill Repute (1912)

The House of Ill Repute

1912

Drama Crime Romance

Synopsis

A young woman, Nina, works as a singer at a Copenhagen variety theatre, but when her contract expires she suddenly finds herself with no income to support her and her old mother. Upon seeing a newspaper advertisement looking for singers for a theatre in St. Petersburg, Nina jumps at the chance – and a few weeks later she is on her way. However, the advertisement is a hoax, and she actually ends up in a notorious brothel. She fears that all hope is out, but at the same time her sailor boyfriend has just landed in St. Petersburg and is leaving no stone unturned to find his beloved.

Credits

Director

Urban Gad

Cast

Amanda Lund as Therese, bordelværtens kone

Augusta Blad as Enkefru Søholm

Franz Skondrup

Frederik Jacobsen

Lilly Lamprecht as Nina, enkefruens datter, visesangerske

Richard Christensen as Løjtnant Svend Thomsen

Viggo Lindstrøm as Artistagent og bordelvært Cohn

Crew