The House of Ill Repute

Release Date: 1912-11-28

Overview: 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.

Rating: 0 / 10

Cast

Augusta Blad

as Enkefru Søholm

Richard Christensen

as Løjtnant Svend Thomsen

Lilly Lamprecht

as Nina, enkefruens datter, visesangerske

Viggo Lindstrøm

as Artistagent og bordelvært Cohn

Amanda Lund

as Therese, bordelværtens kone