Movie

Prisoners (1929)

• NR
• May 18, 1929
• 1h 27m

• Drama

“All the colour of Viennese night life, plus the dazzling beauty of the Divine Lady of the Screen”

Overview

Prisoners was released as a part-talking, part-silent feature. An Austrian showgirl working in a cabaret moonlights as a thief. When she is caught in the act, a young lawyer offers to defend her. Unfortunately, he loses the case, causing her to spend several months in jail. Fortunately, the two have fallen in love, and he promises to wait for her.

Director

William A. Seiter

Writers

Forrest Halsey, Ferenc Molnár

Starring

Corinne Griffith, Ian Keith, Otto Matieson