Dilemma (1940)
17-year-old Edith is celebrating at her friend's house in Zurich when she is dragged to a nightclub by the unscrupulous seducer Jean, who gets her drunk and abuses her. When she becomes pregnant, she asks her father, who is a gynecologist, to perform an abortion. He initially refuses, but eventually agrees to perform the procedure—with fatal consequences.
- Date of release
- 1940-09-18
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Edmund Heuberger
Casting
- Leopold Biberti — Docteur Paul Férrat
- Marina Rainer — Édith Férrat
- Fritz Schulz — Mister Reed
- Margarete Fries — Agnes
- Rita Liechti — Schwester Cecilie
- Maria Becker — Miss Ellen Denny
- Lukas Ammann — Sterner
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