Prisoners

Prisoners (1929)

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

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.

Date of release
1929-05-18
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Drama
Director
William A. Seiter

Casting

Interesting facts

Prisoners is a 1929 American sound part-talkie film produced by Walter Morosco and directed by William Seiter for First National Pictures. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. According to the film review in Variety, 10 percent of the total running time featured dialogue. The sound was recorded via the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The screenplay was written by Forrest Halsey, based on the novel by Ferenc Molnar. Lee Garmes was the cinematographer.

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