| The Women House of Brescia | |
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| Das Frauenhaus von Brescia | |
| Directed by | Hubert Moest |
| Written by | Hubert Moest Karl Hans Strobl |
| Based on | Das Frauenhaus von Brescia by Karl Hans Strobl |
| Produced by | Hubert Moest |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Georg Schubert |
| Distributed by | Moest-Film GmbH & Co. |
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| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
The Women House of Brescia (German: Das Frauenhaus von Brescia) is a 1920 German-language silent film directed by Hubert Moest. The film's alternative name was The House of Pillory.[1] The film was considered highly controversial for the depiction of prostitution. The film's story was set in medieval Europe during the fourteenth century. The film was based on Karl Hans Strobl's novel Das Frauenhaus von Brescia. The Pillory houses were the places where enemy women captured during wartime were imprisoned so that the people could exploit them as they wished. The depiction of prostitution was the basis for the picture's rejection by the British Board of Film Classification in 1921 and its being banned in Germany.[2]
- ^ "Das Frauenhaus von Brescia (1920)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Russell Campbell (2006). Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-299-21253-7.