Dilemma (1940)
Overview
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.
What is Dilemma about?
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. Dilemma is a Drama movie, released on 1940-09-18, runtime 116 minutes.
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Directed by
Edmund Heuberger
Cast
- Leopold Biberti as Docteur Paul Férrat
- Marina Rainer as Édith Férrat
- Fritz Schulz as Mister Reed
- Margarete Fries as Agnes
- Rita Liechti as Schwester Cecilie
- Maria Becker as Miss Ellen Denny
- Lukas Ammann as Sterner
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