Madame P. and her girls
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Madame P. and her girls |
| Original title | A House Is Not a Home |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Russell Rouse |
| script |
Clarence Greene , Russel Rouse |
| production | Clarence Greene |
| music | Joseph Weiss |
| camera | Harold E. Stine |
| cut | Chester W. Schaeffer |
| occupation | |
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Madame P. and her girls is an American film drama from the year 1964 , the Director Russell Rouse after the autobiography of Polly Adler staged.
action
The Polish immigrant Polly Adler works in a textile factory. She is taken to the dance by her foreman Bernie, where she meets Lorraine and Madge. The two women teach Polly to use makeup properly. When Polly is later raped by Bernie, her uncle, with whom she lives, believes that it was her own fault and throws her out of the house. Polly moves into the apartment of gangster Frank Costigan, who uses the apartment as a showcase apartment.
The unsuspecting Polly lets Frank pay her to find her attractive friends to attend parties. Polly becomes more and more successful and moves into an elegant apartment. She falls in love with the musician Casey Booth, whose career she supports. But she doesn't meet with him so as not to have to tell him about her own business.
Polly is now moving into an even more luxurious house on Park Avenue. Casey desperately wants to meet Polly and propose to her. Polly finds herself forced to tell him the truth about her living conditions. Casey is shocked at first, but soon afterwards he calms Polly down by saying that her past is unimportant. Still, she sends him away.
In the meantime, Frank has become the right-hand man of gang boss Lucky Luciano . Frank learns that prostitutes have been murdered in Luciano's name. A special investigator is targeting Luciano for this reason. Frank finds out that Luciano is innocent. The killer was killed by his own brother.
During a party at Polly's, Casey visits his ex-girlfriend and asks for one last chance. But Polly knows that her reputation alone makes a life with Casey impossible. She is now separating from him forever. She returns to the party sadly and accepts her role as New York's best matchmaker.
background
The film premiered on August 12, 1964 in San Francisco. In Germany it was first shown in cinemas on November 20, 1964.
In her film debut, Raquel Welch played a call girl.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was sometimes cheerful, sometimes sad, but generally told in a maudlin and mendacious manner, with Shelley Winters in a prime role.
Awards
Edith Head received an Oscar nomination in 1965 for Best Costume Design (Black and White) .
Web links
- Madame P. and her girls in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Madame P. and her girls. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .