Bestia (1917)

191724mdir. Aleksander HertzPolishPolandromance filmdrama film

Note: this print runs 24 minutes against a recorded 48 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Pola Negri, Maria Duleba, Lya Mara

Directed by Aleksander Hertz

Bestia still

Bestia is a 1917 Polish silent film starring Pola Negri. It was directed by Aleksander Hertz and released by Warsaw-based film studio Sphinx Company. It was released in the U.S. under the title The Polish Dancer in 1921.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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