Dilemma (1940)

8.0/10 116 min Drama

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.

Cast

Leopold Biberti

Docteur Paul Férrat

Fritz Schulz

Mister Reed

Maria Becker

Miss Ellen Denny

Lukas Ammann

Sterner

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