Movies about Prostitution
Research into both realistic depictions of prostitution in films as well as male phantasies about prostitution throughout film history - from an abolitionist angle.
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- DirectorClarence BrownStarsGreta GarboCharles BickfordGeorge F. MarionA young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.greta garbo as prostitute.
"Greta Garbo als die Prostituierte Anna Christie (1930), die zu ihrem Vater zurückkehrt, ist vom Leben in der Stadt schwer geprägt. Ihre ersten Worte sind: "Gif me a viskey, ginger ale on the side - and don't be stingy, baby."- Hans Scheugl, Sexualität und Neurose im Film
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsGreta GarboClark GableJean HersholtFleeing her cruel uncle and an arranged marriage Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger but circumstances force her to become a woman of easy virtue.greta garbo as prostitute
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsGreta GarboRobert TaylorLionel BarrymoreA Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her, even as her own health begins to fail.greta garbo as prostitute (escort)
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsWarren BeattyJulie ChristieRene AuberjonoisA gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.glamorizes prostituion
- CreatorLodge KerriganAmy SeimetzAnja MarquardtStarsRiley KeoughPaul SparksJulia Goldani TellesExplores the relationships between exclusive escorts and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price.glamorizes prostituion
- CreatorLucy PrebbleStarsBillie PiperIddo GoldbergCherie LunghiBased on the popular diary of the anonymous sex worker known only as Belle de Jour.glamorizes prostituion
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsSasha GreyChris SantosPhilip EytanA drama set in the days leading up to the 2008 Presidential election, and centered on a high-end Manhattan call girl meeting the challenges of her boyfriend, her clients, and her work.glamorizes prostituion
- DirectorEmmanuelle BercotStarsDéborah FrançoisAlain CauchiMathieu DemyLaura is a 19-year-old university freshman who desperately wants to do well in school. She works a part-time job but cannot make ends meet. One evening in which she is short of funds, she answers a personal ad online by "Joe," 57, who seeks a female student for "tender moments." The pay is 100 euros per hour. Laura pledges to do this just once, and three days later, she goes to a hotel room with Joe. And then her spiral begins."Laura is a 19-year-old university freshman who desperately wants to do well in school. She works a part-time job but cannot make ends meet. One evening in which she is short of funds, she answers a personal ad online by "Joe," 57, who seeks a female student for "tender moments." The pay is 100 euros per hour. Laura pledges to do this just once, and three days later,.."
- CreatorDavid HollanderStarsJon BernthalGretchen MolLizzie BrocheréFollows Julian Kaye after his wrongful conviction release following 15 years in prison as he struggles to find his footing in the modern-day Los Angeles sex industry and navigates his complicated relationships.male prostitution
- DirectorKen RussellStarsKathleen TurnerAnthony PerkinsBruce DavisonA mysterious woman, fashion designer by day and prostitute by night, is hounded by two men: a married father of two children and a sexually repressed preacher.typical 80ies male fantasy.
"A mysterious woman, fashion designer by day and prostitute by night, is hounded by two men: a married father of two children and a sexually repressed preacher." - DirectorUli EdelStarsJennifer Jason LeighStephen LangBurt YoungSet in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual.Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual.
- DirectorPaul MorrisseyStarsJoe DallesandroGeraldine SmithPatti D'ArbanvilleA man desperate for money and no income, turns prostitute and interplays with a variety of clients and hustlers.male prostitution
- DirectorGerry O'HaraStarsLisa FosterOliver ReedWilfrid Hyde-WhiteFrances is a naive young woman who arrives in London from the countryside. There she works in a brothel. Her charm and beauty make her highly coveted, but she falls in love with Charles, who loves her not only for her body.glamorizes prostituion
- DirectorMac AhlbergStarsDiana KjærHans ErnbackKeve HjelmThe classic tale of a young woman's erotic awakening is transplanted to swinging '60s Stockholm...glamorizes prostituion
- DirectorRuss MeyerAlbert ZugsmithStarsMiriam HopkinsAlexander D'ArcyWalter GillerYoung, pretty and innocent Fanny Hill has lost her parents and must find her way in life amidst the perils of turbulent 18th century London. She is fortunate enough to find rapidly a place as chambermaid of the effusive Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Brown lives in a large house teeming with female "relatives" in négligée and with very relaxed manners. She also insists that Fanny meets alone various gentlemen who show an ardent interest in Fanny.glamorizes prostituion
- DirectorTinto BrassStarsDebora CaprioglioStéphane FerraraMartine BrochardA young country girl comes to town and works in a brothel in order to help her fiance get the money to start his own business. "Paprika" is the name given to her by the madam.A young country girl comes to town and works in a brothel in order to help her fiance get the money to start his own business. "Paprika" is the name given to her by the madam.
Movie by Tinto Bass - probably a good example for an sexploitation move (i.e. pornographic) - DirectorNeil JordanStarsBob HoskinsCathy TysonMichael CaineA man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsDavid DukesRichard JordanHarvey KeitelA group of men get together to form a "discussion group". They share their feelings about women, life, love, and work. The party gets rowdier and rowdier, and then the wife returns home. Thrown out, the men are not yet willing to call it a night."A group of men get together to form a "discussion group". They share their feelings about women, life, love, and work. The party gets rowdier and rowdier, and then the wife returns home. Thrown out, the men are not yet willing to call it a night."
(later on they go to visit sex workers) - DirectorPaul SchraderStarsRichard GereLauren HuttonHector ElizondoA Los Angeles escort is accused of a murder which he did not commit.male prostitution
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsOksana AkinshinaArtyom BogucharskiyPavel PonomaryovSixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.The most heartbreaking, gritty and realistic film about human traffickng and forced prostitution... based on a true story
- DirectorJosephine MackerrasStarsEmilie PiponnierMartin SwabeyChloé BorehamAlice, a happy and perfect wife and mother, has her life turned upside down when she discovers her husband is living a secret life."When her husband steals her money and abandons her and her son, Alice finds herself broke, desperate, and on the verge of losing her house. With time running out, she realizes that the only way to make good money fast is to become a prostitute"
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsAnna KarinaSady RebbotAndré S. LabartheTwelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.Godard. Supposedly does NOT glamorize prostitution? "Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
- DirectorWill SlocombeStarsLyndsy FonsecaMichael DonegerTommy DeweyDesperate for a good story, a sex-addicted journalist throws himself into the world of high-class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute."A romantic comedy about an Escort and a Journalist. "
- DirectorLukas NolaStarsZivko AnocicKresimir MikicNiksa ButijerOne night with a sex worker and two hotel employees who made him do the wrong thing, and Miro's life will be forever changed."While traveling for business, Miro spends the night with a sex worker for the first time in his life after someone sends her to his hotel room. After they've had sex, he finds the girl dead in the bathroom. A successful, happily married man and a father of two, Miro covers up the unfortunate accident with the help of two hotel employees. "
Seems very similar to Very Bad Things. I.e. a Mans struggle with having to deal with the consequences of murdering a prostituted woman. - DirectorPeter BergStarsChristian SlaterDaniel SternCameron DiazA prostitute is killed during a bachelor party and the attendees turn on each other as the wedding approaches.it does not per se glamorizes prostitution, but trivializes it. A group of men go on a stag party in Vegas, "Accidentally" kill a prostitute. The rest of the film is about the impact this has on the male protagonists lives, not a single movie second after the murder is spent on the woman's life or her family.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsJonas DasslerVasiliki Georgina PseimadaChristine JensenA serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.about a serial killer back in the 1970's active in the red light district of hamburg
- DirectorOvidieStarsZenitha Smith WestbergEva-Marree Kullander SmithPye JakobssonEva Marree was 27 years old when she was murdered by the father of her children. Despite her history of violence, the father was given full custody of the children after it was known that she had worked as an escort.
- DirectorBruno GasconStarsMichalina OlszanskaVítor NorteRita BlancoA lorry, a road and an unpredictable destiny, all intersecting in a human trafficking network. Caught up in this web, Viktoriya has only one chance: fight to survive.on human trafficking
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsNaomi WattsViggo MortensenArmin Mueller-StahlA teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.on human trafficking
- DirectorRobert BilheimerRichard YoungStarsGlenn CloseNot My Life comprehensively depicts the cruel and dehumanizing practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale. Filmed on five continents, in a dozen countries, Not My Life takes viewers into a world where millions of children are exploited through an astonishing array of practices including forced labor,sex tourism,sexual exploitation,and child soldiering.on human trafficking
DOCUMENTARY - DirectorMarco KreuzpaintnerStarsKevin KlineKathleen GatiPaulina GaitanAdriana, 13, is kidnapped in Mexico City by Russian sex traffickers. Her criminal 17 y.o. brother starts looking for her. Across the border in Texas, he gets help from a cop.on human trafficking
- DirectorJeffrey D. BrownStarsGillian AndersonDavid ArquettePriyanka BoseA girl risks everything for freedom after being trafficked from her mountain village in Nepal to a brothel in India.on human trafficking
- DirectorMichael Cory DavisStarsGergana DjikelovaMaxim GenchevElvira IvanovaThe chilling true story of a 13 year old girl who is held captive for 8 months by pimps after being sold and trafficked by her adopted parents for sex slavery.For public exhibition, (classroom, public screenings, events, etc) please purchase a public exhibition license at: WWW.ISTOPTRAFFIC.COM - UNDER IST DVD SALES.on human trafficking
- DirectorZana BriskiRoss KauffmanStarsKochiAvijit HalderShanti DasTwo documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.on human trafficking DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorStevo ChangStarsNicole NishimotoShannon LuYapingA young Asian girl, Mudan, is forced into modern day slavery by a brutal child brothel owner. Mudan soon befriends another young girl in the brothel, and starts dreaming of a better life with her mother in America.on human trafficking
A young Asian girl, Mudan, is forced into modern day slavery by a brutal child brothel owner. Mudan soon befriends another young girl in the brothel, and starts dreaming of a better life with her mother in America. - DirectorDavid SchisgallNina AlvarezStarsLaura GuzmanRachel LloydA former sexually exploited woman started the GEMS organization to help young victims escape their pimps and find another way of life.A former sexually exploited woman started the GEMS organization to help young victims escape their pimps and find another way of life.
on human trafficking DOCUMENTARY - DirectorAmos GitaiStarsRosamund PikeDiana BespechniHanna Schygulla"Promised Land" tells the story of a group of young unwitting Estonian girls smuggled through Egypt to be auctioned off as prostitutes in Israel, and of their initiation into this trade of flesh, and finally of the accidental freeing of one girl who most fight for her freedom.on human trafficking. with young rosamund pike.
Promised Land" tells the story of a group of young unwitting Estonian girls smuggled through Egypt to be auctioned off as prostitutes in Israel, and of their initiation into this trade of flesh, and finally of the accidental freeing of one girl who most fight for her freedom. - DirectorCamille Vidal-NaquetStarsFélix MaritaudFarid-Eric BernardNicolas DiblaLeo is 22 and sells his body on the street for a bit of cash. The men come and go, and he stays right here - longing for love. He doesn't know what the future will bring. He hits the road. His heart is pounding.male prostitution
- DirectorAttila GigorStarsNóra TrokánNiké KurtaDorottya UdvarosLaci comes to live at a run-down gas station with his long-lost father. A van arrives with four prostitutes and their handlers, and we learn that that Laci's father has something to hide. The gang resolves to wait... for what? AKA Primal.hungarian movie about four prostitutes stranded at a gas station (?)
- DirectorMichael GlawoggerStarsEmmaNingTohAn examination of the lives, needs, troubles, and hopes of prostitutes in Thailand, Bangladesh, and Mexico.DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorKen RussellStarsTheresa RussellBenjamin MoutonAntonio FargasA night in the life of a cynical prostitute forms the basis of Ken Russell's portrait of the world's oldest profession.Supposedly the gritty counterpart to 'pretty woman'
- DirectorGarry MarshallStarsRichard GereJulia RobertsJason AlexanderA man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.glamorizes prostituion
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonShirley MacLaineLou JacobiWhen a policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn't want her to see other men, so he creates an alter-ego who will be her only customer.glamorizes prostituion
- DirectorNicholas SgarroStarsLynn RedgraveJean-Pierre AumontLovelady PowellIn the first of three films on the life of Xaviera Hollander, the famous hooker from Holland traces her career as madam of the biggest and most profitable bordellos in New York.glamorizes prostituion
- DirectorTony ScottStarsChristian SlaterPatricia ArquetteDennis HopperIn Detroit, a pop-culture nerd steals cocaine from his new wife's pimp and tries to sell it in Hollywood, prompting the mobsters who own the drugs to pursue the couple.does not show the gritty reality of prostitution, but also does not glamorize it. it is a fairy tale.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsDustin HoffmanJon VoightSylvia MilesA naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.male prostitution
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsRiver PhoenixKeanu ReevesJames RussoTwo best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.male prostitution
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsJane FondaDonald SutherlandCharles CioffiA small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute."A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute."
- DirectorWalerian BorowczykStarsSylvia KristelJoe DallesandroAndré FalconSigismond has a relationship with his wife. On a Paris trip, he becomes obsessed with a prostitute resembling his wife. His interference with her pimp leads to a beating. Receiving news of his wife and son's death, he's devastated.Walerian Borowczyk (aesthetically probably fascinating and probably extremely weird).
Man has an affair with a prostitute, who is the doppelgänger of his wife - DirectorJoan FreemanStarsMelissa LeoRandall BatinkoffDale MidkiffA high school dropout working as a street prostitute spends one night turning tricks and avoiding her emotionally unstable pimp who's starting to turn very violent."A high school dropout working as a street prostitute spends one night turning tricks and avoiding her emotionally unstable pimp who's starting to turn very violent."
- DirectorScott WalkerStarsNicolas CageVanessa HudgensJohn CusackAn Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.about serial killer robert hansen who targeted prostitutes
- DirectorRobert Vincent O'NeilStarsCliff GormanSusan TyrrellDick ShawnMolly, a high schooler, secretly earns her living as Angel, a street prostitute whose only family and friends are the ones she works with on the streets. She has to survive against a serial killer who is targeting people of her profession.suposedely not graphic, but somewhat a sexploitation movie.
"Molly, a high schooler, secretly earns her living as Angel, a street prostitute whose only family and friends are the ones she works with on the streets. She has to survive against a serial killer who is targeting people of her profession." - DirectorSean BakerStarsKitana Kiki RodriguezMya TaylorKarren KaragulianA hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.A trans prostitute is going on a roadtrip looking for his pimp /"boyfriend" to beat him up, because he cheated on him with a cis woman.
- DirectorPaul BrickmanStarsTom CruiseRebecca De MornayJoe PantolianoA Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.glamorized prostitution. A Teenage boy finds a young prostitute and turns his home into a brothel.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsMarine VacthGéraldine PailhasFrédéric PierrotAfter losing her virginity, Isabelle takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting her clients for hotel-room trysts. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes.idk if it glamorizes prostitution. Marine Vacth plays a high class call girl/ escort
- DirectorNicolas CageStarsJames FrancoBrenda BlethynMena SuvariAn honorably discharged soldier returns home to New Orleans, hoping to break away from his upbringing as a trained prostitute, but his brothel-madam mother has other expectations.male prostitution
- DirectorBertrand BonelloStarsNoémie LvovskyHafsia HerziCéline SalletteAt an elegant Parisian bordello at the dawn of the 20th century exists a cloistered world of pleasure, pain, hope, rivalries--and, most of all, slavery.about prostitution in the belle époque (features cruel violence against women). And Adèle Haenel
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsGiulietta MasinaFrançois PérierFranca MarziA waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak."A prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak."
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsAnna MagnaniEttore GarofoloFranco CittiAn ex-prostitute reunites with her son, but an extortion scheme threatens her aspirations for a decent life.heartbreaking and sad movie . anna magnani as (ex) prostitute
- DirectorJulia LeighStarsEmily BrowningRachael BlakeEwen LeslieA haunting portrait of Lucy, a young university student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of unspoken desires.about a strange "escort service" that offers "high class" escorts, but without penetration
- DirectorMartin BellStarsAnnieEddieAntoineGritty documentary that looks at the lives of teenagers living on the streets of Seattle.DOCUMENTARY
- CreatorGeorge PelecanosDavid SimonStarsJames FrancoMaggie GyllenhaalLawrence Gilliard Jr.A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s, when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan."A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s, when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan."
- DirectorJoshua BakerStarsLouis TherouxVictoriaAshleighMeet women in UK, legally providing sexual services, either to make a living or to supplement their income, potentially earning hundreds of pounds per hour.DOCUMENTARY
- Austrian men are searching for the love of their lives from Eastern Europe to South/East Asia.DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorCarola MairStarsSamuel BartussekMarie Edwige HartigGisela Elisa HerediaDOCUMENTARY, Österreichischer Film (Prostitutionskritisch?!)
- DirectorBenjamin NolotStarsJonathan BentleyRachel BevanManuel CasasHigh Class tells the stories of the women who are coerced into Las Vegas' booming escort industry, and how they are controlled by a hidden system of violence and corruption.DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorBenjamin NolotStarsClaire AllsbrookBella AltamuraCaleb Beason"Buying Her" takes a deep dive into the stories of men who buy sex.DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorBenjamin NolotMatt DickeyStarsChristian SimpsonJon Morgan WoodwardChad T. WoodA documentary exploring the sex-trade.DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorRodrigue JeanAn intimate and unflinching look over 12 months at the hardscrabble lives of hustlers in downtown Montreal.DOCUMENTARY, male prostitution
- DirectorJake ClennellOsaka's top host club owner trains boys to excel in the underground love scene. They learn to fake relationships with girls, their income source.DOCUMENTARY, male prostitution
- DirectorPia HellenthalStarsEva ColléPietro ZambelloA boundary-pushing exploration into harnessing sexual autonomy and empowerment in a 21st-century world.DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorPatric ChihaStarsStefanYonkoAsenSoft boys by day, kings by night. The film follows a group of young Bulgarian Roma who come to Vienna looking for freedom and a quick buck. They sell their bodies as if that's all they had. What comforts them, so far from home, is the feeling of being together. But the nights are long and unpredictable.DOCUMENTARY (von einem österreichisch - französischen Regisseur), nominiert für goldenen bären bei berlin filmfestival
- DirectorGabrielle ProvaasRob SchröderStarsLouise FokkensMartine FokkensA documentary on Louise and Martine Fokkens, 69-year-old twin sisters who have worked as prostitutes in the red-light district in Amsterdam for over 40 years.DOCUMENTARY
- StarsCharlie MeanyIn 1970s NYC, the "Torso Killer" preys on women to fulfill his grotesque fantasies while eluding police. A docuseries dive into crime's darkest places.DOCUMENTARY (also explores the Zeitgeist of a porno and prostitution saturated new york in the 70ies
- DirectorMoumouni SanouStarsOdile KambouFatim TiendrebeogoIn the district town of Bobo-Dioulasso, sex workers entrust their children to Ms Coda, an elderly woman who has been taking care of countless such charges for decades while their mothers take to the streets at night to work.DOCUMENTARY (österr. Film)
- DirectorMichael KranzStarsShyamal AdhikaryBondhu-KidsHafezaExploration of Bangladeshi Brothels and Syndicates, when a victim in same brothel raised few question of life, fate and cost of redemption in another documentary filmed by another German Director on Same topic.DOCUMENTARY (österr. FIlm)
- DirectorPuja KhoschsorurK11 - synonym for a known mecca of prostitution in Cambodia, shows the perpetrator's side of sex tourism. Unaware of the hidden camera a 44-year old businessman openly talks about his tricks to lure young girls into his hotel, while he ridicules new international laws that protect young sex workers.DOCUMENTARY (evtl Interessant für festival weil von österr. filmemacherIn?
- DirectorAndré KrummelPablo Ben YakovStarsPaul FresdorfMarcel GoldammerHelmut KohlMarcel Goldhammer does not want to be pigeonholed - as an openly gay model, actor and former sex worker, then a journalist who converted to Judaism and did his military service in Israel.DOCUMENTARY, Male prositution
- DirectorLiz GarbusStarsAmy RyanThomasin McKenzieGabriel ByrneWhen Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.About the Long Island Serial Killer who targeted Prostitutes
- DirectorIsabella WillingerStarsDavid ChalmersChuckMark CoeckelberghHow will we live together with artificial intelligence? What will we win, what will we lose? The documentary shows us tomorrow's world today.on sexbots, DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorNick SweeneyStarsLucy BriersMatt McMullenSusan PirzchalskiFollow the creation of one of the world's first sexbots: a doll that looks, moves, and talks like no other doll that has ever been created. Some people believe sexbots are morally absurd, while other people cannot wait for their release.on sexbots, DOCUMENTARY
- A documentary about the rising popularity of sex robots. In this, we meet a number of men who are attracted to robots and the pioneers who are making this fantasy, into a reality.on sexbots, DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorMelody GilbertWhen having a relationship with a real human being is too hard, where do you turn?on sexbots, DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorWilliam A. O'ConnorNorton S. ParkerStarsOwen GorinThelma DanielsFlorence TurnerYoung farmboy leaves for the big city to get a job and find his sister; both of them get involved with drug dealers and become opium/cocaine addicts."Ein Geschwisterpaar kommt vom Land in die Stadt; sie werden kokainsüchtig, sie Wird zur Prostituierten und kommt ins Gefängnis". Hans Scheugl, Sexualität und Neurose im Film
- DirectorFred NibloStarsLillian GishRalph ForbesRalph EmersonCarl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left behind to experience the suffering which befell civilians during the war. Her luck worsens when her father is dismissed from his professorship for teaching that war is evil. Her father argues violently with Carl's father, and degradation and despair descend on Pauli and her family as they await Carl's return from the front."The Enemy (1927), nach einem Antikriegsstück, das 1925 auf die Bühne kam, gibt die Schuld an der Prostitution dem durch den Krieg hervorgerufenen Elend. Eine junge Mutter (Liilian Gish), deren Mann im Krieg ist und die ihr Kind nicht mehr ernähren kann, geht auf die Straße."
-Hans Scheugl, Sexualität und Neurose im Film
(The Enemy, The Case of Lena Smith und The Woman Disputed spielen in Österreich zur Zeit der Monarchie). - DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsEsther RalstonJames HallGustav von SeyffertitzIn late 19th century Vienna, Lena Smith, a naive peasant girl from Hungary, has a child by a corrupt young cavalry officer, and goes to work his house as a servant, hiding the truth from his unsympathetic father, while the son returns to his profligate ways. Robbed of her child first when he is a baby, and later when they are separated by the war, she suffers imprisonment, contempt, and shame in order to protect the child."Ein ähnliches Schicksal erzählt auch The Case of Lena Smith (1929)- Die Prostituierten sind in allen Filmen edle Naturen, die sich ein reines Herz bewahrt haben, gelegentlich für ein fremdes Kind sorgen oder gar das Vaterland retten (The Woman Disputed). "
- Hans Scheugl, Sexualität und Neurose im Film - DirectorHenry KingSam TaylorStarsNorma TalmadgeGilbert RolandArnold KentAn adventuress in love with an Austrian agrees to become the mistress of a Russian officer in exchange for the release of Austrian hostages.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichCary GrantHerbert MarshallA cabaret singer takes up with a millionaire to pay for her gravely-ill husband's operation.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClark GableJean HarlowGene RaymondThe owner of a rubber plantation becomes involved with the new wife of one of his employees."Red Dust (1932) spielt in Indo China. Als Prostituierte muß Harlow sich vor der Polizei verstecken und kommt dabei auf eine Plantage, die von Clark Gable geleitet wird. Gable verliebt sich aber in Mary Astor, die, ladylike und kultiviert, die vulgäre Harlow aussticht. Doch Gable muß langsam erkennen, daß die Harlow besser zu ihm und dem Leben paßt, das er führt."
Hans Scheugl, Sexualität und Neurose im Film - DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichClive BrookAnna May WongA notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.greta garbo is a high class prostitute (Escort)
- DirectorLowell ShermanStarsMae WestCary GrantOwen MooreIn the Gay Nineties, a seductive nightclub singer contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome temperance league member.Mae west is a former "gangster moll" /Escort
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsMae WestCary GrantGregory RatoffCircus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.Mae west is a former "gangster moll" /Escort
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsAsta NielsenGreta GarboÁgnes EszterházyIn post-WWI Vienna, Greta (Greta Garbo), her kid sister, and retired dad try to make it through tough times.greta garbo as prostitute. Set in Vienna!
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsLouise BrooksFritz KortnerFrancis LedererThe rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.Basierend auf 'Lulu' von Frank Wedekind.
"Das Bild der Frau, das über die bürgerliche Literatur auf die Kinoleinwand gelangte, schwankte zwischen traditioneller europäischer Galanterie gegenüber der Frau und dem bitteren Vorwurd, faß sie für den mächtigen Sexualtrieb des Mannes gleichsam verantwortlich sei.
Die Vorstellung, daß der Mann seinem Sexualtrieb ausgeliefert sei, wurde gleichgesetzt damit, daß er der Frau als dem Ziel seiner Wünsche hörig sei. Allerdings wurde die Frau nicht verteufelt und dämonisiert, sondern oft selbst als das Opfer der Männer dargestellt. In den Filmen von G.W. Pabst (Die freudlose Gasse 1925, Die Büchse der Pandora,1928, Tagebuch einer Verlorenen, 1929) standen solche Frauen im Mittelpunkt der Handlung."- Hans Scheugl, Sexualität und Neurose im Film
- DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsPatrick TimsitLaetitia CastaVincent ElbazA handyman in a 1940s Paris brothel tries to help the prostitute he loves with her singing career and romantic life.glamorizes prostitution
- DirectorRichard OswaldStarsGrete MosheimGustav FröhlichMarija LeikoMilada grew up in a brothel on Rothausgasse, but has not yet become a whore herself. Resigned to fate, she has always followed her mother Katherina, an aging whore who was unable to escape this milieu herself. Now this mother is dying and makes her daughter, who is now 17 years old and working as a chambermaid in Mrs. Goldscheider's new "salon", promise to do everything possible to escape from this environment.Milada grew up in a brothel on Rothausgasse, but has not yet become a whore herself. Resigned to fate, she has always followed her mother Katherina, an aging whore who was unable to escape this milieu herself. Now this mother is dying and makes her daughter, who is now 17 years old and working as a chambermaid in Mrs. Goldscheider's new "salon", promise to do everything possible to escape from this environment.
- DirectorMauro BologniniStarsRosanna SchiaffinoElsa MartinelliLaurent TerzieffIn Rome, small-time thieves Scinttilone and Ruggeretto steal four rifles and catch prostitutes Anna and Supplizia on the street to mislead the police. They seek the jobber Mosciarella, but he is at a funeral and gives them no attention. But Gino "Bellabella" overhears them and offers to deal the merchandise with another contact. He fails and the whores present a deaf-mute acquaintance who lives on the outskirts of Rome to buy the guns; the prostitute Nicoletta who was with the man returns to Rome with the quintet. When the youngsters propose to have sex in the middle of nowhere, the prostitutes believe that they intend to leave them there. Scinttilone, Ruggeretto, and Bellabella sneak out to the car and leave the women in the countryside. Later they discover that the women stole their money. They seek them out on the streets and fight against another gang. However, when the police arrive, the six youngsters leave the place together and head to the house of one of them, and Ruggeretto falls for the host's sister. However, Bellabella steals the host's bountiful wallet and Ruggeretto fights him to get the wallet and return it to the host. While they are fighting, Scinttilone flees with the wallet to the house of his girlfriend Rossana. Ruggeretto chases Scinttilone along a night of alienation, illusions, and adventures."La Notte Brava" is an early unknown work of the director Mauro Bolognini, based on a novel and a screenplay of Pier Paolo Pasolini also in beginning of career. The story shows a group of alienated youngsters without any perspective in life but having some money to spend during a night of illusions and adventures. The beauty of the actresses is very impressive and the acting is very realistic." Elsa Martinelli as Prostitute
- DirectorMauro BologniniStarsJean-Paul BelmondoClaudia CardinalePietro GermiThe original Italian is La Viaccia (the name of the family farm which motivates the plot). The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando buys out his other relatives in order to gain full control over the dead man's property. But Ferdinando's nephew Amerigo holds out. Amerigo's stance is weakened when he heads for Florence and meets prostitute Bianca.Claudia Cardinale as a Prostitute in the Belle èpoque.
- DirectorItalo ZingarelliStarsGiovanna RalliGiancarlo GianniniDenise BatailleA prostitute and mother of two leaves her abusive husband for a young boxer; on the streets she gets assaulted and beaten by pimps.
- DirectorMichael PressmanStarsDan AykroydHoward HessemanDonna DixonA pimp on the run trusts his sex workers to a meek professor of literature, who accepts the challenge.male humour/ male fantasies about prostitution