Cham
1931, PL. Directed by Jan Nowina-Przybylski & Charles Méré.
Franka, a Warsaw prostitute, is wounded with a knife by a pimp. She ends up in the hospital, where the doctor caring for her, who wants to help her break with her past, offers her a job as a maid in the countryside. Desiring to forget the torments of her past life, the girl agrees. In the countryside she meets Pawel, a simple country boy whom she seduces. The infatuated Pawel, to whom Franka reveals her past, marries her. However, the monotonous rural life bores Franka, longing for a big-city life, and when Pawel leaves for a few days, she escapes with a man she meets casually to Warsaw, where she leads the life of a cabaret chansonist. After a few years she returns, bringing with her an illegitimate child. Pawel forgives her and takes her back under his roof. But this is not the end of Pawel's ordeal....
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- PL
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Cast & crew
- Jan Nowina-PrzybylskiDirector
- Charles MéréDirector
- Krystyna AnkwiczFranka
- Mieczysław CybulskiPawel
- Eugeniusz GielbaGelba
- Tadeusz Ordeygvillage headman
- Lech Owronchauffeur
- Mieczysław Gielniewskipeasant
- Jerzy Neya dancer in a dance show at a restaurant
- Maria Chaveauhousekeeper on the estate
- Irena CarneroSpinner (uncredited)
- Ina Ney(uncredited)
- Genowefa Oranowska(uncredited)
- Henryk RzętkowskiCook at the estate (uncredited)
Details
- Released
- 30 December 1931
- Country
- France, Poland
- Written by
- Marian Szyjkowski
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Cham runs 71 minutes (1h 11m).
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Cham isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 December 1931. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Cham?
Cham (1931) was directed by Jan Nowina-Przybylski and Charles Méré and stars Krystyna Ankwicz, Mieczysław Cybulski, Eugeniusz Gielba.