A Woman of Experience

Jul 8, 1931

1h 14m

★ 5.2

Overview

It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa, a beautiful prostitute, wants to help the war effort, but is rejected as a nurse, but a government official thinks that she will make an excellent spy.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Elsa Elsbergen

Helen Twelvetrees

Count Karl Runyi

William Bakewell

Otto von Lichstein

Lew Cody

Katie

Zasu Pitts

Hugh Schmidt

H.B. Warner

Muller

C. Henry Gordon

Hans

Franklin Pangborn

Countess Runyi

Nance O'Neil

A General

George Fawcett

Red Cross Nurse

Bertha Mann

Colonel

William H. Tooker

Colonel

Alfred Hickman

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