
30 Jun 1943

Confessions of a Vice Baron
On the eve of his execution, a vice-rackets bigshot recalls his various exploits in crimes such as abortion and white slavery, in which he frequently operated under an alias.
The manager of a whorehouse is in love with a young woman who works as a maid, there. He believes that his feelings are reciprocated, but the woman chooses instead to marry a rich man who has also been courting her. Punctuating the story of this romance are a magician's show, and an earthquake.
Karolina
Ana
David Misson
Franc
Mulatto
Blagot Balasica
Doctor Gregoric
Painter Albert
Jelisaveta
Diana
Mara
Adolf
Judge Vaclav
Simon
Gaby
Klein
30 Jun 1943
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