Women in Bondage (1943)
Women in Bondage is a 1943 World War II film about conditions for women under Hitler's regime. The plot involves two women imprisoned for speaking out against the government. It was directed by Steve Sekely and starred Gail Patrick and Nancy Kelly.
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Good , But It Is Overrated By Some
To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Director: STEVE SEKELY. Screenplay: Houston Branch. Story: Frank Bentick Wisbar. Photography: Mack Stengler. Film editor: Richard Currier. Art director: Dave Milton. Music director: Edward J. Kay. Dialogue director: Howard Erickson. Assistant director: William Strohbach. Sound recording: Tom Lambert. Associate producer: Jeffrey Bernerd. Producer: Herman Millakowsky. Executive producer: Trem Carr. Copyright by Monogram Pictures Corporation. on 12 November 1943. No recorded New York opening. U.S. release: 10 January 1944. Australian release through British Empire Films: 16 November 1944. 8 reels. 6,576 feet. 72 minutes. Alternative title: HITLER'S WOMEN.SYNOPSIS: A German woman (Gail Patrick) returns to her homeland during WW2. Horrified at the degraded status of women in Germany, she seeks to overthrow the regime. COMMENT: A dated wartime propaganda story by Frank Wisbar is given a new lease of life here by the extraordinarily imaginative direction of Steve Sekely (of all people). True, the players offer no more than token conviction, the sets and costumes are seedy, the photography often drab. But producer Millakowsky has invested this offering with more production values than any two Monogram thrillers combined. Sekely has taken full advantage of this opportunity with a display of involved tracking and crane shots, masked camera set-ups and other highly ingenious effects. And we loved the script's unique device of reprising the story to ask a leading question at the finale.