The Woman on Trial is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Pola Negri, and based on the play Confession by Erno Wajda (aka Ernest Vajda). Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, and B. P. Schulberg produced for Paramount Pictures. Ricardo Cortez was originally cast in Hanson's part until he was replaced.[1]

The Woman on Trial
Film poster or trade advert.
Directed byMauritz Stiller
Written byElsie Fuller
Julian Johnson (titles)
Hope Loring (adaptation)
Based onConfession
by Ernest Vajda
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
B. P. Schulberg
StarringPola Negri
CinematographyBert Glennon
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • October 29, 1927 (1927-10-29)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

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Preservation

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Fragments of The Woman on Trial survive at the Museum of Modern Art.[2] A reel of outtakes are held at George Eastman House.[3]

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