The Whore (2010 film)

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| based_on = {{based on|Die Wanderhure|Iny Lorentz}}

| writer = Gabriele Kister

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| director = Hansjörg Thurn

| starring = {{ubl|Alexandra Neldel|Alexander Beyer|Thomas Morris|Gregor Seberg|Nadja Becker}}

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| theme_music_composer = Stephan Massimo

| country = Germany

| language = German

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| producer = Josef Aichholzer

| editor = Andreas Radke

| cinematography = Gerhard Schirlo

| runtime = 121 minutes

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| budget = €5.5 million

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| released = {{Start date|2010|10|5|df=y}}

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The Whore ({{langx|de|Die Wanderhure}}) is a 2010 German television film, adapted from the novel The Wandering Harlot by Iny Lorentz. The film is set in Konstanz, (now Germany) in the years 1414 and 1415.{{Cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/fernsehen/article10000713/Die-Wanderhure-die-immer-Lisa-Plenske-bleiben-wird.html|title = Alexandra Neldel: Die Wanderhure, die immer Lisa Plenske bleiben wird|newspaper = Die Welt|date = 3 October 2010|last1 = Miklis|first1 = Katharina}}https://www.spiegel.de/consent-a-?targetUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fkultur%2Ftv%2Fhistoriendrama-die-wanderhure-zuckerschnute-in-finsterer-zeit-a-721073.html&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} The screenplay was adapted by Gabriele Kister and directed by Hansjörg Thurn.

The film is also known under the alternative title The Royal Siren.

The sequel is the 2012 television film The Revenge of the Whore.

Plot

In Constance, on Lake Constance in southern Germany, in 1413, the beautiful Marie is to marry the illegitimate son of the Count of Keilburg against her will. As a result of intrigues, Marie is raped, imprisoned and tortured. She is later taken in by travelling whores and nursed back to health. Marie wants revenge. She earns her living through prostitution and, thanks to her beauty, meets the influential Count of Arnstein. With the help of the count and his wife, Marie finds her way into the bed of King Sigismund, whom she needs to pursue her revenge plan. When the prostitutes revolt over poor living and working conditions, Marie succeeds in proving her innocence.