It was directed by Aleksander Hertz and released by Warsaw-based film studio Sphinx Company.

Once Alexi gets the courage to leave his wife, he and Pola go to Cafe de Paris to celebrate.

When Dmitri finds the money and the note, he is enraged and plans to take revenge on Pola.

Bestia was filmed in Warsaw, under German occupation, in 1916 and made its screen debut on January 5, 1917.

[1] The copy in Poland was brought from the United States in 1963 from the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

The Polish Dancer was digitally restored and released on DVD in 2011 by Bright Shining City Productions as part of the 3-DVD set Pola Negri: The Iconic Collection.