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Bookmark this pageMädchen in Uniform (1931)
Director: Leontine Sagan
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From Time Out Film Guide
A key early German talkie: a powerful melodrama about life in a Prussian boarding school for the daughters of the bourgeoisie - a bastion of the ideology of 'strength through suffering'. The plot mechanics are predictable - unhappy pupil with crush on housemistress is driven to attempt suicide - but the atmosphere and sensitivity to teenage fears are not: stage actress Leontine Sagan brings an exceptionally warm touch to her depiction of female friendships, and her denunciation of the Prussian orthodoxy is more a matter of subtle imagery than shrill accusations. Whether it adds up to a precursor of militant lesbianism is another question...Author: TR
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- mehere said...
- Posted on Aug 07 2011 14:57 Fascinating Weimar-Republic-era film about an authoritarian girls' boarding school whose martial, militaristic philosophy is eerily prescient of that of the approaching national socialists'.
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Cast & crew
Director: Leontine Sagan
Cast: Dorothea Wieck, Hertha Thiele, Ellen Schwanneke, Emilia Unda, Hedwig Schlichter full cast
Duration: 98 mins
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