Mädchen in Uniform
1931 [GERMAN]
Action / Drama / Romance

pre-code coming out suicide attempt female friendship girls' boarding school based on play or musical
Plot summary
A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers.
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Top cast
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Cinema's First Look at School Administrators' Harsh Treatment on Young Female Students
Exceptional film
Provocative, sensual film that is also daringly (and determinedly) anti-authoritarian and anti-establishment (no surprise that the Nazi regime tried to burn all copies). Because of the way it is made, and the things it is about, it has not aged at all, and never will. Another novelty: an all-female cast (there is not even a male extra), long before Hollywood's "The Women" (1939), with the young girls especially giving naturalistic performances at the dawn of sound cinema. I was sad when this film was over - I wanted more. ***1/2 out of 4.