The read
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a harsh, cruel world.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
125 audience votes
Key crew
- Rudolf LeonhardtWriter
- G.W. PabstDirector
Cast
- Louise BrooksThymian Henning
- André RoanneCount Nicolas Osdorff
- Josef RovenskýKarl Friedrich Henning
- Fritz RaspMeinert
- Vera PawlowaAunt Frida
- Franziska KinzMeta Koch Henning
- Arnold KorffElder Count Osdorff
- Andrews EngelmannThe Reformatory's Dean
- Valeska GertThe Reformatory Dean's Wife
- Edith MeinhardErika
- Sybille SchmitzElisabeth
- Sig ArnoBrothel Visitor
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Themes
rapebased on novel or bookbrothelinheritanceprostitutionreformatorysilent filmgirls' reformatorybrothel madaminnocentcold cruel worldfallen woman