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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 85% of the 354 1930s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
123 audience votes
Key crew
- Leontine SaganDirector
- Friedrich DammannScreenplay
- Hansom Milde-MeißnerOriginal Music Composer
- Carl FroelichDirector
- Christa WinsloeScreenplay
Cast
- Emilia UndaHeadmistress of the Boarding School
- Dorothea WieckMiss von Bernburg
- Hedwig SchlichterMiss von Kesten
- Hertha ThieleManuela von Meinhardis
- Ellen SchwannekeIlse von Westhagen
- Annemarie von RochhausenEdelgard Komtesse von Mengsberg (uncredited)
- Erika BiebrachLilli von Kattner (uncredited)
- Lene BerdoltFräulein von Gaerschner (uncredited)
- Margory BodkerMiss Evans (uncredited)
- Gertrud de LalskyExzellenz von Ehrenhardt - Manuelas Tante (uncredited)
- Else EhserGardrobiere Elise (uncredited)
- Marte HeinAnstaltsprotektorin (uncredited)
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Themes
coming outsuicide attemptfemale friendshipgirls' boarding schoolbased on play or musicalpunishmentblack and whiteorphanfemale homosexualitylgbtwoman directorteen rebel