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| Director: Leontine Sagan
Actors: Dorothea Wieck, Hertha Thiele, Emilia Unda, Erika Biebrach, Gertrud De Lalsky
Studio: Homevision
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 12442
Format: Black & White, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), German (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 3.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 6303120725
UPC: 037429074039
EAN: 9786303120720
ASIN: 6303120725
Theatrical Release Date: 1931
Release Date: June 13, 2000
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A Very Good Movie That Has A Surprising Plot May 30, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This movie is a bit old, but that still doesn't negate it's interesting and surprising plot. The movie deals with a girl who is taken to an all girls boarding school when she's a teenager. There she meets all her fellow students and befriends one of the "nicer than the the others" teachers. Ends up she developes a crush or obsession on this teacher and the teacher does the same with her. Turmoil ensues after that. This movie was released in 1931, and for me I'm surprised that a movie back then would deal with the topic of lesbianism. This film deals with it in a semi-shrouded way that about makes it look normal. Whoever created this was very brave for back then. All the people in it do a fine job of acting. I just wish the sound and picture would've been better. But back then, there wasn't much you could do about that. Recommmended.
 Platonic love at a Prussian Boarding school March 20, 2004
Jennifer A. Hargrove (Virginia Beach,VA USA)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have watched this movie in a class that I am taking now entitled German Film:Beyond Faschism.
If one looks at the film as a pre-fascist film, it asks the German people to question authority. Pre-faschist films often deal with the idea of blind obedience of the Germans or with the military. This film was banned by the Nazis.Manuela has lost her mother, enrolls in a Prussian Boarding School, and seeks a replacement for her mother in von Bernberg(her teacher). It appears to be a platonic realationship because there is nothing sexual mentioned by either one of the characters in the film.
Manuela doesn't obey people blindly like the other girls in the school. She becomes emotional and as non-prussian as she can be. She tries to commit suicide to get out of the Prussian way. Her comiting suicide is her way of questioning authority. She is rebelling against the system for punishing her for declaring her platonic love for her teacher.
In the end, the Prussian system is put into question. Are they a rebel, like Manuela or are they Prussian, like the head-mistress of the school?
Why didn't the Germans question authority, before Hitler came to power?
 A superb gem of the German filmography! November 18, 2005
Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is -under any perspective you analyze it- the bravest and boldest film around the lesbianism. But this approach will allow you to explore the most dark corners related with the feminine loneliness and ontological desperation.
Magnificent, mature and until now simply unequalled. This picture anticipated years light to its own age.
Not only a towering cult movie but also a must for you to watch it. A treasured gem of countless carats. Go for this without reserves.
Fascinating... January 9, 2008
Libertine Venus (New York, New York)
I initially found this film while watching Henry & June. It's one of the films they watch at the movie theater. If you are a fan of early film or a history buff into pre-Nazi Germany movies... or a collector of homosexual or feminist films... then this is definitely worth purchasing. An interesting fact is that this film is pieced together in parts because the original was destroyed by the Nazis. It was reformatted from various copies, so you will see some sections with different types of subtitles.. and different levels of quality. My only complaint is that some of the subtitles are impossible to read because they are white... and there is a great deal of white clothing etc that interferes with reading. Still, a great collectors item!
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