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7.5/10
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At an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with a teacher, to terrific consequences.At an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with a teacher, to terrific consequences.At an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with a teacher, to terrific consequences.
- Awards
- 4 wins
Hedy Krilla
- Frl. von Kesten
- (as Hedwig Schlichter)
Ellen Schwanneke
- Ilse von Westhagen
- (as Ellen Schwannecke)
Lene Berdolt
- Fräulein von Gaerschner
- (uncredited)
Erika Biebrach
- Lilli von Kattner
- (uncredited)
Margory Bodker
- Miss Evans
- (uncredited)
Else Ehser
- Gardrobiere Elise
- (uncredited)
Marte Hein
- Anstaltsprotektorin
- (uncredited)
Miriam Lehmann-Haupt
- Erzieherin
- (uncredited)
Erika Mann
- Frl. von Atems
- (uncredited)
Barbara Pirk
- Mia von Wollin
- (uncredited)
Ethel Reschke
- Oda von Oldersleben
- (uncredited)
Lisi Scheerbach
- Mademoiselle Qeuillet
- (uncredited)
Doris Thalmer
- Mariechen von Ecke
- (uncredited)
Ilse Vigdor
- Anneliese von Beckendorf
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe movie was nearly banned when first released in the United States. It wasn't until the First Lady of the state of New York (at the time) Eleanor Roosevelt saw the importance of the movie that the ban was not implemented.
- Quotes
Fraulein von Bernburg: What you call sins, I call the great spirit of love, in all its forms.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Henry & June (1990)
- SoundtracksDonauwellen Walzer
Music by Iosif Ivanovici
Featured review
Although it would have been nice to see a well-restored and cleaned-up print of this, which was not the case, it still seems an exceptionally well made film for its era. The camera work was fluid and the sound was decent. It is a rich, provocative study with much to think about. While famously seen as a lesbian story, and that is part of it to be sure, it also concerns the rigid authoritarianism of its particular time and place, which soon led to so much sorrow and tragedy and sends out a strong feminist and tolerant message. The story is never boring and easily holds one's interest these many years later. It is strongly atmospheric and immerses one in the hothouse environs of the strictly disciplined, all-female world, where the girls develop close and intimate relationships and passionate crushes on their favorite teacher, Dorothea Wieck. She is fine here, and so is Hertha Thiele as Manuela, the primary focus of the story, but then the entire cast performs well, including Erika Mann, daughter of Thomas Mann and wife of W.H. Auden, as a bespectacled, tattle-tale instructor always running to the head of the school. The ending sent out a strong message and worked well, though you are left on your own to wonder how things resolved themselves as per the two lead characters. Well worthwhile to see if you can find it!
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1
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