EARLY CINEMA
Mädchen in Uniform PG
(Germany/1931) 88 minutes
DIRECTED BY
Leontine Sagan
STARRING
Herthe Thiele|Dorothea Wieck
Manuela is forced to attend a strict all-girls boarding school following the death of her mother. She becomes attracted to a particular teacher, who is more sensitive and compassionate than the others, and is also popular with the other girls.
A film banned in the USA, banned in Nazi Germany, which sought to destroy all prints, and heavily censored elsewhere. Why? Decadence: specifically, its sympathetic portrayal of lesbianism. Fortunately, the film was widely distributed outside Germany, so sufficient material survived to assemble this restored version.
6 February 2023 MONDAY 18:00
Playhouse Main Screen