Mädchen in Uniform

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Mädchen in Uniform
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NR,1hr 30min
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January 1, 1931
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Synopsis: Inspired by Christa Winsloe's play Gestern und Heute, Maedchen in Uniform is one of the most memorable and moving of the pre-Hitler German talkies. Hertha Thiele plays a new student in an exclusive girls' boarding school. Achingly lonely because she feels deserted by her family, Hertha keeps her distance from the rest of the girls. Persecuted for her solitary stance by principal Emilia Unda, Hertha is drawn to her sympathetic teacher Dorothea Wieck. What starts as a friendship blossoms into a romance. ... Full Synopsis
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Maedchen In Uniform is one of those odd movies whose very existence -- and the attributes it displays -- place it almost completely outside of the era and attributes of the era in which it was made; in that regard, it stands alongside such unusual Hollywood movies as Joseph L. Mankiewicz's People Will Talk, Herbert Biberman's Salt Of The Earth, and Abraham Polonsky's Force Of Evil -- except that Maedchen ... Full Review
Featured Cast
The Principal
Fraulein Von Bernburg
Fraulein Von Kesten
Manuela Von Meinhardie
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