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Key early German talkie: a powerful melodrama about life in a Prussian boarding school for the daughters of the bourgeoisie – a bastion of the ideology of ’strength through suffering’. The plot mechanics are predictable – unhappy pupil with crush on housemistress is driven to attempt suicide – but the atmosphere and sensitivity to teenage
Key early German talkie: a powerful melodrama about life in a Prussian boarding school for the daughters of the bourgeoisie – a bastion of the ideology of ’strength through suffering’. The plot mechanics are predictable – unhappy pupil with crush on housemistress is driven to attempt suicide – but the atmosphere and sensitivity to teenage fears are not: stage actress Leontine Sagan brings an exceptionally warm touch to her depiction of female friendships, and her denunciation of the Prussian orthodoxy is more a matter of subtle imagery than shrill accusations. Whether it adds up to a precursor of militant lesbianism is another question…
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