Madchen in Uniform


1h 31m 1931
Madchen in Uniform

Brief Synopsis

German film in which a sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers. One of the earliest narrative films to explicitly portray homosexuality.

Film Details

Also Known As
Filles en Uniforme, Maedchen in Uniform, Maidens in Uniform
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
1931

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 31m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White

Synopsis

German film in which a sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers. One of the earliest narrative films to explicitly portray homosexuality.

Film Details

Also Known As
Filles en Uniforme, Maedchen in Uniform, Maidens in Uniform
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
1931

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 31m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White

Articles

Madchen in Uniform


German film in which a sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers. One of the earliest narrative films to explicitly portray homosexuality.
Madchen In Uniform

Madchen in Uniform

German film in which a sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers. One of the earliest narrative films to explicitly portray homosexuality.

Quotes

Through discipline and hunger we will become great.
- The Principal
You must reduce expenses, they are too high.
- Frau Oberin
We do our best, Frau Oberin. The children complain they are hungry.
- Fraulein von Kesten
Hungry? We Prussians have always been hungry. They are the daughters of soldiers and, God willing, mothers of soldiers too. What they need is discipline, not a life of luxury.
- Frau Oberin
Manuela, pull yourself together. Soldiers daughters don't cry.
- Manuela's Aunt
I'm with Fraulein von Burnberg.
- Manuela
Be careful you don't fall in love.
- Ilse von Westhagen
I try to be a friend to the children.
- Fraulein von Bernburg
On equal terms?
- Frau Oberin
Why not?
- Fraulein von Bernburg
How can you maintain your authority?
- Frau Oberin
We must stimulate their competitive spirit.
- Fraulein von Attems
Precisely, Fraulein von Attems.
- Frau Oberin

Trivia

The Nazi regime tried to burn all the copies of this movie. They couldn't.