Compilation/Packaged Set: Pioneers of Queer Cinema
Purchase Date 6/26/2020
Purchase Price $15.00
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Mädchen In Uniform (Girls in Uniform)
Sinister Cinema (1931)
Drama, Queer Themes/Interest, Romance
Not In Collection
#696
7*
Seen It:  Yes
(6/30/2020 KinoNow)
IMDB   7.6
88 mins Germany / German
KinoNow    US - Passed
Dorothea Wieck Erzieherin Fräulein von Bernburg
Hertha Thiele Manuela von Meinhardis
Emilia Unda Fräulein von Nordeck zur Nidden - Oberin
Ilse Werner Marga von Rasso
Erika Mann Erzieherin Fräulein von Atems
Gertrud de Lalsky Exzellenz von Ehrenhardt - Manuelas Tante
Ethel Reschke Oda von Oldersleben
Doris Thalmer Mariechen von Ecke
Annemarie von Rochhausen Edelgard Komtesse von Mengsberg
Barbara Pirk Mia von Wollin
Charlotte Witthauer Ilse von Treischke
Ellen Schwanneke Ilse von Westhagen
Else Ehser Gardrobiere Elise
Erika Biebrach Lilli von Kattner
Hedwig Schlichter Erzieherin Fräulein von Kesten
Ilse Vigdor Anneliese von Beckendorf
Emilia Unda Oberin des Stifts
Dorothea Wieck Frl. von Bernburg
Hedwig Schlichter Frl. von Kesten
Lene Berdolt Fräulein von Gaerschner
Margory Bodker Miss Evans
Marte Hein Anstaltsprotektorin
Miriam Lehmann-Haupt Erzieherin
Erika Mann Frl. von Atems
Lisi Scheerbach Mademoiselle Qeuillet
Ilse Winter Marga von Rasso
Hedy Krilla Frl. von Kesten
Director/Choreographer
Carl Froelich Leontine Sagan
Leontine Sagan
Carl Froelich
Producer Carl Froelich
Friedrich Pflughaupt
Writer/Composer Friedrich Dammann
Friedrich Dammann Christa Winsloe
Christa Winsloe
Colette
Cinematography Franz Weihmayr
Reimar Kuntze
Music Hanson Milde-Meissner


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. Based on "Gestern und Heute" by German playwright Christa Winsloe.
Edition Details
Distributor Kino Lorber
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
References
Lists ‡ 175 Essential Films for GLBT Viewers from Advocate (6/23/2014), ‡ Rotten Tomatoes: 200 Best LGBT Movies of All Time
Rotten Critics Rating % (2021) 100
Rotten Best Queer #1-200 (2021) 20
Viewing Priority 3 High

Notes
A significant queer heritage film. Cinematically, very much in the style of the German films of the era. My principal complaint is the captions. As is often the case, they are almost impossible to read-white on a black and white film with a too small font size. But in spite of it, this is an essential heritage film.
Commentary: Wilipedia [must read]
Review: NY Times [J. Hoberman Published June 24, 2020 Updated June 26, 2020]
+2/3 Review: CGiii