Maedchen In Uniform | 
 enlarge | Director: Leontine Sagan
Actors: Dorothea Wieck, Hertha Thiele, Emilia Unda, Erika Biebrach, Gertrud De Lalsky
Studio: Homevision
Category: Video
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 16634
Format: Black & White, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), German (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 87
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 3.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 6303120725
UPC: 037429074039
EAN: 9786303120720
ASIN: 6303120725
Theatrical Release Date: 1931
Release Date: June 13, 2000
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Description
An early feminist classic, Maedchen in Uniform was originally banned in Germany and censored in the U.S. Set in a strict boarding school, the tale of a lonely girl's crush on a female teacher proved too sensual for many. With Eleanor Roosevelt's help, U.S. condemnation was reversed, and the film was later named best film of the year by the New York press. Today considered one of Germany's greatest films, the all-female production stands out for its sensitive acting and tender portrayal of female love.
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Fascinating... January 9, 2008
I initially found this film while watching Henry & June. It's one of the films they watch at the movie theater. If you are a fan of early film or a history buff into pre-Nazi Germany movies... or a collector of homosexual or feminist films... then this is definitely worth purchasing. An interesting fact is that this film is pieced together in parts because the original was destroyed by the Nazis. It was reformatted from various copies, so you will see some sections with different types of subtitles.. and different levels of quality. My only complaint is that some of the subtitles are impossible to read because they are white... and there is a great deal of white clothing etc that interferes with reading. Still, a great collectors item!
 A superb gem of the German filmography! November 18, 2005
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is -under any perspective you analyze it- the bravest and boldest film around the lesbianism. But this approach will allow you to explore the most dark corners related with the feminine loneliness and ontological desperation.
Magnificent, mature and until now simply unequalled. This picture anticipated years light to its own age.
Not only a towering cult movie but also a must for you to watch it. A treasured gem of countless carats. Go for this without reserves.
 Platonic love at a Prussian Boarding school March 20, 2004
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have watched this movie in a class that I am taking now entitled German Film:Beyond Faschism.
If one looks at the film as a pre-fascist film, it asks the German people to question authority. Pre-faschist films often deal with the idea of blind obedience of the Germans or with the military. This film was banned by the Nazis.Manuela has lost her mother, enrolls in a Prussian Boarding School, and seeks a replacement for her mother in von Bernberg(her teacher). It appears to be a platonic realationship because there is nothing sexual mentioned by either one of the characters in the film.
Manuela doesn't obey people blindly like the other girls in the school. She becomes emotional and as non-prussian as she can be. She tries to commit suicide to get out of the Prussian way. Her comiting suicide is her way of questioning authority. She is rebelling against the system for punishing her for declaring her platonic love for her teacher.
In the end, the Prussian system is put into question. Are they a rebel, like Manuela or are they Prussian, like the head-mistress of the school?
Why didn't the Germans question authority, before Hitler came to power?
A Different Love December 4, 2003
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
The way the intense, loving relationship between the young schoolgirl and the teacher was portrayed and developed was very moving. However, I didn't get a sense of sexual love or tension between the two. Instead, I felt more like the movie showed me the different kinds of love possible between two people, regardless of gender. The girl loved her teacher almost like a mother, but not quite. There was definitely something more to it than that type of strong yet simple and easily understood love. There was a sense of longing and forbidden love mixed in with this maternal love. I saw this movie not as an illustration of lesbian love, but rather as a sort of wake-up call that made me question my previous notions regarding love and what it meant to me. And if you ask me, saying that a movie can make you question these types of things is the highest form of praise I can think of.
Gentle and Heartwarming May 17, 2001
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
Other customers have fairly criticized the poor sound, subtitles that can't be read against white background, and all the other problems that can come with a movie from the early 1930's which has been censored to pieces. Nevertheless, here tender lesbian love blooms and is successfully defended in bold defiance of oppression. This kind and inspiring movie stands above the many of today with their touch of voyeurism and their well-meaning but menacing practice of knocking off gay characters.
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