Mädchen in Uniform - Girls in Uniform

Germany, 1931, 88 min.
Directed by Leontine Sagan
Cast:
Cast: Hertha Thiele, Dorothea Wieck, Emilia Unda
Screening Schedule: 28.6 15:15


A classic masterpiece, and one of the first films in the history of cinema ever to explicitly portray a complex lesbian relationship. The film was banned and shelved by the Nazis. Manuela is a young, independent girl sent to a boarding school run authoritatively by a particularly stern headmistress. Manuela becomes emotionally involved with Elizabeth Von Bernburg, a young teacher who believes it to be extremely important to give her young schoolgirls a loving, tender hand. Manuela decides to expose her love to her young teacher in front of the entire teachers' staff, the students and guests during a party. How will the tough headmistress respond to Manuela? And how will the others?
The screening of this film is courtesy of The Goethe Institut Tel-Aviv.