Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
"Tagebuch einer Verlorenen" (original title)

Thymiane is a beautiful young girl who is not having a storybook life. Her governess, Elizabeth, is thrown out of her home when she is pregnant, only to be later found drown. That same day,... See full summary »

Director:

Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Writers:

Margarete Böhme (novel), Rudolf Leonhardt

Stars:

Louise Brooks, André Roanne, Josef Rovenský

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Louise Brooks	...	Thymian
André Roanne	...	Count Nicolas Osdorff
Josef Rovenský	...	Robert Henning
Fritz Rasp	...	Meinert
Vera Pawlowa	...	Aunt Frieda
Franziska Kinz	...	Meta
Arnold Korff	...	Elder Count Osdorff
Andrews Engelmann	...	The director of the establishment
Valeska Gert	...	The director's wife
Edith Meinhard	...	Erika
Sybille Schmitz	...	Elisabeth
Sig Arno	...	Guest (as Siegfried Arno)
Kurt Gerron	...	Dr. Vitalis
Hedwig Schlichter
Hans Casparius

Storyline

Thymiane is a beautiful young girl who is not having a storybook life. Her governess, Elizabeth, is thrown out of her home when she is pregnant, only to be later found drown. That same day, her father already has a new governess named Meta. Meinert, downstairs druggist, takes advance of her and gets Thymiane pregnant. When she refuses to marry, her baby is taken from her and she is put into a strict girls reform school. When Count Osdorff is unable to get the family to take her back, he waits for her to escape. She escapes with a friend and the friend goes with the Count while she goes to see her baby. Thymiane finds that her baby is dead, and the Count has put both girls up at a brothel. When her father dies, Thymiane marries the Count and becomes a Countess, but her past and her hatred of Meta will come back to her.

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Plot Keywords:

escape | reformatory | housekeeper | countess | suicide | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

24 April 1930 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Diary of a Lost Girl

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pabst-Film, Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min 100 min (restored) 115 min (Kino Print)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the sheet is removed from the face of the "corpse", she reacts slightly.

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Quotes

Elder Count Osdorff: With a little more love, noone on this earth would ever be lost!

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Connections

Edited into Prisoner of Paradise (2002)

User Reviews

excellent film

I saw Pandora's Box several years ago. At the time, Diary of a Lost Girl was unavailable for viewing. I discovered it had been re- released on DVD, completely restored. It is far superior to Pandora's Box, in my opinion. Louise Brooks plays Thyamin, a young innocent who is raped by her lothario father's chemist assistant. Her pregnancy results in her banishment from the house, and she is placed in a reform school. Her escape from the institution leads her to a brothel, where she spends her life until her father's death...when her life changes. Unlike Pandora's Box, which is about an unredeemable nymphomaniac, Diary of A Lost Girl is a story about loss, redemption, forgiveness, sacrifice, and hope. It has a much richer plotline, sublime cinematography, and Louise Brooks shone like a star. This film itself is a rediscovered treasure. Highly, highly recommended.