Mädchen in Uniform (1958)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Géza von Radványi

Writers:

Friedrich Dammann (writer)
Franz Höllering (writer)

Release Date:

28 August 1958 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After the death of her parents young girl Manuela von Meinhardis is sent to a boarding school where Prussian drill rules the education...

Plot Keywords:

Boarding School | Lesbian | Beautiful Woman | All Female Cast | First Love

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Lilli Palmer	...	Fraeulein Elisabeth von Bernburg
Romy Schneider	...	Manuela von Meinhardis
Therese Giehse	...	Headmistress
Margaret Jahnen	...	Miss Evans
Blandine Ebinger	...	Fräulein von Racket
Adelheid Seeck	...	Princess
Gina Albert	...	Marga
Sabine Sinjen	...	Ilse von Westhagen
Christine Kaufmann	...	Mia
Danik Patisson	...	Alexandra von Treskow
Ginette Pigeon	...	Edelgard von Kleist
Marthe Mercadier	...	Madame Aubert
Regine Burghardt
Ulla Moritz	...	Jossy
Lou Seitz	...	Cook

Also Known As:

Girls in Uniform (USA) (TV title)
Jeunes filles en uniforme (France)
Maedchen in Uniform (USA)

Runtime:

Germany:95 min | USA:91 min

Country:

West Germany | France

Language:

German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:S | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

CCC-Atelier, Spandau, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)

Movie Connections:

Remake of Muchachas de Uniforme (1951)

Splendid

Before watching "Mädchen in Uniform" I knew Romy Schneider only as "Sissi" and had absolutely no clue who Lilli Palmer was. First, I was suspicious: A German movie from the fifties? Should be another ridiculous comedy with a lot of colourful pictures and "funny" music. But what a surprise the drama was!

First of all: It was very courageous. If you think at the time the movie was shot in I find it courageus to make a drama about homosexuality and furthermore about a forbidden passion between a teacher and a student.

And then of course: Romy Schneider. In her young years she is best known for such ridiculous films as "Sissi" or "Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht". But "Mädchen in Uniform" is the most remarkable one. There she shows: I am much more and more serious than you think and I am not just a nice little girl always looking pretty, lovely and smiling into the camera. I think, after she made this movie it was clear that she would make a great career because she is a gifted, exceptional actress.

And of course Lilli Palmer: Beautiful, proud, very lady-like, elegant and full of seriousness but very young at the same time. I'm out of words if it comes to describing her talent. But I think, you all agree if I say that she is one of the greatest German actresses.

A great movie, definetely one of the most important German dramas od the fifties and always worth remembering and watching it over and over again. Besides: There is some good taste of humour in it.