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Boarding School

Original title: Leidenschaftliche Blümchen
  • 1978
  • R
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
551
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Boarding School (1978)
Comedy

This film tells the story about a group of girls at an exclusive German girls boarding school. Across the lake is an exclusive boys boarding school...This film tells the story about a group of girls at an exclusive German girls boarding school. Across the lake is an exclusive boys boarding school...This film tells the story about a group of girls at an exclusive German girls boarding school. Across the lake is an exclusive boys boarding school...

  • Director
    • André Farwagi
  • Writers
    • Paul Nicholas
    • Laura Black
  • Stars
    • Nastassja Kinski
    • Gerry Sundquist
    • Stefano D'Amato
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    551
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • André Farwagi
    • Writers
      • Paul Nicholas
      • Laura Black
    • Stars
      • Nastassja Kinski
      • Gerry Sundquist
      • Stefano D'Amato
    • 16User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Nastassja Kinski
    Nastassja Kinski
    • Deborah Collins
    Gerry Sundquist
    Gerry Sundquist
    • Frederick Irving Benjamin Sinclair
    Stefano D'Amato
    • Plumpudding
    Gabriele Blum
    • Cordelia
    Sean Chapman
    Sean Chapman
    • Rodney
    Véronique Delbourg
    • Marie-Louise
    Nigel Greaves
    • Carlos
    Marion Kracht
    Marion Kracht
    • Jane
    A.Z. Markus
    Carolin Ohrner
    Carolin Ohrner
    • Gabi
    Kurt Raab
    Kurt Raab
    • Fletcher
    Peter Schmidt Pawloff
    • John
    Fabiana Udenio
    Fabiana Udenio
    • Gina
    Alwy Becker
    Alwy Becker
    Alexandra Bogojevic
    Hildegard Busse
    Hildegard Busse
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      • Director
        • André Farwagi
      • Writers
        • Paul Nicholas
        • Laura Black
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      • Trivia
        Marion Kracht was 14 during filming including a topless shower scene. But in a 2017 interview, she said she wasn't nude in this film and couldn't have been because her parents would never have allowed it. Yet the scene does exist.
      • Goofs
        The film takes place in the 1950s, yet the girls dance and hula-hoop to a 1968 recording of Bill Haley's "Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie."
      • Connections
        Referenced in Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
      • Soundtracks
        See You Later Alligator
        Written by Bobby Charles

        Performed by Bill Haley and the Comets (as Bill Haley & His Comets)

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      6/10
      Inconsequential but tender sex comedy
      Switzerland, 1956. Five teen girls turn the boathouse near their strict boarding school into an amateur brothel, offering paid services of "sexual education"; the boys from another local boarding school immediately sign up as clients. It sounds sleazy, but the sleaze factor is kept pretty low. The film is surprisingly tame, discreet, tender, even charming at times. The premise may be far-fetched, but the way it's played there are many moments that ring true. IMDb lists the original language as "German", but the English dubbing is barely noticeable, because the voice actors who were chosen to dub the film have varied and distinctly European (but still clear-enough) accents. On the negative side, there isn't much of a plot to the film, and the cinematography is excessively "soft-focus". (**1/2)
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      • Jun 13, 2005

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      • Release date
        • November 4, 1983 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • West Germany
      • Language
        • German
      • Also known as
        • Preppy School Girls
      • Production company
        • Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)
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      • Gross US & Canada
        • $306,061
      • Gross worldwide
        • $306,061
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 38 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono

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