Mädchen in Uniform

Nov 27, 1931

1h 28m

★ 7.2

What is its strange appeal? Why does it stir the emotions?

Overview

A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Deutsche Film-Gemeinschaft

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Cast

Headmistress of the Boarding School

Emilia Unda

Miss von Bernburg

Dorothea Wieck

Miss von Kesten

Hedwig Schlichter

Manuela von Meinhardis

Hertha Thiele

Ilse von Westhagen

Ellen Schwanneke

Edelgard Komtesse von Mengsberg (uncredited)

Annemarie von Rochhausen

Lilli von Kattner (uncredited)

Erika Biebrach

Fräulein von Gaerschner (uncredited)

Lene Berdolt

Miss Evans (uncredited)

Margory Bodker

Exzellenz von Ehrenhardt - Manuelas Tante (uncredited)

Gertrud de Lalsky

Gardrobiere Elise (uncredited)

Else Ehser

Anstaltsprotektorin (uncredited)

Marte Hein

Sixteen-year-old Poppy has everything her unlimited credit cards can buy, and a spoiled attitude to match. After a final thoughtless prank, her exasperated father ships her off to boarding school in England. There, Poppy meets her match in a stern headmistress and a class full of girls who will not tolerate her selfishness.

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