Drama · Germany · 1929 · 1h 53m

Diary of a Lost Girl

Tagebuch einer Verlorenen

Director

Cast

Louise Brooks as Thymian Henning André Roanne as Count Nicolas Osdorff Josef Rovenský as Karl Friedrich Henning Fritz Rasp as Meinert Vera Pawlowa as Aunt Frida Franziska Kinz as Meta Koch Henning

Crew

Sepp Allgeier — Director of Photography Fritz Arno Wagner — Director of Photography Rudolf Leonhardt — Writer Margarete Böhme — Novel G.W. Pabst — Producer

Synopsis

Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a harsh, cruel world.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

rape based on novel or book brothel inheritance prostitution reformatory silent film girls' reformatory brothel madam innocent cold cruel world fallen woman

Key Collaborators

G.W. Pabst Director Sepp Allgeier Director of Photography Fritz Arno Wagner Director of Photography Rudolf Leonhardt Writer Margarete Böhme Novel G.W. Pabst Producer

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