Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
Tagebuch einer Verlorenen
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.
- Date of release
- 1929-09-27
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (125)
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- G.W. Pabst
Casting
- Louise Brooks — Thymian Henning
- André Roanne — Count Nicolas Osdorff
- Josef Rovenský — Karl Friedrich Henning
- Fritz Rasp — Meinert
- Vera Pawlowa — Aunt Frida
- Franziska Kinz — Meta Koch Henning
- Arnold Korff — Elder Count Osdorff
- Andrews Engelmann — The Reformatory's Dean
- Valeska Gert — The Reformatory Dean's Wife
- Edith Meinhard — Erika
- Sybille Schmitz — Elisabeth
- Sig Arno — Brothel Visitor
Interesting facts
Diary of a Lost Girl is a 1929 German silent film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring American silent star Louise Brooks. The film was shot in black and white, and diverse versions of the film ranged from 79 minutes to 116 minutes in length. This was Brooks' second and last film with Pabst, and like their previous collaboration, Pandora's Box, many film historians consider it to be a classic. It is based on the controversial and bestselling 1905 novel of the same name by Margarete Böhme. The novel had been previously adapted by Richard Oswald as Diary of a Lost Woman.
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