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Diary of a Lost Girl

Diary of a Lost Girl

19297.31h 53m

Overview

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.

Directed by G.W. Pabst
Written by Rudolf Leonhardt, Margarete Böhme
Produced by G.W. Pabst
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Top Cast

Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

Thymian Henning

André Roanne

André Roanne

Count Nicolas Osdorff

Josef Rovenský

Josef Rovenský

Karl Friedrich Henning

Fritz Rasp

Fritz Rasp

Meinert

Vera Pawlowa

Vera Pawlowa

Aunt Frida

Franziska Kinz

Franziska Kinz

Meta Koch Henning

Arnold Korff

Arnold Korff

Elder Count Osdorff

Andrews Engelmann

Andrews Engelmann

The Reformatory's Dean

Valeska Gert

Valeska Gert

The Reformatory Dean's Wife

Edith Meinhard

Edith Meinhard

Erika

Themes & Keywords

rapebased on novel or bookbrothelinheritanceprostitutionreformatorysilent filmgirls' reformatorybrothel madaminnocentcold cruel worldfallen womanmudodiáriogravidezreformatórioestupro

About Diary of a Lost Girl

Diary of a Lost Girl is a drama film released in 1929 exploring themes of rape, based on novel or book, brothel, inheritance, prostitution, reformatory. Directed by G.W. Pabst, it stars Louise Brooks, André Roanne, Josef Rovenský. 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.

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