
To Sir, with Love(1967)
A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care.


“This Startling Motion Picture Will Be the Yardstick By Which People Will Measure Each Other's Sophistication...”
A new student, Manuela, enters a strict girls' boarding school after her mother’s death, where she finds comfort in a kind teacher, stirring complex emotions within her.

Lilli Palmer
Elisabeth von Bernburg

Romy Schneider
Manuela von Meinhardis

Therese Giehse
Headmistress

Blandine Ebinger
Fräulein von Rackett
Adelheid Seeck
Princess

Gina Albert
Marga von Rackow

Sabine Sinjen
Ilse von Westhagen

Christine Kaufmann
Mia

Danik Patisson
Alexandra von Treskow

Ginette Pigeon
Edelgard von Kleist
Girls in Uniform is a drama film released in 1958 exploring themes of coming out, boarding school, school performance, potsdam, teacher, remake. Directed by Géza von Radványi, it stars Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider, Therese Giehse. A new student, Manuela, enters a strict girls' boarding school after her mother’s death, where she finds comfort in a kind teacher, stirring complex emotions within her.
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