
The Children's Hour(1961)
An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.


“What is its strange appeal? Why does it stir the emotions?”
A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers.

Emilia Unda
Headmistress of the Boarding School

Dorothea Wieck
Miss von Bernburg

Hedwig Schlichter
Miss von Kesten

Hertha Thiele
Manuela von Meinhardis

Ellen Schwanneke
Ilse von Westhagen

Annemarie von Rochhausen
Edelgard Komtesse von Mengsberg (uncredited)
Erika Biebrach
Lilli von Kattner (uncredited)
Lene Berdolt
Fräulein von Gaerschner (uncredited)
Margory Bodker
Miss Evans (uncredited)
Gertrud de Lalsky
Exzellenz von Ehrenhardt - Manuelas Tante (uncredited)
Mädchen in Uniform is a drama, romance film released in 1931 exploring themes of coming out, suicide attempt, female friendship, girls' boarding school, based on play or musical, punishment. Directed by Leontine Sagan, it stars Emilia Unda, Dorothea Wieck, Hedwig Schlichter. A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers.
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