Three years later, her father dies. Meanwhile, Thymian's friend, Count Osdorff (André Roanne), is cast off and left penniless by his rich uncle, also Count Osdorff (Arnold Korff), after he proves unsuccessful at every school and trade. At the lawyer's office, Meinert buys Thymian's interest in the pharmacy, making her rich. Thymian begs her friend to persuade her father to take her back, but Thymian's father has married his new housekeeper, Meta (Franziska Kinz), and Meta wants no rivals for Robert's affection. 2. I say "interesting" because there is an odd effect on display whenever Louise Brooks is featured in close up; it would appear that the frame has been elongated ever so slightly to make her face appear thinner - although the actual width of the frame doesn't appear to change. After falling pregnant to a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is thrown from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school. image link. Her father's assistant, the creepy and much older Meinert (Fritz Rasp), invites her to the pharmacy that night on the promise to tell her everything, but instead takes advantage of the young girl and gets her pregnant. 3:29 PREVIEW Bedtime Story. 1:13 PREVIEW Remember. Use the HTML below. It is based on the controversial and bestselling 1905 novel of the same name by Margarete Böhme. After despondently wandering the streets, she re-unites with Erika, who is working in a small, upper-class brothel. Diary of a Lost Girl was another torrid, atmospheric collaboration between American actress Louise Brooks and German director G. W. Pabst. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? [1] It has it German premiere in Berlin on 15 October 1929. It will be screening on Roku and AppleTV as part of the Chicago Underground Film Festival's 'Best of' virtual event. Certificate: Passed In Diary of a Lost Girl, Pabst further explored bourgeois hypocrisy and sexual freedom, with Louise Brooks once again portraying his heroine. After rebelling against the school, Thymian and a friend escape and join a brothel,Like many films made during the Weimar era, Diary of a Lost Girl depicts the decay in almost every aspect of German society at the time. He introduces her to his cousin as his niece, Countess Osdorff. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. This weekend if your last chance to check out the experimental horror comedy Video Diary of a Lost Girl, before it goes back in the vault! Diary of a Lost Girl is the second film Brooks made under the direction of G.W. After falling pregnant to a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is thrown from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school. A rock and roll horror fantasy where we meet the immortal Louise and her beloved Charlie. Check out our gallery of the 2021 Oscar nominees in the leading and supporting acting categories, as the characters they so brilliantly played and in real life. A previou… A previous screen adaptation of the novel, directed in 1918 by Richard Oswald, is currently classified as a lost film. After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD - MIDNIGHT. She plays Thymian, an innocent young girl we meet on the day of her First Communion. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him. By the end of the Twenties, it had sold more than 1.2 million copies, and is counted among the best-selling titles of its time. Pabst and actress Louise Brooks, looking better than ever on Masters of Cinema's new Blu-ray. Though little known today, the book was a literary sensation at the beginning of the 20th century. 'Diary of a Lost Girl' arrives on Blu-ray stateside with a strong and beautifully interesting 1.33:1 1080p transfer. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. The second and final collaboration of actress Louise Brooks and director G.W. This was Brooks' second and last film with Pabst, and like their prior collaboration, Pandora's Box, it is considered to be a classic by many film historians. Comedy. A rock and roll horror fantasy where we meet the immortal Louise and her beloved Charlie. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal ... See full summary ». Diary of a Lost Girl (German: Tagebuch einer Verlorenen) is a 1929 German silent film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring American silent star Louise Brooks. A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide. In Diary of a Lost Girl, Brooks stars as Thymian Henning, the teenage daughter of a pharmacy owner who is not the most understanding of men. Like Pandora’s Box, this second collaboration was also based on a famous work of literature. Diary of a Lost Girl is a 1929 silent film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst and starring Louise Brooks. Movie Info In Germany, chemist's daughter Thymian (Louise Brooks) is raped by her father's assistant. Diary of a Lost Girl was based on the bestselling book of the same name by Margarete Böhme. A musician finds the corpse of a beautiful woman on the beach. 4:29 PREVIEW Help Me. Diary of a Lost Girl/Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1929 Germany 120 mins). The first, Pandora’s Box, was also released in 1929. While Thymian can at times be frustratingly naive and swoonish whenever she finds herself in the arms of a man, Louise Brooks delivers a tour de force performance that helps the audience maintain sympathy for her put-upon character, even when the film is at its most melodramatic. Her friends at the brothel suggest she obtain a new identity by marrying Osdorff. Charlie was her paramour from the 1920s, whom she accidentally killed before realizing she was a descendant of Lilith, the mother of all demons! Read Full Synopsis Cast + Crew Previous Cast Members More Cast Members. With no skills, Thymian also becomes a prostitute. With the expectation of inheriting a large amount of money, Thymian decides to start a new life. VIDEO DIARY OF A LOST GIRL Dir: Lindsay Denniberg, 2012. Important story of one of the "lost girls" who escaped from the murderous cauldron of the Sudan to re-create herself as an accomplished poet, womanist writer and anti-slavery advocate. Count Osdorff follows the two women; but before leaving he pauses, turns back toward his startled cousin, and declares, "A little more love and no-one would be lost in this world! Diary of a Lost Girl The shy and somewhat innocent girl is surprised when their housekeeper, Elizabeth (Sybille Schmitz) ups and leaves them on the day of her confirmation. Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. 2014 Preview SONG TIME The Mearns. Take a look ahead at some of our most anticipated superhero series arriving in 2021 and beyond. The Diary of a Lost Girl was first published in Germany in 1905. When Erika, her old friend, is brought before the directors as an "especially difficult case", Thymian denounces the school and its "blessings" and takes Erika out of the room. This was Brooks' second and last film with Pabst, and like their prior collaboration, Pandora's Box, it is considered to be a classic by many film historians. Diary of a Lost Girl (Tagebuch diner Verlorenen) is a 1929 German silent film directed by G.W. Where most silent actors switch between rigid and operatic in their performances, Brooks is naturalistic and subtle, making it clear just why Pabst was so eager to work with her again after Pandora's Box, made the same year. This is exquisite silent storytelling at its most lurid, with Pabst's craftsmanship and Brooks' knowing expressiveness making something special out of a ludicrous good-girl-gone-bad story. It's not the equal of "Pandora's Box," but her performance is on the same high level. 520 likes. Kino on Video 2001 DVD edition. When the loss of his mom's job threatens to uproot the only life he knows, Clark and friends enter a film contest to save his family's home. However, when she learns that Meinert is throwing Meta and her two children out on the street, Thymian gives Meta the money so that her young half-sister will not suffer her fate. Was this review helpful to you? This FAQ is empty. Pabst, starring Louise Brooks.. Brooks is Thymian Henning, daughter of pharmacist Robert Henning. Pabst (Pandora's Box), DIARY OF A LOST GIRL is a provocative adaptation of Margarethe Bhme's notorious novel, in which the naive daughter of a middle class pharmacist is seduced by her father's assistant, only to be disowned and sent to a repressive home for wayward girls. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), black & white, 116 minutes, not rated, with Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.. Kino International, K225DVD, UPC 7-38329-02252-5. Taken from the novel written by Margarethe Bohme, it talks about the rape… (1929). On the day of Thymian's confirmation, her father kicks the maid out … It turns out that her father has got Elisabeth pregnant. A blowhard who poses as a railroad executive (but is really just a $30-a-week clerk) catches a young bride and then drives her family's finances to the brink of ruin. A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a harsh, cruel world. Elisabeth's body is brought to the pharmacy later that day, an apparent suicide by drowning, upsetting Thymian. [1], previous screen adaptation of the novel, directed in 1918, Through the Forests and Through the Trees, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diary_of_a_Lost_Girl&oldid=1012556250, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 March 2021, at 00:48. Add the first question. 6. Pabst. Margarete Böhme (8 May 1867 – 23 May 1939) was, arguably, one of the most widely read German writers of the early 20th century. Unfortunately, due to Louise's supernatural origins, every man she sleeps with must die! View production, box office, & company info, The Doctor and the Devils: Pabst’s Subversive Ufa Propaganda Revisited in Paracelsus (1943) | Blu-ray Review, 35 Films from the Golden Age of German Cinema. "Diary of a Lost Girl" was the close of her glory days. Pabst (Pandora’s Box), DIARY OF A LOST GIRL is a provocative adaptation of Margarethe Böhme’s notorious novel, in which the naive daughter of a middle class pharmacist is seduced by her father’s assistant, only to be disowned and sent to a repressive home for wayward girls. Even though the film is now 87 years old, Brooks's acting feels completely modern. When she refuses, Thymian's baby is taken from her and she is packed off to a reformatory watched over by the intimidating director (Andrews Engelmann) and his tyrannical wife (Valeska Gert). In one particularly effective close-up, the wife seems to be achieving some sort of sexual gratification from her monstrous behaviour.The one place Thymian feels accepted on any sort of level is the brothel, a place where she can be herself without any kind of judgement or fear of social exile. 4:55 PREVIEW Rhoda. With Louise Brooks, Josef Rovenský, Fritz Rasp, André Roanne. It is based on the controversial and bestselling 1905 novel of the same name by Margarete Böhme. 96 min. German filmmaker G.W. Slarek revisits the 1929 DIARY OF A LOST GIRL, a downbeat, adult themed and gorgeously realised work of German silent cinema from the dynamite team of director G.W. On the day of her confirmation, innocent young Thymiane Henning (Brooks) is given a lockable diary as a present. Diary of a Lost Girl (German: Tagebuch einer Verlorenen) is a 1929 silent film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring American silent star Louise Brooks. After thinking about it, he agrees. Search for "Diary of a Lost Girl" on Amazon.com, Title: Adriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business. They are less concerned with helping the girls fit back into the society that has failed them, and more about satisfying their own sadistic desires. In the film, Pabst used the main character Thymian, who opts for alienation rather than hypocritical conformity, as a vehicle to attack the self-righteous values of the German middle class. When the baby arrives, Thymian refuses to reveal who the father is but her family learn the truth from her diary, and insist that the two marry to avoid damage to the family's reputation. ", Diary of a Lost Girl premiered in Vienna, Austria on 12 September 1929. Diary of a Lost Girl is the second version of this story since in 1918 the first one was made but inexplicably it was lost and a copy was never found, it is as if the earth had eaten it, maybe because of censorship. 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