Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)

NR ★ 7.3/10 113 min Drama Germany German

Director: G.W. Pabst

Writer: Rudolf Leonhardt
Novel: Margarete Böhme

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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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Top Cast

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

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