Diary of a Lost Girl
1929 · Movie · NR · 113 min · ★ 7.3 · 95% critics
After a young woman is assaulted and becomes pregnant, she’s cast out by her family and pushed into institutions that offer little compassion. Forced to survive on her own, she navigates exploitation, strict discipline, and fleeting kindness while trying to hold onto dignity in a world quick to judge and punish.
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Details
- Original title
- Tagebuch einer Verlorenen
- Years
- 1929
- Release date
- 1929-09-27
- Language
- German
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (122 votes)
About
If you’re open to a provocative silent-era drama about exploitation and survival, this pairs well with Pandora's Box; Not for you if you want fast pacing, lighter themes, or find older silent films too static and theatrical.
Pros: powerful, still-shocking story; tense, uneasy atmosphere; standout lead presence | Cons: slow, dated pacing; melodrama can feel heavy; ending turns preachy
Themes
- rape
- based on novel or book
- brothel
- inheritance
- prostitution
- reformatory
- silent film
- girls' reformatory
- brothel madam
- innocent
- cold cruel world
- fallen woman
Cast & crew
Louise Brooks
as Thymian Henning
André Roanne
as Count Nicolas Osdorff
Josef Rovenský
as Karl Friedrich Henning
Fritz Rasp
as Meinert
Vera Pawlowa
as Aunt Frida
Franziska Kinz
as Meta Koch Henning
Arnold Korff
as Elder Count Osdorff
Andrews Engelmann
as The Reformatory's Dean
Valeska Gert
as The Reformatory Dean's Wife
Edith Meinhard
as Erika
Directed by G.W. Pabst