{"id":991,"date":"2006-04-21T10:54:22","date_gmt":"2006-04-21T17:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=991"},"modified":"2021-01-04T20:57:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T03:57:30","slug":"madchen-in-uniform-1931","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=991","title":{"rendered":"Madchen in Uniform (1931)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I can&#8217;t stand by and watch children made into scared, helpless creatures.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Poster.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA young orphan (Hertha Thiele) at an authoritarian boarding school in Prussia develops a crush on her kind teacher (Dorothea Wieck).  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boarding School<\/li>\n<li>German Films<\/li>\n<li>Lesbianism<\/li>\n<li>Orphans<\/li>\n<li>Ruthless Leaders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis female-directed &#8220;landmark of the German cinema&#8221; was, as Peary notes, &#8220;the first German film to incorporate sound skillfully and thematically&#8221;, the first film to &#8220;treat lesbianism sympathetically,&#8221; and a rare movie which dared to &#8220;attack authoritarianism at the time the climate was right for Hitler&#8217;s rise to power.&#8221; Indeed, as Peary and many other reviewers have noted, <em>Madchen<\/em> is strongly allegorical, with the girls&#8217; boarding school clearly meant to represent Germany&#8217;s increasingly oppressive fascist regime. It&#8217;s refreshing to see these girls &#8212; who are &#8220;spirited, funny, caring, and supportive&#8221; &#8212; sustain themselves through the love and support they have for one another. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A remarkably sensitive early cinematic depiction of lesbian attraction<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Still-1024x501.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Still-1024x501.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Still-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Still-128x63.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Still-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Still-1536x751.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Still.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography2-1024x505.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"316\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography2-1024x505.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography2-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography2-128x63.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography2-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography2-1536x758.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography2.png 1781w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography-1024x509.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"318\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography-1536x764.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Madchen-in-Uniform-Cinematography.png 1755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a landmark German film.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Controversial Film<\/li>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0022183\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1932\/09\/21\/archives\/girls-in-uniform-a-germanlanguage-picture-con-cerned-with-life-in-a.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t stand by and watch children made into scared, helpless creatures.&#8221; Synopsis: A young orphan (Hertha Thiele) at an authoritarian boarding school in Prussia develops a crush on her kind teacher (Dorothea Wieck). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Boarding School German Films Lesbianism Orphans Ruthless Leaders Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: This female-directed &#8220;landmark of the German cinema&#8221; was, as Peary notes, &#8220;the first German film to incorporate sound skillfully and thematically&#8221;, the first film to &#8220;treat lesbianism sympathetically,&#8221; and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=991\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=991"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61617,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions\/61617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}