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Diary of a Lost Girl
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.
1929 · Directed by G.W. Pabst · 113 min · Drama · 10 frames
Crew
- Written by: Rudolf Leonhardt
- Cinematography: Sepp Allgeier, Fritz Arno Wagner
- Produced by: G.W. Pabst
Cast
- 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
Production
- Country: Germany
- Language: No Language
- Studios: Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation, Pabst-Film
- Themes: rape, based on novel or book, brothel, inheritance, prostitution, reformatory, silent film, girls' reformatory, brothel madam, innocent
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