Tagebuch einer Verlorenen

Apr 11 1930 Not Rated 1h 44m
Drama

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.

Plot

Thymian is raped by her father's assistant. When she becomes pregnant and bears a child but refuses to marry her assaulter, her outraged father sends her to a brutal reformatory. Thymian soon escapes with a friend, Erika (Edith Meinhard), only to learn that her child has died. She then finds Erika working at a brothel and, with no option, joins her. Gradually, Thymian works her way higher by marrying a count, but her past haunts her.

Written by

Margarete Böhme, Rudolf Leonhardt

Directed by

Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Production Countries

Germany

Production Companies

Pabst-Film, Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation

Languages

No Language

Awards

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Scores
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4,979
Average Rating
7.8 out of 10
Metascore
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