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Diary of a Lost Girl
Diary of a Lost Girl
8.3
/10
630 Ratings

DIARY OF A LOST GIRL

Tagebuch einer Verlorenen

Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Germany, 1929
Drama, Silent

Synopsis

Traces the journey of Thymian a young woman, seduced by her father′s assistant, she gives birth to an illegitimate baby; put into a home, she is helped by the young poor Earl Osdorff and runs away, ending up in an urban brothel, becoming the focus of interest in a different and exciting world.

Synopsis

Traces the journey of Thymian a young woman, seduced by her father′s assistant, she gives birth to an illegitimate baby; put into a home, she is helped by the young poor Earl Osdorff and runs away, ending up in an urban brothel, becoming the focus of interest in a different and exciting world.

Our take

Director G.W. Pabst and star Louise Brooks, who had just climbed to delirious heights with Pandora’s Box, re-teamed for this 1929 classic, which offers a stunning tale of an innocent woman whose effect on men becomes her curse. A forward-thinking masterwork, its reputation has only risen with time.