Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)

7.8Not Rated109 min

1929 film by Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Diary of a Lost Girl (German: Tagebuch einer Verlorenen) is a 1929 German silent film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring American silent star Louise Brooks. The film was shot in black and white, and diverse versions of the film ranged from 79 minutes to 116 minutes in length. This was Brooks' second and last film with Pabst, and like their previous collaboration, Pandora's Box, many film historians consider it to be a classic. It is based on the controversial and bestselling 1905 novel of the same name by Margarete Böhme. The novel had been previously adapted by Richard Oswald as Diary of a Lost Woman.

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What is Diary of a Lost Girl about?
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) — 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. Sh
Is Diary of a Lost Girl based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Diary of a Lost Girl scary?
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