A film set on a precipice of disaster that is at once a requiem for what was, and a warning for what was to come. And it's as timely and as urgent as ever.

| Jun 28, 2022

You didn't think old school cinema was this adorbs, but it is.

| Jun 11, 2021

[The story] might be of less importance in itself than the way in which it has been moulded. A way which expresses naturally and with charm the delicate side of the subject and which characterizes distinctly but not abruptly.

| Jan 14, 2021

No outline of the story could attempt to convey a sense of the adroitness with which the producers have caught the schoolgirl spirit that bubbles even under such repressive conditions, the naturalness of manner revealed by the youthful players.

| Dec 10, 2020

It is acted and directed with forceful simplicity, and is a strong example of Germany's return to assurance in the talkie field.

| Nov 18, 2020

I cannot begin to tell you of the amazing skill of the casting, of the authenticity of the scenes, nor of the wonderfully sympathetic performances of Miss Hertha Thiele as Manuela and Miss Dorothea Wieck a Fraulein von Bernburg.

| Nov 18, 2020

The conclusion is highly satisfying. And indeed the whole picture is extremely interestingly done as to continuity, performances and direction.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 18, 2020

I found no suggestion of anything scandalous about this cinema's subject matter, and that its "sensationalism" lies solely in the marvelously natural acting, keen direction, and superb camera work that make it a photoplay gem among gems.

| Nov 18, 2020

Of all the motion pictures which have come out of the German studios this year the one called Maedchen in Uniform is probably the most important and, incidentally, the most successful.

| Nov 18, 2020

Something unusual, something fine in motion pictures.

| Nov 18, 2020

It is a beautifully conceived drama, masterfully directed and acted by the principals. It's a thought-provoking film, handled with a strange charm and sensitive touch.

| Nov 18, 2020

There is a sensitiveness about Maedehen In Uniform... which no other film has achieved. There is also beauty of thought and a deep pathos which becomes vibrant in its intensity.

| Nov 18, 2020

The abyss of false sentimentality on the one side and downright unpleasantness on the other wait hungrily for one mistake, but Leontine Sagan, the director, avoids them both magnificently.

| Nov 18, 2020

The advance enthusiasm for this surprise German hit has been underestimated, if anything, for the picture is a curiously touching little cinema masterpiece, a thing of rare and tender beauty.

| Nov 18, 2020

It is a simple picture, as great as it is simple.

| Nov 18, 2020

It may be assigned a place among the great films because it gives the spectator a vivid and comprehensive realization of that fascinating and distorted world within a world, a fashionable girls' boarding school.

| Nov 18, 2020

Maedchen In Uniform can be recommended, for all the family, as one of the very finest pictures the screen has ever seen.

| Nov 18, 2020

The film, despite its shortcomings, is worthy of a visit. The action, though rather slowed down as compared with the impression made by the full text, has much poignancy in it.

| Nov 18, 2020

The closing scenes are extremely dramatic and suspensive.

| Nov 18, 2020

This all-women film from Germany is more than curiosity and a worthy artistic achievement. It is a cinema phenomenon in that its simple, almost plotless story can generate so much emotional warmth.

| Nov 18, 2020