Word: fraulein
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...diplomacy. The Swedish Ambassador to Great Britain, Baron Palmstierna, put on his silk hat and called on his King's grandson at his hotel. Could not His Royal Highness put off this whole hasty business for more mature consideration? H. R. H. could not. An attache called on Fraulein Patzek and Sigvard was furious. Wherever they went, to a West End restaurant, to the cinema, Scotland Yard operatives followed. Finally, from Nice where he was busy winning a mixed doubles tournament, the old King prodded Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, who was acting as Regent in Stockholm. The Crown Prince...
...faithfulness of attention to detail which characterizes German cinema production. "Maedchen in Uniform" is alive with genuine emotion and a well-defined and exacting plot structure. There are many touches of the theatre from the entrance of the orphan Manuela into the school to the closing scene in which Fraulein von Beruburg is chosen spontaneously as the natural leader by the acclaim of the children for the understanding and gentleness, while the sternold principal, who has insisted on stifling Prussian discipline, realizes her mistaken methods and totters down the whitewashed stairs on her walking stick...
...main dramatic element in the film centers around a playlet which the students give. Manuela has been touched by the friendly sympathy of Fraulein von Bernburg, and after her successful performance, excited by too much strong punch, she makes a scene by shouting her gratitude and love for the teacher. Unfortunately the principal overhears the speech and Manuela is sentenced to solitary confinement. A narrowly avoided suicide brings the story to a happy conclusion...
Every character that appears on the screen is female, but the play does not suffer; Hertha Thiele interprets the part of Manuela with great talent and understanding, and the principal, Emilia Unda, brings a terrorizing sincerity to the role. Dorothea Wieck, who enacts the part of the friendly Fraulein von Bernburg, which appeals to every one in the audience, shows a fearless idealism...
...wheel. These eight stories will all do 20 mi. to a gallon; two of them will go 75 at a pinch. Some of the upholstery: A day in the frantically hard-working life of a successful actress, far removed from the "glamour" her public imagines her surrounded with. Efficient Fraulein's day off from her opulent Parkavian charges shows her efficient even in love. Manhattan Taxi-driver Ernie calls it an uneventful day after 16 hours of crowded life. Wifely Muriel spoils her husband's would-be romantic trip to Mexico by tagging along. Linny, all alone...