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Diary of a Lost Girl
The second and final collaboration of actress Louise Brooks and director
G.W. Pabst (Pandora's Box), DIARY OF A LOST GIRL is a provocative
adaptation of Margarethe Böhme's notorious novel, in which the naive
daughter of a middle class pharmacist is seduced by her father's
assistant, only to be disowned and sent to a repressive home for wayward
girls. She escapes, searches for her child, and ends up in a high-class
brothel, only to turn the tables on the society which had abused her.
It's another tour-de-force performance by Brooks, whom silent film
historian Kevin Brownlow calls an "actress of brilliance, a luminescent
personality and a beauty unparalleled in screen history."
- Thomas Gladysz |
Germany 1929 112 Min. B&W 1920x1080p (1.33:1) Stereo 2.0
German inter titles with optional English subtitles
DIARY OF A LOST GIRL (Tagebuch einer Verlorenen)
Directed by G.W. Pabst
Based on the novel by Margarethe Böhme
Photographed by Sepp Allgeier
With Louise Brooks, Fritz Rasp, André Roanne, Franziska Kinz
Music by Javier Perez de Azpeitia (piano)
Reconstruction and Restoration: Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna;Deutsches
Filminstitut - DIF, Frankfurt am Main;
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden
Audio commentary by Thomas Gladysz, Director, Louise Brooks Society
Bonus: "Windy Riley Goes Hollywood" (1931, 18 Min., featuring Louise Brooks)
"We are impressed with the image quality of this new home video edition
of Louise Brooks' last great film and recommend it enthusiastically to
Brooks fans and silent film collectors alike." - Silent Era
"With a good commentary, and a later American short subject starring Brooks.... The
Kino Classics Blu-ray of
Diary of a Lost Girl is a marvelous reconstruction and restoration. With their plain title
cards and tight continuity, German films of this time can be a little
abrupt. But the film is surprisingly easy to follow. The inter-titles
are in German, with English subs. We’re told that pieces of the picture
came from different sources. All blend well save for one obvious
recovered censor scene in which Meinert actually lays Thymian down on a
bed. Most of the rest of the picture is in great shape. It was indeed
strange, recognizing bits of the show from the long-ago screening, but
only now having a clue as to what’s going on. . . . The presentation is given a piano score by Javier Perez de Azpeitia,
which plays very well. Thomas Gladysz’s commentary is thorough and
informative. . . . The commentary tells us everything known about
practically everybody who shows up on screen." - Glenn Erickson,
Trailers from Hell
"The
Kino blu ray is a beautiful high def transfer . . . The insightful
audio commentary by Thomas Gladysz offers a wealth of fascinating
information about the movie and about Ms. Brooks" -- film historian
James Neibaur, examiner.com