SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Girls in Uniform

Synopsis

Feature film. Remake of the 1931 film of a sensitive student (Manuela) in an authoritarian Prussian school whose friendship with a mysterious and beautiful teacher is interpreted as lesbianism. Manuela declares her love publicly after a school play and the headmistress threatens to expel her. Manuela attempts suicide but is saved at the last moment. The school play is Romeo and Juliet, and Manuela uses the role of Romeo to declare her love for Bernberg (playing Juliet). In the more critically acclaimed 1931 version the play is Schiller’s Don Carlos.

Language

German (Standard)

Country

Germany; France

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1958

Duration

94 mins

Credits

Director

Géza von Radványi

Producer

Artur Brauner; Joseph Spigler

Cinematographer

Werner Krien

Screenplay

F.D. Andam; Franz Hollering

Music

Peter Sandloff

Costume

Maria Hahn

Cast

Romy Schneider	Manuela von Meinhardie (Romeo)
Lilli Palmer	Fräulein von Bernburg (Juliet)
Thérèse Giehse	Oberin

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); School productions; Gay and lesbian interpretations; Gender reversal

Notes

General

Based on the play Gestern und Heute by Christa Winsloe

Production Company

Name

CCC Filmkunst (Berlin)

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Retail outlets