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Mar 22, 2012 · One of the clients is Count Osdorff, an old friend of her family and a wastrel whose half-hearted attempts to help the girl come to nothing. In an ending of unrestrained irony, Osrorff's wealthy uncle marries Thymian, who now becomes a member of Society for the Rescue of Endangered Female Youth.
'Diary of a Lost Girl' is a classy silent feature which centres on Thymian (Louise Brooks, fresh from 'Pandora's Box'), first seen as sweet and innocent young thing who takes the wrong turning after becoming pregnant by her father's pharmacy assistant (the repellent Fritz Rasp).
Diary of a Lost Girl begins in the midst of tragedy. As Thymian (Louise Brooks) awaits her confirmation, eager for all the joys of adulthood, her family’s housekeeper is suddenly thrust out. It seems she and Thymian’s father had been sleeping together, and a pregnancy resulted.
Jul 26, 2004 · In Diary of a Lost Girl, Brooks plays Thymiane Henning, the innocent young daughter of a pharmacist (Josef Rovensky), who is seduced by her father’s lecherous assistant, Meinert (Fritz Rasp) and later gives birth to an illegitimate child.
- Martyn Bamber
Diary of a Lost Girl: Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. With Louise Brooks, Fritz Rasp, Edith Meinhard, Vera Pawlowa. After falling pregnant by a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is ejected from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school.
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- Drama
- Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- 1930
Thymian (Louise Brooks) is the innocent daughter of Robert Hemming (Joseph Rovensky), a pharmacist who is a serial adulterer, knocking up the governesses with reckless abandon. She is presented a diary where she writes her tale.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2014. Lewis Porteous The Skinny. What rescues the movie from quaint anonymity is the nausea-inducing darkness that permeates its every frame. Full ...
