*合唱中*
黑短发女孩乱入:"每个人都竭力大喊 我们什么时候开饭呀?"
——"你知道你住哪间宿舍吗?" ——"马加尔说我住冯·伯恩伯格夫人的宿舍" ——"当心别坠入爱河!因为所有的女孩都对伯恩伯格夫人一见钟情"
女校长:"我们普鲁士人不懂得饥饿 她们是士兵的孩子 若能如愿 也将成为士兵的母亲!通过纪律和挨饿 我们才能重返光荣 否则根本不可能"
姨母:"军官的女儿居然还哭!"
——"…我想到等我再长大些就得离开这学校 每天晚上您也会亲吻其他女孩…" ——"你都在想些什么啊" ——"我太爱您了!"
——"妈妈说我不能太柔弱 祖国需要钢铁一般的人民" ——"我妈妈也在这里待过四年 她难道忘了这里环境多糟么?"
女教师:"我不会放不下我的岗位 我知道我不能再留在这里 我不能站在一旁看着孩子们成为被恐吓的无助的动物"
Junes filles en uniforme met en scène l'amour de Manuela pour sa professeure Mademoiselle de Bernburg au sein d'une institution à la discipline rigoureuse réservée aux filles de la haute société. C'est l'un des tous premiers films de l'histoire du cinéma à prendre pour sujet une histoire d'amour lesbien. Après un baiser furtivement échangé dans le dortoir, l'enseignante offre une chemise de corps à la jeune femme, qui lui confesse alors son affection et sa tourmente. Censuré par le régime nazi, ce drame emblématique de la République de Weimar distille une critique de la société patriarcale à l'aube des régimes totalitaires.
Double features time! German female filmmaker Leontine Sagan’s MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM is a vanguard of queer cinema made in 1931, and William Wyler’s THESE THREE, arrived 5 years later, is based on Lilian Hellman’s sapphic play The Children’s Hour, but lesbianism is completely effaced due to the Hays Code, and Wyler would later remake a “veritable” version in 1961 starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine and James Garner.
MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM is adapted from Christa Winsloe’s play and old hand Carl Froelich is credited as the artistic director to lend a helping hand to Sagan’s first feature. Corralling an all-female cast, the story is exclusively confined in an all-girl boarding school in the dog end of the Weimar Republic.
Governed by a prim and property headmistress (Unda, an exemplary schoolmarm adorned by a pair of pince-nez), the school aims to groom young daughters from military families to be child-bearers of future soldiers, the headmistress exclaims that they should be raised on hunger and discipline. But where there is oppression, there is revolt, not all the girls are toeing the line, especially the vivacious Ilse von Westhagen (Schwanneke), a mischief-maker whose misdeed (smuggling letter to her parents for more money because them girls are always hungry, even in Sundays), doesn’t deteriorate only because the caring intervention of Fraülein von Bernburg (Wieck), the judicious, tender governess who doesn’t see eye to eye with headmistress’ imperious command.
Fraülein von Bernburg is the star teacher that every girl admires and adores, and her goodnight kiss is a ritual of utter bliss. For a 14-year-old Manuela (Thiele), her attachment to Fraülein von Bernburg is more intense, unlike others, their goodnight kiss is on the lips, and she falls in love with her (she can barely speak in front of Fraülein von Bernburg, a fool-proof sign of infatuation), but as an adult, Fraülein von Bernburg knows better not to spoil this fragile bond and overstep the boundary. When Manuela is the worse for drink after a successful school play, she lets slip her secret in a fit of euphoria, and its repercussions are resoundingly pathos-stricken, yet, the film is anything but a misery porn, after flags up its anti-Fascist message, it propitiously brings down the curtains and leaves the denouement in ambiguity rather than anything more concrete. That said, its "love is love" affirmation ought not to be eclipsed by its vehement political opprobrium.
Wieck has a very peculiar presence of mind and impassive mien which suggests charisma, mystery and indissolubility, and Thiele possesses that photogenic and expressive visage of innocuousness, youthfulness and vulnerability, it is very hard to credit they have the same age, both were born in 1908. Kudos to the casting process! Then, speaking of Sagan’s directorial endeavor, it is to her credit that we do not feel constrained in a single location, her camera never feels plodding, her sense of composition is overall felicitous, like the vertiginous shot which foreshadows where a tragedy might occur, or the remarkable close-ups foregrounded in soft focus. Moreover, her female identity also helps to reassure the young female cast and elicit most spontaneous reactions and outburst from them, not to mention the jubilant solidarity. Sagan’s proficiency can contend with those from any member of the other sex, yet she only made three movies in her entire life, which makes MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM such a puissant hue and cry to redress the inequality in the director’s chair, and individually, it is an endearingly stirring film completed with true grits and pluperfect tact.
THESE THREE, on the other hand, except for being marred for its inborn cop-out, is almost identical with THE CHILDREN’S HOUR (1961), Hellman’s dialogue remains largely intact even if the central Uranian affection is debased to a heteronormative love triangle. Two best-friends-cum-school-teachers, Martha Dobie (Hopkins) and Karen Wright (Oberon), both attract to the wholesomely handsome doctor Joseph Cardin (McCrea), but he takes the shine to Karen, so Martha has to hide her feelings.
But a vicious lie from one of their care, the bratty, self-serving, manipulative Mary Tilford (Granville) will shatter the fabric of their school and relationships, as simple as that. However, poetic justice might arrive belatedly, it is never absent. But by that point, audience might be too despondent and benumbed to toss a care. Most afterthought can be aptly copied from my review of THE CHILDREN’S HOUR (1961), but there are some divergence.
For one thing, Granville’s Oscar-nominated performance of an obnoxious bad seed is so extreme and single-minded (Patty McCormack gives a more superior impression of spill-chilling apathy in Mervyn LeRoy’s THE BAD SEED, 1956), a sense of awe actually transpires when she finally gets a whack in the face, in the hands of none other than the fearsome Margaret Hamilton, how satisfactory it is! And in the realm of prodigious child actors, Marcia Mae Jones’ extraordinary embodiment of the patsy Rosalie Wells is every bit as stupendous if not more. Tellingly, those young girls' copious theatrics may betray the difference whether they are handled by a man or a woman.
While THESE THREE is unexceptionable in its narratology and stock soundstage artificiality, no one should deny Hellman’s script is a fertile land for its actresses, Catherine Doucet’s highfalutin and exceedingly self-serving Auntie Mortar (a role played by Hopkins in the 1961 remake) might be bracketed as one of the most odious characters ever on the screen (with Granville’s Mary hot on her heels), yet her unrepentant carriage and locution is fabulous to gape. As a different kind of irritant, Amelia Tilford, Mary’s doting grandmother, stage thespian Alma Kruger, in her very first screen role, presides over with utter composure and later, registers a dignified pang of guilt and pain that comes to save the day.
Among the three leads, McCrea ekes out just adequate charm to convince us he is a catcher, he has more fun throwing sideswipes at Auntie Mortar than spouting sweet-nothings; and Oberon, right in her prime and is game enough to be chipper but also has that essential demureness as a classic Hollywood diva, almost virtuous to a fault. So, we can only rely on Hopkins to ginger up a semblance of perversion that goes missing in the revamped story, and she is there does what she does best, adding layers and layers of pent-up emotions (both to Joseph and her aunt) even there is nothing happens exteriorly. Why her Martha shouldn’t have a darling of her own? There must be a man for her in Vienna too, perhaps a woman even? In THESE THREE’s gynophobic backwater, Martha is an echt heroine and the film fails her cravenly.
referential entries: Wyler’s THE CHILDREN’S HOUR (1961, 7.3/10); Josef von Sternberg’s THE BLUE ANGEL (1930, 7.4/10).
Title: Mädchen in Uniform
Year: 1931
Country: Germany
Language: German, French, English
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Leontine Sagan
Screenwriters: Christa Winsloe, Friedrich Dammann
based on the play by Christa Winsloe
Music: Hanson Milde-Meissner
Cinematography: Reimer Kuntze, Franz Weihmayr
Editing: Oswald Hafenrichter
Cast:
Hertha Thiele
Dorothea Wieck
Emilia Unda
Hedy Krilla
Ellen Schwanneke
Gertrud de Lalsky
Erika Mann
Annemarie von Rochhausen
Else Ehser
Rating: 8.1/10
Title: These Three
Year: 1936
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: William Wyler
Screenwriter: Lillian Hellman
Music: Alfred Newman
Cinematography: Gregg Toland
Editing: Daniel Mandell
Cast:
Miriam Hopkins
Merle Oberon
Joel McCrea
Catherine Doucet
Bonita Granville
Alma Kruger
Marcia Mae Jones
Carmencita Johnson
Walter Brennan
Margaret Hamilton
Rating: 6.7/10
老师美呆了
格調在於Les女教師並非頽廢和玩世不恭,放到今時今日你會不會受些啓發?
3.5. You're not allowed to love me... so much.
一部31年的黑白片击败当今一大片拉片!!!
1.乔丹·斯科特《裂缝》经典原本,影史首部女同电影。即使尊为鼻祖,影片本身之于同性情恋的描写却是极其隐晦和克制的,更多是针对当时德国斯巴达式教育体制及强权主义的控诉、批判,同时众数女性的主创阵容亦可视为30年代女性自主意识觉醒的预示。2.反叛精神因为感情的诚挚而倍显动人。少女仰慕纯真白净,伯恩伯格的感性又兼有一丝隐忍的忧愁,只是受限时代与身份的桎梏,过于炽烈的爱终究无了期。3.世纪一吻,沉淀百年之美。4.开放式结局:校长穿过人潮独自走进长廊,被前方光亮所吞没。(8.5/10)
女孩的情感灼热而又纯真,女老师压抑而又感性,但是时代和身份却是她们无法跨越的樊篱。
史称“世界首部女同性恋电影”,其实更深刻的意义在于对高压、专制的教育体制的控诉。
调子是复杂且含混的,心碎的自觉悲情与欣慰的柔光唯美。我们可以看到影片是个性别单一且空间封闭的室内剧,最终以学生——教员对军事化集权体制的象征性表态与反抗,没有明确成果。若以如此方式作论,那么影片同样可以视作与当时社会意识形态相左的行为——银幕上对女同的尝试。2q
女主美爆
实力证明黑白电影,并不会因为年代久远而显得枯燥乏味。两位女主的颜值都很高,酒后吐真言,爱要大声说出来。主要还是为了批判当时魏玛共和国的教育。8.0
该片为世界首部女同性恋电影,位列1995年评选出的“最伟大的一百部德国电影”第44位。虽然后来的历史学家认为此片是“德国女同性恋者争取解放的最著名呼声……直接而有力”,但当时很多德国观众认为其主题在于影射当时普鲁士法律和社会制度的冷酷。1958年还有一个翻拍版本。
女同色彩更强烈些,给每个人一个吻
老师你真的好美
电影史上第一部“女同电影”,大概也是最好的女同电影之一。
【8.3】世界上第一部女同片,其实看完后才发现卖点并不是这个。说的应该还是批判德国当时的教育制度吧。不过这片被禁挺让我意外的。所以说掌握权力的人,往往是思想最落后的。还有老师嫁我!太美了!每个特写镜头都美到爆炸!女主也是!加上其他颜值都不低,风格各异的妹子!这片就算只看脸也值了!
史上第一部女同片,但正如许多评论家所指出的,本片的女同色彩并不浓,重点还是批评德国社会的斯巴达教育。
有一个苹果挂在枝头,是采果子的人将它遗漏? 不是,是没有人能得手——萨福
美人+制服+御系诱惑,52年版真的比老版烂太多。
无论是演员的表演还是对角色性格的展现都远不如之后的翻拍版本。
8/8.5 作为直男已经为这部作品中的女性之美深深折服 虽然影片深处表达出对普鲁士式斯巴达棍棒教育的鞭笞 但作品本身最耀眼的光辉还是那群活泼可爱青春年少的姑娘以及冷艳而沉静的Frau.Bornberg 这部充满着自由气息的作品也只有在魏玛时代才会出现吧 它糅合着传统普鲁士的不近人情的冷酷坚毅的作风与1918后自由的朝气 充分反映出了不同的三代人的观念--刻板的校长 严格而温柔的教师 朝气蓬勃渴望自由的年轻人 最后校长一个人落寞消失在长廊尽头的镜头让人感到伤感 它仿佛让人看到了1945年后彻底消失的那个最传统的普鲁士要素的德国;十分赞同作品中的一个观点 即身为人师最重要的原则是公正/die Gleichheit;作为30年代的老片 我十分中意当时的作品不含杂质的纯粹艺术性的观感