The most charismatic, most luminous, most elegant actress in post-war German cinema, Lilli Palmer, plays Ms von Bernburg in Rhadvani's painful story of suppression, oppression and fear set in a boarding school in early 20th century Prussia, that is run by a draconian, intimidating, superior. No wonder, that half the girls fall for Ms von Bernburg - she is the one glimmer of hope and humanity in the entire institution.

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