Diary of a Lost Girl

Dir: G.W. Pabst Germany
1929 100 min
B&W (no sound track)


G.W. Past's DIARY OF A LOST GIRL is a 35 mm print struck from a negative recently restored by the Cineteca di Bologna in Italy. This restoration adds back to the G.W. Pabst masterwork at least ten minutes of footage that has most likely never been seen in the U.S. and until recently only rarely in Europe as well.

Brooks plays an innocent young girl corrupted by the sexual hypocrisy of respectable society. Louise plays a teenager who is seduced by her fatheršs assistant, sent to reform school and after a succession of failed relationships, finds herself in a brothel. For the first time, she finds freedom and happiness. Brooks is absolutely radiant as a woman who achieves liberation through learning to enjoy and exploit her sexuality.

Available in 35mm & 16mm