Cast includes Louise Brooks, Andrews Engelmann, Valeska Gert, Franziska Kinz, Arnold Korff, Vera Pawlowa, Fritz Rasp, André Roanne, and Josef Rovensky. Restored and remastered version of the 1929 classic starring Louise Brooks, who is disowned and sent to an oppressive reformatory after she is seduced by her father's assistant and becomes pregnant. Eventually she leaves, searches for her child, and supports herself by working in a brothel.
Director
Pabst, G. W.
Writer
Leonhardt, Rudolf
Production Team
Kino Lorber
Genre
Feature Film Drama
Source
Based on the novel Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (Diary of a Lost One) by Margarethe Böhme
Language
Silent with English or German intertitles
Other Title
Tagebuch einer Verlorenen
Media Format
1 DVD (116 min.), 1 Blu-ray disc (116 min.), or 1 streaming video (116 min.)
Type
Black and white
Additional Content
An unrestored version of the film was released on DVD by Kino Lorber in 2001. The DVD and Blu-ray disc include audio commentary by Thomas Gladysz, who is the director of the Louise Brooks Society, and the short film Windy Riley Goes to Hollywood (1930; 18 min.), which also stars Louise Brooks and was directed by Roscoe Arbuckle.
