Plot: Thymian is raped by the assistant of her father. When it turns out she is pregnant her father wants her to marry his assistant to cover up the shame. Thymian refuses and she's sent to a boarding school. There she meets Erika. The two get along well and they quickly find a way to escape the school.
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December 09, 2024
A decent silent, though the restored version is way too long for its own good. It's nice that they found the censored material and were able to add it back into the film, but with a runtime of nearly two hours, the film lost me around halfway through. I'm pretty sure I would've preferred the shorter cut.
The performances aren't too bad and the pacing is fine. It is very much a classic silent though, so it just runs through the narrative and it does little more than that. If you're hoping to catch some German Expressionist influences here, you'll be sorely disappointed. Still, as silents go, this wasn't too bad.