How a school drama with an all-female cast broke down doors for queer cinema, 90 years ago
Directed by a woman and without a single man in the cast, Mädchen in Uniform marked the way out ahead for queer cinema in its groundbreaking exploration of lesbian desire at a girlsâ boarding school.
16 March 2021
Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
A landmark of interwar European cinema, Leontine Saganâs Mädchen in Uniform (1931) is a remarkable film in many respects â first and foremost in that it was produced at all. Not only was a female filmmaker at the helm (directing an all-female cast, no less), but it is also one of the first truly significant queer films ever made.