Geschminkte Jugend (1930)
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Toni van Eyck, Olga Limburg, Maria Ford, Wolfgang Zilzer, Hugo Werner-Kahle
Seventeen-year-old Margot uses her mother’s absence to host a lively drinking party with friends.
The story
Seventeen-year-old Margot is the daughter of Mrs. Hiller, a divorced, fun-loving woman who takes little interest in raising her. Margot can do as she pleases and makes full use of her freedom. Taking advantage of her mother’s absence, she invites friends to the apartment for a lively drinking party. The next day, the young people go for a drive and spend the night at a hotel in Rheinsberg. During the night, one of Margot’s friends harasses her in her room; she indignantly sends him away.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Margot is the seventeen-year-old daughter of Mrs. Hiller, a divorced, fun-loving woman who takes little interest in raising her child. Margot can do whatever she likes, and she makes full use of her freedom. Taking advantage of her mother’s absence, she invites her friends over and throws a lively drinking party in the apartment. The next day, the young people go for a drive and spend the night at a hotel in Rheinsberg. During the night, one of Margot’s friends harasses her in her room. She indignantly sends him away. But this incident has dire consequences and ultimately ends in a student’s murder. At the trial, the devastated parents recognize the tragedy of a young generation left to fend for itself.
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