Leontine Sagan
Acting
Biography
Leontine Sagan, born Schlesinger, was an Austrian-Hungarian actress and director. As an actress she was trained by Max Reinhardt. As a film director she is best known for directing "Mädchen in Uniform" (1931). Sagan only made three feature films, all of which are notable. "Mädchen in Uniform" has an all-female cast and was ground-breaking not only for its portrayal of lesbian and pedagogical eros, but also for the production's co-operative and profit-sharing financial arrangements.
Known For
A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers.
Mädchen in Uniform
In the mountains, Diotima meets Karl and fall in love and have an affair. Karl's friend Vigo mistakenly believes she's in love with him, causing rifts in all relationships.
The Holy Mountain
A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.
The Night of the Filmmakers
The exploits of village girl Hannes and her attempts to master skiing and ski-jumping aided by the local expert.
The White Ecstasy
A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.
The Great Leap
In the years after his graduation Allen Shepherd has become a successful novelist and has married Jane Anderson. A firm proponent of traditional sex roles, Shepherd leaves Jane when she accepts a teaching post at Oxford. He later changes his views, and the couple is reunited.