
Based on the real life events of the 1927 Steglitzer Schülertragödie, in which several high school students planned murder-suicides.
Directed by Carl Boese, Geschminkte Jugend leans on a strong ensemble — Toni van Eyck, Olga Limburg, Hugo Werner-Kahle — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1929.
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After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
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