Revolt in the Reformatory (1929)
Revolt in the Reformatory (German:Revolte im Erziehungshaus) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Georg Asagaroff and starring Carl Balhaus, Vera Baranovskaya, Toni van Eyck. The film was based on a play by Peter Martin Lampel intended as an expose of the youth justice system. The film was considered controversial, and was banned four times before its eventually release. The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew.
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