Mädchen in Uniform

The Principal:
Through discipline and hunger we will become great.

Fraulein von Kesten:
We do our best, Frau Oberin. The children complain they are hungry.

Manuela von Meinhardis:
I'm with Fraulein von Burnberg.

Ilse von Westhagen:
Be careful you don't fall in love.

Fraulein von Bernburg:
I try to be a friend to the children.

Fraulein von Bernburg:
Why not?

Fraulein von Attems:
We must stimulate their competitive spirit.

Manuela von Meinhardis:
When you say goodnight and shut the door to your room I stare at the door in the darkness. I want to get up and come to you but I know that I can't. I think about when I leave the school and you'll still be here. And every night you kiss new girls...

Fraulein von Bernburg:
What a silly idea!

Manuela von Meinhardis:
I love you so, but you're always so distant. I can't ever go to your room, or talk to you, or...

Fraulein von Bernburg:
Pull yourself together child. Forget you're a young girl and be a good friend. You know I can't make exceptions or the other girls will be jealous. But I think of you often, Manuela.

Fraulein von Bernburg:
What you call sins, I call the great spirit of love, in all its forms.

Fraulein von Bernburg:
You must come to your senses. You must recover, whatever it takes.

Fraulein von Bernburg:
You're not allowed to love me... so much.

Fraulein von Bernburg:
I won't cling to my post. I know I can't stay here. I can't stand by and watch children made into scared, helpless creatures.

The Principal:
Through discipline and hunger we will become great.

Frau Oberin:
You must reduce expenses, they are too high.

Fraulein von Kesten:
We do our best, Frau Oberin. The children complain they are hungry.

Frau Oberin:
Hungry? We Prussians have always been hungry. They are the daughters of soldiers and, God willing, mothers of soldiers too. What they need is discipline, not a life of luxury.

Exzellenz von Ehrenhardt - Manuelas Tante:
Manuela, pull yourself together. Soldiers' daughters don't cry.

Manuela von Meinhardis:
I'm with Fraulein von Burnberg.

Ilse von Westhagen:
Be careful you don't fall in love.

Fraulein von Bernburg:
I try to be a friend to the children.

Frau Oberin:
On equal terms?

Fraulein von Bernburg:
Why not?

Frau Oberin:
How can you maintain your authority?

Fraulein von Attems:
We must stimulate their competitive spirit.

Frau Oberin:
Precisely, Fraulein von Attems.

Manuela von Meinhardis:
When you say goodnight and shut the door to your room I stare at the door in the darkness. I want to get up and come to you but I know that I can't. I think about when I leave the school and you'll still be here. And every night you kiss new girls...

Fraulein von Bernburg:
What a silly idea!

Manuela von Meinhardis:
I love you so, but you're always so distant. I can't ever go to your room, or talk to you, or...

Fraulein von Bernburg:
Pull yourself together child. Forget you're a young girl and be a good friend. You know I can't make exceptions or the other girls will be jealous. But I think of you often, Manuela.

Eldegard:
My mother says I mustn't be weak. The Fatherland needs people of steel.

Friend:
My mother spent four years here too. Doesn't she remember how awful it is?

Miss Evans:
It was awful to see Manuela so drunk.

Teacher:
You have to drink sometimes, from anger, or worry. I understand it very well.

Fraulein von Bernburg:
What you call sins, I call the great spirit of love, in all its forms.

Fraulein von Bernburg:
You must come to your senses. You must recover, whatever it takes.

Manuela:
Recover? From what?

Fraulein von Bernburg:
You're not allowed to love me... so much.

Frau Oberin:
You're responsible for this uproar, I won't allow revolutionary ideas. As long as I am in charge, it won't happen here.

Fraulein von Bernburg:
I won't cling to my post. I know I can't stay here. I can't stand by and watch children made into scared, helpless creatures.