Person
Leontine Sagan
- Specialty
- Acting
- Birth
- February 13, 1889 · 85 years
- Death
- May 20, 1974
- Origin
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Technical Alias
Leontine Schlesinger
Professional Trajectory
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.
