''Passion Flower Hotel'' (also known as ''Leidenschaftliche Blümchen'', also known as ''Boarding School'') is a 1978

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directed by André Farwagi. It is a liberal adaptation of the 1962 novel ''

Passion Flower Hotel ''Passion Flower Hotel'' (also known as ''Leidenschaftliche Blümchen'', also known as ''Boarding School'') is a 1978 coming of age comedy film directed by André Farwagi. It is a liberal adaptation of the 1962 novel '' Passion Flower Hotel'' an ...

'' and stars

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as one of the schoolgirls, in her third feature film.

Plot

Summer of 1956. Curious

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girl Deborah Collins (Kinski) arrives at the St. Clara's Boarding School in

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. The school headmistress wants to use Deborah as a tool to discipline the other girls but she is revealed to be more experienced and daring in sexual matters. The girls now plot to lose their virginity with the boys in the private school across the lake. After Deborah finally has sex with Frederick Sinclair (Sundquist) in a romantic setting, she is expelled and the other girls feel that everything will be so sad and boring without her. She informs the headmistress that she will tell everyone that the school is run by disreputable teachers if she expels the other girls. She departs on a train after kissing Frederick goodbye.

Cast

- Deborah Collins *

Gerry Sundquist Gerald Christopher Sundquist (6 October 1955 – 1 August 1993) was an English actor. Early life Sundquist was born in Chorlton and grew up there with his older brother and younger sister. He developed an interest in acting at primary schoo ...

- Frederick Irving Benjamin Sinclair *Stefano D'Amato - Plumpudding *Gabriele Blum - Cordelia * Sean Chapman - Rodney *Veronique Delbourg - Marie Louise *Nigel Graves - Carlos *

Marion Kracht Marion Kracht (born 5 December 1962 in Munich, Germany) is a German actress. Currently she resides in Berlin. Selected filmography *''Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best'' (1971) *''Passion Flower Hotel'' (1978), as Jane *' (1981), as Gerti *''Ein Heim ...

- Jane *Carolin Ohrner - Gabi *

Fabiana Udenio Fabiana Udenio (born December 21, 1964) is an Italian-Argentine actress. Born in Argentina to Italian parents, she grew up in Rome. She is best known for her role as "Alotta Fagina", a Bond girl parody in the 1997 film '' Austin Powers: Internati ...

- Gina *

Kurt Raab Kurt Raab (20 July 1941 – 28 June 1988) was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best remembered for his work with German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with whom he collaborated on 31 ...

- Fletcher

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* * * 1978 films 1978 comedy films 1970s coming-of-age comedy films German coming-of-age comedy films German teen films 1970s German-language films West German films Films about virginity Films set in Switzerland Films set in 1956 Films based on British novels Films set in schools Films set in boarding schools Films scored by Francis Lai 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub