Editing Mädchen in Uniform (section)

==Censorship and surviving version==

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On October 1, 1931, a ban was placed on ''Mädchen in Uniform'' at the first inspection committee showing which forbad young people from viewing. On April 8, 1932, the decision for a 2480m shortened version was confirmed.  

The film was released internationally and was very successful. The film had success particularly in Japan, the USA, France, Great Britain, and Mexico. In 1934 the film brought in 6 million Reichsmarks, while the production costs were only 55,000 Reichsmarks.

During the National Socialist rule in Germany, Mädchen in Uniform was banned by [[Joseph Goebbels]], the Reich Minister of Propaganda.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Robertson |first=Selina |date=December 2013 |title=Lesbian Dramas |url=http://haproxy.palni.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f3h&AN=92115528&site=ehost-live |journal=Sight & Sound |volume=23 |issue=12 |page=11 |access-date=21 November 2022 |via=EBSCO}}</ref> The film was only allowed to be shown abroad. This ban was not so much about the lesbian theme of the film, but rather the depictions of Prussian ruthlessness and the criticisms on authority and discipline.  

At the FSK-Test on December 8, 1949, the film was approved again and the restrictions were lifted. The film was then unofficially distributed as a video shown in women's centers. After that, the first public reproduction was in 1977 when a West German broadcasting organization decided to broadcast the film.

The film was almost banned in the U.S., but [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] spoke highly of the film, resulting in the film getting a limited release in the US in 1932–33. Prints of the film survived the war, but it was censored heavily until the 1970s, and it was not shown again in Germany until 1977 when it was screened on television.

In 1978, [[Janus Films]] and [[Arthur Krim]] arranged for a limited re-release in the US in 35mm, including a screening at the [[Roxie Theater|Roxie Cinema]] in San Francisco. Also in 1978, the film was released in its surviving form by Janus Films on [[VHS]] with English subtitles.

Versions were released in the U.S. (1994) and the UK (2000) by the [[British Film Institute]].