Editing Mädchen in Uniform (section)

== Present day views ==
The film has had a lasting impact, both for its boldness in depicting lesbian desires and relationships free from censorship but also for its ability to depict the German political landscape of the 1930s despite being set in pre-World War One [[Prussia]]. Whilst critics like [[Siegfried Kracauer]] and Lisa Ohm were critical of the film for being too timid on fascism, many contemporary and present-day thinkers have commended the film for its commentary on such matters. [[Stephen Spender]], an English poet and novelist who was a close friend of the writer [[Christopher Isherwood]], was immensely critical of texts like the musical ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'', based on Isherwood's ''[[Goodbye to Berlin]]'', stating that "there is not a single meal, or club, in the movie ''Cabaret'', that Christopher and I could have afforded."<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Spender |first=Stephen |date=1977-10-30 |title=LIFE WASN'T A CABARET |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/30/archives/life-wasnt-a-cabaret-on-a-visit-to-the-berlin-festival-stephen.html |access-date=2023-11-06 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and yet heralded ''Mädchen in Uniform'' a "masterpiece"<ref name=":1" /> for how it was able to present the contemporary environment.

On February 18, 2021, the [[British Film Institute]] featured the film in a Big Screen Classics season that primarily centered queer films like ''[[Maurice (1987 film)|Maurice]]'', ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', and ''[[Desert Hearts]]'', stating that "its call for revolutionary empathy is... timeless"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-18 |title=''Mädchen in Uniform'' |url=https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/big%20screen%20classics/2022/02/18/madchen-in-uniform/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=BFI Southbank Programme Notes |language=en}}</ref> a fact amplified by how the film was one of the oldest ones featured in the season. The same year, on November 30, 2021, a [[Criterion Collection]] version of the film was released. As a company, Criterion is dedicated to "publishing important classic and contemporary films from around the world... in state-of-the-art restorations with special features designed to encourage repeated watching and deepen the viewer's appreciation of the art of film."<ref>{{Cite web |title='Our Mission', The Criterion Collection |url=https://www.criterion.com/about}}</ref> [[Amanda Lee Koe]] stated in an essay that accompanied the release of the Criterion edition, that "This film belongs to women who are trying to find themselves—and each other—in spite of repressive structures".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koe |first=Amanda Lee |date=June 17, 2021 |title=The Femme Solidarity and Queer Allyship of Mädchen in Uniform |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7429-the-femme-solidarity-and-queer-allyship-of-m-dchen-in-uniform}}</ref>