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I Don't Want to Be a Man

Ich möchte kein Mann sein

1918·DE
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Comedy

A teenage tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun. She quickly discovers that being the opposite sex isn’t as easy as she had hoped for. What ensues is a gender-bending comedy decades ahead of its time.

A teenage tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun. She quickly discovers that being the opposite sex isn’t as easy as she had hoped for. What ensues is a gender-bending comedy decades ahead of its time.

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Cast

Ossi Oswalda

Ossi Oswalda

Ossi

Curt Goetz

Curt Goetz

Dr. Kersten

Ferry Sikla

Ferry Sikla

Counsellor Brockmüller

Margarete Kupfer

Margarete Kupfer

Gouvernante

Victor Janson

Victor Janson

Crew

Hanns Kräly

writer

Theodor Sparkuhl

cinematographer

Ernst Lubitsch

writer

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