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Ich möchte kein Mann sein

  • 19181918
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 45m
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6.8/10
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Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
ComedyRomance
A teenaged tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun, but discovers that being the opposite sex isn't as easy as she had hoped.A teenaged tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun, but discovers that being the opposite sex isn't as easy as she had hoped.A teenaged tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun, but discovers that being the opposite sex isn't as easy as she had hoped.
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    • Ernst Lubitsch
    • Hanns Kräly
    • Ernst Lubitsch
  • Stars
    • Ossi Oswalda
    • Curt Goetz
    • Ferry Sikla
    • Ernst Lubitsch
    • Hanns Kräly
    • Ernst Lubitsch
  • Stars
    • Ossi Oswalda
    • Curt Goetz
    • Ferry Sikla
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    • 19User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    Curt Goetz and Ossi Oswalda in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
    Curt Goetz and Ossi Oswalda in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
    Curt Goetz in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
    Ossi Oswalda in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
    Curt Goetz and Margarete Kupfer in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
    Curt Goetz and Ossi Oswalda in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
    Ossi Oswalda in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
    Ossi Oswalda in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
    Curt Goetz and Ossi Oswalda in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
    Ossi Oswalda in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
    Curt Goetz and Ossi Oswalda in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
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    Ossi Oswalda
    Ossi Oswalda
    • Ossi
    Curt Goetz
    Curt Goetz
    • Dr. Kersten
    • (as Kurt Götz)
    Ferry Sikla
    Ferry Sikla
    • Counsellor Brockmüller
    Margarete Kupfer
    Margarete Kupfer
    • Gouvernante
    Victor Janson
    Victor Janson
      • Ernst Lubitsch
      • Hanns Kräly
      • Ernst Lubitsch
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    • Trivia
      The film was released in the US by Kino Lorber as part of the box set "Lubitsch in Berlin" in 2007 with English intertitles. It was also released in the UK by Eureka's Masters of Cinema series as part of the box set "Lubitsch in Berlin: Fairy-Tales, Melodramas, and Sex Comedies" in 2010 with German intertitles and English subtitles.
    • Connections
      Featured in Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin - Von der Schönhauser Allee nach Hollywood (2006)

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    9/10
    The Cross-Dressing Cutie
    Very entertaining silent film about cute, lively young Ossi, a tomboy full of a fun-loving spirit, she likes to smoke, drink booze, stick out her tongue, and play poker with her male chums - but her guardian and governess want her to behave like a "proper young lady". Wishing she were "born a boy" she heads to a local men's store and has herself fitted for an evening suit. Soon she's out on the streets in top hat, white tie, and tails, her hair groomed like a boy's, she rides the street car, and goes to a ballroom where she's soon drinking champagne and smoking cigars, flirting with (and even kissing) her own guardian - and he think's she's a fellow!

    This film is full of charm and loads of fun, in many ways due to the delightful and well done performance given by Ossi Oswalda, a very likable young actress, totally tops in cute and charming! The DVD of this has a nice looking black and white print and includes an extremely appealing, lively piano score by Neil Brand that is the perfect accompaniment to this film.
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    • Dec 18, 2006

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      • November 18, 1918 (Hungary)
      • Germany
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      • German
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      • Projektions-AG Union (PAGU)
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    • 45 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Silent

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