I Don't Want to Be a Man

I Don't Want to Be a Man

★ 6.4IMDb Score
Released:1918-10-01
Genre:Comedy
Duration:45 min
Country:Germany
Director:Ernst Lubitsch
Actors:Ossi Oswalda, Curt Goetz, Ferry Sikla, Margarete Kupfer, Victor Janson
Production:Projektions-AG Union
Keywords:gender,lgbt

Overview:

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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