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I Don't Want to Be a Man

Original title: Ich möchte kein Mann sein
  • 1918
  • Not Rated
  • 45m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
1.9K
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I Don't Want to Be a Man (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.

  • Director
    • Ernst Lubitsch
  • Writers
    • Hanns Kräly
    • Ernst Lubitsch
  • Stars
    • Ossi Oswalda
    • Curt Goetz
    • Ferry Sikla
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    1.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ernst Lubitsch
    • Writers
      • Hanns Kräly
      • Ernst Lubitsch
    • Stars
      • Ossi Oswalda
      • Curt Goetz
      • Ferry Sikla
    • 21User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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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
    • Director
      • Ernst Lubitsch
    • Writers
      • Hanns Kräly
      • Ernst Lubitsch
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    User reviews21

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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: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood (2006)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • November 18, 1918 (Hungary)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • None
      • German
    • Also known as
      • No quiero ser un hombre
    • Production company
      • Projektions-AG Union (PAGU)
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 45m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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