I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918)

I Don't Want to Be a Man

1918

Comedy

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Ernst Lubitsch

Cast

Curt Goetz as Dr. Kersten

Ferry Sikla as Counsellor Brockmüller

Margarete Kupfer as Gouvernante

Ossi Oswalda as Ossi

Victor Janson

Crew

Theodor Sparkuhl (Director of Photography)

Paul Davidson (Producer)