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I Don't Want to Be a Man

1918Ernst Lubitsch
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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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What is I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918) about?

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.

Who stars in I Don't Want to Be a Man?

I Don't Want to Be a Man stars Ossi Oswalda (Ossi), Curt Goetz (Dr. Kersten), Ferry Sikla (Counsellor Brockmüller), Margarete Kupfer (Gouvernante), Victor Janson. The film was directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

How long is I Don't Want to Be a Man?

I Don't Want to Be a Man has a runtime of 45 min and premiered in 1918.

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