I Don't Want to Be a Man

Name: I Don't Want to Be a Man
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1918-10-01
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Ossi Oswalda, Curt Goetz, Ferry Sikla, Margarete Kupfer, Victor Janson

1918

45m

Comedy

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Writers: Ernst Lubitsch, Hanns Kräly

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.