I Don't Want to Be a Man

1918 · directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Rating

66/100

Hit

no

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.

I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918), directed by Ernst Lubitsch, rates 66/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Ossi Oswalda
• Curt Goetz
• Ferry Sikla
• Margarete Kupfer
• Victor Janson

Crew

• Theodor Sparkuhl — Director of Photography
• Ernst Lubitsch — Writer
• Hanns Kräly — Writer

More from Ernst Lubitsch

1. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) — 87/100 · hit
2. To Be or Not to Be (1942) — 84/100 · hit
3. Ninotchka (1939) — 84/100 · hit
4. Trouble in Paradise (1932) — 82/100 · hit
5. Angel (1937) — 82/100 · hit
6. The Love Parade (1929) — 81/100 · hit

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