A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained. A wonderfully anarchic and playfully subversive satire of military life from one of the great comedy filmmakers.
Title | The Wildcat |
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Year | 1921 |
Genre | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Country | Germany |
Studio | Projektions-AG Union |
Cast | Pola Negri, Victor Janson, Paul Heidemann, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Hermann Thimig, Edith Meller |
Crew | Max Kronert (Art Direction), Hanns Kräly (Writer), Ernst Lubitsch (Writer), Ernst Lubitsch (Director), Theodor Sparkuhl (Director of Photography), Ernst Stern (Art Direction) |
Keyword | silent film, masochist, german expressionism |
Release | Apr 14, 1921 |
Runtime | 85 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.70 / 10 by 41 users |