I Don't Want to Be a Man

Original title: Ich möchte kein Mann sein

45 minutes • 1918 • 6.4 Score

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.

Ernst Lubitsch

Director

Comedy

Romance

Backdrops