Slideshow
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I DON’T WANT TO BE A MAN
PREVIOUSLY PLAYED
Lubitsch’s I DON’T WANT TO BE A MAN &
KOHLHIESEL’S DAUGHTERS
Monday, June 19
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1918): Ossi Oswalda tries a night out on the town in drag. DCP courtesy Murnau Stiftung. Approx. 44 min.
“A HEAD-SPINNING LITTLE FARCE.”
– Film Journal
“AN EYE-POPPING GENDER-SWITCH COMEDY.”
– The Village Voice
Kohlhiesel’s Daughters (1920): Dual-roled Henny Porten and Emil Jannings replay The Taming of the Shrew in the Bavarian Alps. 35mm print courtesy Murnau Stiftung. Approx. 45 min.