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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 684

The Wild Cat

192182 minGermany

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: German.
This copy runs: 84:15
Subtitles: English

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Wikimedia Commons · Ernst Lubitsch · Public domain

Subtitles: Wikimedia Commons · Open Classic Cinema

Synopsis

A lieutenant with a reputation for romantic mischief is posted to a remote mountain fortress. On the way, a bandit leader steals his uniform and takes an interest in him. At the fort, the commander's daughter is also a prospective bride, while the soldiers' exaggerated accounts of victory make an already tangled courtship even more absurd.

Cast

Pola Negri

DirectorsErnst Lubitsch

Behind the scenes

Lubitsch described this military farce as a grotesque in four acts. Its deliberately exaggerated performances and stylized fortress setting make military prestige part of the joke.

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Pola Negri — Russell Ball (1896–1942) · Public domain

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