The Wildcat

The Wildcat

1921 · 82 min · DE · NR · 7.6 (38 votes)
Dir. Ernst Lubitsch · Starring Pola Negri, Victor Janson, Paul Heidemann, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Hermann Thimig, Edith Meller
ComedyDramaRomance

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.

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A riotous, unrestrained silent comedy. Expect madcap antics and playful subversion of military life. This film feels like a wild, anarchic party with a dash of romantic mischief.

bawdyanarchicplayfulsatiricalpropulsivesilent filmgerman expressionism Lubitschian farcemilitary satiresubversionromance
silent filmmasochistgerman expressionism
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