The Oyster Princess : a Grotesque Comedy in 4 Acts
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Titles from screen credits for each film; 1st film has German original title on container: Austernprinzessin.
35mm restoration by the F.W. Murnau Foundation.
Special features: Lubitsch filmography.
The oyster princess (1919 ; 60 min.) -- I don't wanna be a man (1920 ; 45 min.)
Ossi Oswalda, Victor Janson. Harry Liedtke, Julius Falkenstein (1st film) ; Kurt Götz, Ferry Sikla, Margarete Kupfer (2nd film).
The Oyster Princess: a comedy in which a pampered American oyster tycoon plans to find a prince to marry his much-indulged daughter, but things don't go his way. I don't wanna be a man: while her father is away, a teenage tomboy impersonates a man in this gender-bending absurdist comedy.
DVD; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
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SERIES
Lubitsch in Berlin.
Ich möchte kein Mann sein.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Silent films with English intertitles translated from the German.
PUBLISHED
New York : Kino International, [2007]
Year Published: 2007
Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947.
Kraly, Hans, 1885-1950.
Oswalda, Ossi, 1897?-1948.
Janson, Victor, 1885-1960.
Liedtke, Harry, 1882-1945.
Goetz, Curt, 1888-1960.
UFA (Firm)
Kino International Corporation.
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
SUBJECTS
Young women -- Germany -- 20th century -- Drama.
Fathers and daughters -- Germany -- 20th century -- Drama.
Mistaken identity -- Drama.
Gender roles -- Drama.
Germany -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
Silent films.
Silent films -- Germany.
Feature films -- Germany.
Comedy films.