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The Wildcat (1921)

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance

Runtime : 1H 22M

Director : Ernst Lubitsch

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Pola Negri
Pola Negri
Rischka
Victor Janson
Victor Janson
Kommandant der Festung Tossenstein
Paul Heidemann
Paul Heidemann
Leutnant Alexis
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Räuberhauptmann Claudius
Hermann Thimig
Hermann Thimig
Pepo
Edith Meller
Edith Meller
Lilli
Marga Köhler
Marga Köhler
Frau des Kommandanten
Paul Graetz
Paul Graetz
Zofano
Erwin Kopp
Erwin Kopp
Tripo
Paul Biensfeldt
Paul Biensfeldt
Dafko
Max Kronert
Max Kronert
Masilio

Crews

Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch
Director
Hanns Kräly
Hanns Kräly
Writer
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch
Writer
Theodor Sparkuhl
Theodor Sparkuhl
Director of Photography
Ernst Stern
Ernst Stern
Art Direction
Ernst Stern
Ernst Stern
Costume Design
Paul Davidson
Paul Davidson
Producer
Max Kronert
Max Kronert
Art Direction

Posters and backgrounds

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