The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
49 audience votes
Key crew
- Hanns KrälyWriter
- Ernst LubitschWriter
- Ernst LubitschDirector
Cast
- Pola NegriRischka
- Victor JansonKommandant der Festung Tossenstein
- Paul HeidemannLeutnant Alexis
- Wilhelm DiegelmannRäuberhauptmann Claudius
- Hermann ThimigPepo
- Edith MellerLilli
- Marga KöhlerFrau des Kommandanten
- Paul GraetzZofano
- Erwin KoppTripo
- Paul BiensfeldtDafko
- Max KronertMasilio
- Fritz RaspSolider (Uncredited)
Stills
Themes
silent filmmasochistgerman expressionism