The Wildcat

Apr 14, 1921

1h 25m

★ 7.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Projektions-AG Union

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Cast

Rischka

Pola Negri

Kommandant der Festung Tossenstein

Victor Janson

Leutnant Alexis

Paul Heidemann

Räuberhauptmann Claudius

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Pepo

Hermann Thimig

Lilli

Edith Meller

Frau des Kommandanten

Marga Köhler

Zofano

Paul Graetz

Tripo

Erwin Kopp

Dafko

Paul Biensfeldt

Masilio

Max Kronert

Solider (Uncredited)

Fritz Rasp

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