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Status
Released
Release
1921
Runtime
1h 25m
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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.
12 Cast Members
Pola Negri
Rischka
Victor Janson
Kommandant der Festung Tossenstein
Paul Heidemann
Leutnant Alexis
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Räuberhauptmann Claudius
Hermann Thimig
Pepo
Edith Meller
Lilli
Marga Köhler
Frau des Kommandanten
Paul Graetz
Zofano
Erwin Kopp
Tripo
Paul Biensfeldt
Dafko
Max Kronert
Masilio
Fritz Rasp
Solider (Uncredited)
