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Status
Released
Release
1928
Runtime
0m
A Spanish nobleman raises his only daughter as a boy, similarly to Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933). In adulthood, Juana's upbringing causes complications in her love life. Possibly an early example of genderqueer representation.
11 Cast Members
Elisabeth Bergner
Doña Juana
Walter Rilla
Don Ramon
Hertha von Walther
Doña Ines
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
Ines' Friend Clara
Fritz Greiner
Ramon's Friend Osorio
Hubert von Meyerinck
Poet Don Alfonso
Wolfgang von Schwindt
Juana's Servant Francesco
Max Schreck
Juana's Father
Lotte Stein
Duena
Max Wogritsch
Don Felipe de Mendoza
Rafael Calvo
Don Pedro de Padilla
