Title from disc label. Wildcat: Pola Negri, Paul Heidemann, Victor Janson, Marga Köhler, Edith Meller, Wilhelm Diegelmann. When I was dead: Ernst Lubitsch, Louise Scheurich, Heléne Voss, Julius Falkenstein. Wildcat: Originally released as a motion picture in 1921. When I was dead: Originally released as a motion picture in 1916. Special features: audio commentary by film historian Anthony Slide; Where is my treasure?, a 1916 comedy directed by and starring Ernst Lubitsch.
Summary:
It is a madcap farce about a charming lieutenant who is captured en route by outlaws who roam the snow-covered mountains. When the bandit leader's untamed daughter falls for the young officer, a delicious sex comedy is set in motion. Peter Bogdanovich described The Wildcat as "an uproarious, hard-edged antimilitary spoof," and ranks the film among the five funniest movies he'd ever seen (along with another early Lubitsch comedy, 1919's The Doll). This edition includes a rare 1916 domestic comedy directed by and starring Lubitsch: Where Is My Treasure?
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