Exzellenz Unterrock

Exzellenz Unterrock (Her Excellency in Petticoats)[1] is a 1920 German silent comedy film, based on the novel of the same title by Adolf Paul. Its cast included Marion Regler as the Chevalier d'Eon, Alexander Ekert as George II of Great Britain, Ellen Petz as Madame de Pompadour and Jürgen Fehling as Louis XV of France. It was one of a number of films produced in the Weimar Republic featuring women in "trouser roles".[2][3]

Exzellenz Unterrock
Directed byEdgar Klitsch
Screenplay byAdolf Paul
Based onExzellenz Unterrock
by Adolf Paul
Starring
  • Marion Regler
  • Ellen Petz
  • Jürgen Fehling
  • Alexander Ekert
Production
company
Gong-Film GmbH
Release date
  • 18 March 1921 (1921-03-18) (Berlin)
CountryGermany

References
  1. William Grange, Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic, Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow, 2008, ISBN 9780810859678 p. 88.
  2. Richard Dyer, Now You See It: Studies on Lesbian and Gay Film, London/New York: Routledge, 1990, ISBN 9780415035552, n.p.
  3. Barbara Mennel, Queer Cinema: Schoolgirls, Vampires, and Gay Cowboys, Short cuts 50, London/New York: Wallflower, 2012, ISBN 9780231163132, p. 9.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.