
The Wildcat
Comedy · Drama · Romance
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.
Top Cast


Pola Negri
Pola Negri
Rischka
Pola Negri
Rischka


Victor Janson
Victor Janson
Kommandant der Festung Tossenstein
Victor Janson
Kommandant der Festung Tossenstein


Paul Heidemann
Paul Heidemann
Leutnant Alexis
Paul Heidemann
Leutnant Alexis


Wilhelm Diegelmann
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Räuberhauptmann Claudius
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Räuberhauptmann Claudius


Hermann Thimig
Hermann Thimig
Pepo
Hermann Thimig
Pepo


Edith Meller
Edith Meller
Lilli
Edith Meller
Lilli


Marga Köhler
Marga Köhler
Frau des Kommandanten
Marga Köhler
Frau des Kommandanten


Paul Graetz
Paul Graetz
Zofano
Paul Graetz
Zofano
Erwin Kopp
Erwin Kopp
Tripo
Erwin Kopp
Tripo


Paul Biensfeldt
Paul Biensfeldt
Dafko
Paul Biensfeldt
Dafko
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