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| Exzellenz Unterrock | |
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| Directed by | Edgar Klitsch |
| Screenplay by | Adolf Paul |
| Based on | Exzellenz Unterrock by Adolf Paul |
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Production company | Gong-Film GmbH |
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| Country | Germany |
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]
References
- ^ William Grange, Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic, Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow, 2008, ISBN 9780810859678 p. 88.
- ^ Richard Dyer, Now You See It: Studies on Lesbian and Gay Film, London/New York: Routledge, 1990, ISBN 9780415035552, n.p.
- ^ Barbara Mennel, Queer Cinema: Schoolgirls, Vampires, and Gay Cowboys, Short cuts 50, London/New York: Wallflower, 2012, ISBN 9780231163132, p. 9.
External links
- Exzellenz Unterrock at IMDb
- Exzellenz Unterrock at Filmportal.de, Deutsches Filminstitut (in German)
- Mention of film in Queer Cinema: Schoolgirls, Vampires, and Gay Cowboys
- Mention of film in The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema
- Mention of film in Before Caligari: German cinema, 1895-1920
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- Films of the Weimar Republic
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- Films set in the 18th century
- Cross-dressing in film
- Films based on German novels
- Films based on Swedish novels
- German black-and-white films
- 1921 comedy films
- Silent comedy films
- 1920s German films
- Cultural depictions of George II of Great Britain
- Cultural depictions of Madame de Pompadour
- Cultural depictions of Louis XV
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