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The Woman Dressed As a Man (1932)

The Woman Dressed As a Man poster
Original title
La Femme en homme
Directed by
Augusto Genina
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman disguises herself as a man, leading to comedic situations. The film is based on a play and previous silent film, with a familiar setup of mistaken identity.

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What happens

The Woman Dressed as a Man (French: La femme en homme) is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni, Armand Bernard and André Dubosc. It was based on a 1925 play by Ugo Falena which had previously been adapted into the 1926 silent film The Last Lord and was remade in 1945 as The Twentieth Duke. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lazare Meerson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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