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Light Cavalry (1935)

Light Cavalry poster
Original title
Leichte Kavallerie
Directed by
Werner Hochbaum
Genre
musical film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
12
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman joins a cavalry regiment disguised as a man. She falls in love with a fellow soldier.

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What happens

Light Cavalry (German: Leichte Kavallerie) is a 1935 German musical film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Marika Rökk, Heinz von Cleve, and Fritz Kampers. A separate French-language version Light Cavalry was also released with Mona Goya in the starring role. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carl Böhm and Erich Czerwonski. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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