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Petticoat Government (1936)

Petticoat Government poster
Original title
Weiberregiment
Directed by
Karl Ritter
Genre
comedy film
Country
Nazi Germany
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy set in Germany about a community where women take charge and run things. The film follows the humorous situations that arise from this shift in power.

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What happens

Women's Regiment (German: Weiberregiment) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Heli Finkenzeller, Erika von Thellmann and Oskar Sima. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and on location around Bischofswiesen and Berchtesgaden. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Koehn and Max Mellin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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