Sir or Madam

Sir or Madam
Sir or Madam
German	Ossi hat die Hosen an
Directed by	Carl Boese
Written by	Luise Heilborn-Körbitz
Based on	Sir or Madame; by Berta Ruck
Produced by	Carl Boese
Starring	Margot Armand; Percy Marmont; Ossi Oswalda; Annette Benson;
Cinematography	Karl Buhlmann; Hans Karl Gottschalk; Karl Hasselmann;
Music by	Hansheinrich Dransmann
Production; companies	Foremost Productions; Carl Boese-Film
Distributed by	Warner Brothers (UK); National Film (Germany);
Release dates	1928 (Germany); February 1930 (UK);
Running time	6,421 feet
Country	Germany/United Kingdom
Languages	Silent; English/German intertitles

Sir or Madam (German: Ossi hat die Hosen an) is a 1928 British-German silent comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Margot Armand, Percy Marmont and Ossi Oswalda. It was based on the 1923 novel Sir or Madame by Berta Ruck and shot at Elstree Studios near London. The film was a co-production between Germany and Britain, with separate versions released in the countries. In Britain it was not released until February 1930.^[1]

Plot[edit]

A woman disguises herself as a man, and poses as a gentleman's valet. She then has to resist the advances of his vampish fiancee.^[2]

Cast[edit]

Margot Armand as Patricia Lloyd
Percy Marmont Sir Ralph Wellalone
Ossi Oswalda as Geulda Rhos
Annette Benson as Lady Day
Hannelore Benzinger
Olga Engl
Cara Guyl
Fritz Kampers
Fred Leslie
Hilde Maroff
Sophie Pagay
Karl Platen
Anna Stranz-Führing
Wolfgang Zilzer
Charles Ashton
Harold Huth
Lena Halliday
Edith Barker-Bennett

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Low, Rachael (1985). History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin. p. 386. ISBN 0047910364.
^ "Sir or Madam | BFI | British Film Institute". Explore.bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

Bibliography[edit]

Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links[edit]

Sir or Madam at IMDb

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[Low-1] Low, Rachael (1985). History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin. p. 386. ISBN 0047910364.

[2] "Sir or Madam | BFI | British Film Institute". Explore.bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

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