The Young Count
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The Young Count

10.0 / 10 1935 1h 31mNR German
Comedy

Storyline

A young woman poses as a boy to ingratiate herself better with her strict aristocratic grandfather and to get him to better accept the new freer ways of the younger generation.

Cast & Crew

Anny Ondra

Anny Ondra

Billy

Lead
Hans Söhnker

Hans Söhnker

Hans Flint

Fritz Odemar

Fritz Odemar

Josua

Hans Junkermann

Hans Junkermann

Graf Prießnitz

Ernst Behmer

Ernst Behmer

Zirkusangestellter

Jakob Tiedtke

Jakob Tiedtke

Notar

Karl Platen

Karl Platen

Professor Dodereit

Paul Heidemann

Paul Heidemann

Billys Vater

What People Are Saying

5.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Karel Lamač's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
5.0
Every frame feels alive. The Young Count is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker