Lady Juan

A Spanish nobleman raises his only daughter as a boy, similarly to Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933). In adulthood, Juana's upbringing causes complications in her love life. Possibly an early example of genderqueer representation.
Cast

Elisabeth Bergner
Doña Juana

Walter Rilla
Don Ramon

Hertha von Walther
Doña Ines

Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
Ines' Friend Clara

Fritz Greiner
Ramon's Friend Osorio

Hubert von Meyerinck
Poet Don Alfonso
Wolfgang von Schwindt
Juana's Servant Francesco

Max Schreck
Juana's Father

Lotte Stein
Duena
Max Wogritsch
Don Felipe de Mendoza

Rafael Calvo
Don Pedro de Padilla
Crew

Paul Czinner
Director, Writer, Executive Producer

Béla Balázs
Writer
Karl Freund
Director of Photography
Adolf Schlasy
Director of Photography
Robert Baberske
Director of Photography

Elisabeth Bergner
Executive Producer
Leo Pasetti
Costume Design, Art Direction
Edith Glück
Costume Design

Giuseppe Becce
Music
Tirso de Molina
Theatre Play
Erich Kettelhut
Art Direction
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