Sir or Madam

Sir or Madam
Directed by	Carl Boese
Written by	Berta Ruck (novel) Luise Heilborn-Körbitz
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.

Synopsis

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.

Cast

• 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

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Sir or Madam at IMDb