Long before Stonewall and LGBT pride there were these li'l pictures from the distant past that were pushing the boundaries of how far film can go with the accepted mores of the time. Movies like "A Florida Enchantment" and "Anders als die Andern" we're among the seeds of what would eventually break forth half a century later. "Ich möchte kein Mann sein" (I Don't Want to Be a Man) is one of those moving pictures that blur the boundaries of sexuality in a sly comedic way. The cute and charming Ossi Oswalda is a Proto-Flapper who's a fun and manic free spirit to whom life is her playground. With such a dynamo of fire and energy the constraints of being a woman are too much and in one inspired moment she decides to disguise herself as a man and emerge into the world as such. What follows is a freewheeling adventure into society where she discovers to her dismay that wearing the pants ain't as fun as she thought it was. She also gets to kiss her male guardian (which must have been unsettling for viewers of the time). There are also nice and stirring glimpses of the streets of Berlin from the time. A delightful and appealing film which holds up well despite the passage of more than a century, "Ich möchte kein Mann sein" is art, history and sexuality rolled into one entertaining package.