I Don’t Want to Be a Man & Easy Street

Musical Accompaniment: Susanne Peter (vocals, small percussion, guitar, effects, xylophone, flute), Peter Ueberle (guitar, vocals, electric bass, sitar etc.)

 

I Don’t Want to Be a Man

Director: Ernst Lubitsch, Germany 1918, 40 Min., Romance

A teenaged tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun, but discovers that being the opposite sex isn’t as easy as she had hoped.

  

Easy Street

Director: Charlie Chaplin, USA 1917, 19 Min., Comedy

In search of a warm place, Charlie the Tramp wanders into a mission. There, less motivated by the good persuasion of the parish priest than by the charms of the young missionary sister, the Tramp gives himself a push and decides to start a new life. In a nearby working-class neighborhood, street tumults occur more and more frequently, which is why the police are desperately looking for new officers. This is his chance to start a new life…