The well-situated Georg is ready to take responsibility for the pregnant, petty-bourgeois Miss Mathilde. But is it his child? Satirical comedy, where the notion of gender of the time and especially the notion of "the weaker sex" is turned ...See moreThe well-situated Georg is ready to take responsibility for the pregnant, petty-bourgeois Miss Mathilde. But is it his child? Satirical comedy, where the notion of gender of the time and especially the notion of "the weaker sex" is turned upside down. Female protagonists are by no means weak, but rather strong, dominant, bordering on the unsympathetic - while male characters are more servile and somewhat submissive. TV adaptation of Wied's 1901 play.
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