Perhaps a Gentleman

Perhaps a Gentleman

1935 · ★ 6.0 · Comedy

Director Hugo Berner and Doctor Olof Mellgren have come out of the theater where they have just shown the classic play Pygmalion. Director Mellgren claims that, like Higgins in the play, he can turn a harbor worker into the gentleman.

Directed by Ragnar Arvedson · Written by Ulla Kåge

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