MAN TO MAN
After the death of her crane-driving husband in Germany in the 1930s, Ella must find some way to earn a living. Donning her husband's clothes, she takes up his old profession. Taken for a man, she is completely enthralled by the way men behave when away from women, particularly the rough, working-class men she is impersonating. She keeps the disguise, serves as a (male) soldier during the war, and works on a farm and in a factory afterwards - all the like as a man. Man to Man may or may not be great cinema, depending upon an individual's willingness to denigrate or celebrate its flaws and assets, but Swinton's performance is a marvelous achievement. (Craig Butler)
- Tilda Swinton - Ella/Max Gericke
- John Maybury nach dem Drama «Jacke wie Hose» von Manfred Karge (Rechte: Henschel Schauspiel Theaterverlag Berlin)
- Dominique Le Rigoleur
- Nigel Holland
- John Maybury
- Nigel Harley
- James Bygrave
- Bruce McKenna
- Nigel Holland
- Marvin Black
- Dean Speedwell
- Lawrence G. Paull
- Annie Symons