It is a madcap farce about a charming lieutenant who is captured en route by outlaws who roam the snow-covered mountains. When the bandit leader's untamed daughter falls for the young officer, a delicious sex comedy is set in motion. Peter Bogdanovich described The Wildcat as "an uproarious, hard-edged antimilitary spoof," and ranks the film among the five funniest movies he'd ever seen (along with another early Lubitsch comedy, 1919's The Doll). This edition includes a rare 1916 domestic comedy directed by and starring Lubitsch: When I was dead.