Comedy ·Fantasy ·Romance · Germany · 1919 · 1h 6m

The Doll

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The Doll poster
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Ossi Oswalda as Ossi, the Dollmaker’s Daughter / The Doll Victor Janson as Hilarius, the Dollmaker Hermann Thimig as Lancelot, the Baron’s Nephew Max Kronert as Baron von Chanterelle Marga Köhler as Frau Hilarius, The Dollmaker’s Wife Gerhard Ritterband as The Apprentice
Crew
Theodor Sparkuhl — Director of Photography Kurt Waschneck — Director of Photography Hanns Kräly — Writer Ernst Lubitsch — Writer E. T. A. Hoffmann — Story Paul Davidson — Producer
Synopsis

The misadventures of an effete young man who must get married in order to inherit a fortune. He opts to purchase a remarkably lifelike doll and marry it instead, not realizing that the doll is actually the dollmaker’s flesh-and-blood daughter in disguise.

Mood & Themes
artificial intelligence (a.i.)romancesilent film
Key Collaborators
Ernst Lubitsch Director Theodor Sparkuhl Director of Photography Kurt Waschneck Director of Photography Hanns Kräly Writer Ernst Lubitsch Writer E. T. A. Hoffmann Story Paul Davidson Producer Kurt Richter Costume Design
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