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The Doll (German: Die Puppe) is a 1919 German romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The film is based on the operetta La poupée by Edmond Audran (1896) and a line of influence back through the Léo Delibes ballet Coppélia (1870) and ultimately to E. T. A. Hoffmann 's short story "Der Sandmann" (1816).
The Doll: Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. With Max Kronert, Hermann Thimig, Victor Janson, Marga Köhler. Forced into marriage by his uncle, a man decides to fool him by marrying a life-like mechanical doll instead.
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- Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
- Ernst Lubitsch
- 1920-04-06
The Doll is small and whimsical next to the scope and grandeur of Madame DuBarry. It reunites Lubitsch with The Oyster Princess stars Ossi Oswalda and Victor Janson, again playing daughter and father, and disguises its satire of sex and misogyny in a fairytale fantasy.
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Victor Janson
Ernst Lubitsch - The Doll (1919) https://tinyurl.com/1cu5msxiThe Doll (German: Die Puppe) is a 1919 German romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The film is based on the...
- 63 min
- 1448
- The Public Domain
The Doll movie (1919) review summary: Starring the hugely popular Ossi Oswalda, and having elements in common with movies as disparate as Buster Keaton’s Seven Chances and Alex Garland’s Ex Machina, Ernst Lubitsch’s amusing comedy fantasy boasts some creative production design.
- Danny Fortune
The Doll. Lancelot flees to a monastery to avoid a forced marriage and the monks suggest he marry a mechanical doll instead. The doll maker's assistant accidentally breaks it and convinces the...
- Comedy, Fantasy
Forced into marriage by his uncle, a man decides to fool him by marrying a life-like mechanical doll instead. Because the Baron of Chanterelle wants to preserve his family line, he forces his timid nephew Lancelot to choose one of the village maidens to wed.
