The Doll
The Doll

Movie·1919·1h 6m

The Doll

Country

Germany

Language

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The Story

Original title: Die Puppe

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.

Written By

Hanns Kräly

Producer

Paul Davidson

Cinematography

Theodor Sparkuhl

Themes

artificial intelligence (a.i.)romancesilent film

Production House

Projektions-AG Union

Audience Score

74%

91 votes

Skip8%
Timepass19%
Go for it38%
Perfection35%

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Cast

Ossi Oswalda

Ossi Oswalda

Ossi, the Dollmaker’s Daughter / The Doll

Victor Janson

Victor Janson

Hilarius, the Dollmaker

Hermann Thimig

Hermann Thimig

Lancelot, the Baron’s Nephew

Max Kronert

Baron von Chanterelle

Marga Köhler

Marga Köhler

Frau Hilarius, The Dollmaker’s Wife

Gerhard Ritterband

Gerhard Ritterband

The Apprentice

Jakob Tiedtke

Jakob Tiedtke

The Prior

Josefine Dora

Josefine Dora

Lancelot's Nanny

Paul Morgan

Paul Morgan

Hippolyt, the Baron's Servant

Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch

Director in Prologue (uncredited)

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Crew

Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch

Director, Writer

E. T. A. Hoffmann

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Story

Hanns Kräly

Writer

Theodor Sparkuhl

Theodor Sparkuhl

Director of Photography

Kurt Waschneck

Director of Photography

Paul Davidson

Producer

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