The Doll (1919 film)

Die Puppe
Die Puppe
	Theatrical poster to The Doll (1919)
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Novel:; E.T.A. Hoffmann; Operetta:; La poupée; by Edmond Audran; Maurice Ordonneau; Alfred Maria Willner; Screenplay:; Hanns Kräly; Ernst Lubitsch
Produced by	Paul Davidson
Starring	Ossi Oswalda; Hermann Thimig; Victor Janson
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl; Kurt Waschneck
Distributed by	UFA (US)
Release date	1919;
Running time	58 minutes
Country	Weimar Republic
Language	Silent film

The Doll (German: Die Puppe) is a 1919 German romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The film is loosely based on the same short story which inspired the ballet Coppélia and the operetta La poupée by Edmond Audran.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

Ossi Oswalda as Ossi / The Doll
Victor Janson as Hilarius
Hermann Thimig as Lancelot
Max Kronert as Baron of Chanterelle
Marga Kohler as Wife of Hilarius
Gerhard Ritterband as The Apprentice
Jakob Tiedtke as The Abbot

DVD releases

The film was released in the US by Kino Lorber as part of the box set "Lubitsch in Berlin" in 2007 with English intertitles. It was also released in the UK by Eureka's Masters of Cinema series as part of the box set "Lubitsch in Berlin: Fairy-Tales, Melodramas, and Sex Comedies" in 2010 with German intertitles and English subtitles.

Notes

External links

The Doll at IMDb

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[1] "Die Puppe" (TCM article)

[2] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyB6dZZkbtk

[3] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmAaO5i7DnE

[4] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLbCR_tmqWA

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