The read
It runs a compact 1h 6m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
95 audience votes
Key crew
- Ernst LubitschDirector
- Hanns KrälyWriter
- Ernst LubitschWriter
Cast
- Ossi OswaldaOssi, the Dollmaker’s Daughter / The Doll
- Victor JansonHilarius, the Dollmaker
- Hermann ThimigLancelot, the Baron’s Nephew
- Max KronertBaron von Chanterelle
- Marga KöhlerFrau Hilarius, The Dollmaker’s Wife
- Gerhard RitterbandThe Apprentice
- Jakob TiedtkeThe Prior
- Josefine DoraLancelot's Nanny
- Paul MorganHippolyt, the Baron's Servant
- Ernst LubitschDirector in Prologue (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
artificial intelligence (a.i.)romancesilent film