The Doll (1919)
- Original title
- Die Puppe
- Directed by
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Genre
- silent film, romantic comedy film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 06m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 93 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man avoids marriage by pretending to wed a life-sized doll. The doll comes to life and causes comic confusion.
whimsicalplayfullightheartedfarcicalsurrealcomedicfast-paced
What happens
The Doll (German: Die Puppe) is a 1919 German romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. 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). Lubitsch considered The Doll possibly his favorite film and one of his three best German comedy films, along with The Oyster Princess (1919) and Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920). However, it was shown in America only in a few places and in 1928. Director Peter Bogdanovich saw the film in 1977; he wrote that it was "one of the five funniest pictures I've ever seen". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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