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The Oyster Princess (1919)

The Oyster Princess poster
Original title
Die Austernprinzessin
Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h
Rated
6
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 65 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American millionaire's spoiled daughter expects to marry a prince, but the wedding goes wrong. The film follows her and her wealthy father as they deal with the chaos that results.

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What happens

The Oyster Princess (German: Die Austernprinzessin) is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda and Harry Liedtke. It is a grotesque comedy in four acts about an American millionaire's spoiled daughter's marriage that does not go as planned. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter, a frequent collaborator of Lubitsch. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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