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.
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
artificial intelligence (a.i.)
romance
silent film
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Letterboxd
3.9 / 5
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Cast
Ossi Oswalda
Ossi, the Dollmaker’s Daughter / The Doll
Victor Janson
Hilarius, the Dollmaker
Hermann Thimig
Lancelot, the Baron’s Nephew
Marga Köhler
Frau Hilarius, The Dollmaker’s Wife
Gerhard Ritterband
The Apprentice
Jakob Tiedtke
The Prior
Josefine Dora
Lancelot's Nanny
Paul Morgan
Hippolyt, the Baron's Servant
Ernst Lubitsch
Director in Prologue (uncredited)
Crew
Ernst Lubitsch
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Writer
Theodor Sparkuhl
Director of Photography
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Story
Popular Reviews
25 reviews
İbrahim
8.0★ · 04/25/26
1910'ların son filmede bu şimdi 1920lere geçiyom bu arada filmi bayıldım.
1910'ların son filmede bu şimdi 1920lere geçiyom bu arada filmi bayıldım.
kale
7.0★ · 01/15/26
hilarius really out here making a sex doll that looks like his daughter
this is what happened bc nobody knew about being gay or autistic back then
hilarius really out here making a sex doll that looks like his daughter
this is what happened bc nobody knew about being gay or autistic back then
christy
8.0★ · 10/22/25
Absolutely loved the set design and atmosphere!
Absolutely loved the set design and atmosphere!
Ab
5.0★ · 08/08/25
The background music made me want to kms 💔🥀 otherwise I guess it was good for it's time?
The background music made me want to kms 💔🥀 otherwise I guess it was good for it's time?
Francisco
6.2★ · 07/28/25
37/100 Summer Films ChallengeI’m losing my mind listening to the classical music💔
37/100 Summer Films ChallengeI’m losing my mind listening to the classical music💔
