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The Doll
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The Doll

(1919)Directed by Ernst Lubitsch66 minComedy, Fantasy, Romance

In a German fairy-tale village of painted sets, the dollmaker Hilarius (Victor Janson) sells lifelike mechanical dolls from his workshop. Lancelot (Hermann Thimig), a nervous young man who must marry to claim his uncle's fortune, buys one instead of taking a bride. Ernst Lubitsch builds the comedy on what a marriage is when one partner is a machine, and the other is hiding.

Ossi Oswaldaas Ossi, the Dollmaker’s Daughter / The Doll
Victor Jansonas Hilarius, the Dollmaker
Hermann Thimigas Lancelot, the Baron’s Nephew
MKMax Kronertas Baron von Chanterelle
Marga Köhleras Frau Hilarius, The Dollmaker’s Wife
Gerhard Ritterbandas The Apprentice
Jakob Tiedtkeas The Prior
Josefine Doraas Lancelot's Nanny
Paul Morganas Hippolyt, the Baron's Servant
Ernst Lubitschas Director in Prologue (uncredited)