The Doll

Ernst Lubitsch
1919-12-05


7.398
66 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Ossi Oswalda Ossi, the Dollmaker’s Daughter / The Doll Unowned
Victor Janson Hilarius, the Dollmaker Unowned
Hermann Thimig Lancelot, the Baron’s Nephew Unowned
Max Kronert Baron von Chanterelle Unowned
Marga Köhler Frau Hilarius, The Dollmaker’s Wife Unowned
Gerhard Ritterband The Apprentice Unowned
Jakob Tiedtke The Prior Unowned
Josefine Dora Lancelot's Nanny Unowned
Paul Morgan Hippolyt, the Baron's Servant Unowned
Ernst Lubitsch Director in Prologue (uncredited) Unowned