The Doll (film)
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The Doll is a 1919
romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch
. The film is loosely based on the same short story which inspired the ballet Coppélia
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1919 in film
The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists...
romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...
. The film is loosely based on the same short story which inspired the ballet Coppélia
Coppélia
Coppélia is a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter and music by Léo Delibes. It was based upon two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Der Sandmann , and Die Puppe...
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Cast
- Ossi OswaldaOssi OswaldaOssi Oswalda , born Oswalda Stäglich, was a German actress, who mostly appeared in silent films.-Career:Oswalda trained as a ballerina and became a dancer for a theater in Berlin...
as Ossi / The Doll - Victor JansonVictor Janson-Selected filmography:* So You Don't Know Korff Yet? * The Leghorn Hat * The Way to Freedom * Rembrandt * Peter Voss, der Millionendieb * The Marriage of Figaro * Professor Nachtfalter...
as Hilarius - Hermann ThimigHermann ThimigHermann Thimig was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967.His father Hugo Thimig was a stage actor and his sister Helene was a stage actress. Thimig began his professional career in 1910 at the Hoftheater in Meiningen till the First World War...
as Lancelot - Max Kronert as Baron of Chanterelle
- Marga Kohler as Wife of Hilarius
- Gerhard Ritterband as The apprentice
- Jakob TiedtkeJakob TiedtkeJakob Tiedtke was a German film actor. He appeared in 194 films between 1914 and 1955.-Selected filmography:* The Doll * Sumurun * Kohlhiesels Töchter * The Expulsion...
as The abbot