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The Doll (1919 film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Die Puppe
| image = The Doll (film).jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster to 'The Doll' (1919)
| director = Ernst Lubitsch
| producer = Paul Davidson
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| studio = PAGU
| distributor = UFA
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| runtime = 70 minutes
| language = Silent film
| country = Weimar Republic
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'The Doll' is a 1919 German romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch.[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=658322 "Die Puppe" (TCM article)] The film is based on the operetta 'La poupe' by Edmond Audran (1896) and a line of influence back through the Lo Delibes ballet 'Copplia' (1870) and ultimately to E. T. A. Hoffmann's short story "Der Sandmann" (1816).
Plot summary
Lancelot is the nephew of the Baron, his uncle. The Baron is pressuring him to get married but Lancelot is afraid of women. He decides to fool his uncle by marrying a life-like mechanical doll instead. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010600/
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DVD releases
The film was released in the US by Kino Lorber as part of the box set 'Lubitsch in Berlin' (2007) with English intertitles. It was also released in the UK by Eureka's Masters of Cinema series as part of the box set 'Lubitsch in Berlin: Fairy-Tales, Melodramas, and Sex Comedies' (2010) with German intertitles and English subtitles.
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