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Die Puppe

a.k.a. The Doll

1919 · 66 min · Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Comedy·Sci-Fi·Fantasy

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 puppet-maker’s flesh-and-blood daughter in disguise.

11.1%

16:1

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The opening with Lubitsch himself perfectly encapsulates the filmmaker: A man pulling toys out of a box and creating an elaborate fantasy with them.

Lubitsch is truly a master storyteller.

Stefanaki's link still works. But here is a youtube substitute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmAaO5i7DnE

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