---
title: 'The Doll (1919)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ernst Lubitsch'
released: '1919-12-05'
runtime_minutes: 66
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-doll-1919'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010600/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Doll (1919)

1919 · 66 min · Romance · Germany

Original title: Die Puppe

## Synopsis

The Doll is a 1919 German romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The film is based on the operetta La poupée by Edmond Audran (1896) and a line of influence back through the Léo Delibes ballet Coppélia (1870) and ultimately to E. T. A. Hoffmann's short story "Der Sandmann" (1816).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch), [Hanns Kräly](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-kraly)
- **Producer:** [Paul Davidson](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-davidson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Theodor Sparkuhl](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodor-sparkuhl)

## Cast

- [Gerhard Ritterband](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-ritterband) as The Apprentice
- [Victor Janson](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-janson) as Hilarius
- [Jakob Tiedtke](https://cinepixo.com/people/jakob-tiedtke) as The Abbot
- [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- [Hermann Thimig](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-thimig) as Lancelot
- [Max Kronert](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-kronert) as Baron of Chanterelle
- [Ossi Oswalda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ossi-oswalda) as Ossi / The Doll
- [Paul Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-morgan)
- [Josefine Dora](https://cinepixo.com/people/josefine-dora)

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