---
title: 'The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning (1923)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Wiene'
released: '1923-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-doll-maker-of-kiang-ning-1923'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013699/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning (1923)

1923 · Drama, Fantasy · Germany

Original title: Der Puppenmacher von Kiang-Ning

## Synopsis

The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning is a 1923 German silent fantasy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Werner Krauss, Lia Eibenschütz, and Ossip Runitsch. A doll maker in Kiangning, China crafts a puppet which he is convinced is lifelike. He takes it to exhibit at a public event, but is outraged to find an even more convincing and beautiful doll there. It is in fact a real woman pretending to be a doll, but he becomes so obsessed he attempts to steal her and the film ends with her rescue and his tragic death.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Wiene](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wiene)
- **Screenplay:** [Carl Mayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-mayer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Willy Hameister](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-hameister)

## Cast

- [Eugen Rex](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugen-rex)
- [Lucie Mannheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucie-mannheim)
- [Fritz Achterberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-achterberg)
- [Lia Eibenschütz](https://cinepixo.com/people/lia-eibenschutz)
- [Werner Krauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-krauss)
- [Ossip Runitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ossip-runitsch)
- [Hans Schweikart](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-schweikart)
- [Julius Falkenstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/julius-falkenstein)

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