The Doll
1919 · 66 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 2,510 VOTES · DIR. Ernst Lubitsch
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 146 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:32 THE DOLL
00:00:55 His wife: Marga Köhler Ossi, his daughter: Ossi Oswalda
00:04:23 to gather in the marketplace so that his nephew, the sole heir
00:07:04 Our little sisters are gonna get married.
00:11:33 Don't exaggerate, my son!
00:14:54 - Baron Chanterelle.
00:17:00 I have succeeded, with the help of a mechanism I built
00:19:09 What are you doing tickling my daughter?!
00:21:30 Come in, young man!
00:25:58 I want a proper doll of solid character!
00:28:03 When he starts with his stories...
00:31:17 Very well, I'll buy dolly here and take her with me straightaway.
00:32:41 Owner's Manual
00:36:20 You should all divide everything up evenly.
00:39:49 She must have one complex mechanism.
00:44:17 Wedding at Castle Chanterelle.
00:48:11 Your bride just came unwound!
00:50:07 Do you need any more pieces of advice?
00:55:09 Carry her into the junk room!
00:59:02 Lancelot is dreaming.
01:03:18 Ossi, the daughter of the well-known dollmaker Hilarius
Cast & Characters
Ossi Oswalda
Ossi - Tochter Hiarius - the Dollmaker's Daughter
Hermann Thimig
Lancelot - Neffe von Baron - the Baron's Nephew
Victor Janson
Puppenfabrikant Hilarius - the Dollmaker
Max Kronert
Baron von Chauterelle
Marga Köhler
Frau Hilarius - The Dollmaker's Wife
Gerhard Ritterband
Der Lehrling von Hilarius - the Apprentice
Jakob Tiedtke
Der Briar - the Prior
Josefine Dora
Amme von Lancelot - Lancelot's Nanny
Lapitski
Paul Morgan
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed146
Dialogue density2.2 lines / min
First line00:00:32
Final line01:03:18
Production Record
DirectorErnst Lubitsch
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes2,510