"Die Puppe" or "The Doll" is a German black-and-white silent film from 1919, which means almost 100 years ago. It was directed by Ernst Lubitsch, who basically finished his transformation from actor into director at this point already, even if he plays a minor part in here as well. He went on to become a big thing in Hollywood afterward, scored several Academy Award nominations. "Die Puppe" runs for slightly over an hour in the version I watched. Ossi Oswalda plays the title character while Max Kronert and others play major parts as well. I personally did not find this watch here too memorable unfortunately. Actually, it was fairly difficult for the audience to understand occasionally who's the doll and who's the real girl Apart from that, this film certainly could have needed more intertitles to become more clear during several sequences, so it would be easier to understand in detail what's going on. I believe this is not one of the worst silent film from that era, but nowhere near among the best either. As a whole, I do not recommend it.
Review of The Doll
