The Doll

The Doll
  • Release date: 6 Apr 1920
  • Release year: 1919
  • Runtime: 66 minutes
  • Country: Germany
  • Keywords: apprentice, 19th century, father daughter relationship, nobility, inheritance, village, deception, germany, monastery, toymaker
Plot:
Because the Baron of Chanterelle wants to preserve his family line, he forces his timid nephew Lancelot to choose one of the village maidens to wed. Lancelot flees to a monastery to escape the forty eager maidens. When the gluttonous monks discover that the Baron is offering a large sum for the marriage, they suggest Lancelot marry a mechanical doll instead. The doll maker has just finished making a replica of his daughter Ossi, but his assistant accidentally breaks it and convinces the real girl to mimic the doll. Lancelot buys her, thinking she is a doll, and takes her back to the monastery, where they are wed.
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