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Die Austernprinzessin / The Oyster Princess

Ernst Lubitsch
Germany
Synopsis
First exponent of Lubitsch?s tremendously genuine social satire portrayed through the problems of a big tycoon who lives in a fabulous mansion obsessed with the thought of marrying his daughter. Enter the down-and-out aristocrat trying to find a solution to his life. Here Lubitsch started marking his style with a basic outline of what was later to become American screwball comedy.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Screenplay
Hanns Kräly, Ernst Lubitsch
Photography
Theodor Sparkuhl
Cast
Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, Julius Falkenstein, Max Kronert
Running Time
63 m.
Country
Germany
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