[4K, 60 fps, colorized] (1919) The Doll. Die Puppe, Ernst Lubitsch.

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Music: MEPHISTO WALTZ NO. 1 FOR PIANO, S. 514, Franz Liszt.

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[@joshuaDstarks]

Fantastic little movie. The boy is a genuine natural comedic talent.

[@crusiethmaximuss]

Hahaha, I love their goofy expressions. I understand that it was to convey emotion without audio recording not being invented yet, it is still amusing.

[@RedcoatsReturn]

Great actors with their eyes and expressions back then 😄👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😊👍👍

[@delusionspodcast]

although I have not tried acid, I presume the experience reflects this gem

[@jimmylorang995]

I think the whole cast was tripping on some potent blotter acid...

[@daviddavavd]

WOW... amazing quality, the film was shot in Germany black & white in 1919. The color looks real. Please, can you restore the all movie in color?

[@mtlicq]

The girls already had bobbed hair styles, and the adult woman had a cloche hat, something that became more popular later in the 1920's

[@mtlicq]

@@robogod3000 The girls in the film _STILL_ had bobbed hair styles and the adult _STILL_ had a cloche hat! *THAT* is what I was saying!

[@mtlicq]

@@robogod3000 LOL ok 😀 Prosit! Word to the wise with this general principle: Don't rely on wikipedia for other things. It is highly corrupted with bias and its narrative.

[@KerryEriksson]

The boy actor certainly had presence and chairsma.He would of been great in the 5000 Fingers of Dr T

[@Oumpah-Pah]

His name is Gerhard Ritterband, he went on to become a much sought after actor and later filmmaker.. He did not live long though and passed away in his 50s.

[@476429]

Great quality.

[@maksphoto78]

She was having so much fun on the sets. I wonder what her name is, and what her life and career was like. [Edit] Got it, her name is Ossi Oswalda. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossi_Oswalda

[@Bhodisatvas]

She died at the age of just 49 🙁

[@JGD185]

Reading her Wiki was very sad. She died penniless at just 49 years old.

[@TheIldebrandoz]

​@@JGD185Yes, like most silent film actors, with the advent of sound film their careers died down and they were soon forgotten.

[@bigone4311]

reminds me of the little robot girl in the 80's sitcom SMALL WONDER. just as creepy too

[@daphne4983]

This is freaking me out

[@cmgraham]

Agreed. It’s terrifying but also addictive to watch!

[@MrDavey2010]

This is really disturbing and extraordinarily creepy.

[@raf.nogueira]

This is not creepy, The Pig one is really creepy. This one is not .

[@Suve35967]

This is great. War is disturbing.

[@HLB512]

I thought it strange also lol

[@majinperez6993]

This was the year after the end of ww1.

[@brianquigley1940]

I find this a uniquely disturbing story... it combines "cute" female "charms" with deceit... makes you wonder about whoever wrote the narrative!😊

[@MrSupernova111]

Keep judging your ancestors. Future generations will say the same thing about you.

[@brianquigley1940]

@MrSupernova111 My kids judge me all the time! And I don't think my "descendents" will ever find that I have "cute female charms mixed with deceit". Makes me wonder about you! 😉

[@brianquigley1940]

@@MrSupernova111 My kids judge me all the time! I doubt that future generations will mistake me for a "cute female armed with deceit" Your comment does make me wonder about you! 😉 (Vermeer is one of the greatest painters of all time!)

[@Clipgatherer]

+brianquigley1940. From the director who was later to make “To Be or Not to Be” and “The Shop Around the Corner”. He seems to have developed at an early stage his special brand of spicy humour.

[@brianquigley1940]

@@Clipgatherer Both brilliant movies! I think I'll now watch Ninotchka... 😀

[@lisawhereisthecultjam]

The inspiration for the 1987 movie, Mannequin.

[@yohannbiimu]

"The Lubitsch Touch" existed long before anyone knew what it was.

[@theghostofsabertache9049]

I dread to think what would be done to that doll in this modern age in the hands of Redditor.

[@seandelap8587]

This is spooky

[@KamaradeKriska]

So was your face when you woke up

[@littledudefromacrossthestr5755]

​@@KamaradeKriskabruh 💀

[@mtlicq]

@@KamaradeKriska Good comment! probably true

[@EngPheniks]

spooky looking. but initially not meant to be spooky looking. it in fact has a beautiful story in it

[@omg_wtf_not_now]

Likely the future with bots.

[@MrSupernova111]

Motion pictures 100 years ago had exponentially more creativity than today's garbage.

[@donovan311]

an extreme exaggeration

[@RuthvenMurgatroyd]

This is such a bad example of that though. Yeah it's creative but it's also extremely incoherent. Literally TikTok tier.

[@RuthvenMurgatroyd]

To be fair, however, the film does make a lot more sense if you already know the story on which it is based.

[@perihelion7445]

Footage from back then often feels and looks like a horror film. All so very interesting but very unsettling.

[@gamer7916]

Didn’t realize dancing the robot was that old.

[@jonathanhernandezmanrrique9168]

Excellente!

[@zemny1264]

Beautiful, what software did you use and what settings?

[@JesusChrististheway1010]

Rob zombie would have a field day with remaking this.

[@EntreMetido]

Love this film 🎉

[@DeadKoby]

Apparently this is a short portion of a full length feature.

[@luizbonfante9857]

SENSACIONAL.MARVILHOSA IMAGENS

[@whoswhoatthezoo9372]

All that sniffing the girl/puppet by that weird little man reminds me of someone, I can’t quite remember….?

[@Eyes_of_Oryx]

She is beautiful 🤩

[@joshdrilingas718]

Does anyone know if the original film is in the public domain?

[@soul_in_balance6923]

Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4m6qKmud9OjntU

[@tfee97]

Does anyone known if this was the original audio of the film or just added later?

[@House0fHoot]

Amazing!

[@jonathanhernandezmanrrique9168]

Excelente!

[@HelloKitty-jz5gm]

This was like a bad acid trip.

[@jamesmckean3221]

People knew how to have a good time!

[@mlassz009]

The boy looks 50yrs and 15yrs old at the same time

[@rndmpinkiepie64]

Its amazing what we saw as entertainment back then

[@VARUNCOUTINHO]

70 years later we had Tales from the Crypt

[@SnoopyDoofie]

If only they knew what priests were really like.

[@lookoutforchris]

I wonder why you think that… oh right that’s exactly what you’re supposed to think. Ignore the data that shows 1000x more molestation of children by school teachers… you’re not supposed to notice that. Also don’t look at the crime stats by race, you’re supposed to support BLM 🤡

[@lookoutforchris]

You’re a good göy

[@tommybrown9534]

This honestly scared me

[@sergio6357]

Liszt/busoni Mephisto waltz

[@SarahBevElizabeth]

Parts of this remind be of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang… I wonder if they saw this at some point.

[@cmgraham]

I love that scene: “what do you see, you people gazing at me…”All the sharp movements of Truly and Dick Van Dyke❤

[@wasshoishoi1]

素敵💓

[@mindslaw4961]

Why Would Lubitsch Do It?

[@maxcohen13]

Was this restored using an auto-generated process? I think the workmanship needs work.

[@martinmoore7279]

That's the most disturbing thing I've ever seen

[@Edward-bm7vw]

I really need to find out what this guy uses to upscale these videos. Is he possibly using Topaz AI?

[@_PixelPerfect]

I thought you were only doing these videos oversmooth and overprocessed because I was looking at your older vids and the older topaz. But I guess thats just the way you like to ruin your footage. You shouldnt be cranking it up to 4K when you get diminising returns beyond 1080 or 1440. I'd rather it not be "4K" than give everyone AI face

[@LeaVionne]

this is creepy

[@Babybluez7778]

I dunno its cool but creepy because the lighting wasn't good back then so it looked like a dark and dingy place.. this would be the type of places that I would have strange dreams about.. but on the other hand those ladies were acting like dolls kind of like the AI of 1919 LOL

[@GiggleBlizzard]

Neat story

[@ObserveAndMeditate]

welcome to weimar republic

[@NickvonZ]

Weirdest......Nightmare......Ever

[@Spardeous]

Bizarre

[@mysticmarble94]

Creepy AF

[@cikucax]

i like it anyway

[@AnitaDil]

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…that’s the storyline, so not creepy at all.

[@johnpenguinthe3rd13]

First thing that guy does when he goes up to that female doll is to SNIFF her... and then he SNIFFS her again. And this is the first 20 seconds of the video LMAO!!! The creepy factor is off the scale with him. LOL. Regardless, I did enjoy this short film. It was entertaining. The 60 FPS colorization also greatly adds to this short film in a great way.

[@Eyes_of_Oryx]

@@johnpenguinthe3rd13why is sniffing or smelling someone “creepy”?

[@BeingFireRetardant]

​@@Eyes_of_Oryx Dude...

[@neo_7864]

is this the kids from the orphan train?

[@J.G.Wentworth69420]

Was that the first real doll?

[@DigitalContentNetwork]

Wow so ahead of its time M3GAN , A.I., BladeRunner, you name them...

[@mixe1]

How old is this doll nowadays? :D

[@bobertjones2300]

About 125, a certified antique.

[@illmaledelmondo]

Incredibile the first tik tokers

[@sapito2023]

👏👏👏👌👌🇦🇷🇦🇷🖐️🖐️🖐️

[@plsdonttttt]

god damn old stuff is depressing

[@abvgdeklmn]

Прям на промо смахивает

[@virtualhermit]

freaky

[@HerrKurt]

NUTS

[@abvgdeklmn]

В начале фетиш какой то

[@DigitalContentNetwork]

Now you say that. Back in the days those weren't so "forward" I guess. Fetish grow with industry. But its kind of sexual connoted when you see the priest starring at the dolls legs..

[@josebenito15]

Lubitsch, one of the greatest Cinema Directors ever. But, let's face it, that "colorized treatment", it's just tacky. How would Lubitsch do it? Should be asking many "modern cinema directors" "😜

[@whatever3145]

Is that a boy in a wrap skirt and patterned tights? This country is doomed /s/

[@marleyboy7732]

Ummm is this where the Chinese got their ideas for sex dolls today? 😅

[@Dannitor]

I guess I'm woke now.

[@igottwopeepees]

I can show them how to actually use that doll.

[@Before-fu6yu]

Just don't.

[@OldieWan]

Interesting. How these things over lap many things we see today. Looking through our lens you can see some of the connections to robotics and early times cyborgs via puppets/NPC memes. These people were just as weird as we are today.

[@CrankyB1tsch]

uncanny valley entered the chat

[@JohnnyChicago]

I'm pretty sure @ 2:21 the creepy Catholic priest eventually took the doll into another room and... you know... Because he's a priest. And Catholic. Truth.

[@Eyes_of_Oryx]

? No… they don’t play with dolls or female dolls especially.

[@AlcibiadesMD]

@@Eyes_of_Oryxindeed! they like playing with boys, perpetrators should all be in the slammer.

[@katwil89]

Don't try to do comedy.

[@Memi-cp4yc]

​@@Eyes_of_Oryxjup

[@mileseximius]

I'd say don't quit your day job, but I doubt you have one anyway.

[@sabrinasjourney]

Creepy AF