The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning

The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning
Directed by Robert Wiene
Produced by Robert Wiene
Written by Carl Mayer
Starring Werner Krauss
Lia Eibenschütz
Ossip Runitsch.
Cinematography Willy Hameister
Production
company
Lionardo Film
Distributed by Deitz & Co
Release date
  • 1923 (1923)
Country Germany
Language Silent
German intertitles

The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning (German: Der Puppenmacher von Kiang-Ning) is a 1923 German silent fantasy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Werner Krauss, Lia Eibenschütz and Ossip Runitsch. A doll maker in China crafts a puppet which he is convinced is lifelike. He takes it to exhibit at a public event, but is outraged to find an even more convincing and beautiful doll there. It is in fact a real woman pretending to be a doll, but he becomes so obsessed he attempts to steal her and the film ends with her rescue and his tragic death.[1]

The film had its premiere in Berlin in November 1923. It received a universally negative reception from critics who were particularly unimpressed by the attempt to portray Chinese culture using German actors.[2] The film continues a wider theme in the director Robert Wiene's work which contrasts Western and Eastern cultures.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Jung & Schatzberg p.104
  2. ↑ Jung & Schatzberg p.104-105

Bibliography

  • Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.


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