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The Oyster Princess

1919 · 58 min

A frothy, fast-moving silent farce full of silly misunderstandings, exaggerated faces and sudden bursts of dance that leaves you grinning.

Overview
A pampered American oyster tycoon decides to buy a husband for his daughter, but things don’t go quite as planned. Along the way there are mishaps, misunderstandings and a foxtrot sequence that must be seen to be believed.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • family
  • love
  • deception
  • identity
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism4
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
Written by
Hanns Kräly, Ernst Lubitsch
Starring
Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, Julius Falkenstein, Max Kronert, Curt Bois, Hans Junkermann, Albert Paulig
Cinematography
Theodor Sparkuhl
Runtime
58 min
Country
Germany
Languages
No Language

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