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The Doll Maker of 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.
Original Release
11/01/1923
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Werner Krauss | |
| Lia Eibenschütz | |
| Osip Runich | (as Ossip Runitsch) |
| Lucie Mannheim | |
| Julius Falkenstein | |
| Fritz Achterberg | |
| Hans Schweikart | |
| Yuri Yurovsky | (as Georg Jurowsky) |
| Eugen Rex | |
| Alexander Alexandrowski |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Werner Krauss | |
| Lia Eibenschütz | |
| Osip Runich | (as Ossip Runitsch) |
| Lucie Mannheim | |
| Julius Falkenstein | |
| Fritz Achterberg | |
| Hans Schweikart | |
| Yuri Yurovsky | (as Georg Jurowsky) |
| Eugen Rex | |
| Alexander Alexandrowski |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Robert Wiene | Producer |
