The Oyster Princess (1919)
Die Austernprinzessin
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.
- Date of release
- 1919-06-26
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (67)
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Ernst Lubitsch
Casting
- Victor Janson — Mister Quaker, oyster-king of America
- Ossi Oswalda — Ossi, his daughter
- Harry Liedtke — Prince Nucki
- Julius Falkenstein — Josef, a friend of Nucki
- Max Kronert — Seligsohn the Matchmaker
- Curt Bois — Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
- Hans Junkermann — (uncredited)
- Albert Paulig — (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Oyster Princess is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda and Harry Liedtke. It is a grotesque comedy in four acts about an American millionaire's spoiled daughter's marriage that does not go as planned. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter, a frequent collaborator of Lubitsch.
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