The Doll (1919 film)

Die Puppe
Die Puppe
	Theatrical poster to The Doll (1919)
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Hanns Kräly; Ernst Lubitsch;
Based on	La poupée (operetta); by Edmond Audran; Maurice Ordonneau; Alfred Maria Willner; ; "Der Sandmann" (short story); by E. T. A. Hoffmann;
Produced by	Paul Davidson
Starring	Ossi Oswalda; Hermann Thimig; Victor Janson;
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl; Kurt Waschneck;
Production; company	PAGU
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	5 December 1919;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	Weimar Republic
Language	Silent film

The Doll (German: Die Puppe) is a 1919 German romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The film is based on the operetta La poupée by Edmond Audran (1896) and a line of influence back through the Léo Delibes ballet Coppélia (1870) and ultimately to E. T. A. Hoffmann's short story "Der Sandmann" (1816).

Lubitsch considered The Doll possibly his favorite film and one of his three best German comedy films, along with The Oyster Princess (1919) and Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920). However, it was shown in America only in a few places and in 1928. Director Peter Bogdanovich saw the film in 1977; he wrote that it was "one of the five funniest pictures I've ever seen".