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The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning is a film of genre Drama directed by Robert Wiene with Werner Krauss

The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning (1923)

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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.

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. The film continues a wider theme in the director Robert Wiene's work which contrasts Western and Eastern cultures.

Actors

Werner Krauss
Ossip Runitsch
Lia Eibenschütz
Lucie Mannheim
Julius Falkenstein
And :
Fritz Achterberg
Hans Schweikart
Eugen Rex
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