The Oyster Princess (Music: Mor Wen)
Die Austernprinzessin / Ernst Lubitsch / German Empire 1919 / 58 min. / DCP
The retrospective will open with a remarkable pair of comedies from the series Ernst Lubitsch made with actress Ossi Oswalda. Before the visually stylized The Oyster Princess, a pivotal film in the context of Lubitsch’s work, we will screen the slightly older cross-dressing comedy I Don't Want to Be a Man. Their direct comparison will allow us to trace the shift in comedic poetics along an axis ranging from a more farcical exploration of social norms to more sophisticated experimentation with filmmaking itself.
Screenings
Sa 25/07/2026
15:30 - 16:28
Hvězda Cinema
Director: Ernst Lubitsch / German Empire 1919 / 58 min. / DCP / none / electronic czech subtitles, german intertitles
Additional info
Directed by:
Ernst Lubitsch
Screenplay:
Ernst Lubitsch, Hanns Kräly
Photography:
Theodor Sparkuhl
Cast:
Victor Janson (Mr. Quaker), Ossi Oswalda (Ossi, jeho dcera), Harry Liedtke (princ Nucki), Julius Falkenstein (Josef, jeho přítel), Max Kronert (Seligson, dohazovač), Kurt Bois (dirigent)
