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 Kiangning, 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.
Der Puppenmacher von Kiang-Ning (1923)
Directed by Robert Wiene
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China, Doll Maker Of Kiang-ning, Ossip Runitsch
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Narrative Location: China
Subject: about dolls
Subject: about dolls
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Alternate Titles
Der Puppenmacher von Kiang-Ning
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