The Oyster Princess

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Year: 1919
Country: Germany
Language: Silent with English intertitles

Visually inventive, sexually playful, and speeding at a manic pace, THE OYSTER PRINCESS represents the best of the madcap comedies made by Ernst Lubitsch prior to his arrival in Hollywood. Employing the same fairy-tale expressionism that distinguishes The Doll (1919) and The Wildcat (1921), it follows the efforts of a wealthy American tycoon (Victor Janson) to marry off his free-spirited daughter (Ossi Oswalda) to a titled prince (Harry Liedtke). But in the Lubitsch universe, things never quite go according to plan.

Cast
Julius Falkenstein
Harry Liedtke
Victor Janson
Ossi Oswalda

Crew
Composed by Alijoscha Zimmermann
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch