Luxembourg City Film Festival

Concerts du midi : Die Austernprinzessin

Credits

Country :

Allemagne

Year :

1919

Director :

Ernst Lubitsch

Version :

German intertitles, English subtitles

Duration :

60 minutes

Format :

digital

Actors :

Ossi Oswalda, Victor Janson, Harry Liedtke

Cine-concert co-produced by the OCL and the Luxembourg City Cinémathèque | With thanks to Patricia Heckert (Murnau-Stiftung)

synopsis

Ernst Lubitsch’s 1919 comedy about modern family ties sparkles with wit. In this grotesque comedy from the early days of silent cinema, the genius Ernst Lubitsch tells the story of a millionaire who made his fortune in the oyster trade and marries his daughter to a penniless German aristocrat. Lubitsch already displays his Lubitsch touch, often copied but never equalled: a witty blend of humour and frivolity. Wonderfully grotesque and full of subtle punchlines.