GERMANY · 1919

The Oyster Princess

Ernst Lubitsch
wealth and social class courtship and marriage American high society fish-out-of-water comedy generational conflict
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A pampered American oyster tycoon decides to buy a husband for his daughter, but things don’t go quite as planned. Along the way there are mishaps, misunderstandings and a foxtrot sequence that must be seen to be believed.

Year1919
CountryGermany
DirectorErnst Lubitsch
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