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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Even by Creator/ErnstLubitsch standards, this is a ''weird'' movie.
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just read an interesting take on this
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* MisaimedFandom: Wokulski's status as DoggedNiceGuy is memetic in Polish culture, to the point a lot of people take it at a face value that he simply "deserves" Izabella for all the moves he makes around her. This entirely misses the point that she's a human being with her own feelings (even if selfish) and just because a rich, nice suitor shows up doesn't mean she should throw herself on him instantly. Or how she can be legitimately creeped out by a guy twice her age trying to court her in an extremely non-subtle fashion.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** Izabela: RichBitch or a victim of impractical, spoiling upbringing? (Note: "educate your daughters properly, or they'll end up on the street when their husbands die" is a message in some positivist Polish literature, especially by Prus.)
** Wokulski: idealist or maybe not?
* MisaimedFandom: Wokulski's status as DoggedNiceGuy is memetic in Polish culture, to the point a lot of people take it at a face value that he simply "deserves"Izabella Izabela for all the moves he makes around her. This entirely misses the point that she's a human being with her own feelings (even if selfish) and just because a rich, nice suitor shows up doesn't mean she should throw herself on him instantly. Or how she can be legitimately creeped out by a guy twice her age trying to court her in an extremely non-subtle fashion.
** Izabela: RichBitch or a victim of impractical, spoiling upbringing? (Note: "educate your daughters properly, or they'll end up on the street when their husbands die" is a message in some positivist Polish literature, especially by Prus.)
** Wokulski: idealist or maybe not?
* MisaimedFandom: Wokulski's status as DoggedNiceGuy is memetic in Polish culture, to the point a lot of people take it at a face value that he simply "deserves"
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Not YMMV.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Lancelot. He has a strong aversion to female sexuality, and basically wants to use the Doll as TheBeard to get his inheritance. Then there is that scene - shown only in silhouette - where he's undressed by his manservant. Given that Creator/ErnstLubitsch ''did'' put more avert HoYay in [[Film/IDontWantToBeAMan some of his other films,]] and that this movie was released only a few months after the controversial pro-gay film Film/DifferentFromTheOthers, there may actually be something to this. (Of course, this would make the ending a case of IfItsYouItsOkay.)
-->'''Lancelot:''' "I will not marry a woman!"
-->'''Lancelot:''' "I will not marry a woman!"
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* ProtagonistTitleFallacy: Much like with Theatre/{{Coppelia}}, the eponymous doll has fairly little screentime. However, Ossi spends the bulk of the movie impersonating it.
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* MisaimedFandom: Wokulski's status as DoggedNiceGuy is memetic in Polish culture, to the point a lot of people take it at a face value that he simply "deserves" Izabella for all the moves he makes around her. This entirely misses the point that she's a human being with her own feelings (even if selfish) and just because a rich, nice suitor shows up doesn't mean she should throw herself on him instantly. Or how she can be legitimately creepied out by a guy twice her age trying to court her in an extremely non-subtle fashion.
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* MisaimedFandom: Wokulski's status as DoggedNiceGuy is memetic in Polish culture, to the point a lot of people take it at a face value that he simply "deserves" Izabella for all the moves he makes around her. This entirely misses the point that she's a human being with her own feelings (even if selfish) and just because a rich, nice suitor shows up doesn't mean she should throw herself on him instantly. Or how she can be legitimately creepied creeped out by a guy twice her age trying to court her in an extremely non-subtle fashion.
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** Then again, she's repeatedly toying with him, YankingTheDogsChain and it never occurs to her to simply tell the guy she's not interested, even though she can't stand him.
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** Then again, she's she [[YankTheDogsChain repeatedly toying toys with him, YankingTheDogsChain him]] and it never occurs to her to simply tell the guy she's not interested, even though she can't stand him.
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* MisaimedFandom: Wokulski's status as DoggedNiceGuy is memetic in Polish culture, to the point a lot of people take it at a face value that he simply "deserves" Izabella for all the moves he makes around her. This entirely misses the point that she's a human being with her own feelings (even if selfish) and just because a rich, nice suitor shows up doesn't mean she should throw herself on him instantly. Or how she can be legitimately creepied out by a guy twice her age trying to court her in an extremely non-subtle fashion.
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* MisaimedFandom: Wokulski's status as DoggedNiceGuy is memetic in Polish culture, to the point a lot of people take it at a face value that he simply "deserves" Izabella for all the moves he makes around her. This entirely misses the point that she's a human being with her own feelings (even if selfish) and just because a rich, nice suitor shows up doesn't mean she should throw herself on him instantly. Or how she can be legitimately creepied out by a guy twice her age trying to court her in an extremely non-subtle fashion.fashion.
** Then again, she's repeatedly toying with him, YankingTheDogsChain and it never occurs to her to simply tell the guy she's not interested, even though she can't stand him.
** Then again, she's repeatedly toying with him, YankingTheDogsChain and it never occurs to her to simply tell the guy she's not interested, even though she can't stand him.
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[[WMG:German silent film]]
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Even by Creator/ErnstLubitsch standards, this is a ''weird'' movie.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Even by Creator/ErnstLubitsch standards, this is a ''weird'' movie.movie.
[[WMG:Polish novel]]
* MisaimedFandom: Wokulski's status as DoggedNiceGuy is memetic in Polish culture, to the point a lot of people take it at a face value that he simply "deserves" Izabella for all the moves he makes around her. This entirely misses the point that she's a human being with her own feelings (even if selfish) and just because a rich, nice suitor shows up doesn't mean she should throw herself on him instantly. Or how she can be legitimately creepied out by a guy twice her age trying to court her in an extremely non-subtle fashion.
[[WMG:Polish novel]]
* MisaimedFandom: Wokulski's status as DoggedNiceGuy is memetic in Polish culture, to the point a lot of people take it at a face value that he simply "deserves" Izabella for all the moves he makes around her. This entirely misses the point that she's a human being with her own feelings (even if selfish) and just because a rich, nice suitor shows up doesn't mean she should throw herself on him instantly. Or how she can be legitimately creepied out by a guy twice her age trying to court her in an extremely non-subtle fashion.
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* VisualEffectOfAwesome: For a movie consisting mostly of [[StylisticSuck deliberate, stylised]] SpecialEffectsFailure, the DoubleVision trick used to put two Ossis on screen has aged ''very'' well over the last century, and still looks quite good today. The same could be said about the "ghost" effect used when she appears in Lancelot's dream.
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* VisualEffectOfAwesome: SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For a movie consisting mostly of [[StylisticSuck deliberate, stylised]] SpecialEffectsFailure, the DoubleVision trick used to put two Ossis on screen has aged ''very'' well over the last century, and still looks quite good today. The same could be said about the "ghost" effect used when she appears in Lancelot's dream.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For a movie consisting mostly of [[StylisticSuck deliberate, stylised]] SpecialEffectsFailure, the DoubleVision trick used to put two Ossis on screen has aged ''very'' well over the last century, and still looks quite good today. The same could be said about the "ghost" effect used when she appears in Lancelot's dream.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: VisualEffectOfAwesome: For a movie consisting mostly of [[StylisticSuck deliberate, stylised]] SpecialEffectsFailure, the DoubleVision trick used to put two Ossis on screen has aged ''very'' well over the last century, and still looks quite good today. The same could be said about the "ghost" effect used when she appears in Lancelot's dream.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For a movie consisting mostly of [[StylisticSuck deliberate, stylised]] SpecialEffectsFailure, the DoubleVision trick used to put two Ossis on screen has aged ''very'' well over the last century, and still looks quite good today. The same could be said about the "ghost" effect used when she appears in Lancelot's dream.
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* FridgeHorror: Ossi stuffing herself with food and drinking directly from a flower vase is funny... until you realize that she's only doing it because Lancelot thinks that she doesn't need food or water. As do the monks, and they were planning to lock up their "doll" in a storage room after the wedding. ''They almost made an innocent woman starve to death without even realizing it!''
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->'''Lancelot:''' "I will not marry a woman!"
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Even by Creator/ErnstLubitsch standards, this is a 'weird'' movie.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Even by Creator/ErnstLubitsch standards, this is a 'weird'' ''weird'' movie.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Lancelot. He has a strong aversion to female sexuality, and basically wants to use the Doll as TheBeard to get his inheritance. Then there is that scene - shown only in silhouette - where he's undressed by his manservant. Given that Creator/ErnstLubitsch ''did'' put more avert HoYay in [[Film/IDontWantToBeAMan some of his other films,]] and that this movie was released only a few months after the controversial pro-gay film Film/DifferentFromTheOthers, there may actually be something to this. (Of course, this would make the ending a case of IfItsYouItsOkay.)
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* FridgeLogic: So, how does Ossi ''know'' which buttons on her back are being pressed, exactly?
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* FridgeLogic: So, how does Ossi ''know'' which buttons on her back are being pressed, pressed at the moment, exactly?
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* FridgeLogic: So, how does Ossi ''know'' which buttons on her back are being pressed, exactly?
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Much of the movie's comedy. A boy shooting his father figure? Not very funny. A boy shooting [[{{Balloonacy}} the handful of balloons his father figure is using to fly,]] only for him to be completely uninjured by the landing? Hilari(o)us.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Much of the movie's comedy. A boy shooting his father figure? Not very funny. A boy shooting [[{{Balloonacy}} the handful of balloons his father figure is using to fly,]] only for him to be completely uninjured by the landing? [[ObligatoryJoke Hilari(o)us.]]
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* ValuesDissonance: While it's treated as BlackComedy, the story never really criticizes Hilarius for beating his apprentice. At the time, such punishments were seen as the mark of a SternTeacher, but not necessarily considered amoral, explaining why he's EasilyForgiven for them. By today's standards however, he comes of as an outright child abuser, making him a bit of a KarmaHoudini.
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* {{Narm}}: The Doll's PerpetualSmiler look (which Ossi later has to imitate) seems like it was intended to be cute InUniverse, but it mostly just makes her look like a StepfordSmiler, or possibly a stoner. Though given the overall tone of the film, [[PlayedForLaughs this might have been intentional.]]
* StylisticSuck: The sets do not look real at all, but this was most likely deliberately to give the film more of a storybook feel.
* ValuesDissonance: While it's treated as BlackComedy, the story never really criticizes Hilarius for beating his apprentice. At the time, such punishments were seen as the mark of a SternTeacher, but not necessarily considered amoral, explaining why he's EasilyForgiven for them. By today's standards however, he comes of as an outright child abuser, making him a bit of aKarmaHoudini.KarmaHoudini.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Even by Creator/ErnstLubitsch standards, this is a 'weird'' movie.
* StylisticSuck: The sets do not look real at all, but this was most likely deliberately to give the film more of a storybook feel.
* ValuesDissonance: While it's treated as BlackComedy, the story never really criticizes Hilarius for beating his apprentice. At the time, such punishments were seen as the mark of a SternTeacher, but not necessarily considered amoral, explaining why he's EasilyForgiven for them. By today's standards however, he comes of as an outright child abuser, making him a bit of a
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Even by Creator/ErnstLubitsch standards, this is a 'weird'' movie.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Much of the movie's comedy. A boy shooting his father figure? Not very funny. A boy shooting [[{{Balloonacy}} the handful of balloons his father figure is using to fly,]] only for him to be completely uninjured by the landing? Hilari(o)us.
* OlderThanTheyThink: What do you mean there was a German SilentFilm about a young woman and her [[RobotMe robotic]] {{Doppelganger}} before Film/{{Metropolis}}?
* ValuesDissonance: While it's treated as BlackComedy, the story never really criticizes Hilarius for beating his apprentice. At the time, such punishments were seen as the mark of a SternTeacher, but not necessarily considered amoral, explaining why he's EasilyForgiven for them. By today's standards however, he comes of as an outright child abuser, making him a bit of a KarmaHoudini.
* OlderThanTheyThink: What do you mean there was a German SilentFilm about a young woman and her [[RobotMe robotic]] {{Doppelganger}} before Film/{{Metropolis}}?
* ValuesDissonance: While it's treated as BlackComedy, the story never really criticizes Hilarius for beating his apprentice. At the time, such punishments were seen as the mark of a SternTeacher, but not necessarily considered amoral, explaining why he's EasilyForgiven for them. By today's standards however, he comes of as an outright child abuser, making him a bit of a KarmaHoudini.
