Die Austernprinzessin
(The Oyster Princess)
(1919) German
B&W : Four reels / 3753 feet
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Cast: Victor Janson [Mr. Quaker, oyster king of America], Ossi Oswalda [Ossi Quaker, his daughter], Harry Liedtke [Prince Nucki], Julius Falkenstein [Josef, his valet], Max Kronert [Seligsohn, the matchmaker], Kurt Bois [the bandmaster], Hans Junkermann, Albert Paulig

Projektions Aktiengesellschaft Union-Film [PAGU] production; distributed by Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft [UFA]. / Scenario by Hanns Kräly + [Ernst Lubitsch]. Art direction by Ernst Stern, Emil Hasler and Karl Machus. Set design by Kurt Richter. Technical director Kurt Waschneck. Cinematography by Theodor Sparkuhl. / Released 25 June 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / [?] Website-IMDb lists the release date as 26 June 1919.

Comedy: Satire.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Listing updated: 12 October 2007.

References: Bardèche-History pp. 189-190, 194; Hake-Lubitsch p. 113; Shipman-Cinema p. 68; Sinyard-Silent p. 159; Weinberg-Lubitsch pp. 325-326 : Website-IMDb.

Home Video: DVD.