Curated Recommendations Similar Cinematic Experiences to The Doll: Cult Guide

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

Gaston finally succeeds as a dramatist and decides to leave his wife and child for another woman. When the child dies, the finger is pointed at him and he winds up as a destitute before all is revealed.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

Comical variation on the Shakespeare play, featuring two feuding farmers families.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Romeo and Juliet in the Snow perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A teenaged tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun, but discovers that being the opposite sex isn't as easy as she had hoped.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

An American heiress seeks the hand of an impoverished German prince.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of I Don't Want to Be a Man perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

Sally Pinkus is an German-Jewish boy who takes a job as a shoe store clerk after being expelled from school for goofing around. Soon fired for trying to court the owner's daughter, Pinkus lands another job in a more 'upmarket' shoe salon, only to be fired again, before charming a rich benefactress to fund his ultimate dream: Pinkus' Shoe Palace.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Oyster Princess perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Shoe Palace Pinkus perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.