Die Puppe | 1919 aka THE MEAT PUPPET aka THE DOLL: Surrealist masterpiece!

Lancelot is the nephew of the Baron, his uncle. The Baron is pressuring him to get married but Lancelot is afraid of women. He decides to fool his uncle by marrying a life-like mechanical doll instead

Every few years we hear about women robots that men can date or marry. But the idea first sprang from surrealists in the 19teens!

The Doll (German: Die Puppe) is a 1919 German romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The film is based on the operetta La poupée by Edmond Audran (1896) and a line of influence back through the Léo Delibes ballet Coppélia (1870) and ultimately to E.T.A. Hoffmann's short story "Der Sandmann" (1816). Watch the film here:"

Behind the paywall: The Big Parade (Vidor, 1925)