The Oyster Princess (1919 film) - Directed by Ernst Lubitsch - Full Movie

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

The Oyster Princess (German: Die Austernprinzessin) is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda and Harry Liedtke. It is a grotesque comedy in 4 acts about an American millionaire's spoiled daughter's marriage that does not go as planned. The film earned fame from his intangible use of style and sophistication in this film among others. The term for his style was later dubbed "The Lubitsch Touch".

Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Written by: Hanns Kräly, Ernst Lubitsch
Produced by: Paul Davidson
Starring: Ossi Oswalda, Victor Janson, Harry Liedtke, Julius Falkenstein
Cinematography: Theodor Sparkuhl
Music by: Aljoscha Zimmermann
Production company: PAGU
Distributed by: UFA
Release date: 26 June 1919 (Germany)
Running time: 60 minutes
Country: Weimar Republic
Language: Silent film