Die Puppe
Forced into marriage by his uncle, a man decides to fool him by marrying a life-like mechanical doll instead.
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"Because the Baron of Chanterelle wants to preserve his family line, he forces his timid nephew Lancelot to choose one of the village maidens to wed. Lancelot flees to a monastery to escape the forty eager maidens. When the gluttonous monks discover that the Baron is offering a large sum for the marriage, they suggest Lancelot marry a mechanical doll instead. I absolutely love how this was put on as a mixture between a play and a film. Some of the sets (such as inside the castle) seem quite elaborate, while other things (the trees and horses) smack of a high school production. But not in a bad..."
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At one point Lancelot takes a heart out of the leg of his pants. This is an allusion to the German expression 'Das Herz ist mir in die Hose gerutscht' (my heart slid into my pants) which is equivalent to 'to have one's heart in one's boots'.
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Forced into marriage by his uncle, a man decides to fool him by marrying a life-like mechanical doll instead.