The Doll

The Doll is a 1938 Czech comedy film directed by Robert Land. It was Land's last movie. He escaped to France in 1938 and died there in 1940. A German language version of the film was shot simultaneously by Josef Medeotti-Boháč. It was released under the name Robot Girl Nr. 1, but today it's considered lost. Cast Ferenc Futurista as Officer Bedřich Vrba Milada Gampeová as Vrba's wife Jiří Dohnal as Kajetán Vrba Věra Ferbasová Věra Josef Gruss as Industrialist Antonín Dominik Milka Balek-Brodská as Adéla Dominiková Zdeněk Hora as Sculptor Jaroslav Výr Ljuba Hermanová as Výr's girlfriend Hella Světla Svozilová as Journalist Maryna Tečková Stanislav Neumann as Detective Liška Reception The film was commercially successful, but it was panned by critics.