My Wife, the Movie Star

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My Wife, the Movie Star
My Wife, the Movie Star.jpg
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Written by
Produced by Paul Davidson
Starring
Cinematography Theodor Sparkuhl
Production
company
Distributed by Universum Film AG
Release date
24 January 1919 [1]
Running time
5 reels
CountryGermany
Languages Silent
German intertitles

My Wife, the Movie Star (German: Meine Frau, die Filmschauspielerin) is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Ossi Oswalda, Paul Biensfeldt and Victor Janson.

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  1. Eyman p.379

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