The Doll

Jul 30, 1962

1h 36m

★ 6.2

Overview

A lonely nightwatchman at a department store develops a fixation on one of the store's mannequins. He soon steals her and takes her to his home, where he can be with her all the time. One day, she comes to life...

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Production Companies

Florafilm

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Cast

Lundgren

Per Oscarsson

Skyltdockan

Gio Petré

Fredriksson

Tor Isedal

Ms. Karlberg

Elsa Prawitz

Håkansson

Bengt Eklund

Annie Håkansson

Malou

Mrs. Håkansson

Dagmar Olsson

Newspaper Woman

Mimi Nelson

Robert Håkansson

Rick Axberg

Mrs. Ström

Elisabeth Odén

Ström

Olle Grönstedt

Ms. Lind

Agneta Prytz

Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian under an ancient spell. Despite interference from the store's devious manager, Jonathan and his mannequin fall in love while creating eye-catching window displays to keep the struggling store in business.

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