Kohlhiesels Töchter (1920 film)

1920 film

  • 9 March 1920 (1920-03-09)
Running time
40 minutes
63 minutes (German 1992 version)
58 minutes (20 frame/s)
64 minutes (18 frame/s)CountryWeimar RepublicLanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Kohlhiesels Töchter (English title: Kohlhiesel's Daughters) is a 1920 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Henny Porten, Emil Jannings and Jakob Tiedtke.[1] It is an adaptation of the play Kohlhiesel's Daughters by Hanns Kräly, Lubitsch's frequent collaborator, who also worked on the film's screenplay. Three further film adaptations have been made of the work including a 1930 sound remake which also starred Porten.[2]

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin

Synopsis

Kohlhiesels Töchter (1920)

In Bavaria, a sweet-natured young woman Gretel wants to get married but her father refuses to allow the match until her elder sister Liesel has married first. As Liesel is notorious for her bad-tempered personality, this is no easy challenge.

Cast

  • Jakob Tiedtke as Mathias Kohlhiesel, Wirt des "Dorfkruges"
  • Henny Porten as Liesel, the older daughter & Gretel, the younger daughter
  • Emil Jannings as Peter Xaver
  • Gustav von Wangenheim as Paul Seppl
  • Willy Prager as the merchant

References

  1. ^ "Kohlhiesels Töchter". filmportal.de. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  2. ^ Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. p. 372.
  • Kohlhiesels Töchter at IMDb
  • Kohlhiesels Töchter is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive (German title cards and French subtitles)
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