Kohlhiesels Töchter (1920)

Somewhere in Southern Bavaria Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel wants his elder daughter Liesel to marry first. The problem is, nobody wants to marry her, because she's... See full summary »

Director:

Ernst Lubitsch

Writers:

Hanns Kräly, Ernst Lubitsch

Stars:

Jakob Tiedtke, Henny Porten, Emil Jannings

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jakob Tiedtke	...	Mathias Kohlhiesel, Wirt des 'Dorfkruges' (as Jacob Tiedke)
Henny Porten	...	Liesel, seine ältere Tochter & Gretel, seine jüngere Tochter
Emil Jannings	...	Peter Xaver
Gustav von Wangenheim	...	Paul Seppl (as Gustav v. Wangenheim)
Willy Prager	...	Der Handelsmann (as Willi Prager)

Storyline

Somewhere in Southern Bavaria Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel wants his elder daughter Liesel to marry first. The problem is, nobody wants to marry her, because she's too brutal. Seppel suggests, that he should marry Liesel first, get rid of her and then he can marry Gretel...

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Plot Keywords:

marriage | based on book

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

Germany

Release Date:

1 September 1920 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Kohlhiesel's Daughters

Filming Locations:

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Messter Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

40 min 63 min (1992) 58 min 64 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin - Von der Schönhauser Allee nach Hollywood (2006)

User Reviews

One of the funniest silence movies ever

I've really enjoyed this movie. It's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. The characters, though highly stereotypical, are of a refreshing simplicity. Even for a silence movie I found the acting style somewhat exaggerated but that was no lack at all. Instead, the exaggerated acting was extraordinary funny. The fact that both of Kohlhiesels daughters were played by the same actress (something one of the other comment writers mentioned above) might suggest that the differences between those characters (like behavior and looks) were only of a superficial, transient nature. This somehow questions how we assess people in general, because the characteristics and traits we judge them on may easily change.