Kohlhiesels Töchter (1920 film)

Kohlhiesels Töchter
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Hanns Kräly (play) Ernst Lubitsch
Music by	Aljoscha Zimmermann
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Production company	Messter Film
Release dates	March 9, 1920 (1920-03-09)
Running time	40 minutes 63 minutes (German 1992 version) 58 minutes (20 frame/s) 64 minutes (18 frame/s)
Country	Weimar Republic
Language	Silent 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]

Synopsis

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

↑ "Kohlhiesels Töchter". filmportal.de. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
↑ Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. p. 372.

External links

Kohlhiesels Töchter at the Internet Movie Database
Kohlhiesels Töchter is available for free download at the Internet Archive (German title cards and French subtitles)

Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Feature films	Shoe Palace Pinkus (1916) When Four Do the Same (1917) Die Augen der Mumie Ma (1918) Carmen (1918) Intoxication (1919) The Doll (1919) My Wife, the Movie Star (1919) The Oyster Princess (1919) Meyer from Berlin (1919) Madame DuBarry (1919) Sumurun (1920) Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920) Anna Boleyn (1920) The Wild Cat (1921) The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) The Flame (1923) Rosita (1923) The Marriage Circle (1924) Three Women (1924) Forbidden Paradise (1924) Kiss Me Again (1925) Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) So This Is Paris (1926) The Honeymoon Express (1926) The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) The Patriot (1928) Eternal Love (1929) The Love Parade (1929) Monte Carlo (1930) Paramount on Parade (co-director) (1930) The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) Broken Lullaby (1932) One Hour with You (1932) Trouble in Paradise (1932) Design for Living (1933) The Merry Widow (1934) Angel (1937) Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) Ninotchka (1939) The Shop Around the Corner (1940) That Uncertain Feeling (1941) To Be or Not to Be (1942) Heaven Can Wait (1943) A Royal Scandal (1945) Cluny Brown (1946) That Lady in Ermine (1948)

Short films	I Don't Want to Be a Man Kohlhiesels Töchter If I Had a Million (segment "The Clerk")

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