71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Kohlhiesels Töchter / Kohlhiesel’s Daughters

Ernst Lubitsch
Germany
Synopsis
First of two adaptations of Shakespeare started by Lubitsch in 1920, this is a free interpretation of The Taming of the Shrew, with a clumsy, scatterbrained brewer (a comic Emil Jannings), and his two very different daughters (although both are played by Henny Porten): the beautiful Gretl and the stay-at-home Liesl. The movie was such a success that a new version, also with Henny Porten, was made on arrival of the talkies.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Screenplay
Hanns Kräly, Ernst Lubitsch
Photography
Theodor Sparkuhl
Cast
Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Gustav von Wangenheim, Jacob Tiedtke, Willi Prager
Running Time
61 m.
Country
Germany
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