"Kohlhiesels Töchter" is a German black-and-white film from 1920, so it is not that long anymore until this one has its 100th anniversary. The film includes two names that are still very much known today, at least to German film connoisseurs. The first would be Ernst Lubitsch who wrote and directed this one with his longtime collaborator Hanns Kräly quite a while before their breakthrough in Hollywood. The second is Emil Janning, one of the finest German actors from the silent days and you could probably even cut the "German" with him being an Academy Award winner at the first Oscars about a decade later. But lets have a look at this film. Apart from the duo I already mentioned, Henny Porten plays both female lead characters and she was also a star back then. I am a bit disappointed I did not like this film here as much as I hoped I would. It's tough to put a finger on what exactly is the reason I found it uninteresting and flawed, but it may be a combination of several factors, such as writing and acting and also the lack of more frequent intertitles, which is almost always a problem with silent films. I generally like Lubitsch's early silent comedy work, but this one here not so much. Thumbs down.
Review of Kohlhiesel's Daughters
