Kohlhiesel’s Daughters (Kohlhiesels Töchter)
Live musical accompaniment by Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius
A snowy Bavarian mountain village replaces Padua as the setting for this slapstick version of Shakespeare’s play about two sisters of marrying age, The Taming of the Shrew. The most popular comedy Lubitsch directed in Germany (and that’s saying something) stars Henny Porten as both the hausfrau-ready daughter and the one in need of taming. Emil Jannings is the chauvinist in need of a wife who thinks he’s found a clever way to deal with the shrew.
Live musical accompaniment by Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius
Principally a pianist, STEPHEN HORNE often incorporates flute, accordion, and various other instruments into his performances, sometimes playing them simultaneously. Horne is considered one of the world’s leading silent film accompanists.
Percussionist FRANK BOCKIUS joined Guenter Buchwald’s Silent Movie Music Company more than twenty years ago and has since performed for silent films around the world.
Details
Original Language Title
Kohlhiesels Töchter
Country
Germany
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Year
1920
Cast
Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Gustav von Wangenheim, Jakob Tiedtke
Runtime
65 min.
Source
F.W. Murnau- Stiftung
Format
DCP