The marriage of Luise Rohrbach
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The marriage of Luise Rohrbach |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1917 |
| length | 48 minutes |
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| Director | Rudolf Biebrach |
| script |
Robert Wiene Carl Froelich based on a novel by Elli Elert |
| production |
Oskar Messter for Messters Projektion GmbH, Berlin |
| music | Giuseppe Becce |
| camera | Karl friend |
| occupation | |
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The marriage of Luise Rohrbach is a German silent film melodrama from the winter of 1916/17 by Rudolf Biebrach . Henny Porten and Emil Jannings play a married couple in the leading roles .
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The teacher Luise Taden was actually warned when she was preparing to marry her fiancé, the manufacturer Wilhelm Rohrbach. He was recently sentenced to three days in prison after beating one of his workers. On the wedding day of the two, it finally comes to a catastrophe: When Luise is approached by a strange man in front of a jewelry store, Rohrbach's brutal nature breaks his ground - he beats the strange man to death. For this attack, a court sentenced him to three years in prison for manslaughter.
Despite the signs of strong estrangement from her new husband, Luise Rohrbach stands up for him and, in cooperation with his lawyer Rüting, can obtain a reduction in the sentence to ten months when the case is reopened. Luise's aversion to Wilhelm, however, is strong and increases beyond limits when he visits her in her apartment after his release. Here he tries to take her by force after she refused.
Rohrbach seeks revenge and tries to take away their child. Soon Luise Rohrbach saw only one way to get rid of her unloved husband: She claimed that the child was not his but the result of an affair. As a result, she becomes an adulteress and therefore sentenced in court. After serving a short sentence of three days and the completed divorce from Rohrbach, she becomes the wife of lawyer Rüting.
Production notes
Luise Rohrbach's marriage took place in December 1916 and January 1917 in the Messter Film Atelier at Blücherstraße 32. The four-act film was shown for the first time on February 2, 1917 in the Mozart Hall in Berlin.
Ludwig Kainer designed the film structures.
Reviews
In Oskar Kalbus you can read about Henny Portens performance: “One must not forget that Porten did not come from the speaking stage and therefore basically had a difficult position alongside the great stage performers of her time. She never even attended drama school. Nevertheless, she held up bravely, and we in the field will never forget how she was not crushed by Jannings 'unheard-of mimic power and art in one of Jannings' first films, The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach , in 1916 , but was a great, tragic opponent. "
In Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene it means to Robert Wiene's manuscript: "Wiene's script uses the classic love triangle with a cultured, sensitive woman, a brutal, unfeeling husband and a civilized gentleman in the construction of the plot, who as defense lawyers both before Defending court and being a devoted, loving man. One of Vienna's favorite topics, the justice system, is explored in three ways: in dynamic scenes in court, in prison and in the lawyers' offices. In any case, the legal system receives little praise. Luise Rohrbach achieves her freedom from her husband despite rather than because of incorrect legal decisions, is then reunited with her child and marries a better man. "
Web links
- The marriage of Luise Rohrbach in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The marriage of Luise Rohrbach at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Oskar Kalbus : On the becoming of German film art. 1st part: The silent film. Cigarette picture service, Altona-Bahrenfeld 1935, p. 21.
- ^ Translation from English from: Uli Jung, Walter Schatzberg: Beyond Caligari. The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, New York NY et al. 1999, ISBN 1-57181-196-6 , p. 36.