Festival du Cinéma muet d'Anères: The Daughters of Kohlhiesel (Kohlhiesel's daughters)

Festival du Cinéma muet d'Anères presents **“The Daughters of Kohlhiesel”** – an exuberant 1920 German silent classic from the master Ernst Lubitsch. In this 1h05 minute farce, the film stars Henny Porten as the spirited sisters Gretel (sweet and flirtatious) and Liesl (surly and obstinate), with Emil Jannings and Jakob Tiedtke adding depth to the lively village cast. The story follows Xaver’s romance with Gretel, while Kohlhiesel refuses marriage until he finds a husband for Liesl, creating a comic “war of the sexes” that celebrates the deceptive appearances and the beauty of the soul. Lubitsch’s early “Lubitsch Touch” shines through in the film’s rhythmic, burlesque energy and exaggerated situations that highlight the grotesque nature of the tale. Enjoy this **original version with French subtitles**, presented in high‑definition DCP, courtesy of the Friedrich‑Wilhelm‑Murnau‑Stiftung (Wiesbaden, Germany). The film is accompanied by a live concert program featuring piano performed by Roch Havet, trumpet by Xavier Bornens, and battery by Aidje Tafial, creating a vivid sensory experience that transports you straight into the Bavarian valleys of the 1920s. Don’t miss this chance to relive one of Lubitsch’s most beloved early works, continuously screened in cinemas through the late 1920s and now revived for a new generation of silent film aficionados.