Les filles de Kohlhiesel

To us Yanks, Ernst Lubitsch is probably most recognizable as the director of Golden Age classics like "Ninotchka", and for his so-called Lubitsch touch (wherein comedy often derived from ambiguity, possibly implying some innuendo).

We might not know that Lubitsch had a prominent career in Germany before moving to the US. He started out as an actor, starring in a series of now-controversial comedies playing what was seen as a stereotypical Jew. He then turned to directing. His biggest success was 1920's "Kohlhiesels Töchter" ("Kohlhiesel's Daughters" in English).

It depicts Gretel, a woman in old Bavaria who wants to get married. Unfortunately, tradition states that the older sister must be the first to get married. Given the contrast between the charming Gretel and the abrasive older sister Liesel, this will be no easy task. But there's a man who thinks that there might be a way to do it. A questionable one, that is.

The movie's nothing special but I thought that it was interesting enough to sit in front of for an hour (specifically, I watched it on Wikipedia). I suspect that it will mostly be of interest to completists; in my case, I've been trying to find a lot of silent movies to watch recently. Okay, not great.