Henny Porten
Birthday: 1890-01-07
Place of Birth: Magdeburg, Germany
Biography: Frieda Ulricke "Henny" Porten (7 January 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a German actress and film producer of the silent era, and Germany's first major film star. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1906 and 1955.
Movies
Die Geierwally
"The Bear Joseph", so named because of a fight with a bear, is rescued by Wally, a farmer's daughter...
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Anna Boleyn
The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry l...
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Backstairs
In a poor neighborhood of a big city, a crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in his bui...
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Scandalous Eva
An engaged woman discovers her fiancé has a four year old son. Pretending to take a cure she travels...
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Kohlhiesel's Daughters
Somewhere in Southern Bavaria Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel wants his elder...
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Lyrical Nitrate
Compilation of film clips from 1905-1915, found footage of silent movies and documentaries from the ...
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24 Hours of a Woman's Life
After the tragic death from malaria of her beloved husband his rich widow Helga Vanroh travels restl...
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The Comedians
Although she is known as a patron of the arts, a graceful duchess nevertheless refuses her nephew to...
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The Buchholz Family
Based on an 1884 novel by Julius Stinde, it is a family chronicle set in late nineteenth century Ber...
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The Lady of Scuderi
Several men have been murdered lately, mostly rich lovers on their way to meet their mistresses with...
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The Ancient Law
Baruch Mayer, son of an orthodox rabbi from a poor shtetl in Galizia, decides to break with the fami...
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Carola Lamberti
Carola has been running the family-owned circus alone since her husband’s death, but she suddenly fi...
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Gretel and Liesel
Remake of an Ernst Lubitsch silent comedy about a farm boy who is fond of two sisters, one of whom i...
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Specter of the Sea
In the form of a shadow, Death emerges from the sea and convinces an unhappy woman to commit suicide...
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War es der im 3. Stock?
Olga, a woman of the demimonde, is shot in her apartment. The bullet was deflected by something, oth...
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Hann, Hein und Henny
Short film produced by Messter-Film for the Seventh War Bond drive....
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When the Young Wine Blossoms
An interfering mother plans husbands for her three daughters as they come of marriageable age. Howev...
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Luise, Queen of Prussia
Vehicle for one of the Weimar era's most beloved actresses: as the popular Prussian queen in 1806-18...
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Rose Bernd
An adaptation of the Gerhart Hauptmann play of the same name. A young farmer's daughter is used and ...
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Mother and Child
Consul Petersen and his wife are desperate, because they lost their only child and can’t have anothe...
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Liebe im Kuhstall
An impoverished nobleman would rather chase after the local milkmaid than seek a wealthy match, to t...
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Countess Kitchenmaid
Henny Porten plays the dual role of a rather indecorous Countess and her kitchen maid Karoline Blum,...
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Refuge
After eight years in exile Martin returns to Berlin. He was involved in the German Revolution of 191...
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The Minister's Daughter
Klara and her father have been alone since her mother died. Her close friend Hans leaves for the mil...
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The Love of a Queen
In 1766, the young English princess Caroline Mathilde is sent to Denmark to marry the King Christian...
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I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
From the director of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. ...
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Das Geheimnis von Brinkenhof
After the family estate is destroyed by fire, Maria rebuilds the farm and leads it to renewed econom...
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The Jew of Mestri
The film "Der Kaufmann von Venedig" ( The Jew Of Mestri ) was written, produced and directed by Pete...
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Frauenopfer
An old count has been keeping an eye on the granddaughter of his lock-keeper for quite some time. Bu...
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Alexandra
Alessandra, illegitimate daughter of a count, is raised in a circus. Everyone would like her to marr...
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The Film in the Film
The only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany, featuring the diff...
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The Giant's Fist
A farmer's wife decides to take her children and leave her gambling addict husband....
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Adressatin verstorben
A production company holds a public competition for film ideas. The winning letter tells of a young ...
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Die Schuld
An art student in love with her instructor poses for his sculpture. She leaves him and the world of ...
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Das große Schweigen
A patient with chronic anemia marries her doctor, but falls in love with his colleague....
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Auf Probe gestellt
Countess Marlene, a young and impoverished widow, is set to marry an old and wealthy count when she ...
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Die beiden Gatten der Frau Ruth
A young academic decides to accept guardianship of the daughter of a late friend. Expecting her to b...
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Agnes Arnau und ihre drei Freier
Two rich men decide that their son and daughter will marry when they're grown. Now, as adults, the f...
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Her Sport
Her Sport is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Henny Porten,...
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Die Prinzessin von Neutralien
Billionaire's daughter Ethel Vandergolt has rejected so many lovers that they set up a club to get r...
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Das Liebesglück der Blinden
A blind patient and her doctor fall in love, but the doctor fears that she will no longer love him i...
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