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GERMANY · 1920

Kohlhiesel's Daughters

Ernst Lubitsch
arranged marriage sibling rivalry deception Bavarian countryside marriage customs
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Synopsis

Somewhere in Southern Bavaria Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel wants his elder daughter Liesel to marry first. The problem is, nobody wants to marry her, because she is too brutal. Seppel suggests, that he should marry Liesel first, get rid of her and then he can marry Gretel...

Year1920
CountryGermany
DirectorErnst Lubitsch
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