The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach

The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach
Directed by	Rudolf Biebrach
Written by	Emmi Elert (novel) Carl Froelich Robert Wiene
Produced by	Oskar Messter
Starring	Henny Porten Emil Jannings Ludwig Trautmann
Cinematography	Karl Freund
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production company	Messter Film
Release date	2 February 1917 (1917-02-02)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach (German: Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach) is a 1917 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Henny Porten, Emil Jannings and Ludwig Trautmann. The film was based on a novel by Emmi Elert.

Premise

A young teacher marries a factory owner, who turns out to be extremely brutal. She eventually leaves him for a kinder, gentler man.[1]

Cast

• Henny Porten as Luise Rohrbach
• Emil Jannings as Wilhelm Rohrbach
• Ludwig Trautmann as Lawyer Rütling
• Rudolf Biebrach as Schuldirektor
• Frida Richard as Mutter des Ermordeten
• Klara Berger

References

1. Jung & Schatzberg p.35-36

Bibliography

• Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.

External links

• The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach at IMDb