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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.
Total trailers found: 104
28 July 1955
Several men have been murdered lately, mostly rich lovers on their way to meet their mistresses with gifts of fine jewelry.
09 March 1912
A production company holds a public competition for film ideas. The winning letter tells of a young woman's lost love in the 1840's.
18 January 1918
Henny Porten plays the dual role of a rather indecorous Countess and her kitchen maid Karoline Blum, an amateur actress.
24 May 1918
Two rich men decide that their son and daughter will marry when they're grown. Now, as adults, the fathers decide the two should meet.
15 February 1922
An old count has been keeping an eye on the granddaughter of his lock-keeper for quite some time. But the young Maria is in love with the young painter Walter, who is only moderately gifted as an artist.
25 July 1919
A young academic decides to accept guardianship of the daughter of a late friend. Expecting her to be a young child, the household is shocked to find out she is in fact a young woman.
15 March 1918
Countess Marlene, a young and impoverished widow, is set to marry an old and wealthy count when she falls for a painter.
12 September 1921
"The Bear Joseph", so named because of a fight with a bear, is rescued by Wally, a farmer's daughter, from a dangerous situation in a vulture's nest.
20 February 1991
Compilation of film clips from 1905-1915, found footage of silent movies and documentaries from the Jean Desmet Archive of the Netherlands Film Museum.
05 September 1941
Although she is known as a patron of the arts, a graceful duchess nevertheless refuses her nephew to marry an enterprising actress in this German melodrama starring Kathe Dorsch and silent screen legend Henny Porten.
12 October 1923
The film "Der Kaufmann von Venedig" ( The Jew Of Mestri ) was written, produced and directed by Peter Paul Felner in the silent year of 1923 and is a free adaptation of "Merchant of Venice" written by Herr William Shakespeare.
05 November 1930
Remake of an Ernst Lubitsch silent comedy about a farm boy who is fond of two sisters, one of whom is beautiful, the other, not so much.
05 October 1919
An adaptation of the Gerhart Hauptmann play of the same name. A young farmer's daughter is used and abused by the men in her life.
06 June 1919
An art student in love with her instructor poses for his sculpture. She leaves him and the world of art when she finds out he is married.
27 March 1913
Klara and her father have been alone since her mother died. Her close friend Hans leaves for the military, and on returning as a fine young man, rushes to see Klara.
20 September 1917
Short film produced by Messter-Film for the Seventh War Bond drive.
04 February 1916
A patient with chronic anemia marries her doctor, but falls in love with his colleague.
24 December 1923
From the director of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain.
03 August 1928
After eight years in exile Martin returns to Berlin. He was involved in the German Revolution of 1918/1919 and had to leave the country as a result.
04 December 1931
Vehicle for one of the Weimar era's most beloved actresses: as the popular Prussian queen in 1806-1807, she presides over the humiliating Peace of Tilsit which Napoleon forces on the defeated Germans.
18 November 1917
A farmer's wife decides to take her children and leave her gambling addict husband.
24 March 1944
A continuation of the film "Familie Buchholz": To Wilhelmine Buchholz, the concept of a marriage based on love is somewhat scary, although she hears again and again that this is the "modern" method to a happy marriage.
26 June 1924
The only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany, featuring the different personalities of several famous directors of the era at work on the set including Fritz Lang, Robert Wiene, and E.
21 April 1943
An aging musician looks back on his life, his roots in a country village, his loves, and his brief imprisonment.
13 September 1923
In 1766, the young English princess Caroline Mathilde is sent to Denmark to marry the King Christian VII.
