Henny Porten's eyebrows do all the work in Die Herrin und ihr Knecht
If you have a couple of hours and a soft spot for grainy German silent films, you should probably give this a look. It is mostly for people who like watching faces more than complicated plots.
If you can’t stand long silences or black and white melodrama, you’ll probably hate every second of it. 📽️
I found myself watc...
The movie Die Herrin und ihr Knecht was directed by Richard Oswald.
Die Herrin und ihr Knecht was released in the year 1929.
Die Herrin und ihr Knecht is a movie from Germany.
Die Herrin und ihr Knecht features Alexander Wiruboff, Bruno Ziener, Gustl Gstettenbaur, Mary Kid.
The screenplay for Die Herrin und ihr Knecht was written by Friedrich Raff, Georg Engel.
If you enjoy Die Herrin und ihr Knecht, you might also like Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1918), Hampels Abenteuer (1915), Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (1917), Der Schloßherr von Hohenstein (1917).
Yes, Die Herrin und ihr Knecht (1929) is featured in the Dbcult archive as a curated cult cinema title.
Henny Porten plays a wealthy woman trapped in a stiff social world while her servant watches from the shadows, leading to a lot of intense staring and class-based tension.
Review Excerpt
"If you have a couple of hours and a soft spot for grainy German silent films, you should probably give this a look. It is mostly for people who like watching faces more than complicated plots.
If you can’t stand long silences or black and white melodrama, you’ll probably hate every second of it. 📽️
I found myself watching this because of Henny Porten. She has this way of taking up the whole screen without even moving her hands much.
In this one, she’s the mistress and the power dynamic with her..."
