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