Henny Porten Movies

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...

Short film produced by Messter-Film for the Seventh War Bond drive.

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...

In 1766, the young English princess Caroline Mathilde is sent to Denmark to marry the King Christian VII. The marriage is unhappy and Caroline...

An inventor leaves his family after finding success with the financial help of his wife; in despair, the wife walks into the water with their child.

Based on an 1884 novel by Julius Stinde, it is a family chronicle set in late nineteenth century Berlin.

An aging musician looks back on his life, his roots in a country village, his loves, and his brief imprisonment.

A patient with chronic anemia marries her doctor, but falls in love with his colleague.

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. It doesn't go...

First feature film produced by the German pioneer Oskar Messter

An impoverished nobleman would rather chase after the local milkmaid than seek a wealthy match, to the chagrin of his family.

A continuation of the film "Familie Buchholz": To Wilhelmine Buchholz, the concept of a marriage based on love is somewhat scary, although she hears...

When a poor tenant in a Berlin tenement is suspected of stealing coal from a cellar, she sets a trap to find the real thief.

A German drama