"Kohlhiesels Töchter" is a West German movie from over 50 years ago and it runs for slightly over 90 minutes. The director is Axel von Ambesser and the writer is Eckart Hachfeld, who adapted Hanns Kräly's idea here. Kräly is the one who writer the 1920 Ernst Lubitsch movie with the same name. That one there had neither color nor sound, so over 40 years later they gave the story a new modern touch. And the epitome (apart from the technical aspects) of this modern touch is Liselotte Pulver. It certainly shows that the early 1960s may have been the best years of her career as shortly afterward, she received a Golden Globe nomination, her biggest success awards-wise. I think that she played her part well here with two very different characters. It was definitely a challenger and the outcome was that she was easily the most positive aspects (actually one of not too many positive aspects) that this film has to offer. Sadly, beyond her performance, there is nothing too memorable here. Especially, the script offers some fairly cringeworthy plays on words ("bedient"? just one example) that you will probably only understand if you are very fluent in German, preferably a native speaker. And the male characters looked and acted like taken out of any random movie made in Germany during that era that focuses on romance and Heimat. As a whole, apart from Pulver, who is still alive today, this was not a good watch and taking everything into consideration I have to give it a thumbs down. Not recommended.
Review of Kohlhiesels Töchter
