''The Coquette'' (German: ''Die Erzkokette'') is a 1917 German silent

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Franz Eckstein Franz Eckstein (2 April 1878 – February 1945) was a German screenwriter and film director of the silent era.Reimer & Reimer p.215 He made a number of films for the National Film company during the 1920s. He was married to the actress Rosa Porten ...

and

Rosa Porten Rosa Porten (18 February 1884 – 7 May 1972) was a prolific German screenwriter, actress, and director during the silent film era. Early life Porten was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, the daughter of Franz Porten and Wincenzia Porten (née Wyb ...

and starring Porten,

Reinhold Schünzel Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite ...

, and

Eduard von Winterstein Eduard Clemens Franz Anna Freiherr von Wangenheim (1 August 1871 – 22 July 1961), known as Eduard von Winterstein, was an Austrian-German film actor who appeared in over one hundred fifty German films during the silent and sound eras. He was ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.433 It premiered at the Marmorhaus in

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Cast

as Tertianer Rolf *

* Gustav von Wangenheim *

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1917 films Films of the German Empire German silent feature films Films directed by Franz Eckstein Films directed by Rosa Porten German black-and-white films 1917 comedy films German comedy films Silent comedy films 1910s German films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub