Christa Hartungen (1917)
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Henny Porten, Paul Hartmann, Theodor Loos, Adolf Klein, Olga Engl, Alexander von Antalffy, Paul Passarge, Rudolf Biebrach
After returning from boarding school, Christa falls for her father's employee, but her family's financial crisis leads her toward an arranged marriage.
The story
After Christa returns home from a girls’ boarding school, she receives a cool welcome from her mother, who is focused on her wayward son. At a reception held in Christa’s honor, she meets Römer, an employee of her father, who owns a mine, and falls in love with him. When Römer is transferred to Mexico, he asks his terminally ill friend Dickens to look after Christa. Meanwhile, the family company faces financial trouble because of Christa’s brother’s recklessness, and its survival becomes tied to an arranged marriage.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After Christa, who was sent away by her mother as a child to a boarding school for girls, returns to her parents’ home as the oldest student, she is given a cool reception by her mother, who cares only about her wayward son. At the reception held for her at home, she first meets Römer, an employee of her father, who owns a mine, and then falls in love with him. When Römer is transferred to Mexico, he asks his terminally ill friend Dickens to look after Christa. Meanwhile, the Hartungen company runs into financial trouble because of her brother’s recklessness. The company can be saved only through Christa’s arranged marriage to Dickens. When Römer returns, he understands her actions and accepts them. Shortly afterward, Christa rescues him from the mine, where he has suffered an accident. At Dickens’s deathbed, he realizes that Römer still loves his wife. He dies before the eyes of the future couple.
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