Rosa Porten

Rosa Porten
Born (1884-02-18)February 18, 1884
Düsseldorf, Germany
Died May 7, 1972(1972-05-07) (aged 88)
Munich, Germany
Other names Dr. R. Portegg
Occupation Screenwriter
Actor
Director
Years active 1906 to mid-1920s
Era Nitrate film
Spouse(s) Franz Eckstein
Parent(s) Franz Porten
Wincenzia Porten
Relatives Henny Porten
Fritz Porten

Rosa Porten (February 18, 1884 - May 7, 1972) was a prolific German screenwriter, actor, and director during the nitrate film era.[1][2][3]

Early life

Porten was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, the daughter of Franz Porten and Wincenzia Porten (née Wybiral). She had a younger sister, Henny Porten, and a younger brother, Fritz Porten. Her father was an opera singer and her sister was a popular film star in Germany.[4]

Career

As a child, Porten and her sister would often appear in school plays and moving picture image collections featuring opera and arias that their father shot.

As a director, Porten's films were notable for featuring storylines centered on women.[3]

Personal life

Porten was married to director, Franz Eckstein. She died in 1972 in Munich, Germany.

Filmography

The following is a selected list of works by Porten.[5] Film archivists suspect that Porten worked on over 50 films, but most have not survived due to the flammable nature of the films of that period.[4] Her films have been featured in film festivals like The Fifth International Women and the Silent Screen Conference, Stockholm University, Sweden in June 2008, Il Cinema Ritrovato and UNESCO’s World Day for Audiovisual Heritage in 2010 and 2014.

Screenwriter

Actor

Director

As a director, Porten often co-directed with her husband, Franz Eckstein; in these instances she used the pseudonym, Dr. R. Portegg.[2][6]

Works and publications

References

  1. Forster, Annette (April 13, 2011). "Doing Women's Film History Conference Programme - 8. Women's Film Historiography In and Out of the Archives: Rosa Porten in the Tradition of Asta Nielsen". Doing Womens Film History Conference, Women's Film History Network. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 Hansch, Gabriele (1998). "Biographie Rosa Porten". f_films - female filmworkers in europe - Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 Gaines, Jane M. (2007). "An Archive for the Future: Sad Songs of Nitrate: Women's Work in the Silent Film Archive". Camera Obscura. 22 (3 66): 171–178. doi:10.1215/02705346-2007-018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Forster, Annette (June 2014). "Il Dottor Portegg, Suppongo? Le Commedie di e con Rosa Porten = Dr. R. Portegg, I presume? Comedies by and with Rosa Porten" (PDF). Cineteca di Bologna. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  5. "Rosa Porten - Filmography". filmportal.de at Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  6. "Filmographie Rosa Porten". f_films - female filmworkers in europe - Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. "Österreichisches Filmmuseum, Wien: FIAF Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Österreichisches Filmmuseum. 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

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