The Comedians (1941)
Synopsis
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 melodrama starring Kathe Dorsch and silent screen legend Henny Porten. When Philine (Hilde Krahl), the troupe's ingénue, is rejected as proper marital material by the Duchess of Weissenfels (Porten), Karoline Neuber (Dorsch) creates such a furor that she is banished from the country. A performance at the court at St. Petersburg also ends in disaster for the unhappy actress and abandoned by all, Karoline dies a suicide.
Release Date: 1941-09-05
Runtime: 111 minutes
Director: G.W. Pabst
Top Cast
- Käthe Dorsch as Caroline Neuber
- Hilde Krahl as Philine Schröder, ihre Schülerin
- Henny Porten as Herzogin Amalia von Weißenfels
- Richard Häussler as Baron Armin von Perckhammer, ihr Neffe
- Gustav Diessl as Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
- Erna Sellmer as Amme Armins
- Lucy Millowitsch as Demoiselle Lorenz
- Walter Janssen as
- Friedrich Domin as
- Alexander Ponto as
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