The Comedians (1941)
1h 51m
Running Time
September 5, 1941Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Käthe Dorsch
Karoline Neuber
Hilde Krahl
Philine Schröder
Henny Porten
Amalia, Herzogin von Weissenfels
Richard Häussler
Baron Armin von Perckhammer, ihr Neffe
Gustav Diessl
Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
Erna Sellmer
Amme Armins
G.W. Pabst
Director
Lucy Millowitsch
Demoiselle Lorenz
Olly Boeheim
Writer
Axel Eggebrecht
Writer
Hans Schweikart
Producer
Lothar Brühne
Composer
Julius von Borsody
Production Design
Ludolf Grisebach
Editor
Bruno Stephan
Director of Photography
Walter von Hollander
Writer
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Wiki.
The Comedians (German: Komödianten) is a 1941 German historical drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Käthe Dorsch, Hilde Krahl and Henny Porten. It is based on the novel Philine by Olly Boeheim. The film is set in the eighteenth century, and portrays the development of German theatre. The film was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with sets designed by the art director Julius von Borsody.