The Comedians (1941 film)
| The Comedians |
| Directed by |
Georg Wilhelm Pabst |
| Produced by |
Hans Schweikart |
| Written by |
Olly Boeheim
Axel Eggebrecht
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Walter von Hollander |
| Starring |
Käthe Dorsch |
| Cinematography |
Bruno Stephan |
| Editing by |
Ludolf Grisebach |
| Release date(s) |
5 September 1941 (1941-09-05) |
| Running time |
111 minutes |
| Country |
Germany |
| Language |
German |
The Comedians (German: Komödianten) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.[1] It is based on the novel Philine by Olly Boeheim.[2]
Plot
Karoline Neuber attempts to improve the lot of actors, who are looked down upon as vagabonds. When the Duchess refuses to let her son marry an actress, she defends them with such vehemence that she is driven from the country and finally dies in solitude.
Cast
- Käthe Dorsch - Karoline Neuber
- Hilde Krahl - Philine Schröder
- Henny Porten - Amalia, Herzogin von Weissenfels
- Gustav Diessl - Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
- Richard Häussler - Armin von Perckhammer
- Friedrich Domin - Johann Neuber
- Ludwig Schmitz - Müller, der Hanswurst
- Sonja Gerda Scholz - Die Feigin
- Lucy Millowitsch - Die Lorenz
- Bettina Hambach - Victorine
- Walter Janssen - Koch, Charakterspieler
- Alexander Ponto - Kohlhardt, jugendlicher Liebhaber
- Viktor Afritsch - Graf Paul, Bruder der Herzogin von Weissenfels
- Kurt Müller-Graf - Studiosus Gotthold
- Harry Langewisch - Professor Gottsched
- Arnulf Schröder - Klupsch, Ratsherr in Leipzig
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