Film

The Comedians

1941 · 1h 51m · Drama

IMDb

7.1

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.

Käthe Dorsch

Caroline Neuber

Hilde Krahl

Philine Schröder, ihre Schülerin

Henny Porten

Herzogin Amalia von Weißenfels

Richard Häussler

Baron Armin von Perckhammer, ihr Neffe

Gustav Diessl

Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland

Erna Sellmer

Amme Armins

Lucy Millowitsch

Demoiselle Lorenz

Walter Janssen

Friedrich Domin

Alexander Ponto

Leopold von Ledebur

Ullrich Haupt

Erich Dunskus

Karin Evans

Julius Frey

Bettina Moissi

• G.W. PabstDirector · Writer
• Axel EggebrechtWriter
• Walter von HollanderWriter
• Olly BoeheimNovel
• Hans SchweikartProducer
• Bruno StephanDirector of Photography
• Ludolf GrisebachEditor

Release date

September 5, 1941

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 51m

Genres

Drama