The Comedians

The Comedians

1941 · 111 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama

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.

Directed by G.W. Pabst · Written by G.W. Pabst

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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

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