The Comedians

The Comedians — 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.

• Release date
• September 5, 1941
• Runtime
• 111 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• G.W. Pabst

The Comedians — Cast

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

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Lucy Millowitsch Demoiselle Lorenz Walter Janssen