The Comedians

The Comedians

111 mins | Drama | Sept. 5, 1941

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.

The Comedians

111 mins | Drama | Sept. 5, 1941

The Comedians
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.
Producers
Original title Komödianten
Directors G.W. Pabst
Writers Olly Boeheim, Walter von Hollander, Axel Eggebrecht, G.W. Pabst

Cast

Käthe Dorsch

as Caroline Neuber

Hilde Krahl

as Philine Schröder, ihre Schülerin

Henny Porten

as Herzogin Amalia von Weißenfels

Richard Häussler

as Baron Armin von Perckhammer, ihr Neffe

Gustav Diessl

as Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland

Erna Sellmer

as Amme Armins

Lucy Millowitsch

as Demoiselle Lorenz