The Comedians (1941)
1h 51m
Running Time
September 5, 1941Release Date
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.
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Cast & Crew.
![Käthe Dorsch](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/89041-kathe-dorsch.webp)
Käthe Dorsch
Karoline Neuber
![Hilde Krahl](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/89138-hilde-krahl.webp)
Hilde Krahl
Philine Schröder
![Henny Porten](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/92820-henny-porten.webp)
Henny Porten
Amalia, Herzogin von Weissenfels
![Richard Häussler](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/89102-richard-haussler.webp)
Richard Häussler
Baron Armin von Perckhammer, ihr Neffe
![Gustav Diessl](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48409-gustav-diessl.webp)
Gustav Diessl
Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
![Erna Sellmer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/90978-erna-sellmer.webp)
Erna Sellmer
Amme Armins
![G.W. Pabst](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48410-g-w-pabst.webp)
G.W. Pabst
Director
![Lucy Millowitsch](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/96974-lucy-millowitsch.webp)
Lucy Millowitsch
Demoiselle Lorenz
![Olly Boeheim](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Olly Boeheim
Writer
![Axel Eggebrecht](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/305882-axel-eggebrecht.webp)
Axel Eggebrecht
Writer
![Hans Schweikart](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hans Schweikart
Producer
![Lothar Brühne](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lothar Brühne
Composer
![Julius von Borsody](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Julius von Borsody
Production Design
![Ludolf Grisebach](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ludolf Grisebach
Editor
![Bruno Stephan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bruno Stephan
Director of Photography
![Walter von Hollander](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Walter von Hollander
Writer
Media.
![The Comedians](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/135806-the-comedians.webp)
Details.
Wiki.
The Comedians (German: Komödianten) is a 1941 German historical drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Käthe Dorsch, Hilde Krahl and Henny Porten. It is based on the novel Philine by Olly Boeheim. The film is set in the eighteenth century, and portrays the development of German theatre. The film was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with sets designed by the art director Julius von Borsody.