The Comedians
Komödianten
Release: 1941-09-05
·Runtime: 111m
·★ 5.8
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.
Production Countries
Germany
Cast
Erich Dunskus
Käthe Dorsch
as Caroline Neuber
Gustav Diessl
as Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
Karin Evans
Hilde Krahl
as Philine Schröder, ihre Schülerin
Henny Porten
as Herzogin Amalia von Weißenfels
Friedrich Domin
Ullrich Haupt
Richard Häussler
as Baron Armin von Perckhammer, ihr Neffe
Leopold von Ledebur
Bettina Moissi
Erna Sellmer
as Amme Armins
Lucy Millowitsch
as Demoiselle Lorenz
Walter Janssen
