Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1941
The Comedians (1941 film)
Buy The Comedians (1941 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'The Comedians' is a 1941 German historical drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Kthe 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.
Plot
Karoline Neuber attempts to improve the lot of actors, who are looked down upon as vagabonds. When the Duchess refuses to let her son marry an actress, she defends them with such vehemence that she is driven from the country and finally dies in solitude.
Cast
*Kthe Dorsch as Karoline Neuber
*Hilde Krahl as Philine Schrder
*Henny Porten as Amalia, Duchess of Weienfels
*Gustav Diessl as Ernst Biron, Duke of Kurland
*Richard Hussler as Armin von Perckhammer
*Friedrich Domin as Johann Neuber
*Ludwig Schmitz as Mller, Hanswurst
*Sonja Gerda Scholz as Feigin
*Lucy Millowitsch as Lorenz
*Bettina Moissi as Victorine
*Walter Janssen as Koch, actor
*Alexander Ponto as Kohlhardt, young lover
* as Count Paul, brother of Duchess of Weienfels
* as Studiosus Gotthold
* as Professor Gottsched
*Arnulf Schrder as Klupsch, Councilman of Leipzig
*Karin Evans as Vera
References
Buy The Comedians (1941 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1941