The Comedians (1941 film)
| The Comedians | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Georg Wilhelm Pabst |
| Written by | Olly Boeheim Axel Eggebrecht Georg Wilhelm Pabst Walter von Hollander |
| Produced by | Hans Schweikart |
| Starring | Käthe Dorsch |
| Cinematography | Bruno Stephan |
| Edited by | Ludolf Grisebach |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Language | German |
The Comedians (German: Komödianten) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst,[1] and based on the novel Philine by Olly Boeheim.[2] The film is set in the eighteenth century, and portrays the development of German theatre.[3]
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
- Käthe Dorsch as Karoline Neuber
- Hilde Krahl as Philine Schröder
- Henny Porten as Amalia, Herzogin von Weissenfels
- Gustav Diessl as Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
- Richard Häussler as Armin von Perckhammer
- Friedrich Domin as Johann Neuber
- Ludwig Schmitz as Müller, der Hanswurst
- Sonja Gerda Scholz as Die Feigin
- Lucy Millowitsch as Die Lorenz
- Bettina Hambach as Victorine
- Walter Janssen as Koch, Charakterspieler
- Alexander Ponto as Kohlhardt, jugendlicher Liebhaber
- Viktor Afritsch as Graf Paul, Bruder der Herzogin von Weissenfels
- Kurt Müller-Graf as Studiosus Gotthold
- Harry Langewisch as Professor Gottsched
- Arnulf Schröder as Klupsch, Ratsherr in Leipzig
References
- ^ "NY Times: The Comedians". NY Times. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
- ^ Cinzia Romani, Tainted Goddesses: Female Film Stars of the Third Reich p36 ISBN 0-9627613-1-1
- ^ Kreimeier p.326
Bibliography
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press, 1999.
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- 1941 films
- 1940s biographical films
- 1940s historical films
- German biographical films
- German historical films
- German films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- German-language films
- German black-and-white films
- Films directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Films based on German novels
- Films set in the 18th century
- Films about theatre
- Bavaria Film films
- 1940s German film stubs