The Comedians (1941)
Overview
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.
Cast
Käthe Dorsch
Caroline Neuber
Hilde Krahl
Philine Schröder, ihre Schülerin
Henny Porten
Herzogin Amalia von Weißenfels
Richard Häussler
Baron Armin von Perckhammer, ihr Neffe
Gustav Diessl
Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
Erna Sellmer
Amme Armins
Walter Janssen
Friedrich Domin
Leopold von Ledebur
Ullrich Haupt
Erich Dunskus
Karin Evans
Bettina Moissi
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