The Comedians (1941 film)
The Comedians | |
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Directed by | G. W. Pabst |
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Produced by | Hans Schweikart |
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Cinematography | Bruno Stephan |
Edited by | Ludolf Grisebach |
Music by | Lothar Brühne |
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Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Language | German |
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.[1] It is 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]
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[]
- 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
- as Die Feigin
- Lucy Millowitsch as Die Lorenz
- as Victorine
- Walter Janssen as Koch, Charakterspieler
- as Kohlhardt, jugendlicher Liebhaber
- as Graf Paul, Bruder der Herzogin von Weissenfels
- as Studiosus Gotthold
- as Professor Gottsched
- Arnulf Schröder as Klupsch, Ratsherr in Leipzig
- Karin Evans as Vera
References[]
- ^ "NY Times: The Comedians". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
- ^ Romani, p. 36
- ^ Kreimeier, p. 326
Bibliography[]
- Romani, Cinzia (1992). Tainted Goddesses: Female Film Stars of the Third Reich. Perseus Books Group. ISBN 978-0-9627613-1-7.
- Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1941 films
- German-language films
- 1940s biographical drama films
- 1940s historical drama films
- German biographical drama films
- German historical drama films
- German films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- German black-and-white films
- Films directed by G. W. Pabst
- Films based on German novels
- Films set in the 18th century
- Films about theatre
- Bavaria Film films
- Films shot at Bavaria Studios
- 1940s German film stubs