The Comedians

Release Date: 1941-09-05

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.

Rating: 5.8 / 10

Cast

Käthe Dorsch

as Caroline Neuber

Hilde Krahl

as Philine Schröder, ihre Schülerin

Henny Porten

as Herzogin Amalia von Weißenfels

Richard Häussler

as Baron Armin von Perckhammer, ihr Neffe

Gustav Diessl

as Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland