The Comedians (1941 film)
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Director G. W. Pabst Music director Lothar Bruhne Language German | 7/10 IMDb Genre Biography, Drama Duration Country Nazi Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Olly Boeheim , Axel Eggebrecht , Walter von Hollander Release date 5 September 1941 (1941-09-05) Initial release November 23, 1942 (Denmark) Screenplay G. W. Pabst, Axel Eggebrecht, Walter von Hollander 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)Similar movies Related G W Pabst movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Comedians (German: Komödianten) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, and based on the novel Philine by Olly Boeheim. The film is set in the eighteenth century, and portrays the development of German theatre.
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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.
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