The Comedians is a 1941

1941 in film

The year 1941 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, was released in 1941.-Top grossing films :-Academy Awards:...

 German

Cinema of Germany

Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Georg Wilhelm Pabst

-Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...

. It is based on the novel Philine by Olly Boeheim.

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
  Käthe Dorsch
  Käthe Dorsch was a German actress.-External links:*...
  
   - Karoline Neuber
• Hilde Krahl
  Hilde Krahl
  Hilde Krahl was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1936 and 1994.She was born Hildegard Kolačný in Brod, Austria-Hungary and died in Vienna, Austria...
  
   - Philine Schröder
• Henny Porten - Amalia, Herzogin von Weissenfels
• Gustav Diessl
  Gustav Diessl
  Gustav Diessl was an Austrian artist, and film and stage actor.-Biography:Diessl was born Gustav Karl Balthasar in Vienna. In 1916, he was an extra on different stages in Vienna but was soon recruited into the army for World War I...
  
   - Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland
• Richard Häussler
  Richard Häussler
  Richard Häussler was a German actor and film director. He appeared in 61 films between 1936 and 1964...
  
   - Armin von Perckhammer
• Friedrich Domin
  Friedrich Domin
  Friedrich Domin was a German film actor. He appeared in 63 films between 1939 and 1961.He was born in Beuthen, Germany and died in Munich, Germany.-Selected filmography:* The Comedians...
  
   - Johann Neuber
• Ludwig Schmitz - Müller, der Hanswurst
• Sonja Gerda Scholz - Die Feigin
• Lucy Millowitsch - Die Lorenz
• Bettina Hambach - Victorine
• Walter Janssen
  Walter Janssen
  Walter Janssen was a German film actor. He appeared in over 160 films between 1917 and 1970.-Selected filmography:* Destiny * The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci * Two Hearts in Waltz Time...
  
   - Koch, Charakterspieler
• Alexander Ponto - Kohlhardt, jugendlicher Liebhaber
• Viktor Afritsch - Graf Paul, Bruder der Herzogin von Weissenfels
• Kurt Müller-Graf - Studiosus Gotthold
• Harry Langewisch - Professor Gottsched
• Arnulf Schröder
  Arnulf Schröder
  Arnulf Schröder was a German actor and director. He studied at the Oberrealschule with Claire Bauroff. He spent some of his career working in the cabarets of Berlin.-References:*...
  
  - Klupsch, Ratsherr in Leipzig