Komödianten 1941

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 

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