The Comedians

1941 · 111 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 78 VOTES · DIR. G.W. Pabst

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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.

Drama1940s

Dialogue Timeline — 1,771 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:06 She liberated the German theatre from the cheap slapstick of the clown. Through hard work she educated actors and the public alike.
00:07:11 hey, Philine!
00:11:15 does she find my proposition attractive? does she want me to look into her books?
00:15:53 demoiselle
00:19:15 do you know what I wish?
00:22:45 Armin wouldn't go as far as that
00:25:57 what's the meaning of that obscene nonsense?
00:29:26 then it'll break out
00:33:01 anything else then
00:36:32 you see, no
00:39:54 when a gentleman rents such an apartment for a lady...
00:44:18 like the wild mountain stream rushes to the sea
00:49:50 I know, the theatre is the brothel for artistic gentlemen
00:54:19 the people talk to the world
00:58:20 with the clown you'll eat your fill perhaps
01:03:24 you may wish what you like
01:09:34 our enemies are powerful
01:15:57 forgive me, don't leave us
01:23:07 here's the tribunal who will pass judgment on you
01:27:31 have I?
01:32:26 then I would never have come
01:36:19 I am ordered to bring Madame Principal there at all costs
01:39:57 you try it out
01:45:31 subtitles: serdar202

Cast & Characters

Käthe Dorsch Karoline Neuber Hilde Krahl Philine Schröder Henny Porten Amalia, Herzogin von Weissenfels Gustav Diessl Ernst Biron, Herzog von Kurland Richard Häussler Armin von Perckhammer Friedrich Domin Johann Neuber Ludwig Schmitz Müller, der Hanswurst Sonja Gerda Scholz Die Feigin Lucy Millowitsch Die Lorenz Bettina Hambach Victorine

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,771
Dialogue density16.0 lines / min
First line00:02:06
Final line01:45:31

Production Record

DirectorG.W. Pabst
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes78