Released:
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.

Director:
G.W. Pabst

Runtime:
1h 51min

Genre:
Drama

• 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