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Release, runtime and language
1941 · 111 mins · German
Directed by
G.W. Pabst
Starring
Henny Porten, Käthe Dorsch, Leopold von Ledebur, Ullrich Haupt, Gustav Diessl, Richard Häussler

A patron of the arts, the elegant Duchess of Weissenfels blocks her nephew’s marriage to ambitious actress Philine (Hilde Krahl). In protest, theater director Karoline Neuber (Kathe Dorsch) incites scandal and is exiled. A doomed performance at the St. Petersburg court leaves the abandoned actress despondent, culminating in Karoline’s suicide.

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