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
Lucy Millowitsch
Demoiselle Lorenz
Walter Janssen
Unknown
Friedrich Domin
Unknown
Alexander Ponto
Unknown
Leopold von Ledebur
Unknown
Ullrich Haupt
Unknown
Erich Dunskus
Unknown
Karin Evans
Unknown
Julius Frey
Unknown
Bettina Moissi
Unknown
Crew
G.W. Pabst
Director, Writer
Axel Eggebrecht
Writer
Walter von Hollander
Writer
Olly Boeheim
Novel
Ludolf Grisebach
Editor
Bruno Stephan
Director of Photography
Hans Schweikart
Producer
Gerbert Hochreiter
Production Design
Julius von Borsody
Production Design
Maria Pommer-Uhlig
Costume Design
Emil Specht
Sound Designer
Lothar Brühne
Music
