The Four Companions (film)
The Four Companions (German: Die vier Gesellen) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Ingrid Bergman, Sabine Peters and Carsta Löck. Jochen Huth adapted the script from his own play. The film was intended as a star vehicle to launch Bergman's career in Germany.[1]
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| German | Die vier Gesellen |
| Directed by | Carl Froelich |
| Written by | Jochen Huth (play and screenplay) |
| Produced by | Carl Froelich |
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| Cinematography | Reimar Kuntze |
| Edited by | Gustav Lohse |
| Music by | Hanson Milde-Meissner |
Production company | Tonfilmstudio Carl Froelich |
| Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Synopsis
After graduation, four female art students attempt to set up their own advertising agency.
Cast
- Ingrid Bergman as Marianne Kruge
- Sabine Peters as Käthe Winter
- Carsta Löck as Lotte Waag
- Ursula Herking as Franziska
- Hans Söhnker as Stefan Kohlund
- Leo Slezak as Professor Lange
- Erich Ponto as Governing councilor Alfred Hintze
- Heinz Welzel as Precision mechanic Martin Bachmann
- Rudolf Klicks as principal of the graphic vocational school
- Karl Haubenreißer as manager at the Silk Stocking Factory
- Lotte Braun as manager's secretary
- Wilhelm P. Krüger as master mason at the new building
- Willi Rose as tram conductor
- Max Rosenhauer as janitor
- Ernst G. Schiffner as businessman who does not place an order
- Hans Juergen Weidlich as young Berliner at the advertising column
- Kurt Mikulski as exhibition servant
- Fritz Lafontaine as first graphics student
- Gustaf Dennert as second graphics student
- Zarah Leander as singer
- Traute Bengen
- Hugo Froelich
References
- Lunde, Arne (2010). Nordic Exposures: Scandinavian Identities in Classical Hollywood Cinema. New Directions in Scandinavian Studies. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. p. 157. ASIN B013VPZO1A. ISBN 0295990457. JSTOR j.ctvcwnp73. OCLC 704275938.
Bibliography
- Ascheid, Antje (2010) [2003]. Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. ASIN B003Z0BLEQ. ISBN 156639984X.
- Chandler, Charlotte (2007). Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. ASIN B000NY12D2. ISBN 155783735X.
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