The Four Companions (film)

The Four Companions
Directed by	Carl Froelich
Produced by	Carl Froelich
Written by	Jochen Huth (play and screenplay)
Starring	Ingrid Bergman Sabine Peters Carsta Löck Ursula Herking
Music by	Hanson Milde-Meissner
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Gustav Lohse
Production company	Tonfilmstudio Carl Froelich
Distributed by	UFA
Release dates	1 October 1938
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

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]

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 Regierungsrat Alfred Hintze
Heinz Welzel as Feinmechaniker Martin Bachmann
Rudolf Klicks as Direktor der graphischen Berufsschule
Karl Haubenreißer as Direktor der Seidenstrumpffabrik
Lotte Braun as Sekretärin des Fabrikdirektors
Wilhelm P. Krüger as Maurermeister am Neubau
Willi Rose as Straßenbahnschaffner
Max Rosenhauer as Hauswart
Ernst G. Schiffner as Geschäftsmann, der keinen Auftrag erteilt
Hans Juergen Weidlich as Berliner Jüngling an der Litfaßsäule
Kurt Mikulski as Ausstellungsdiener
Fritz Lafontaine as 1. Grafikschüler
Gustaf Dennert as 2. Grafikschüler
Zarah Leander as Singer
Traute Bengen
Hugo Froelich

References

↑ Lunde p.157

Bibliography

Ascheid, Antje. Hitler's Heroines: Stardom & Womanhood In Nazi Cinema. Temple University Press, 2010.
Chandler, Charlotte. Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography. Simon and Schuster, 2007.
Lunde, Arne. Nordic Exposures: Scandinavian Identities in Classical Hollywood Cinema. University of Washington Press, 2010.

External links

The Four Companions at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Carl Froelich

The Destiny of Carola van Geldern (1919)
The Dancer (1919)
Wandering Souls (1921)
The Kwannon of Okadera (1921)
The Brothers Karamazov (1921)
The Good for Nothings (1922)
Luise Millerin (1922)
Hallig Hooge (1923)
Mother and Child (1924)
The Adventures of Sybil Brent (1925)
Chamber Music (1925)
Roses from the South (1926)
The Long Intermission (1927)
Love in the Cowshed (1928)
Lotte (1928)
Love and Thieves (1928)
Escape (1928)
Violantha (1928)
The Night Belongs to Us (1929)
Louise, Queen of Prussia (1931)
Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
Trouble with Jolanthe (1934)
Sergeant Schwenke (1935)
The Private Life of Louis XIV (1935)
The Dreamer (1936)
If We All Were Angels (1936)
Such Great Foolishness (1937)
Heimat (1938)
The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl (1938)
The Four Companions (1938)
The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939)
The Gasman (1941)
Wedding in Barenhof (1942)
The Buchholz Family (1944)

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