Die vier Gesellen (1938)

The Four Companions

 

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Directed by: Carl Froelich

Written by: Jochen Huth (play and screenplay)

Produced by: Carl Froelich

Cinematography: Reimar Kuntze

Edited by: Gustav Lohse

Music by: Hanson Milde-Meissner

Production company: Tonfilmstudio Carl Froelich

Distributed by: UFA

Release date: 1 October 1938

Running time: 96 minutes

Country: Germany

Language: German

 

Starring:

 

Ingrid Bergman: Marianne Kruge

Sabine Peters: Käthe Winter

Carsta Löck: Lotte Waag

Ursula Herking: Franziska

Hans Söhnker: Stefan Kohlund

Leo Slezak: Professor Lange

Erich Ponto: Government Councillor Alfred Hintze

Heinz Welzel: Precision mechanic Martin Bachmann

Rudolf Klicks: Director of the graphic vocational school

Karl Haubenreißer: Director of the silk stocking factory

Lotte Braun: Secretary to the factory director

Wilhelm P. Krüger: Master bricklayer at the new building

Willi Rose: Streetcar conductor

Max Rosenhauer: Janitor

Ernst G. Schiffner: Businessman who does not place an order

Hans Juergen Weidlich: Berlin youth at the advertising pillar

Kurt Mikulski: Exhibition attendant

Fritz Lafontaine: 1st graphic student

Gustaf Dennert: 2nd graphic student

Zarah Leander: Singer

 

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.

 

Plot:

 

After graduation, four female art students attempt to set up their own advertising agency.