The Four Companions (1938)
Die 4 Gesellen
Four graduates of an industrial design school team up and form a small business. The protagonist is so excited by the venture that she turns down the proposal of her dashing instructor. Time passes and her three partners lose interest in the business for different reasons. This leaves the heroine who has a change of heart and decides to forgo the business and marry the instructor after all.
- Date of release
- 1938-10-01
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Director
- Carl Froelich
Casting
- Ingrid Bergman — Marianne Kruge
- Sabine Peters — Käthe Winter
- Hans Söhnker — Stefan Kohlund
- Carsta Löck — Lotte Waag
- Ursula Herking — Franziska
- Leo Slezak — Professor Lange
- Erich Ponto — Regierungsrat Alfred Hintze
- Willi Rose — Straßenbahnschaffner
- Heinz Welzel — Feinmechaniker Martin Bachmann
- Rudolf Klicks — Direktor der graphischen Berufsschule
- Karl Haubenreißer — Direktor der Seidenstrumpffabrik
- Lotte Braun — Sekretärin des Fabrikdirektors
Interesting facts
The Four Companions 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. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. The film was intended as a star vehicle to launch Bergman's career in Germany following her success in several Swedish films.
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