The Four Companions (film)

1938 film

The Four Companions

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Directed by| Carl Froelich
Written by| Jochen Huth (play and screenplay)
Produced by| Carl Froelich
Starring|

* Ingrid Bergman
* Sabine Peters
* Carsta Löck
* Ursula Herking

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 (1938-10-01)

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. 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.[1]

## Synopsis

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After graduation, four female art students attempt to set up their own advertising agency. At first, they fail to achieve their goal in a male dominated field. But, after trying once more, they succeed. However, they also have different views and wishes in life, from wanting to be an artist to being a homemaker, which makes running the company increasingly difficult.

## Cast

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* 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

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1. ^ Lunde p. 157

## Bibliography

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* Ascheid, Antje (2010) [2003]. Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-843-2.
* Chandler, Charlotte (2007). Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-3914-8.
* Lunde, Arne (2010). Nordic Exposures: Scandinavian Identities in Classical Hollywood Cinema. Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-99045-3.

## External links

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* The Four Companions at IMDb

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Films directed by Carl Froelich

* Werner Krafft (1916)
* Ikarus, the Flying Man (1918)
* The Destiny of Carola van Geldern (1919)
* The Loves of Käthe Keller (1919)
* The Dancer (1919)
* In Thrall to the Claw (1921)
* Wandering Souls (1921)
* The Kwannon of Okadera (1921)
* Island of the Dead (1921)
* The Brothers Karamazov (1921)
* Good-for-Nothing (1922)
* Luise Millerin (1922)
* Hallig Hooge (1923)
* The Weather Station (1923)
* Mother and Child (1924)
* The Adventures of Sybil Brent (1925)
* Chamber Music (1925)
* Tragedy (1925)
* The Flames Lie (1926)
* Roses from the South (1926)
* When She Starts, Look Out (1926)
* The Long Intermission (1927)
* My Aunt, Your Aunt (1927)
* Love in the Cowshed (1928)
* Lotte (1928)
* Love and Thieves (1928)
* Escape (1928)
* Violantha (1928)
* The Night Belongs to Us (1929)
* German Wine (1929)
* The Woman Everyone Loves Is You (1929)
* Hans in Every Street (1930)
* Fire in the Opera House (1930)
* The Night Is Ours (1930)
* Louise, Queen of Prussia (1931)
* Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
* This One or None (1932)
* Gitta Discovers Her Heart (1932)
* Love at First Sight (1932)
* The Hymn of Leuthen (1933)
* Ripening Youth (1933)
* Trouble with Jolanthe (1934)
* Sergeant Schwenke (1935)
* I Was Jack Mortimer (1935)
* The Private Life of Louis XIV (1935)
* The Dreamer (1936)
* When the Cock Crows (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)
* Marriage of Affection (1944)
* Three Girls Spinning (1950)
* Stips (1951)

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