The Four Companions (1938)
Die 4 Gesellen (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 36min
- Drama, Romance
- 01 Oct 1938 (Germany)
- Movie
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...
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Cast
| Ingrid Bergman | ... |
Marianne Kruge
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| Carsta Löck | ... |
Lotte Waag
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| Sabine Peters | ... |
Käthe Winter
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| Ursula Herking | ... |
Franziska
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| Hans Söhnker | ... |
Stefan Kohlund
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| Leo Slezak | ... |
Professor Lange
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| Erich Ponto | ... |
Regierungsrat Alfred Hintze
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Heinz Welzel | ... |
Feinmechaniker Martin Bachmann
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Lotte Braun | ... |
Sekretärin des Fabrikdirektors
(as Lotte Braūn)
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Rudolf Klicks | ... |
Direktor der graphischen Berufsschule
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Wilhelm P. Krüger | ... |
Maurermeister am Neubau
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Hugo Froelich |
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Ernst G. Schiffner | ... |
Geschäftsmann, der keinen Auftrag erteilt
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Karl Haubenreißer | ... |
Direktor der Seidenstrumpffabrik
(as Karl Haubenreisser)
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Hans Juergen Weidlich | ... |
Berliner Jüngling an der Litfaßsäule
(as H. J. Weidlich)
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Traute Bengen | ... |
(uncredited)
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Gustaf Dennert | ... |
2. Grafikschüler (uncredited)
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Fritz Lafontaine | ... |
1. Grafikschüler (uncredited)
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Kurt Mikulski | ... |
Ausstellungsdiener (uncredited)
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Willi Rose | ... |
Straßenbahnschaffner (uncredited)
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Max Rosenhauer | ... |
Hauswart (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Carl Froelich | ||
Written by
| Jochen Huth | ... | (writer and play 'Die vier Gesellen) |
Produced by
| Carl Froelich | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Hanson Milde-Meissner | ... | (as Milde-Meissner) |
Cinematography by
| Reimar Kuntze | ||
Editing by
| Gustav Lohse | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Design by
| Franz Schroedter | ... | (as Franz Shrödter) |
| Walter Haag | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Management
| Friedrich Pflughaupt | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
| Arno Winkler | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Harald Braun | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
| Rolf Hansen | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Carlheinz Becker | ... | sound (uncredited) |
| Thomas Orthofer | ... | sound restorer (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Benno Stinauer | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Walter Borchert | ... | music editor (uncredited) |
| Zarah Leander | ... | singer (uncredited) |
| Hanson Milde-Meissner | ... | lyrics (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Universum Film (UFA) (1938) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Herzog-Filmverleih (1951) (West Germany) (theatrical)
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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. |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | According to Nicolaus von Below, Adolf Hitler's Luftwaffe adjutant, in his memoirs "At Hitler's Side", Hitler and his entourage watched this film on the evening of September 15th, 1938 (two weeks before its public release in Germany), the same day that British prime minister Neville Chamberlain visited Hitler in his private mountain retreat, Berghof. According to von Below, Hitler didn't like the film and had simply said "nicht gut!" meaning in English: "not good!". See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Ingrid Bergman (2003). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt See more » |
| Crazy Credits | There is a caricature of each member of the cast, the writer, director, photographer, designer, and composer. They are stacked vertically on an easel. One by one each falls off to show the one beneath. See more » |