Four young women after leaving art school in Berlin fall on hard times until they decide to get together to form their own company and manage to acquire a design contract with a cigarette company. Their early success is undermined by private interests overcoming their business interests, mainly through romance. This was a charming and entertaining film and although not original plotwise it was carried along by the actresses playing the 'Four Companions', each one giving fine performances; Sabine Peters as Kathe, Carsta Löck as Lotte, Ursula Herking as Franziska and outstanding of all Ingrid Bergman in her only German film as Marianne. Ms. Bergman is luminous and speaks her dialogue in German to boot. There is good location shooting in the city capturing Berlin just before the war mangled it. I enjoyed the movie very much.
Review of The Four Companions
The Four Companions
(1938)
"I thought business interest comes before private interest"
22 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers