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A Day Of Roses In August
''A Day of Roses in August'' (german: Ein Tag der Rosen im August) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Max Mack and starring Eduard von Winterstein, Margarete Schön, and Ernst Rückert. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter. The film takes place in August 1914 at the beginning of the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1927 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Max Mack German silent feature films German World War I films German black-and-white films 1920s German films 1927 war films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Mack
Max Mack (1884–1973) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director during the silent era. He is particularly known for his 1913 film ''The Other''. He directed, and co-starred in, an early film adaptation of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' in 1914, called ''Ein Seltsamer Fall'', written by Richard Oswald. During the 1910s, he directed nearly a hundred films in a variety of different genres.Elsaesser & Wedel p.205 Born as Moritz Myrthenzweig in Halberstadt, the Jewish Mack was later forced to emigrate to escape Nazism, and settled in the United Kingdom. His final film was the 1935 quota quickie '' Be Careful, Mr. Smith''. Selected filmography Director * ''The Other'' (1913) * '' The Blue Mouse'' (1913) * ''Where Is Coletti?'' (1913) * ''A World Without Men'' (1914) * ''Ein Seltsamer Fall'' (1914) A film adaptation of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1915) * ''The Confessions of the Green Mask'' (1916) * '' The Maharaja's Favourite Wife'' (1921) * ''Quaran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerd Briese
Gerd Briese (25 December 1897 – August 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Briese's film career began in 1924, and he late worked as a stage actor and director. He was killed in a traffic accident in Berlin in 1957, aged 59. Selected filmography * ''Rosenmontag'' (1924) * '' Reveille: The Great Awakening'' (1925) * ''In the Valleys of the Southern Rhine'' (1925) * ''Accommodations for Marriage'' (1926) * ''The Sea Cadet'' (1926) * '' The Flames Lie'' (1926) * '' The Pirates of the Baltic Sea'' (1926) * '' The Flames Lie'' (1926) * ''U-9 Weddigen'' (1927) * ''Linden Lady on the Rhine'' (1927) * '' Forbidden Love'' (1927) * ''Radio Magic'' (1927) * '' Lützow's Wild Hunt'' (1927) * ''A Day of Roses in August'' (1927) * ''I Stand in the Dark Midnight'' (1927) * '' Fair Game'' (1928) * ''Sex in Chains'' (1928) * ''The Lady from Argentina'' (1928) * '' Roses Bloom on the Moorland'' (1929) * ''Perjury'' (1929) * ''The Customs Judge ''The Customs Judge'' (German: ''Der Sittenr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Of The Weimar Republic
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 Films
The following is an overview of 1927 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1927 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 10 – Fritz Lang's science-fiction fantasy ''Metropolis'' premieres in Germany. The film receives its American premiere in New York City on March 6. *March 11 – World's largest movie theatre, the Roxy Theatre, opens in New York City. *April 7 – Abel Gance's ''Napoleon'' often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premieres (in a shortened version) at the Paris Opéra and demonstrates techniques and equipment that will not be revived for years to come, such as hand-held cameras, and what is often considered the first widescreen projection format Polyvision. It will be more than three decades before films with a widescreen format would again be attempted. *May 11 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grete Reinwald
Grete Reinwald (25 May 1902 – 24 May 1983) was a German stage and film actress. As a child, due to her sweet, appealing features she modeled for many monochrome, hand-tinted and autochrome postcards. Her siblings Hanni Reinwald and Otto Reinwald were also actors. Selected filmography * '' The Night of Decision'' (1920) * ''Youth'' (1922) * ''William Tell'' (1923) * '' The Comedian's Child'' (1923) * '' The Woman on the Panther'' (1923) * '' Time Is Money'' (1923) * '' Set Me Free'' (1924) * '' The Gallows Bride'' (1924) * '' The Four Marriages of Matthias Merenus'' (1924) * '' Heart of Stone'' (1924) * '' The Woman without Money'' (1925) * '' The Assmanns'' (1925) * ''What the Stones Tell'' (1925) * '' Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand'' (1925) * '' Golden Boy'' (1925) * '' Ship in Distress'' (1925) * ''Frisian Blood'' (1925) * '' People of the Sea'' (1925) * ''German Hearts on the German Rhine'' (1926) * ''Fräulein Mama'' (1926) * '' The Hunter of Fall'' (1926) * '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Kürti
Ellen Kürti (Born Erzsébet Kürthy) was a Hungarian-born film actress known for her roles in German cinema.Schildgen p.33 Selected filmography * '' The Wheels of Destiny'' (1923) * ''Girls You Don't Marry'' (1924) * ''Slaves of Love'' (1924) * ''Women Who Fall by the Wayside'' (1925) * ''Reluctant Imposter'' (1925) * ''The Heart of a German Mother'' (1926) * ''The Love of the Bajadere'' (1926) * '' The Princess of the Riviera'' (1926) * ''Assassination'' (1927) * '' Memoirs of a Nun'' (1927) * '' Hotel Rats'' (1927) * ''The Dashing Archduke'' (1927) * ''Tragedy at the Royal Circus ''Tragedy at the Royal Circus'' (german: Tragödie im Zirkus Royal) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Alfred Lind and starring Bernhard Goetzke, Ellen Kürti, and Werner Pittschau. The film's art direction was by Willi Herrmann ...'' (1928) References Bibliography * Rachel A. Schildgen. ''More Than a Dream: Rediscovering the Life and Films of Vilma Banky''. 1921 PVG Publishing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Ziener
Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 February 1941) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in over 100 films between 1913 and 1941. He also directed 28 silent films such as '' The Flight into Death'' (1921).Grange p. 95 Selected filmography Director * '' The Beggar Countess'' (1918) * ''Maria'' (1919) * '' The Flight into Death'' (1921) Actor * ''Die große Sünderin'' (1914) - Bankier Hausmann * ''Lottekens Feldzug'' (1915) * ''Der Brieföffner'' (1916) - Mörder * ''Im Joche des Schicksals'' (1916) - Bankier Karl Heidinger * ''Professor Erichsons Rivale'' (1916) - Prof. Dircksen * ''Aussage verweigert'' (1916) * ''Die Reise ins Jenseits'' (1916) - Herzog * ''Der Schloßschrecken'' (1916) * ''Der Fakir im Frack'' (1916) - Der Fakir im Frack * '' The Night Talk'' (1917) - Jan Routt * ''Das Nachtgespräch'' (1917) * ''Königliche Bettler'' (1917) * ''Aus vergessenen Akten'' (1917) * ''Ein scharfer Schuss'' (1917) * ''Der Fall Dombronowska...!'' (1917) - Kunstmale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Gerron
Kurt Gerron (11 May 1897 – 28 October 1944) was a German History of the Jews in Germany, Jewish actor and film director. He and his wife, Olga were murdered in the Holocaust. Life Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he studied medicine before being called up for military service in World War I. After being seriously wounded, he was qualified as a military doctor in the German Army (German Empire), German Army, despite having been only in his second year at university. After the war Gerron turned to a stage career, becoming a theatre actor under director Max Reinhardt in 1920. He appeared in secondary roles in several silent films and began directing film shorts in 1926. Gerron's popular cinema breakthrough came with ''The Blue Angel'' (''Der Blaue Engel'', 1930) opposite Marlene Dietrich. Two years before, Gerron originated the role of "Tiger" Brown in the 1928 premiere production of ''The Threepenny Opera'' (''Die Dreigroschenoper'') at the Berlin Theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Von Palen
Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) * Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (1366–1425) * Anna of Cilli (1386–1416) * Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania (died 1418) * Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) * Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1514) * Anna, Duchess of Prussia (1576–1625) * Anna of Russia (1693–1740) * Anna, Lady Miller (1741–1781) * Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1783–1857) * Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) * Anna (feral child) (1932–1942) * Anna (singer) (born 1987) Places Australia * Hundred of Anna, a cadastral district in South Australia Iran * Anna, Fars, a village in Fars Province * Anna, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Russia * Anna, Voronezh Oblast, an urban locality in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hella Kürty
Hella Kürty (1900–1954) was a German actress and singer. An operetta performer, she originated the role of Mi in Franz Lehar's 1929 work ''The Land of Smiles'' alongside Richard Tauber. The following year she appeared in a film version of the operetta. Of Jewish background, she was forced to emigrate from Germany following the Nazi takeover in 1933. She emigrated to Britain, settling in London. Selected filmography * ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927) * ''A Crazy Night'' (1927) * ''A Day of Roses in August'' (1927) * ''Diary of a Coquette'' (1929) * ''The Land of Smiles'' (1930) * '' Candlelight in Algeria'' (1944) * ''Hotel Reserve ''Hotel Reserve'' is a 1944 British spy film starring James Mason as an innocent man caught up in pre-Second World War espionage. Other cast members include Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell and Herbert Lom. It was based on Eric Ambler's 1938 novel ...'' (1944) References Bibliography * External links * 1900 births 1954 death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otz Tollen
Otz Tollen (9 April 1882 – 19 July 1965) was a German actor and film director. Born in Berlin, he made his film debut in the 1912 Joe May directed film ''In der Tiefe des Schachtes''. His last film role was an appearance in the 1960 Nadja Tiller film '' The Ambassador''. Selected filmography Actor * '' According to Law'' (1919) * ''Curfew'' (1925) * ''The Great Opportunity'' (1925) * ''Wrath of the Seas'' (1926) * ''I Once Had a Comrade'' (1926) * '' Hands Up, Eddy Polo'' (1928) * ''Unternehmen Michael'' (1937) * '' Gewitterflug zu Claudia'' (1937) * '' Patriots'' (1937) * '' Togger'' (1937) * ''Signal in the Night'' (1937) * ''Seven Slaps'' (1937) * '' Eine Nacht im Mai'' (1938) * '' Secret Code LB 17'' (1938) * '' The Governor'' (1939) * ''Jud Süß'' (1940) * ''Der große König'' (1942) * ''The Little Residence'' (1942) * ''The Crew of the Dora'' (1943) * ''The Endless Road'' (1943) * ''The Roedern Affair'' (1944) * '' Kolberg'' (1945) * ''The Court Concert'' (1948) * ''Don' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mylong
John Mylong (September 27, 1892 – September 8, 1975), also known as Jack Mylong-Münz, born Adolf Heinrich Münz, was an Austrian actor who later settled in the United States. Selected filmography * ''Der heilige Hass, 1. Teil'' (1921) - Rabob * ''Der heilige Hass, 2. Teil - Die Flucht vor dem Tode'' (1921) - Rabob * ''Die Schlucht des Grauens'' (1921) * ''Die Satansfratze'' (1921) * ''Die Nacht der tausend Seelen'' (1921) * ''Das Wirtshaus im Spessart'' (1923) * ''Die Bestie'' (1923) * ''The Tragedy of a Night of Passion'' (1924) * '' The Malay Junk'' (1924) * ''The Terror of the Sea'' (1924) * ''The Four Last Seconds of Quidam Uhl'' (1924) - Heinrich, Magdalensa Bruder * ''Die Tragödie der Entehrten'' (1924) * ''The Pearls of Doctor Talmadge'' (1925) * ''A Song from Days of Youth'' (1925) - Jürg Asmussen * '' Written in the Stars'' (1925) - Horst Raabe * ''Mrs Worrington's Perfume'' (1925) - Dr. Harry Edwards * '' The Adventurous Wedding'' (1925) - Fergus * ''Venetian Lover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
