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A Shot At Dawn
''A Shot at Dawn'' (German: ''Schuß im Morgengrauen'') is a 1932 German crime film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Ery Bos, Genia Nikolaieva and Karl Ludwig Diehl. It was based on the play ''The Woman and the Emerald'' by Harry Jenkins and recounts a jewel theft.Youngkin p.72-73 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios with sets designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Herbert O. Phillips. A separate French-language version ''Coup de feu à l'aube'' was also produced. Cast * Ery Bos as Irene Taft * Genia Nikolajewa as Lola * Karl Ludwig Diehl as Petersen * Theodor Loos as Bachmann * Fritz Odemar as Dr. Sandegg * Peter Lorre as Klotz * Heinz Salfner as Joachim Taft * Gerhard Tandar as Müller IV * Kurt Vespermann as Bobby * Ernst Behmer as Gas Station Attendant * Curt Lucas as Holzknecht * Hermann Speelmans Hermann Speelmans (14 August 1906 – 9 February 1960) was a German stage and film actor.Capua p. 120 Selected filmography * ''Her Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Zeisler
Alfred Zeisler (September 26, 1892 – March 1, 1985) was an American-born German film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. He produced 29 films between 1927 and 1936. He also directed 16 films between 1924 and 1949. Selected filmography *''Rivals'' (1923) * ''The Last Battle'' (1923) * '' Docks of Hamburg'' (1928) * ''Guilty'' (1928) * ''Sajenko the Soviet'' (1928) * '' Under Suspicion'' (1928) * '' The League of Three'' (1929) * ''High Treason'' (1929) * ''The Smuggler's Bride of Mallorca'' (1929) * ''Scandal in Baden-Baden'' (1929) * ''The Tiger Murder Case'' (1930) * '' Express 13'' (1931) * '' A Shot at Dawn'' (1932) * ''Spoiling the Game'' (1932) * '' The Country Schoolmaster'' (1933) * '' The Star of Valencia'' (1933 – director) * ''Viktor und Viktoria'' (1933) * '' A Door Opens'' (1933) * ''George and Georgette'' (1934) * ''Gold'' (1934) * ''Love and the First Railway'' (1934) * '' Holiday From Myself'' (1934) * ''The Young Count'' (1935) * ''Punks Arrives f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babelsberg Studios
Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since 1912. With a total area of about and a studio area of about it is Europe's largest film studio. Hundreds of films, including Fritz Lang's ''Metropolis'' and Josef von Sternberg's ''The Blue Angel'' were filmed there. More recent productions include ''V for Vendetta'', '' Captain America: Civil War'', ''Æon Flux'', '' The Bourne Ultimatum'', ''Valkyrie'', ''Inglourious Basterds'', ''Cloud Atlas'', ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'', ''The Hunger Games'', ''Isle of Dogs'' and ''The Matrix Resurrections''. Today, Studio Babelsberg remains operational mainly for feature film productions. It also acts as producer on German productions and co-producer on international high-budget productions. Since January 2022 it has been owned by TPG Real Estate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Films
The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1932 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year. * Sidney Kent leaves Paramount Pictures and joins Fox Film. * Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president of RKO. * Jesse L. Lasky leaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox. * Sam Katz leaves Paramount. * James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount. * Publix and Fox decentralization of cinemas. * New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed by Motion Picture Theater Owners of America and Allied. * Joe Brandt retires from Columbia Pictures joins World-Wide and later resigns again. * Two Radio City theaters open, under dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Speelmans
Hermann Speelmans (14 August 1906 – 9 February 1960) was a German stage and film actor.Capua p. 120 Selected filmography * ''Her Dark Secret'' (1929) - Emil * ''Diana'' (1930) * ''There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You'' (1930) * ''Danton'' (1931) - Legendre * ''The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) - Jim * ''Inquest'' (1931) - Bruno Klatte, Artist * ''Kinder vor Gericht'' (1931) - August Schulze, Vater * ''Checkmate'' (1931) - Markutius, pensionierter Kriminalbeamter * ''No More Love'' (1931) - Tom * '' The Battle of Bademunde'' (1931) - Hannes * ''Der Herr Finanzdirektor'' (1931) - Albert Boudaine * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) - Wachtmeister Killian * '' At Your Orders, Sergeant'' (1932) * ''Night Convoy'' (1932) - Banjospieler * '' Under False Flag'' (1932) - Kriminalkommissar Schulz * '' Crime Reporter Holm'' (1932) * '' A Shot at Dawn'' (1932) - Schmitter * ''Spoiling the Game'' (1932) - Erwin Banz - Rennfahrer * ''F.P.1'' (1932) - Chefingenieur Damsky * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curt Lucas
Curt Lucas (20 January 1888 – 12 September 1960) was a German stage, film and voice actor. Partial filmography * ''Wie das Schicksal spielt'' (1920) - Dr. Heinrich Jessen - Thoras Verlobter * ''A Shot at Dawn'' (1932) - Holzknecht * ''A Door Opens'' (1933) - Martin Fichtner, sein Kompagnon * ''Gold'' (1934) - (uncredited) * '' Herr Kobin geht auf Abenteuer'' (1934) - Kriminalrat Winkelmann * ''Madrigal'' (1935) * ''Augustus the Strong'' (1936) - Graf Hoym * ''Arzt aus Leidenschaft'' (1936) - Staatsanwalt * ''Moral'' (1936) - Direktor Bollandt * ''Truxa'' (1937) - Jimmy, Garvins Assistenz * ''The Glass Ball'' (1937) - Diener * ''Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit'' (1937) - Staatsanwalt * ''Mit versiegelter Order'' (1938) - Batscheff * ''Ich verweigere die Aussage'' (1939) - Der Staatsanwalt * ''The Fox of Glenarvon'' (1940) - Bankier Beverly * '' Charivan'' (1941) - Bachmann * ''Ich klage an'' (1941) - Sanitätsrat Klapper * ''The Thing About Styx'' (1942) - Jules Stone * ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Behmer
Ernst Behmer (22 December 1875 – 26 February 1938) was a prolific German stage and film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during the silent and early sound eras. Behmer was born in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia) and died in Berlin at age 62. Selected filmography * ''Ferdinand Lassalle'' (1918) * '' The Enchanted Princess'' (1919) * ''The Commandment of Love'' (1919) * '' State Attorney Jordan'' (1919) * ''Only a Servant'' (1919) * ''Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac'' (1920) * ''Kean'' (1921) * ''The Story of a Maid'' (1921) * '' The Golden Bullet'' (1921) * '' The Homecoming of Odysseus'' (1922) * ''A Woman, an Animal, a Diamond'' (1923) * ''By Order of Pompadour'' (1924) * ''The Girl with a Patron'' (1925) * ''Children of No Importance'' (1926) * '' The Armoured Vault'' (1926) * ''Watch on the Rhine'' (1926) * ''Love's Joys and Woes'' (1926) * ''The Violet Eater'' (1926) * '' Roses from the South'' (1926) * ''Sister Veronika'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Vespermann
Kurt Vespermann (1 May 1887 – 13 July 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Career Vespermann was born into an actor's family in Culmsee, West Prussia, Imperial Germany today Chełmża, Poland. Already his great-grandparents were actors and directors at different operas and theatres. Vespermann began his career in 1913 at the Royal Schauspielhaus Berlin and first appeared in silent movies in 1915. Kurt Vespermann was married to actress Lia Eibenschütz and was the father of actor Gerd Vespermann. Vespermann died in 1957 and was buried at the ''Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis'' cemetery in Berlin. Selected filmography *1915: ''Manya, die Türkin'' *1915: ''Im Feuer der Schiffskanonen'' *1915: ''Police Nr. 1111'' - Baron von Bode *1916: ''Ein tolles Mädchen'' *1916: ''Stolz weht die Flagge schwarz-weiß-rot'' *1917: ''Das durfte nicht kommen'' *1917: ''Let There Be Light'' (part 1, 4) - Gerd *1917: ''Königliche Bettler'' *1917: ''Der Tod des Baumeisters Olsen'' (Short) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Tandar
Gerhard is a name of Germanic origin and may refer to: Given name * Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–1983), German World War II flying ace * Gerhard Berger (born 1959), Austrian racing driver * Gerhard Boldt (1918–1981), German soldier and writer * Gerhard de Beer (born 1994), South African football player * Gerhard Diephuis (1817–1892), Dutch jurist * Gerhard Domagk (1895–1964), German pathologist and bacteriologist and Nobel Laureate * Gerhard Dorn (c.1530–1584), Flemish philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile * Gerhard Ertl (born 1936), German physicist and Nobel Laureate * Gerhard Fieseler (1896–1987), German World War I flying ace * Gerhard Flesch (1909–1948), German Nazi Gestapo and SS officer executed for war crimes * Gerhard Gentzen (1909–1945), German mathematician and logician * Gerhard Armauer H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Salfner
Heinz Salfner (31 December 1877 – 13 October 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Salfner appeared in more than sixty films during his career. He played the lead in the 1932 crime film '' A Shot at Dawn''.Youngkin p.465 Selected filmography * '' The Skull of Pharaoh's Daughter'' (1920) * ''Youth'' (1922) * '' Judith'' (1923) * ''The Fifth Street'' (1923) * '' Time Is Money'' (1923) * '' The Beautiful Girl'' (1923) * ''Luther'' (1928) * ''Guilty'' (1928) * '' The Stranger'' (1931) * '' A Shot at Dawn'' (1932) * '' A Mad Idea'' (1932) * '' And the Plains Are Gleaming'' (1933) * ''Gold'' (1934) * ''I Was Jack Mortimer'' (1935) * ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1935) * '' Victoria in Dover'' (1936) * ''Tomfoolery'' (1936) * ''A Wedding Dream'' (1936) * ''Scandal at the Fledermaus'' (1936) * '' A Hoax'' (1936) * ''Donogoo Tonka'' (1936) * '' Love's Awakening'' (1936) * '' Togger'' (1937) * '' Five Million Look for an Heir'' (1938) * ''Marionette'' (1939) * ''Anton the Last'' (1939) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre (; born László Löwenstein, ; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, first in Europe and later in the United States. He began his stage career in Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, before moving to Germany where he worked first on the stage, then in film in Berlin in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Lorre caused an international sensation in the Weimar Republic-era film '' M'' (1931), directed by Fritz Lang, in which he portrayed a serial killer who preys on little girls. Of Jewish descent, Lorre left Germany after Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power. His second English-language film, following the multiple-language version of ''M'' (1931), was Alfred Hitchcock's '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1934), made in the United Kingdom. Eventually settling in Hollywood, he later became a featured player in many Hollywood crime and mystery films. In his initial American films, '' Mad Love'' and ''Crime and Punishment'' (both 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Odemar
Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar Sr. (Karl Julius Friedrich Odemar; 1858–1926). Selected filmography * '' The Merry Vineyard'' (1927) - Knuzius, Klärchens Verlobter * ''The Devious Path'' (1928) - Möller, Regierungsrat * ''The Last Fort'' (1929) - Lieutenant Brand * ''Crucified Girl'' (1929) * ''Napoleon at Saint Helena'' (1929) - Lt. Nichols * ''Scandalous Eva'' (1930) - Lämmerberg * ''The Song Is Ended'' (1930) - Der Verlager / The Editor * ' (1930) * ''The Stolen Face'' (1930) - Hempel * ''Petit officier... Adieu!'' (1930) - Teschner * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931) - Fitzke * ''Madame Pompadour'' (1931) - Minister Maurepas * '' 1914'' (1931) - Prince Lichnowsky * ''The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) * ''Three Days of Love'' (1931) * ''The Merry Wives of Vienna' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genia Nikolajewa
Genia Nikolajewa (1904–2001) was a Russian-born German actress who made films in several countries, notably in Germany where she appeared in films such as Robert Siodmak's 1932 comedy ''Quick (1932 film), Quick''Alpi p.345 in a succession of supporting or minor roles. She later moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood. She was sometimes credited as ''Genia Nikolaieva'' or ''Eugenia Nikolajewa''. Life Nikolaieva was born in St Petersburg to German-Russian parents, but moved to Germany at an early age. She starred in a series of stage revues which led to her being employed by the film industry. Because she was considered "Half-Jewish" (cf. Mischling) by the Nazis, she found it increasingly difficult to gain roles following the Nazi takeover of Germany and in 1938 she went into exile in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood. As well as making occasionally films, she also worked for Warner Brothers in an administrative role. In 1937, she married the film editor Carl Forcht. Selected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
