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According To Law
''According to Law'' (german: Nach dem Gesetz) is a 1919 German silent film directed by Willy Grunwald and starring Asta Nielsen.Before Caligari p. 488 It was inspired by Dostoevsky's ''Crime and Punishment''. Cast * Georgine Sobjeska as Widow Waler * Asta Nielsen as Sonja Waler - Journalist - the Widow's Daughter * Otz Tollen as Dr. Erich Waler - Her Son * Theodor Loos as Albert Holm, inventor * Fritz Hartwig as Arthur Wolf - journalist * Willy Kaiser-Heyl as Professor Wedel * Henri Peters-Arnolds as Wedel's Son * Guido Herzfeld as Heere - Loan Shark * Bernhard Goetzke Bernhard Goetzke (5 June 1884 – 7 October 1964) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1917 and 1961. Selected filmography * ''Fear'' (1917) * ''The Last Sun Son'' (1919) * ''The Japanese Woman'' (1919) * ''The P ... References Bibliography * External links * 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German black-and-white films 1910s Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Grunwald
Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of William or Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to: People Given name or nickname * Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and screenwriter * Willie Allen (basketball) (born 1949), American basketball player and director of the Growing Power urban farming program * Willie Allen (racing driver) (born 1980), American racing driver * Willie Anderson (other) * Willie Apiata (born 1972), New Zealand Army soldier, only recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand * Willie (footballer) (born 1993), Brazilian footballer Willie Hortencio Barbosa * Willy Böckl (1893–1975), Austrian world champion figure skater * Willy Bocklant (1941–1985), Belgian road racing cyclist * Willy Bogner, Sr. (1909–1977), German Nordic skier * Willy Bogner, Jr. (born 1942), German fashion designer and alpine skier * Willie Bosket (born 1962), American convicted murderer whose numerou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Hartwig
Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridolin and, less commonly, Francis. Fritz (Fryc) was also a name given to German troops by the Entente powers equivalent to the derogative Tommy. Other common bases for which the name Fritz was used include the surnames Fritsche, Fritzsche, Fritsch, Frisch(e) and Frycz. Below is a list of notable people with the name "Fritz." Surname *Amanda Fritz (born 1958), retired registered psychiatric nurse and politician from Oregon *Al Fritz (1924–2013), American businessman *Ben Fritz (born 1981), American baseball coach *Betty Jane Fritz (1924–1994), one of the original players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League *Clemens Fritz (born 1980), German footballer *Edmund Fritz (before 1918–after 1932), Austrian actor, film director, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Silent Feature Films
German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language **any of the Germanic languages * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (other) * Germ ... [...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] |
1919 Films
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Bratislava, Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY Iolaire, HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2–January 22, 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation (1918–1919), Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Faisal I of Iraq, Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionism, Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine (region), Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Goetzke
Bernhard Goetzke (5 June 1884 – 7 October 1964) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1917 and 1961. Selected filmography * ''Fear'' (1917) * ''The Last Sun Son'' (1919) * ''The Japanese Woman'' (1919) * ''The Panther Bride'' (1919) * '' Veritas Vincit'' (1919) * '' The Spies'' (1919) * '' The Dagger of Malaya'' (1919) * ''Anita Jo'' (1919) * '' The Law of the Desert'' (1920) * ''The Eyes as the Accuser'' (1920) * '' Dolls of Death'' (1920) * ''The Skull of Pharaoh's Daughter'' (1920) * ''The Conspiracy in Genoa'' (1921) * '' The Indian Tomb'' (1921) * '' The Secret of Bombay'' (1921) * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921) * ''Murder Without Cause'' (1921) * '' Symphony of Death'' (1921) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1921) * ''Destiny'' (1921) * '' Dr. Mabuse the Gambler'' (1922) * '' The Marriage of Princess Demidoff'' (1922) * ''Peter the Great'' (1922) * ''Die Nibelungen'' (1924) * ''The Blackguard'' (1925) * ''Curfe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Herzfeld
Guido Herzfeld (born Guido Kornfeld; 1870 – 16 November 1923) was a German stage and film actor. Herzfeld established himself in the theatre in the nineteenth century. In 1914 he made his film debut and went on to appear in over sixty films before his death. His notable screen roles include appearances in Ernst Lubitsch's comedy '' Shoe Palace Pinkus'' (1916) and Victor Janson's First World War propaganda film ''The Yellow Ticket'' (1918). In 1920 he played the lead in Ewald André Dupont's ''Whitechapel'' (1920). His final appearance was in the comedy '' The Grand Duke's Finances'' (1924). Selected filmography * '' The Canned Bride'' (1915) * '' Shoe Palace Pinkus'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Secretary'' (1916) * '' Lehmann's Honeymoon'' (1916) * '' Europe, General Delivery'' (1918) * ''The Devil'' (1918) * '' Die Arche'' (1919) * '' The Duty to Live'' (1919) * '' The Yellow Death'' (1920) * '' The White Peacock'' (1920) * '' The Red Peacock'' (1921) * ''Man Overboard'' (1921) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Peters-Arnolds
Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France * Henri I, Duke of Nemours (1572–1632), the son of Jacques of Savoy and Anna d'Este * Henri II, Duke of Nemours (1625–1659), the seventh Duc de Nemours * Henri, Count of Harcourt (1601–1666), French nobleman * Henri, Dauphin of Viennois (1296–1349), bishop of Metz * Henri de Gondi (other) * Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555–1623), member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne * Henri Emmanuel Boileau, baron de Castelnau (1857–1923), French mountain climber * Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1955), the head of state of Luxembourg * Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French Huguenot soldier and diplomat, one of the principal commanders of Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Kaiser-Heyl
Willy Kaiser-Heyl (4 August 1876 – 2 December 1953) was a German film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1919 and 1952. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''The Tragedy of a Great'' (1920) * '' Im Rausche der Milliarden'' (1920) * '' Der Janus-Kopf'' (1920) * '' The Lady in Black'' (1920) * '' Die Fluch der Menschheit'' (1920) * ''My Wife's Diary'' (1920) * '' At War in the Diamond Fields'' (1921) * ''The Living Propeller'' (1921) * '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921) * '' A Debt of Honour'' (1921) * ''The Favourite of the Queen'' (1922) * ''Fratricide'' (1922) * ''Girl of the Berlin Streets'' (1922) * ''Frauenmoral'' (1923) * ''The Affair of Baroness Orlovska'' (1923) * ''Count Cohn'' (1923) * ''The Fifth Street'' (1923) * '' The Vice of Gambling'' (1923) * ''The Sensational Trial'' (1923) * '' I Had a Comrade'' (1923) * '' Lord Reginald's Derby Ride'' (1924) * '' The Voice of the Heart'' (1924) * ''Wunder der Schöpfung'' (1925 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Loos
Theodor August Konrad Loos (18 May 1883 – 27 June 1954) was a German actor. The son of a watchmaker and instruments manufacturer, he left secondary school prematurely and worked for three years at an export firm for music instruments in Leipzig, and after that for his uncle, an art dealer in Berlin. He decided though to become an actor. His theater engagements led him to Leipzig, Danzig and Frankfurt am Main, then to Berlin where he acted from 1912 to 1945 at different theaters. In the 1930s he could be seen performing in classic theater, on over 400 occasions in Peer Gynt alone. From 1913 he performed in more than 170 feature films, initially silent films. He remains perhaps best-known for his numerous roles in the films of Fritz Lang. During the Third Reich Loos was a member of the Advisory Council (Präsidialrat) of the president of the Reichsfilmkammer. After the end of the war, Loos returned to the theater. From August 1949 he was a member of the Staatstheater Stut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Levy (writer)
Louis Levy (20 November 1894 – 18 August 1957) was an English film music director and conductor, who worked in particular on Alfred Hitchcock and Will Hay films. He was born in London and died in Slough, Berkshire. Early life As a child Louis Levy played the violin, beginning with a toy violin that his father bought him at the age of seven. He later became the pupil of Guido Papini but due to his parents' limited means, ended his studies with Papini and began a period of self-study. This led to him gaining a scholarship at the London College of Music. Papini refused to allow Levy to study under anyone else, so resumed his tuition, this time free of charge.Obituary, ''The Times'', 19 August 1957, p 12 Career He started his career in 1910 arranging and performing music for silent films. In 1916, he became musical director for the New Gallery Cinema in London. In 1921, he became Music Chief at the Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion and is credited with being the first to develop the ... [...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] |
