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Adrienne Gessner
Adrienne Gessner (23 July 1896 – 23 June 1987) was an Austrian actress. Gessner appeared in over fifty film and television shows during her career, including the 1955 costume film '. Gessner appeared in a mixture of German and Austrian films during her career. Following the Anchluss of 1938 she fled with her Jewish husband Ernst Lothar to the United States, returning after the Second World War.Vansart p.18 Selected filmography * ''Catherine the Last'' (1936) * '' After the Storm'' (1948) * '' The Angel with the Trumpet'' (1948) * ''Vagabonds'' (1949) * '' No Time for Flowers'' (1952) * ''Adventure in Vienna'' (1952) * '' Voices of Spring'' (1952) * '' Stolen Identity'' (1953) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1953) * '' The Witch'' (1954) * ' (1955) * '' Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love'' (1955) * '' I Often Think of Piroschka'' (1955) * '' Marriage Sanitarium'' (1955) * ''The Blue Danube'' (1955) * '' The Golden Bridge'' (1956) * '' Salzburg Stories'' (1957) * '' The Schimec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schottwien
Schottwien is a town in the district of Neunkirchen in the Austrian state of Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P .... Population References Cities and towns in Neunkirchen District, Austria {{LowerAustria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Often Think Of Piroschka
''I Often Think of Piroschka'' (german: Ich denke oft an Piroschka) is a 1955 German romantic comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Liselotte Pulver, Gunnar Möller and Wera Frydtberg. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. It is based on the novel of the same name by . Plot The frame story shows Andreas, a middle aged man, sitting in a train and reminiscing about "Piroschka". The main story starts with him as a young university student on a boat in the Danube, on his way to spend several weeks with a host family in the small Hungarian village of Hódmezővásárhely-Kutasipuszta. On board he meets and befriends fellow German Greta, who is on her way to a vacation on Lake Balaton. When the boat arrives in Budapest, they spend the evening together, with Andreas falling for Greta. After their romantic dinner and stroll is disturbed by an intrusive fiddler, they part ways but promise to contact e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales From The Vienna Woods (1979 Film)
''Tales from the Vienna Woods'' (german: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald) is a 1979 Austrian-German drama film directed by Maximilian Schell. The film was adapted from the play by Ödön von Horvath. It was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences It was the final film for veteran actress Lil Dagover who started her film career in the 1910s. Plot In Vienna, in 1930, a young woman falls in love with a gambler and leaves her fiancé, a common butcher. They become a couple and have a baby, but he gets bored and leaves them. Without means to support herself, her downfall begins. Cast * Birgit Doll as Marianne * Hanno Pöschl as Alfred * Helmut Qualtinger as Zauberkönig * Jane Tilden as Valerie * Adrienne Gessner as Alfred's Grandmother * Götz Kauffmann as Oskar * André Heller as Hierlinger * Norbert Schiller as Rittmeiste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spendthrift (1964 Film)
''The Spendthrift'' (German: ''Der Verschwender'') is a 1964 Austrian historical film directed by Kurt Meisel and starring Christiane Hörbiger, Wolfgang Gasser and Walther Reyer. It is an adaptation of Ferdinand Raimund Ferdinand Raimund (born Ferdinand Jakob Raimann; 1 June 1790 – 5 September 1836, Pottenstein, Lower Austria) was an Austrian actor and dramatist. Life and work He was born in Vienna as a son of Bohemian woodturning master craftsman Jako ...'s play of the same name.Goble p.1003 Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1964 films 1960s historical musical films 1960s musical fantasy films Austrian historical musical films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Kurt Meisel Films set in the 19th century Austrian films based on plays {{historic-musical-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Model Boy
''The Model Boy'' (German: ''Der Musterknabe'') is a 1963 Austrian comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Cornelia Froboess and Gunther Philipp. Von Dassanowsky p.184 A doctor poses as his brother and goes to school to help him get through the final exam of high school. In high school, he falls in love with a female student. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Alexander Sawczynski. Cast * Peter Alexander as Doctor Fritz Geyer *Cornelia Froboess as Renate Pacher *Theo Lingen as Prof. Dr. Liebreich * Gunther Philipp as Doctor Erwin Berthold *Gusti Wolf as Miss Puppernick, secretary *Wolfgang Jansen as Benno Geyer *Rudolf Carl as Erich Pacher * Elisabeth Epp as Mathilde Pacher * Adrienne Gessner as Elisabeth Geyer *Joseph Egger as porter * Franz Stoß Franz Stoss (28 May 1909 – 21 June 1995) was an Austrian stage. film and television actor. He also work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Count Bobby
''The Adventures of Count Bobby'' (German: ''Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby'') is a 1961 Austrian comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Peter Alexander, Vivi Bach and Gunther Philipp. It was the first in a trilogy of films featuring the character Count Bobby.von Dassanowsky p.190 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Alexander Sawczynski. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. Cast * Peter Alexander as Graf Bobby von Pinelski * Vivi Bach as Mary Piper * Gunther Philipp as Baron Mucki von Kalk * Susi Nicoletti as Mrs. Evelyn Piper * Bill Ramsey as Bill, der Kellner * Hubert von Meyerinck as Mr. Cower * Adrienne Gessner as Gräfin Henriette von Ratzeberg * Oskar Sima as Mr. Donald Piper * Fritz Muliar as Josef Powidel, Wiener Gangster * Rolf Olsen as Direktor Eisenbauer * Sieglinde Thomas as Telefonistin in einem Wiener Hotel * Alma Seidler as Madame Lussac * C.W. Fernbach as Dr. Kajetan * Boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Marrying The Director
''I'm Marrying the Director'' (German: ''Ich heirate Herrn Direktor'') is a 1960 Austrian comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Heidelinde Weis, Gerhard Riedmann and Hans Söhnker.Bock & Bergfelder p.252 It was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Moegle and Heinz Ockermüller. Synopsis An ambitious young stenographer decides she is going to marry the director of her company, and sets out to woo him. However, she eventually meets a man of her own age and realises there is more to life than money. Cast * Heidelinde Weis as Brigitte * Gerhard Riedmann as Franz Bogner * Hans Söhnker as Direktor Georg Stahlmann * Katharina Mayberg as Silvia Roscol * Susi Nicoletti as Frau von Wittekind * Senta Berger as Vera Bleichinger * Adrienne Gessner as Luise Stahlmann * Wolfgang Jansen as Peter Drill * Fritz Muliar as Jahn * Dorothea Neff as Frau Mahnke * Fritz Hinz-Fabricius as Roscol * Anton Mit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Breath Of Scandal
''A Breath of Scandal'' (released as ''Olympia'' in Italy) is a 1960 American/Italian international co-production romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, based on the stage play ''Olympia'' by Ferenc Molnár. It stars Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier, and John Gavin, with Angela Lansbury, Milly Vitale, Roberto Risso, Isabel Jeans, and Tullio Carminati. The film is set at the turn of the 20th century and features lush technicolor photography of Vienna and the countryside of Austria. The costumes and lighting were designed by George Hoyningen-Huene and executed by Ella Bei of the Knize fashion house (Austria). In part because Loren was at odds with Curtiz's direction, Italian director Vittorio De Sica was hired to reshoot certain scenes with Loren after hours without Curtiz's knowledge. The film is based on the 1928 play ''Olympia'' rather than being a remake of the 1929 MGM film '' His Glorious Night''. Plot In 1907, a widowed Princess Olympia of the Austro-Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trapp Family In America
''The Trapp Family in America'' (german: Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika) is a 1958 West German comedy drama film about the real-life Austrian musical Trapp Family directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Hans Holt, and Josef Meinrad. It is a sequel to the 1956 film ''The Trapp Family''.Reimer and Reimer 2010, p. 188. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth. Plot The von Trapps have left Austria and are now in the United States. But the Land of Unlimited Possibilities turns out to be anything but for our hapless heroes. Though the American public has demonstrated countless times, that they'll pay anything to hear German folk songs and other pop songs, the von Trapps on the verge of being penniless and suicidal, thanks to Father Wasner, who's determined to teach Americans to appreciate great church music ... no matter how much his "cultural mission" pushes the von Trapps to starvation. Only t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Schimeck Family (1957 Film)
''The Schimeck Family'' (German: ''Familie Schimek'') is a 1957 Austrian comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Theo Lingen, Fita Benkhoff and Helga Neuner.Von Dassanowsky p.173 The film's sets were designed by the art director Leo Metzenbauer. It is loosely based on the play of the same title by Gustaf Kadelburg, which had previously been adapted into a 1935 German film ''The Schimeck Family''. Cast * Theo Lingen as Anton Kaltenbach * Fita Benkhoff as Bernhardine, seine Frau * Helga Neuner as Dora, ihre Tochter * Adrienne Gessner as Tante Rosa * Ernst Waldow as Josef Weigel * Peer Schmidt as Dr. Kiesling, Advokat * Oskar Sima as Johannes Zawadil * Lucie Englisch as Frau Schimek * Helga Martin as Hedwig Schimek, ihre Tochter * Günther Fischer as Willy Schimek, ihr Sohn * Rudi Priefer as Franzl Schimek, ihr Sohn * Josef Meinrad as Baumann, Tischler * Ernst Waldbrunn as Richter * Cissy Kraner as Singer * Ernst Meister Ernst Meister (3 September 1911 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salzburg Stories
''Salzburg Stories'' (German: ''Salzburger Geschichten'') is a 1957 West German romantic comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Marianne Koch, Paul Hubschmid and Peter Mosbacher.Bock & Bergfelder p.253 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. Cast * Marianne Koch as Konstanze * Paul Hubschmid as Georg * Peter Mosbacher as Karl * Richard Romanowsky as Leopold * Adrienne Gessner as Karoline * Eva Maria Meineke as Emily * Helmuth Lohner as Franz * Frank Holms as Bob * Anneliese Egerer as Mizzi * Otto Storr as Mr. Namarra * Michl Lang as Bootsführer auf dem Königssee * Claire Reigbert as Mrs. Namarra * Franzl Lang as Jodler * Liesl Karlstadt as Vroni * Franz-Otto Krüger as Hotelmanager * Theodor Danegger as Kellner * Karl Hanft as Ferdl * Petra Unkel * José Held as Pianist * Vera Complojer as Marktfrau See also *''A Salzburg Comedy ''A Salzburg Comedy'' or ''Little Border Traffic'' (german: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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