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Albrecht Becker
Albrecht Becker (14 November 1906 – 22 April 2002) was a German production designer, photographer, and actor who was imprisoned by the Nazi regime for the charge of homosexuality. Personal life Born in Thale, Germany, Becker trained as a teacher. At age eighteen, he began a relationship with the Director of the State Archive in Würzburg, Joseph Friedrich Abert, an older man. The relationship lasted ten years. Through this contact, he met an array of influential and artistic people. He was an actor and production designer. Later in life, he devoted himself completely to photography. While living in Freiburg and Vienna, he showed his first exhibitions and earned his first commissions. He supplemented his income by providing photographs for newspapers and magazines. Würzburg Würzburg is a small town in the southern state of Bavaria. Living in Würzburg in the 1930s was a Jewish wine merchant by the name of Dr Leopold Obermayer, who apparently complained to the local poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thale
Thale () is a town in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany. Located at the steep northeastern rim of the Harz mountain range, it is known for the scenic Bode Gorge stretching above the town centre. Geography The town is situated on the river Bode, approximately west of Quedlinburg. Served by Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt trains, Thale Hauptbahnhof is the terminus of the Magdeburg–Thale railway line. The town has access to the Bundesstraße 6n highway. Divisions The town Thale consists of Thale proper and the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions:Hauptsatzung der Stadt Thale December 2014. * * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dachau Concentration Camp
, , commandant = List of commandants , known for = , location = Upper Bavaria, Southern Germany , built by = Germany , operated by = ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) , original use = Political prison , construction = , in operation = March 1933 – April 1945 , gas chambers = , prisoner type = Political prisoners, Poles, Romani, Jews, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Catholic priests, Communists , inmates = Over 188,000 (estimated) , killed = 41,500 (per Dachau website) , liberated by = U.S. Army , notable inmates = , notable books = , website = Dachau () was the first concentration camp built by Nazi Germany, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents which consisted of: communists, social democrats, and other dissidents. It is located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory northeast of the medieval town of Dachau, about northwest o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Sleeping Bag
''Operation Sleeping Bag'' (German: ''Unternehmen Schlafsack'') is a 1955 West German comedy war film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Paul Klinger and Karlheinz Böhm. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. It was distributed by the German branch of the Rank Organisation. Plot During the closing stages of the Second World War, a bureaucratic mistake leads to a German officer being reassigned from the dangerous Eastern Front to Berlin and a new non-existent unit. Cast *Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Käthe Forbach *Paul Klinger as Captain Brack *Karlheinz Böhm as artillerist Gravenhorst *Kurt Meisel as first lieutenant Taut *Renate Mannhardt as Renate Kern *Bum Krüger as Oberwachtmeister Kern *Gisela Tantau as young Tänzerin Nica *Oskar Sima as Oberstleutnant Quent *Dorothea Wieck as Frau Gravenhorst *Ursula Herking as Ulla *Beppo Brem as Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandits Of The Autobahn
''Bandits of the Autobahn'' (german: Banditen der Autobahn) is a 1955 West German crime film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Hans Christian Blech and Paul Hörbiger.Generic Histories of German Cinema: Genre and Its Deviations p.140 It was shot at the Göttingen Studios. The art director Albrecht Becker worked on designing the film's sets. The film was distributed by the German subsidiary of Columbia Pictures. Cast * Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Eva Berger * Hans Christian Blech as Willi Kollanski * Paul Hörbiger as Vater Heinze * Karl Ludwig Diehl as Polizeirat Gerber * Hermann Speelmans as Hauptwachtmeister Lüdecke * Wolfgang Wahl as Franz Möller * Charles Regnier as Paul Barra * Klaus Kammer as Bubi * Hans Schwarz Jr. as Schorsch * Ellen Schwiers as Else Möller * Ursula Justin as Margot * Erich Scholz as Kurt Heinze * Wolf Ackva as Polizeikommissar Breslau * Fritz Wagner as Wolfgang Hinz * Joseph Offenbach as Friseur * Wolfgang Neuss as Chansonnie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ball At The Savoy (1955 Film)
''Ball at the Savoy'' (german: Ball im Savoy) is a 1955 West German musical comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Rudolf Prack, Nadja Tiller, and Peter W. Staub. Inspired by the 1932 operetta '' Ball im Savoy'' by Paul Abraham, this film is closer to a revue show than the previous 1935 film adaptation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios The Wandsbek Studios are film production and television studios located in Wandsbek, a district of the German city of Hamburg. The complex was established in 1948 when Real Film, set up the previous year, acquired a site in Wandsbek for constr ... in Hamburg. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1955 films 1955 musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Paul Martin Films scored by Paul Abraham Operetta films Films based on operettas Remak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The False Adam
''The False Adam'' (german: Der falsche Adam) is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Waltraut Haas, Rudolf Platte and Doris Kirchner. The film's sets were designed by the art director Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. Cast *Waltraut Haas as Renate Meinecke *Rudolf Platte as Adam Waldemar Meinecke, ihr Mann *Doris Kirchner as Mabel, Meyer's daughter * Walter Müller as Robert Bullinger *Loni Heuser as Luise, Meyer's wife *Oskar Sima as Mr. Meyer *Günther Lüders as Jan Piepenbrink *Erni Mangold as Dolly Dobbs *Peter Garden *Karin von Dassel *Hans Schwarz Jr. *Joseph Offenbach Joseph Offenbach (born ''Joseph Ziegler''; 28 December 1904 – 15 October 1971) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1942 to 1969. Selected filmography References External links * * 1904 births 1 ... *Holger Hagen *Marga Maasberg *Tim Oldehoff *Horst von Otto *Joach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel
''Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel'' (german: Columbus entdeckt Krähwinkel) is a 1954 West German comedy film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and Alexander Paal and starring Eva Kerbler, Rudolf Platte and two sons of Charlie Chaplin, Charles Chaplin Jr. and Sydney Chaplin . The film's sets were designed by the art director Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location around Michelstadt. Partial cast * Charles Chaplin Jr. as Jimmy Hunter * Sydney Chaplin as Clark Hunter * Eva Kerbler as Eva Wagner * Paola Loew as Suzi Merzheim * Rudolf Platte as Lüttgen * Paul Henckels as Wagner * Ursula Herking as Mrs. Wagner * Carl Wery as Merzheim * Paul Westermeier as Maier * Hubert von Meyerinck as Regwitz * Joseph Egger Joseph Egger, also known as Josef Egger, (22 February 1889 – 29 August 1966) was an Austrian character actor who appeared in 76 films between 1935 and 1965. Biography The 18-year-old Egger started his stage career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flower Of Hawaii (1953 Film)
''The Flower of Hawaii'' (german: Die Blume von Hawaii) is a 1953 West German musical film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Maria Litto, Rudolf Platte and Marina Ried. It uses the music of the operetta '' The Flower of Hawaii'' by Paul Abraham, but the story was rewritten. Unlike the 1933 film '' The Flower of Hawaii'', this film is not based on the life of the last Queen of Hawaii Liliuokalani. It is part of the tradition of operetta films. The film's sets were designed by the art director Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. Location shooting took place in Cannes and Nice. Cast References Bibliography *Traubner, Richard. ''Operetta: A Theatrical History''. Routledge Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law, and .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Not Afraid Of Big Animals
''Not Afraid of Big Animals'' (german: Keine Angst vor großen Tieren) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Heinz Rühmann, Ingeborg Körner and Gustav Knuth.Bock & Bergfelder p. 340 It is a circus film and a remake of the French film ' (1938). It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios of Real Film in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. Main cast * Heinz Rühmann as Emil Keller * Ingeborg Körner as Anni * Gustav Knuth as Schimmel * Maria Paudler as Frau Müller * Gisela Trowe as Emma * Werner Fuetterer as Bollmann * Jakob Tiedtke as Zirkusdirektor * Erich Ponto as Polizei-Kommissar * Josef Sieber as Polizist * Willy Maertens as Lawyer Immelmann * Albert Florath as Ziegler * Margarete Slezak as Frau Richter * Ursula Herking as Dame in Straßenbahn * Hubert von Meyerinck as Kunstreiter * Bruno Fritz as Herr Richter * Beppo Brem as Schornsteinfeger / Chimney sweeper * Carl Napp as Herr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostrzyn Nad Odrą
Kostrzyn nad Odrą (literally Kostrzyn upon Oder) (; german: Küstrin ) is a town in Gorzów County, Lubusz Voivodeship in western Poland, close to the border with Germany. Geography The town is situated within the historic Lubusz Land (''Ziemia Lubuska'') region at the confluence of the Oder and Warta rivers, on the western rim of the extended Warta mires. The town centre is located about south of Szczecin. Until the end of World War II and the implementation of the Oder–Neisse line in 1945, the municipal area also comprised the Küstrin-Kietz suburb on the west bank of the Oder river, which today is part of the German Küstriner Vorland municipality. The former town centre, the Küstrin fortress located on the headland between the Oder and Warta rivers, was destroyed by the Red Army as an act of revenge weeks before the end of WW2 and not rebuilt. Today Kostrzyn's central area is located around Kostrzyn railway station east of the Warta mouth. History Middle Ages Settled si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna Opera
The Vienna State Opera (, ) is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll, and designs by Josef Hlávka. The opera house was inaugurated as the "Vienna Court Opera" (''Wiener Hofoper'') in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It became known by its current name after the establishment of the First Austrian Republic in 1921. The Vienna State Opera is the successor of the old Vienna Court Opera (built in 1636 inside the Hofburg). The new site was chosen and the construction paid by Emperor Franz Joseph in 1861. The members of the Vienna Philharmonic are recruited from the Vienna State Opera's orchestra. The building is also the home of the Vienna State Ballet, and it hosts the annual Vienna Opera Ball during the carnival season. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paragraph 175 (film)
''Paragraph 175'' is a documentary film released in 2000, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and narrated by Rupert Everett. The film was produced by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Janet Cole, Michael Ehrenzweig, Sheila Nevins and Howard Rosenman. The film chronicles the lives of several gay men and one lesbian who were persecuted by the Nazis. The gay men were arrested by the Nazis for the crime of homosexuality under Paragraph 175, the sodomy provision of the German penal code, dating back to 1871. Between 1933 and 1945, 100,000 men were arrested under Paragraph 175. Some were imprisoned, others were sent to concentration camps. Only about 4,000 survived. In 2000, fewer than ten of these men were known to be living. Five come forward in the documentary to tell their stories for the first time, considered to be among the last untold stories of the Third Reich. ''Paragraph 175'' tells of a gap in the historical record and reveals the lasting consequences, as told th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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