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Alkohol
''Alkohol'' ( en, Alcohol, link=yes, italic=yes) is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and Alfred Lind and starring Wilhelm Diegelmann, Ernst Rückert, and Georg H. Schnell. The film was begun by Lind but finished by Dupont. It was his first major melodrama, and represented a breakthrough in his career. The film's theme and setting foreshadow much of his later work. It was one in a series of " Enlightenment films" examining social issues, which were produced around the time.Prawer p. 74 It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. Synopsis A middle-class man falls in love with a woman from a more ordinary background, and they end up working in a variety act where they sink into alcoholism. He then kills another man who he mistakenly believes is a rival. Cast * Wilhelm Diegelmann * Ernst Rückert * Georg H. Schnell * Emil Biron * Jean Moreau * Auguste Pünkösdy * Ferry Sikla * Toni Tetzlaff * Hanni Weisse * Maria Zelenka Maria Zelenka (1894–1975) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewald André Dupont
Ewald André Dupont (25 December 1891 – 12 December 1956) was a German film director, one of the pioneers of the Cinema of Germany, German film industry. He was often credited as E. A. Dupont. Early career A newspaper columnist in 1916, Dupont became a screenwriter and began directing his own crime-story scripts in 1918. After several successes in his native Germany in silent films, he worked in London and in Hollywood, California. One of his greatest successes was the silent film ''Varieté'' (1925). This film, about an ex-trapeze artist, was noted for its innovative camerawork with highly expressive movement through space, accomplished by the expressionist cinematographer Karl Freund. ''Varieté'' even did well in the United States, screening for 12 weeks at New York's Rialto Theatre. United States Dupont's success was noticed by Carl Laemmle at Universal Studios, Universal, who offered Dupont a lucrative contract. His first project was ''Love Me and the World Is Mine'' in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste Pünkösdy
Auguste Pünkösdy (1890–1967) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Soister p.46 Selected filmography * ''The Giant's Fist'' (1917) * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * '' Circus Saran'' (1935) * '' Little Mother'' (1935) * '' Vienna 1910'' (1943) * ''Late Love'' (1943) * ''A Salzburg Comedy'' (1943) * ''A Man Like Maximilian'' (1945) * '' Eroica'' (1949) * ''Two Times Lotte'' (1950) * ''Cordula'' (1950) * ''Archduke Johann's Great Love'' (1950) * ' (1951) * ''City Park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to resi ...'' (1951) * '' Goetz von Berlichingen'' (1955) References Bibliography * John T. Soister. ''Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography''. McFarland, 2002. External links * 1890 births 1967 deaths Austrian film actresses Austrian silent film actr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol (drug), alcohol that results in significant Mental health, mental or physical health problems. Because there is disagreement on the definition of the word ''alcoholism'', it is not a recognized diagnostic entity. Predominant diagnostic classifications are alcohol use disorder (DSM-5) or alcohol dependence (ICD-11); these are defined in their respective sources. Excessive alcohol use can damage all organ systems, but it particularly affects the brain, heart, liver, pancreas and immune system. Alcoholism can result in mental illness, delirium tremens, Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome, Heart arrhythmia, irregular heartbeat, an impaired immune response, liver cirrhosis and alcohol and cancer, increased cancer risk. Drinking during pregnancy can result in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Women are generally more sensitive than men to the harmful effects of alcohol, primarily due to their smaller body weight, lower capacity to metaboli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Lind '' (1915–1916)
Søren Estrup Alfred Lind (27 March 1879 – 29 April 1959) was a Danish cinematographer, screenwriter, and film director of the silent era. Lind was a prominent director in early Scandinavian cinema, and also worked in the German film industry. He is believed to have shot the earliest surviving footage of Iceland from 1906.Aitken p.390 Selected filmography Director * ''The White Slave Trade'' (1910) * ''The Masque of Life'' (1915–1916) * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * ''Tragedy at the Royal Circus'' (1928) * ''Girls Do Not Joke'' (1929) Cinematographer * ''The Abyss'' (1910) * ''Four Devils'' (1911) * ''The Masque of Life The Masque of Life is a 1916 thrill picture, made during World War 1, centering around circus life and a kingdom. It was directed by Alfred Lind with an international cast with familiar names Hamilton Revelle and Rita Jolivet starring in the film.< ... References Bibliography * Aitken, Ian. '' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Tetzlaff
Toni Tetzlaff (born Elisabeth Antonie Pauline Tetzlaff; 13 March 1871 – 16 December 1947) was a German stage and film actress.Chander p. 272 Selected filmography * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * '' Lilli'' (1919) * ''Lilli's Marriage'' (1919) * '' The World Champion'' (1919) * ''Devoted Artists'' (1919) * ''Princess Woronzoff'' (1920) * ''In the Whirl of Life'' (1920) * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * ''Waves of Life and Love'' (1921) * ''Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * '' Louise de Lavallière'' (1922) * ''Should We Get Married?'' (1925) * ''Reluctant Imposter'' (1925) * '' The Ascent of Little Lilian'' (1925) * ''The Three Mannequins'' (1926) * ''Lace'' (1926) * ''Countess Ironing-Maid'' (1926) * ''His Greatest Bluff'' (1927) * ''Heads Up, Charley'' (1927) * ''Love in the Cowshed'' (1928) * ''Panic'' (1928) * ''Immorality'' (1928) * ''When the Mother and the Daughter'' (1928) * ''From a Bachelor's Diary'' (1929) * ''The Woman Everyone Loves Is You'' (1929) * ''Sinf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanni Weisse
Hanni Weisse (16 October 1892 – 13 December 1967) was a German stage and film actress.Sutton, Katie. The Masculine Woman in Weimar Germany', pp. 68-69. New York, New York: Bergahn, 2011. She appeared in 146 films between 1912 and 1942. Biography Hanni Weisse was born on 16 October 1892 in Chemnitz. In 1910, she received an apprenticeship in cello playing and first appeared in small roles with choral engagement at the Berlin Thalia Theater in 1910. In 1912, Weisse became a member of the Royal Belvedere Dresden, with whom she toured all of Germany. The film director Max Mack discovered her that same year, and Weisse signed a contract with the Vitascope film company. She made her film debut in the short ''Whims of Fate'' (1912) with Erwin Fichtner and Lotte Neumann. Weisse's most popular film role was that of an alcoholic mother in E.A. Dupont's ''Alcohol'' (1919). In 1922, she starred alongside Albert Steinrück in The Blood. Weisse's first husband, Bobby E. Lüthge, wrote the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Zelenka
Maria Zelenka (1894–1975) was an Austrian film actress.Grange p.148 Selected filmography * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * ''Lola Montez'' (1919) * ''The Grand Babylon Hotel'' (1920) * '' The Blood of the Ancestors'' (1920) * ''Alfred von Ingelheim's Dramatic Life'' (1921) * '' Love and Passion'' (1921) * '' Bummellotte'' (1922) * ''Morass'' (1922) * '' The Girl of the Golden West'' (1922) * ''The Doomed'' (1924) * '' The Adventures of Captain Hasswell'' (1925) * ''The Ascent of Little Lilian'' (1925) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days'' (1925) * '' Women and Banknotes'' (1926) * ''Watch on the Rhine'' (1926) * ''Children's Tragedy ''Children's Tragedy'' (German: ''Kindertragödie'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Phil Jutzi and Karl Lutz and starring Hermann Picha, Jaro Fürth and Maria Zelenka.Bock & Bergfelder p.233 It was made by the Communist-backed s ...'' (1928) References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferry Sikla
Ferry Sikla (born Ferry Sykla; 11 March 1865 – 8 February 1932) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1914 to 1931. Selected filmography References External links * 1865 births 1932 deaths German male stage actors German male film actors German male silent film actors 20th-century German male actors Male actors from Hamburg {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Biron
Emil Birron (born Emil Bleeke; 1 January 1878 – 18 January 1952) was a German stage and film actor.Jung & Schatzberg p.210 Selected filmography * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * ''Vendetta'' (1919) * '' Demon Blood'' (1920) * '' Hundemamachen'' (1920) * '' The Last Hour '' (1921) * '' Playing with Fire'' (1921) * ''The Story of a Maid'' (1921) * ''The Weavers'' (1927) * ''Make Me Happy ''Make Me Happy'' (german: Mach' mich glücklich) is a 1935 German musical comedy film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Julia Serda, Albert Lieven and Richard Romanowsky.Kreimeier p. 234 It was made by Germany's largest film company UFA. A ...'' (1935) References Bibliography * Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999. External links * 1878 births 1952 deaths German male film actors German male silent film actors 20th-century German male actors People from Elberfeld Actors from Wuppertal {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hasselmann
Karl Hasselmann (8 May 1883 – 8 June 1966) was a German cinematographer who worked on over a hundred films during a long career. He collaborated with Ewald André Dupont on a number of productions for Gloria Film such as ''Whitechapel''. He worked on eleven films with Karl Grune.Bergfelder & Bock p. 175 Hasselmann was born on 8 May 1883 in Hanover; he died at the age of 83 on 8 June 1966 in West Berlin. Selected filmography * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919) * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * ''Whitechapel'' (1920) * '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1920) * ''The White Peacock'' (1920) * '' The Vulture Wally'' (1921) * ''The Conspiracy in Genoa'' (1921) * ''Murder Without Cause'' (1921) * ''Man Overboard'' (1921) * ''Night and No Morning'' (1921) * ''The Hunt for the Truth'' (1921) * ''Othello'' (1922) * ''A Dying Nation'' (1922) * '' The Earl of Essex'' (1922) * ''The Street'' (1923) * ''Arabella'' (1924) * ''Garragan'' (1924) * ''Op Hoop van Zegen'' (1924) * ''Jealousy'' (1925) * ''Slums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Rückert
Anton Ernst Rückert (20 December 1886 – 3 September 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Rückert began his theatre career in 1908 and has appeared on the stage in Bleicherode, Königsberg and Kiel, among others. In 1910 he took up an engagement at the Luisentheatre in Berlin. From 1910 he was a sought-after silent film actor, initially in leading roles. In 1912 he played the first officer of the Titanic in the film ''In Nacht und Eis''. From 1914 to 1917 he served in the military in the First World War. He then continued his film career and continued to receive leading roles and important supporting roles. In the 1930s, Rückert became a character actor in film, and he only rarely received engagements in the theatre. In 1940 he was drafted, between 1941 and 1942 he was engaged as an actor and director at the Berlin Tourneetheater Gastspielirektion IX. Shortly afterwards, he was assigned to the KdF Front Theatre. Rückert hanged himself a few months after the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Wilhelm Diegelmann (28 September 1861 – 1 March 1934) was a German actor. Career Diegelmann's first stage appearance was in 1878 in the chorus for the Frankfurt Opera. In 1881 he debuted at the Frankfurt City Theater, playing King Lear, William Tell, and other title characters. Sometime around 1900, Diegelmann relocated to Berlin. Here, he appeared at a variety of theaters, including the Deutsches Theater, the Großes Schauspielhaus, and the Deutsches Künstlertheater. Diegelmann was introduced to film in 1913 by Max Reinhardt. he became a prolific actor of supporting roles, often as a father figure. He performed in the well-known film '' Der Blaue Engel'' (The Blue Angel), where he played a ship captain who flirts with the lead actress (Marlene Dietrich). The final film he starred in was the Theodor Storm adaptation of ''Der Schimmelreiter'' (The Rider on the White Horse). He continued to make stage appearances after this, with his last role being in ''Rembrandt vor Gericht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
