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Aufruhr In Damaskus
''Uproar in Damascus'' (German: ''Aufruhr in Damaskus'') is a 1939 German thriller film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Hans Nielsen. It is set during the First World War with German troops battling the Arab Revolt led by Lawrence of Arabia and the British.Richards, Jeffrey. ''Visions of Yesterday''. Routledge, 1973. p. 356. The film was officially honored as "artistically valuable" (''künstlerisch wertvoll'') and having "special political value" (''staatspolitisch wertvoll''). It was made at the Marienfelde Studios in Berlin with extensive location shooting in Italian-ruled Libya, particularly around the capital Tripoli. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Böhm and Erich Czerwonski Erich Czerwonski (1889–1940) was a German art director.Kreimeier p.73 He designed the sets for around a hundred productions during his career. He died in 1940 after being struck by a train during a blackout. Filmography * '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Ucicky
Gustav Ucicky (6 July 1899 – 27 April 1961) was an Austrians, Austrian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s. His work covered a wide variety of genres, but he is most acclaimed for his work in romantic drama and drama films. accessed 26 July 2012 Biography Born in Vienna, Ucicky is often stated to have been the illegitimate son of painter Gustav Klimt for whom his mother Marie Učická from Prague worked and modeled, although this paternity is unconfirmed. He had begun an apprenticeship as a graphic designer, when he entered the film industry at the age of 17.Selected filmography References |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Fischer (actor)
Adolf Fischer (18 November 1900 – 21 October 1984) was a German actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1931 to 1977. Selected filmography References External links * 1900 births 1984 deaths German male film actors {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Schmid-Wildy
Ludwig Schmid-Wildy (3 May 1896 – 30 January 1982) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' Um das Menschenrecht'' (1934) * '' Shock Troop'' (1934) * '' Storms in May'' (1938) * '' Escape in the Dark'' (1939) * ''Uproar in Damascus'' (1939) * ''Enemies'' (1940) * ''The Eternal Spring'' (1940) * '' The Sinful Village'' (1940) * ''A German Robinson Crusoe'' (1940) * ''The Fire Devil'' (1940) * ''Violanta'' (1942) * ''The Eternal Tone'' (1943) * '' The War of the Oxen'' (1943) * ''Music in Salzburg'' (1944) * '' The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau'' (1952) * ''The Bachelor Trap'' (1953) * '' Der Jäger von Fall'' (1956) * ''The Beggar Student'' (1956) * ''Marriages Forbidden'' (1957) * ''Wir Wunderkinder'' (1958) * ''Oh! This Bavaria!'' (1960) * ''Student of the Bedroom'' (1970) * ''Schwarzwaldfahrt aus Liebeskummer ''Schwarzwaldfahrt aus Liebeskummer'' () is a 1974 German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Roy Black, Barbara Nielsen and Heidi Hansen. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Gnaß
Friedrich Gnaß (13 November 1892 – 8 May 1958) was a German film actor. He appeared in 53 films between 1929 and 1958. Partial filmography * ''Beyond the Street'' (1929) - Der Matrose / The Sailor * '' Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness'' (1929) - Max * '' Revolt in the Reformatory'' (1930) * ''Troika'' (1930) - Stephan, troika driver * ''Danton'' (1931) - Sanson * ''Fra Diavolo'' (1931) - Rodomonte * '' M'' (1931) - Franz * '' Kameradschaft'' (1931) - Fritz - Rescue Volunteer * '' Louise, Queen of Prussia'' (1931) * ''Rasputin, Demon with Women'' (1932) - Derewenko * ''Raid in St. Pauli'' (1932) - Karl the Sailor * ''I by Day, You by Night'' (1932) - Helmut * '' Morgenrot'' (1933) - Juraczik * '' The Star of Valencia'' (1933) - Diego * ''Refugees'' (1933) - Hussar * ''Achtung! Wer kennt diese Frau?'' (1934) - Carlo Fiori * ''Abenteuer eines jungen Herrn in Polen'' (1934) - Prisoner * '' Blood Brothers'' (1935) * ''Hundert Tage'' (1935) - Ney * ''Henker, Frauen und Soldaten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Bienert
Gerhard Max Richard Bienert (8 January 1898 – 23 December 1986) was a German stage and film actor. Gerhard Bienert was born in Berlin, Germany and died in the same city in 1986 at age 88. Selected filmography * ''Duke Ferrante's End'' (1922) * ''Man by the Wayside'' (1923) * ''The Man with the Frog'' (1929) * '' Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness'' (1929) - Untermieter * ''Ludwig II, King of Bavaria'' (1930) - Hesselschwerdt * ''The Blue Angel'' (1930) - Polizist / Policeman * ''Her Majesty the Barmaid'' (1931) - Werkmeister * ''The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) - Policeman * '' Feind im Blut'' (1931) - Mechaniker * '' Inquest'' (1931) - Baumann, Kriminalkommissar * '' M'' (1931) - Criminal Secretary * ''Checkmate'' (1931) - 2. Kommissar * ''Panik in Chicago'' (1931) - Tom * '' The Battle of Bademunde'' (1931) - Feldwebel * '' Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) - Klempner-Karl * '' Peace of Mind'' (1931) - Unteroffizier Krause * '' Kameradschaft'' (1931) - Deutscher Genda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Westermeier
Paul Westermeier (9 July 1892 – 17 October 1972) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (1917) * ''Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors'' (1918) * ''About the Son'' (1921) * '' Memoirs of a Film Actress'' (1921) * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921) * '' The Big Shot'' (1922) * '' The Enchantress'' (1924) * ''Annemarie and Her Cavalryman'' (1926) * ''The Pride of the Company'' (1926) * ''Circus Romanelli'' (1926) * ''We'll Meet Again in the Heimat'' (1926) * ''A Crazy Night'' (1927) * ''The Long Intermission'' (1927) * ''Always Be True and Faithful'' (1927) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * '' Dyckerpotts' Heirs'' (1928) * '' Dear Homeland'' (1929) * ''Retreat on the Rhine'' (1930) * '' Josef the Chaste'' (1930) * ''Alraune'' (1930) * ''The Little Escapade'' (1931) *'' Errant Husbands'' (1931) * '' A Crafty Youth'' (1931) * '' Everyone Asks for Erika'' (1931) * ''The Beggar Student'' (1931) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * ''The Soaring Maid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingolf Kuntze
Ingolf Kuntze (1890–1952) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.217 He was active as a character actor, appearing in supporting roles in a number of films during the Nazi era. Selected filmography * ''A Woman Branded'' (1931) * '' And Who Is Kissing Me?'' (1933) * '' Rivalen der Luft'' (1934) * '' Winter in the Woods'' (1936) * '' The Blue Fox'' (1938) * '' Secret Code LB 17'' (1938) * ''The Secret Lie'' (1938) * ''The Green Emperor'' (1939) * ''Renate in the Quartet'' (1939) * '' Escape in the Dark'' (1939) * '' The Governor'' (1939) * ''Uproar in Damascus'' (1939) * ''Kora Terry'' (1940) * ''The Girl from Barnhelm'' (1940) * ''The Silent Guest'' (1945) * '' Amico'' (1949) * ''The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan ''The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan'' (german: Mordprozeß Dr. Jordan) is a 1949 West German crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Rudolf Fernau, Maria Holst, and Margarete Haagen.Bergfelder p. 148 It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios ...'' (1949) Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Otto
Paul Otto Schlesinger (8 February 1878 – 25 or 30 November 1943) was a German film actor and director. Born in Berlin, he began a qualification as a retail merchant and made his actor's debut at the age of 17. Otto worked at Theaters in Halle, Wiesbaden and Hanover before he returned to Berlin about 1906. He first appeared in the silent film ''Ringkampf Konkurrenz'' in 1910 and in ''Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes'' (1910-11, five episode film serial) next to Viggo Larsen. In 1912 Otto directed his first own film ''Selbstgerichtet''. In the beginning of the 1930s he also appeared in successful Sound movies like '' Der Hauptmann von Köpenick''. After 1933, Otto returned to theaterstages and worked at the Deutsches Theater Berlin and the ''Kammerspiele'' Berlin. In 1937 he was awarded a ''Staatsschauspieler'' - title and in 1942 Joseph Goebbels promoted him to the head of the stagecouncil at the Reichskulturkammer. In September 1943 his Jewish descent was discovered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Czerwonski
Erich Czerwonski (1889–1940) was a German art director.Kreimeier p.73 He designed the sets for around a hundred productions during his career. He died in 1940 after being struck by a train during a blackout. Filmography * '' The Black Panther'' (1921) * ''Barmaid'' (1922) * ''Phantom'' (1922) * '' Lust for Life'' (1922) * '' A Glass of Water'' (1923) * '' The Princess Suwarin'' (1923) * '' The Expulsion'' (1923) * ''The Grand Duke's Finances'' (1924) * '' My Leopold'' (1924) * '' The Gentleman Without a Residence'' (1925) * '' The Telephone Operator'' (1925) * '' The Boxer's Bride'' (1926) * '' The Fiddler of Florence'' (1926) * '' The Great Leap'' (1927) * '' His Late Excellency'' (1927) * ''The Woman in the Cupboard'' (1927) * '' Eva and the Grasshopper'' (1927) * ''Grand Hotel'' (1927) * ''You Walk So Softly'' (1928) * ''Panic'' (1928) * ''The Lady with the Mask'' (1928) * ''Scandal in Baden-Baden'' (1929) * '' Favorite of Schonbrunn'' (1929) * ''Never Trust a Woman'' (1930) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Böhm (art Director)
Karl Böhm or Carl Böhm (1882-1942) was a German art director who designed the sets for a number of films during the Nazi era.Giesen p.185 Selected filmography * ''Such a Rascal'' (1934) * ''Light Cavalry'' (1935) * ''The Schimeck Family'' (1935) * ''Tango Notturno'' (1937) * ''Gordian the Tyrant'' (1937) * ''The Secret Lie'' (1938) * ''Dangerous Crossing'' (1937) * '' Secret Code LB 17'' (1938) * ''Freight from Baltimore'' (1938) * ''The Merciful Lie'' (1939) * ''Midsummer Night's Fire'' (1939) * ''Uproar in Damascus'' (1939) * ''My Daughter Doesn't Do That ''My Daughter Doesn't Do That'' (german: Meine Tochter tut das nicht) is a 1940 German romantic comedy film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Erika von Thellmann, and Geraldine Katt.Bock & Bergfelder p. 550 The film ...'' (1940) References Bibliography * Giesen, Rolf. '' Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2003. External links * 1882 births 1942 deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it visual communication, communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style (visual arts), style(s) to use, and when to use motion graphic design, motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
