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Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg
Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg (22 August 1854 – 14 December 1945) was a German stage and film actress. She was born in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany and died in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany in 1945 at age 91. Selected filmography * ''The Plague of Florence'' (1919) * '' During My Apprenticeship'' (1919) * '' Countess Walewska'' (1920) * '' A Woman's Revenge'' (1921) * ''Your Brother's Wife'' (1921) * ''The Thirteen of Steel'' (1921) * ''Wandering Souls'' (1921) * '' Rose of the Asphalt Streets'' (1922) * '' Lust for Life'' (1922) * '' Two Worlds'' (1922) * '' Die Buddenbrooks'' (1923) * ''Prater'' (1924) * '' The Assmanns'' (1925) * '' Pique Dame'' (1927) * '' Out of the Mist'' (1927) * '' The Queen of Spades'' (1927) * '' Homesick'' (1927) * '' Queen Louise'' (1927–28) * ''The Saint and Her Fool'' (1928) * ''The Old Fritz'' (1928) * '' Waterloo'' (1929) * ''The Immortal Heart ''The Immortal Heart'' (german: Das Unsterbliche Herz) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Prater (film)
''Prater'' is a 1924 German silent film directed by Peter Paul Felner and starring Henny Porten, Cläre Lotto, and Ossip Runitsch.Belach p. 211 The film's art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle Hans Sohnle (17 September 1895 – 24 March 1976) was a German art director.Chandler p.270 He frequently collaborated with Otto Erdmann on set designs. Selected filmography * ''The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919) * '' The Woman in Doctor's Garb .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1924 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Peter Paul Felner German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Film Actresses
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1945 Deaths
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Russians. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army. * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Pruss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1854 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''. * January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born. * January 9 – The Teutonia Männerchor in Pittsburgh, U.S.A. is founded to promote German culture. * January 20 – The North Carolina General Assembly in the United States charters the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, to run from Goldsboro through New Bern, to the newly created seaport of Morehead City, near Beaufort. * January 21 – The iron clipper runs aground off the east coast of Ireland, on her maiden voyage out of Liverpool, bound for Australia, with the loss of at least 300 out of 650 on board. * February 11 – Major streets are lit by coal gas for the first time by the San Francisco Gas Company; 86 such lamps are turned on this evening in San Francisco, California. * February 13 – Mexican troops force William Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Immortal Heart
''The Immortal Heart'' (german: Das Unsterbliche Herz) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Heinrich George. It was based on Walter Harlan's play ''The Nuremberg Egg'' and depicts the inventor of the watch, Peter Henlein. Cast * Heinrich George as Peter Henlein * Kristina Söderbaum as Ev * Paul Wegener as Dr. Schedel * Raimund Schelcher as Konrad Windhalm * Michael Bohnen as Martin Behaim * Paul Henckels as Güldenbeck * Ernst Legal as Bader Bratvogel * Eduard von Winterstein as Richter Sixtus Heith * Franz Schafheitlin as Burghauptmann Zinderl * Jakob Tiedtke as Schöffe Weihrauch Production Production began in July 1938. To recreate Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ... as it looked in 1517, the streets were covered with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterloo (1929 Film)
''Waterloo'' is a 1929 German silent war film directed by Karl Grune and starring Charles Willy Kayser, Charles Vanel and Otto Gebühr. It depicts the victory of the Allied Forces over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. It was made at the Emelka Studios of Bavaria Film in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. The film was inspired by Abel Gance's epic ''Napoléon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...'' and made use of similar filming techniques.Bock & Bergfelder p.175 Cast References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1929 films 1920s historical films 1929 war films Cultural depictions of Arthur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Fritz
''The Old Fritz'' (German: ''Der alte Fritz'') is a 1928 German silent historical drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Otto Gebühr, Julia Serda and Bertold Reissig.Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland & Company, 2002. p. 15. Part of the cycle of Prussian Films, it was released in two parts. Gebühr played the role of Frederick the Great on many occasions during the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was .... The film's art direction was by Otto Moldenhauer. Cast References External links * * 1920s historical films German historical films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Gerhard Lamprec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saint And Her Fool
''The Saint and Her Fool'' (German: ''Die Heilige und ihr Narr'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dieterle, Lien Deyers and Gina Manès. It was based on a novel by Agnes Günther and premiered at the Capital am Zoo in Berlin.Kreimeier p.115 Art direction was by Andrej Andrejew. For a long time, the movie was considered lost. Although never released in the US, a nitrate copy was discovered in Jack Warner's personal vault. In 2008 it was given to the UCLA in Los Angeles and restored. It was remade twice into a 1935 German film directed by Hans Deppe and a 1957 Austrian film directed by Gustav Ucicky. Cast * William Dieterle as Harro, Graf von Torstein * Lien Deyers as Rosemarie von Brauneck * Gina Manès as Fürstin von Brauneck * Félix P. Soler as Fürst von Brauneck * Camilla von Hollay as Fräulein Braun * Mathilde Sussin as Frau von Hardenstein * Heinrich Gotho as Märt * Sophie Pagay as Tante Uli * Auguste P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Louise (1927 Film)
''Queen Louise'' (german: Königin Luise) is a German silent historical film directed by Karl Grune and starring Mady Christians, Mathias Wieman, and Anita Dorris. It was released in two separate parts slightly less than a month from each other in December 1927 and January 1928. It commenced a series of historical epics directed by Grune. It was shot partly at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby. The film portrays the short life of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of the Prussian monarch Frederick William III Frederick William III (german: Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, wh .... Cast References Bibliography * * External links * * 1927 films 1928 films 1920s historical drama films Films of the Weimar Republic German historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homesick (1927 Film)
''Homesick'' (German: ''Heimweh'') is a 1927 Cinema of Germany, German silent film, silent drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Mady Christians, William Dieterle, and Ida Wüst. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Hans Jacoby (art director), Hans Jacoby. It is set among a group of White émigré, Russian émigrés living in Paris.Gibson p.20 Cast * Mady Christians as Fürstin Lydia Trubezkoj * William Dieterle as Iwan Bogdanow, Verwalter * Ida Wüst as Madame Kamenskaja * Lydia Potechina as Madame Lorrain * Simone Vaudry as Jeanette, ihre Tochter * Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Alte russische Baronin * Jean Murat * Alexander Murski * Livio Pavanelli References Bibliography * Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Gibson, Hamilton Bertie. ''Hans Eysenck: the man and his work''. Owen, 1981. External links * 1927 films Films of the Weim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen Of Spades (1927 Film)
''The Queen of Spades'' or ''Pique Dame'' is a 1927 German silent horror film directed by Aleksandr Razumny and starring Jenny Jugo, Rudolf Forster, and Henri de Vries. It is one of many film adaptations of the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin's 1834 short story "Pikovaya Dama" (" The Queen of Spades") and follows his story closely. It is an example of German Expressionism so prevalent there following the success of ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' in 1919. The film's sets were designed by art director Franz Schroedter Franz Schroedter (9 May 1897 – 14 November 1968) was a German art director.Giesen p.212 Selected filmography * '' The Black Count'' (1920) * ''The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (1921) * ''The New Paradise'' (1921) * '' The Queen of Whitechapel .... Plot Tomski, a Russian soldier, mentions to the other soldiers playing cards with him that, years before, his grandmother, the Countess Tomski, told him that an old sorcerer had bestowed upon her a supernatural sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
