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Brigitte Horney
Brigitte Horney (, 29 March 1911 – 27 July 1988) was a German theatre and film actress. Best remembered was her role as Empress Katherine the Great in the 1943 version of the UFA film version of '' Baron Münchhausen'', directed by Josef von Báky, with Hans Albers in the title role. Life and work Brigitte Horney was born and grew up in Dahlem, Berlin, the daughter of noted psychoanalyst Karen Horney. She was, for more than a decade, engaged with Berlin's Volksbühne. When she accepted the starring role in the highly popular film '' Love, Death and the Devil'' (1934), a new star was born with the ''Leitmotif'' song "So oder so ist das Leben". Horney was a good friend of the actor Joachim Gottschalk and appeared in four films with him. Although Gottschalk had fallen from favor with Nazi officials, Horney attended Gottschalk's funeral (Germany, 1941), regardless of the political and career implications of doing so. After the Second World War she became an American citizen, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dahlem (Berlin)
Dahlem ( or ) is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in southwestern Berlin. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a part of the former borough of Zehlendorf. It is located between the mansion settlements of Grunewald and Lichterfelde West. Dahlem is one of the most affluent parts of the city and a center for academic research. It is home to the Freie Universität Berlin, with its architecturally significant Philological Library ''("The Brain")''. Several other research institutions and museums, as well as parts of the Grunewald forest with its renaissance hunting lodge, are located in Dahlem. The U3 line of the Berlin U-Bahn system connects Dahlem to central Berlin. History The first written account of Dahlem dates to the year 1275. The history of the village is connected to the Dahlem Demesne (''Domäne Dahlem'') first mentioned in 1450. Its estates were sold to the state of Prussia in 1841 and developed by dividing it into lots for building villas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazism
Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Nazi Germany. During Hitler's rise to power in 1930s Europe, it was frequently referred to as Hitlerism (german: Hitlerfaschismus). The later related term "neo-Nazism" is applied to other far-right groups with similar ideas which formed after the Second World War. Nazism is a form of fascism, with disdain for liberal democracy and the parliamentary system. It incorporates a dictatorship, fervent antisemitism, anti-communism, scientific racism, and the use of eugenics into its creed. Its extreme nationalism originated in pan-Germanism and the ethno-nationalist '' Völkisch'' movement which had been a prominent aspect of German nationalism since the late 19th century, and it was strongly influenced by the paramilitary groups that emerged af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Favetti
''Anna Favetti'' is a 1938 German romantic drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Brigitte Horney, Mathias Wieman and Gina Falckenberg.Bock & Bergfelder p. 217 The screenplay was written by Walter von Hollander, adapted from his own novel '' Licht im dunklen Haus''. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. Location filming took place in Italy and Switzerland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gustav A. Knauer. Cast * Brigitte Horney as Anna Favetti * Mathias Wieman as Hemmstreet * Gina Falckenberg as Irene Hemmstreet * Maria Koppenhöfer as Frau Favetti * Friedrich Kayßler as Herr Favetti * Karl Schönböck as Kingston * Elsa Wagner as Frau Stetius * Franz Schafheitlin as Dr. Thom * Jeanette Bethge as Bertha * Paul Bildt as Dr. Fister * Beppo Brem as Billy Blake * Rolf Wernicke as Reporter * Edwin Jürgensen as Empfangschef * Erwin Biegel as Kellner im Café * Hubert von Meyerinck as Hotelgast * Annemarie Korff Annemarie (or Annamarie, An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faded Melody
''Faded Melody'' (german: Verklungene Melodie) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Brigitte Horney, Willy Birgel and Carl Raddatz.Hake p. 247The film was made by Germany's largest studio of the era UFA. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and on location in French Algeria, New York City and Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hermann Asmus and Max Mellin. It premiered at Berlin's Gloria-Palast. Synopsis Horney and Birgel play characters engaged in a troubled transatlantic romance, with she based in New York City and he in Berlin. Partial cast * Brigitte Horney as Barbara Lorenz * Willy Birgel as Thomas Gront * Carl Raddatz as Werner Gront * Hans Brausewetter as Steffken * Vera von Langen as Olga, Thomas' Freundin * Silvia de Bettini as Sonja * Erich Fiedler as Freddy * Karl Platen as Karl, Diener * Andrews Engelmann as Casiez * Bill Bocket as Léon * Achim von Biel as Schmidt, Thomas' Sekretär * Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Lives (film)
''Secret Lives'' is a 1937 British war drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Brigitte Horney, Neil Hamilton and Raymond Lovell. It was made at Ealing Studios by the independent Phoenix Films.Wood p.92 The screenplay concerns a young woman who is recruited into the French secret service. The film is also known by the alternative title of ''I Married a Spy''. Plot At the outbreak of the First World War a young German-born woman living in Paris is interned and then recruited into the French secret service for operations against Germany. Cast * Brigitte Horney as Lena Schmidt * Neil Hamilton as Lt. Pierre de Montmalion * Raymond Lovell as German Secret Service Chief * Charles Carson as Henri * Ivor Barnard as Baldhead * Frederick Lloyd as French Secret Service Chief * Leslie Perrins as J 14 * Gyles Isham as Franz Abel * Hay Petrie as Robert Pigeon * Ben Field as Karl Schmidt * Ralph Truman Ralph du Vergier Truman (7 May 1900 – 15 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of The Spaniard
''The House of the Spaniard'' is a 1936 British comedy thriller film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Peter Haddon, Brigitte Horney and Allan Jeayes. It is set in Lancashire and Spain, during the ongoing Spanish Civil War. It was shot at Ealing Studios in west London, England, and on location in Lancashire and Spain. Art direction was by Holmes Paul. It was based on a novel of the same title by Arthur Behrend, which was published in 1935. Synopsis An unemployed and seemingly dull-witted young man named David Grey stays with his friend Johnny Gilchrist in Liverpool while he looks for work. Due to a mistake, he is hired by a Spanish-owned shipping company whose owner "Don" Pedro de Guzman lives in a lonely, mysterious house in the marshes outside Liverpool. Grey's curiosity is aroused by the unexplained death of a man whom he had spoken to on the marshes, close to the house. His investigations lead to his abduction and detention on one of Guzman's steamers, which takes to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Anatol
''City of Anatol'' (german: Stadt Anatol) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Horney and Fritz Kampers. It is based on a 1932 novel ''City of Anatol'' by Bernhard Kellermann. The film is set in a small city in the Balkans, where the discovery of oil leads to a major boom.Kreimeier p. 237It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. A separate French language version ''Wells in Flames'' (''Puits en flames'') was made, also directed by Tourjansky but featuring a different cast. Cast * Gustav Fröhlich as Jacques Gregor * Brigitte Horney as Franziska Maniu * Fritz Kampers as Jaskulski * Rose Stradner as Sonja Yvolandi * Karl Hellmer as Xaver, Kellner * Harry Liedtke as Garcia, Genraldirektor * Aribert Wäscher as Melonenhändler * Olga Engl as Sonjas Großmutter * Ernst Behmer as ein Betrunkener * Gerhard Bienert as Arbeiter bei Ölbohrungen * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savoy Hotel 217
''Savoy Hotel 217'' (German: ''Savoy-Hotel 217'') is a 1936 German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Hans Albers, Brigitte Horney and Alexander Engel. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. The costumes were by Herbert Ploberger. It premiered at Berlin's UFA-Palast am Zoo. Cast Reception Writing for ''The Spectator'' in 1936, Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ... gave the film a positive review, characterizing it as an "agreeably ..slow, good-humoured murder-story". Praising Engel's acting as particularly vivid, Greene summarized the film, claiming: "melodramatic passions are given a pleasantly realistic setting by a very competent director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Domino (1935 Film)
''The Green Domino'' (German: ''Der grüne Domino'') is a 1935 German mystery drama film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Brigitte Horney, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Theodor Loos. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Bavaria around Munich and the Tegernsee. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. It is based on the novel ''Der Fall Claasen'' by Erich Ebermayer. A separate French-language version '' Le Domino vert'' was also produced, directed by Selpin and Henri Decoin but featuring a different cast.Rentschler p.287 Cast * Brigitte Horney as Ellen Fehling / Marianne Fehling * Karl Ludwig Diehl as Dr. Bruck * Theodor Loos as Herr von Falck * Margarete Schön as Frau von Falck * Waldemar Leitgeb as Dr. Nohl * Erika von Thellmann as Theres * Erich Fiedler as Herr Fehling * Eduard Wesener as Herr Pollnow * Alice Treff as Lilly Bruck * Hans Leibelt as Justizrat Lorenz * Trude Hesterberg as Lulu Mielk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Brothers (1935 Film)
''Blood Brothers'' (german: Blutsbrüder) is a 1935 German drama film directed by Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla and starring Brigitte Horney, Carl Esmond, and Attila Hörbiger. It is set in Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and He ....Bock & Bergfelder p. 105 Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1935 films 1935 drama films German drama films 1930s German-language films Films of Nazi Germany Films set in Bosnia and Herzegovina Films directed by Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eternal Dream
''The Eternal Dream'' (german: Der ewige Traum) is a 1934 German historical film directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Sepp Rist and Brigitte Horney.Hinton p. 18 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Werner Schlichting. Cast * Sepp Rist as Jacques Balmat * Brigitte Horney as Maria * Ernst Nansen as Paccard * Eduard von Winterstein as Marias Vater * Helene Fehdmer as Marias Mutter * Friedrich Kayßler as Pfarrer * Klaus Pohl as Balmats Vater * Willy Kaiser-Heyl as Saussure * Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Ein Bauer * Walter Riml as Der Maler * Ernst Dumcke as Der Dichter * Pierre Provins Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ... as Der Heerführer References Bibliography * External links * 1934 films 1930s historical adventure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Country Schoolmaster (1933 Film)
''The Country Schoolmaster'' or ''Country Schoolmaster Uwe Karsten'' (german: Heideschulmeister Uwe Karsten) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Carl Heinz Wolff and starring Hans Schlenck, Marianne Hoppe and Heinrich Heilinger.Williams p. 150 It was remade in 1954. The film's art direction was by Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. Cast * Hans Schlenck as Uwe Karsten Alslew, der Dorfschulmeister * Marianne Hoppe as Ursula Diewen * Heinrich Heilinger as Heinrich Heinsius * Brigitte Horney as Martha Detlefsen * Olga Tschechowa as Teresa van der Straaten * Walter Steinbeck as Ernst Diewen, Handelsherr * Carl Auen as Pastor Sunneby * Günther Ballier as Klaus Sundewitt, Hilfslehrer * Jeanette Bethge as Frau Anslew, Uwe Karstens Mutter * Eberhard Leithoff as Ludwig Diewen, der Sohn * Ernst Behmer as Krüger, ein Winkelbankier * Paul Henckels as Professor Sieveking * Maria Karsten as Frau Sundewitt * Paul Moleska as Ein Bauer * Ernst Hieber * Wolfgang Lohmeyer * Petra Unke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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