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Between Yesterday And Tomorrow (film)
''Between Yesterday and Tomorrow'' (german: Zwischen gestern und morgen) is a 1947 German drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring Hildegard Knef, Winnie Markus and Sybille Schmitz.Bock & Bergfelder p. 60 Plot In post-war Germany a group of former guests return to a luxurious Munich hotel where they are haunted by memories of their past interaction with Nelly Dreifuss, a Jewish woman who had died during the Nazi era. It was part of both the cycle of rubble films and subgenre of hotel films. As with many other German rubble films, it examines issues of collective guilt and future rebuilding. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth Robert Herlth (2 May 1893 – 6 January 1962) was a German art director. He was one of the leading designers of German film sets during the 1920s and 1930s.Reimer & Reimer p.146 Filmography * ''Masks'' (1920) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * ' .... Cast References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Braun
Harald Braun (26 April 1901 – 24 September 1960) was a German film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed 21 films between 1942 and 1960. Selected filmography * ''The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl'' (dir. Carl Froelich, 1938, writer) * ''Love Me (1942 film), Love Me'' (dir. Harald Braun, 1942) * ''Between Heaven and Earth (1942 film), Between Heaven and Earth'' (dir. Harald Braun, 1942) * ''Nora (1944 film), Nora'' (dir. Harald Braun, 1944) * ''Dreaming (1944 German film), Dreaming'' (dir. Harald Braun, 1944) * ''Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (film), Between Yesterday and Tomorrow'' (dir. Harald Braun, 1947) * ''The Lost Face'' (1948) * ''Keepers of the Night'' (dir. Harald Braun, 1949) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collective Guilt
Collective responsibility, also known as collective guilt, refers to responsibilities of organizations, groups and societies. Collective responsibility in the form of collective punishment is often used as a disciplinary measure in closed institutions, e.g. boarding schools (punishing a whole class for the actions of one known or unknown pupil), military units, prisons (juvenile and adult), psychiatric facilities, etc. The effectiveness and severity of this measure may vary greatly, but it often breeds distrust and isolation among their members. Historically, collective punishment is a sign of authoritarian tendencies in the institution or its home society. In ethics, both methodological individualists and normative individualists question the validity of collective responsibility. Normally, only the individual actor can accrue culpability for actions that they freely cause. The notion of collective culpability seems to deny individual moral responsibility. Contemporary systems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Drama Films
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network. * January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect. * January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine ''Der Spiegel'' published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein. * January 10 – The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste. * January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved. * January 16 – Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France. * January 19 – Ferry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Films
The year 1947 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1947 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 19 – Monogram Pictures release their first film under their Allied Artists banner, ''It Happened on Fifth Avenue''. *May 22 – ''Great Expectations'' is premiered in New York. *August 31 – The first Edinburgh International Film Festival opens at the Playhouse Cinema, presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild as part of the Edinburgh Festival of the Arts. Originally specialising in documentaries, it will become the world's oldest continually running film festival. *November 24 – The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten". *November 25 – The Waldorf Statement is released by the executives of the United States motion picture industry that marks the beginning of the Hollywood blacklist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Wernicke
Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz – 7 November 1965) was a German actor. He is best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films '' M'' and ''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse''. Married to a Jewish woman, he was only able to continue working in Germany after the Nazi Party took power in 1933 because he received a special dispensation from the Reich Chamber of Culture. In 1943, he portrayed Captain Smith in ''Titanic'', the first film on the subject which was simply titled ''Titanic'', and the first to combine various fictional characters and subplots with the true events of the sinking; both conventions went on to become a staple of ''Titanic'' films. After being cast in 1944 in the propaganda epic '' Kolberg'', he was added to the '' Gottbegnadeten-Liste'', a list of artists considered crucial to Nazi culture which Joseph Goebbels compiled for Adolf Hitler's approval. Selected filmography * ''Girls You Don't Marry' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erhard Siedel
Erhard Siedel (1 November 1895 – 16 November 1979) was a German actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1919 to 1970. Selected filmography References External links * 1895 births 1979 deaths German male film actors German male silent film actors 20th-century German male actors People from Meissen (district) {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Ponto
Erich Johannes Bruno Ponto (14 December 1884 – 14 February 1957) was a German film and stage actor. Career Erich Ponto was born in Lübeck as the son of a merchant. After his family had moved to Hamburg-Eimsbüttel, he attended the gymnasium secondary school in Altona and upon his Abitur exam began a study of pharmacy at the University of Munich, where he went to lectures delivered by Nobel prize laureate Wilhelm Röntgen. He worked for a few years as a pharmacist, but was already passionate about acting during his university time – he started to take acting lessons and eventually became a full-time actor. Ponto gave his debut on stage at the Stadttheater Passau in 1908, followed by engagements in Nordhausen, Reichenberg (Liberec), and Düsseldorf. From 1914 to 1947 he was a member of the Hoftheater Dresden ensemble (Staatstheater Dresden from 1918), in the season 1946/47 also as intendant. On stage his most famous role was that of J.J. Peachum in the original production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walther Kiaulehn
Walther Kiaulehn (July 4, 1900 in Berlin – December 7, 1968 in Munich) was a German journalist and writer. Biography After completing his studies as an electrician, Kiaulehn chose to work as journalist. In 1924, he started writing for ''Berliner Abendblatt'' (Berlin Evening Newspaper), and then between 1930 and 1933 for ''B.Z. am Mittag'' (Berlin Noon Newspaper). His pen name during this time was "Lehnau". At the end of the 1930s, Kiaulehn worked as occasional speaker of the weekly ''Universum Film AG, UFA Wochenschau'' newsreel, as well as for various Nazi documentaries (''Kulturfilme''). He spent the years 1939 and 1940 as a soldier. From 1940 to 1942-43 he served as a reporter with special status for the foreign Nazi magazine ''Signal (magazine), Signal'', published in France, Belgium, occupied territories of the Soviet Union and in the Balkans. In 1943, Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels assigned him to work on scripts for indispensable Propaganda, propagandistic ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Gondrell
Adolf Gondrell (1902–1954) was a German stage and film actor known for his comedy roles. His name is also seen as Adolph Gondrell. After working as master of ceremonies at the Simplizissimus cabaret in Munich, "he bought the cabaret Simpl in 1929 and soon became the most important master of ceremonies outside of Berlin." Selected filmography * ''The Impossible Woman'' (1936) * ''There Were Two Bachelors'' (1936) * ''Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) * '' The Sinful Village'' (1940) * ''Venus on Trial'' (1941) * ''What Does Brigitte Want?'' (1941) * ''The Little Residence'' (1942) * ''The Endless Road'' (1943) * '' The Millionaire'' (1947) * '' Between Yesterday and Tomorrow'' (1947) * '' Night of the Twelve'' (1949) * ''Who Is This That I Love?'' (1950) * '' Kissing Is No Sin'' (1950) * ''Sensation in Savoy'' (1950) * ''Good Fortune in Ohio'' (1950) * ''The Last Shot'' (1951) * ''Scandal at the Girls' School ''Scandal at the Girls' School'' (german: Skandal im Mädchenpensionat) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carsta Löck
Carsta Löck (28 December 1902 – 9 October 1993) was a German film actress. Selected filmography * ''Refugees'' (1933) * '' Ripening Youth'' (1933) * '' The Double Fiance'' (1934) * ''Trouble with Jolanthe'' (1934) * ''Police Report'' (1934) * '' The Four Musketeers'' (1934) * ''The Valiant Navigator'' (1935) * ''Everything for a Woman'' (1935) * ''Uncle Bräsig'' (1936) * ''Game on Board'' (1936) * ''When the Cock Crows'' (1936) * '' Heimweh'' (1937) * '' Autobus S'' (1937) * ' (1937) * ''The Four Companions'' (1938) * ''Shoulder Arms'' (1939) * '' Cadets'' (1939) * '' D III 88'' (1939) * ''Legion Condor'' (1939) * ''The Girl at the Reception'' (1940) * ' (1941) * ''Above All Else in the World'' (1941) * ' (1941) * ''The Crew of the Dora'' (1943) * '' Between Yesterday and Tomorrow'' (1947) * ''Film Without a Title'' (1948) * '' Friday the Thirteenth'' (1949) * ''Derby'' (1949) * ''Girls in Gingham'' (1949) * ''The Great Mandarin'' (1949) * '' The Cuckoos'' (1949) * ''Wedding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Staal
Viktor Staal (17 February 1909 – 4 June 1982) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' Everything for the Company'' (1935) * '' Eva, the Factory Girl'' (1935) * ''Das Einmaleins der Liebe'' (1935) * '' The World's in Love'' (1935) * '' Waltz Around the Stefanstower'' (1935) * ''Donogoo Tonka'' (1936) - Pierre Lamendin * '' Winter in the Woods'' (1936) - Walter Peters, Schriftsteller * '' A Girl from the Chorus'' (1937) - Hans Reuter * ''Ride to Freedom'' (1937) - Jan Wolski * ''To New Shores'' (1937) - Henry Hoyer * ''Diamonds'' (1937) - Piet Maartens * '' A Night in May'' (1938) - Poldi Sonnleitner * '' Capriccio'' (1938) - Fernand de Villeneuve * '' Fortsetzung folgt'' (1938) - Viktor Bork - Schriftsteller * '' Storms in May'' (1938) - Willy Prinz * ''Women for Golden Hill'' (1938) - Douglas * ''Detours to Happiness'' (1939) - Mathias Holberg * '' The Right to Love'' (1939) - Vinzenz Brunner * '' Verdacht auf Ursula'' (1939) - Klaus Ramin * ''Twilight'' (1940) - W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor De Kowa
Viktor de Kowa (also spelled Victor de Kowa, born Victor Paul Karl Kowalczyk; 8 March 1904 – 8 April 1973) was a German stage and film actor, chanson singer, director, narrator, and comic poet. Life He was born the son of a farmer and engineer in Hohkirch near Görlitz (present-day Przesieczany in Poland), from where his family moved to Seifersdorf near Dippoldiswalde in Saxony in 1908 and to Chemnitz in 1913. De Kowa joined a cadet corps before he began occupational training as a graphic designer. Having attended drama classes with Erich Ponto, he gave his acting debut at the Staatstheater Dresden in 1922. After appearances in Lübeck, Frankfurt and Hamburg, de Kowa entered the stages of the Volksbühne and the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, as well as of the Prussian State Theatre under Gustaf Gründgens. He had a first small film appearance in Nils Olaf Chrisander's ''The Heart Thief'' in 1927 and subsequently became one of the leading comic actors of the UFA film industry. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
