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Catherine The Great (1920 Film)
''Catherine the Great'' (german: Katharina die Große) is a 1920 German silent historical film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Lucie Höflich, Fritz Kortner, and Fritz Delius. The film was an epic portrayal of the life of Catherine the Great of Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the .... 4,000 extras and 500 horses were used.Kreimeier p. 93 Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1920 films 1920s biographical films 1920s historical films German biographical films German historical films German epic films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Reinhold Schünzel Films about Catherine the Great German black-and-white films Silent adventure films 1920s German films 1920s German-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhold Schünzel
Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite being of Jewish ancestry, Schünzel was allowed by the Nazis to continue making films for several years until he eventually left in 1937 to live abroad. Life in Germany Reinhold Schünzel (or Schuenzel) started his career as an actor in 1915 with a role in the film ''Werner Krafft''. He directed his first film in 1918's ''Mary Magdalene (1920 film), Mary Magdalene'' and in 1920 directed ''The Girl from Acker Street'' and ''Catherine the Great (1920 film), Catherine the Great''. He was one of Germany's best-known silent film stars after World War I, a period during which films were significantly influenced by the consequences of the war. Schünzel performed in both comedies and dramas, often appearing as a villain or a powerful and corrup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra (actor)
A background actor or extra is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera, or ballet production who appears in a nonspeaking or nonsinging (silent) capacity, usually in the background (for example, in an audience or busy street scene). War films and epic films often employ background actors in large numbers: some films have featured hundreds or even thousands of paid background actors as cast members (hence the term "cast of thousands"). Likewise, grand opera can involve many background actors appearing in spectacular productions. On a film or TV set, background actors are usually referred to as "junior artists", "atmosphere", "background talent", "background performers", "background artists", "background cast members", or simply "background", while the term "extra" is rarely used. In a stage production, background actors are commonly referred to as " supernumeraries". In opera and ballet, they are called either "extras" or "supers". Casting Casting criteria fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Platen
Karl Platen (6 March 1877 – 4 July 1952) was a German actor and cinematographer known for '' Girl in the Moon'' (1929) and '' M'' (1931). Biography Karl Platen was born as Carl Platen on March 6, 1877 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He died on July 4, 1952 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic at the age of 75. Selected filmography * ''Ein Ausgestoßener'' (1913, part 1) * ''Der Katzensteg'' (1915) - Pfarrer * ''Die Erben des Geizhalses'' (1915) - Pflegesohn von Riedel Hermann * ''The Japanese Woman'' (1919) * ''Hängezöpfchen'' (1919) - Prof. Hahnensporn * ''Das rosa Strumpfbändchen'' (1919) * '' The Boy in Blue'' (1919) - Alter Diener / Old servant * ''The Foolish Heart'' (1919, Short) * ''The Bodega of Los Cuerros'' (1919) * '' Madame Du Barry'' (1919) - Guillaume Dubarry * ''Der rote Sarafan'' (1919) * ''Seine Beichte (Bekenntnisse eines Lebemannes)'' (1919) - Diener Franz * '' Irrlicht'' (1919) * ''The Golden Lie'' (1919) * ''Die fremde Frau'' (1919) * ''Der Mitter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonhard Haskel
Leonhard Haskel (7 April 1872 – 30 December 1923) was a German stage and film actor and drama teacher. Haskel was born in Seelow, in the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''Europe, General Delivery'' (1918) * '' One or the Other'' (1919) * '' The Boy in Blue'' (1919) * ''The Secret of the American Docks'' (1919) * '' The Gambler'' (1919) * '' Judith Trachtenberg'' (1920) * '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1920) * ''Catherine the Great'' (1920) * ''The Girl from Acker Street'' (1920) * '' Playing with Fire'' (1921) * '' The Black Panther'' (1921) * ''Wandering Souls'' (1921) * ''Four Around a Woman'' (1921) * ''The Story of a Maid'' (1921) * ''Impostor'' (1921) * ''Marizza'' (1922) * ''The Love Story of Cesare Ubaldi'' (1922) * '' The Big Shot'' (1922) * ''Prashna's Secret'' (1922) * ''The Flight into Marriage'' (1922) * ''Bigamy'' (1922) * ''Barmaid'' (1922) * ''Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * ''The Street'' (1923) * ''The Lost Shoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova
Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova (russian: Екатери́на Рома́новна Воронцо́ва) (28 March, 1743 – 15 January, 1810) This source reports that Prince Dashkov died in 1761. was an influential noblewoman, a major figure of the Russian Enlightenment and a close friend of Empress Catherine the Great. She was part of the ''coup d'état'' that placed Catherine on the throne, the first woman in the world to head a national academy of sciences, the first woman in Europe to hold a government office and the president of the Russian Academy, which she helped found. She also published prolifically, with original and translated works on many subjects, and was invited by Benjamin Franklin to become the first female member of the American Philosophical Society. Early life and education Born Countess Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova, she was the daughter of Count Roman Vorontsov, a member of the Senate, and his wife Marfa Surmina. Her uncle Mikhail Illarionovich and ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mechthildis Thein
Mechthildis Thein (1888 in Braunschweig – 1959 in Singen) was a German stage and film actress of the silent period. Selected filmography * ''Fear'' (1917) * '' The Rat'' (1918) * ''The Salamander Ruby ''The Salamander Ruby'' (German: ''Der Rubin-Salamander'') is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Bruno Decarli, Mechthildis Thein and Hugo Flink.Bock & Töteberg p.26 Cast * Bruno Decarli as Martin Hellberg ...'' (1918) * '' Henriette Jacoby'' (1918) * '' Countess Walewska'' (1920) * '' Catherine the Great'' (1920) External links * 1888 births 1959 deaths German stage actresses German film actresses German silent film actresses 20th-century German actresses Actors from Braunschweig {{Germany-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Of Russia
Elizabeth Petrovna (russian: Елизаве́та (Елисаве́та) Петро́вна) (), also known as Yelisaveta or Elizaveta, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. She remains one of the most popular Russian monarchs because of her decision not to execute a single person during her reign, her numerous construction projects, and her strong opposition to Prussian policies. The second-eldest daughter of Tsar Peter the Great (), Elizabeth lived through the confused successions of her father's descendants following her half-brother Alexei's death in 1718. The throne first passed to her mother Catherine I of Russia (), then to her nephew Peter II, who died in 1730 and was succeeded by Elizabeth's first cousin Anna. After the brief rule of Anna's infant great-nephew, Ivan VI, Elizabeth seized the throne with the military's support and declared her own nephew, the future Peter III, her heir. During her reign Elizabeth continued the policies of he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrud De Lalsky
Gertrud de Lalsky (27 January 1878 in Danzig – 16 September 1958 in Berlin) was a German actress. Selected filmography * ''Catherine the Great'' (1920) * ''Hypnosis'' (1920) * ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922) * ''The Island of Tears'' (1923) * ''Prater'' (1924) * ''Gobseck'' (1924) * ''Debit and Credit'' (1924) * ''The Humble Man and the Chanteuse'' (1925) * '' I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' (1926) * ''Chance the Idol'' (1927) * '' Out of the Mist'' (1927) * ''Linden Lady on the Rhine'' (1927) * ''My Heidelberg, I Can Not Forget You'' (1927) * ''The Strange Night of Helga Wangen'' (1928) * '' A Girl with Temperament'' (1928) * ''Crucified Girl'' (1929) * ''Painted Youth'' (1929) * '' The Love Waltz'' (1930) * ''The Emperor's Sweetheart'' (1931) * ''Mädchen in Uniform'' (1931) * ''Holzapfel Knows Everything'' (1932) * '' The English Marriage'' (1934) * ''The Higher Command'' (1935) * '' Dinner Is Served'' (1936) * ''The Great and the Little Love'' (1938) * ''Heimat'' (1938) * '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
Count Alexey Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (russian: Алексе́й Петро́вич Бесту́жев-Рю́мин; 1 June 1693 – 21 April 1766) was a Russian diplomat and Chancellor (Russia), chancellor. He was one of the most influential and successful diplomats in 18th-century Europe. As the chancellor of the Russian Empire was chiefly responsible for Russian foreign policy during the reign of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, Elizaveta Petrovna. Early life and career Alexey was born at Moscow to an old noble family of Novgorod descent. His father, Pyotr Bestuzhev-Ryumin, was Novgorod governor and a confidant of Empress Anna of Russia, Anna Ioannova. Later, he became the Russian ambassador to the duchy of Courland. Educated abroad with his elder brother, Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Mikhail, at Copenhagen and Berlin, Alexey especially distinguished himself in languages and the applied sciences. In 1712, Peter the Great attached Bestuzhev to Prince Boris Kurakin, Kurakin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Botz
Gustav Botz (4 August 1883 – 29 September 1932) was a German actor. Early Life and Career Botz was born on 4 August 1883 at Bremen, German Empire Botz began his career in film business The Foreign Prince (1918), The Devil (1918), His Majesty the Hypochondriac (1918), Ikarus, the Flying Man (1918), The Rose of Stamboul (1919), The Secret of the American Docks (1919), The Head of Janus (1920), Monika Vogelsang (1920), Battle of the Sexes (1920) Mary Magdalene (1920), Catherine the Great (1920), The Courier from Lisbon (1921), Peter Voss, Their of Millions (1921), The Eternal Struggle (1921), Lola Montez, the King's Dancer (1922), Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922), Nosferatu (1922) His last film role was in 1924's My Leopold and Botz retired from the film business Personal Life and death On the 29 September 1932, After suffering unknown disease, Botz died at Bremen, Weimar Republic at the age 49. His death certificate named the cause of death as " Physically induced brain injury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonov
Count Alexander Matveyevich Dmitriev-Mamonov (russian: Александр Матвеевич Дмитриев-Мамонов; 30 September 1758 – 11 October 1803, buried in Donskoy Monastery) was a lover of Catherine II of Russia from 1786 to 1789. Biography A scion of the Rurikid family descending from the princes of Smolensk, Mamonov was a protégé of Prince Potemkin, whose aide-de-camp he was appointed in 1784. Alexander did possibly have a twin brother, who, however, died shortly after birth due to mishandling in pregnancy. Two years later, Potemkin introduced the young man to the empress, hoping that he would "care for" the sovereign during his frequent absences from the capital. Catherine was charmed by Mamonov's good looks and manners and lavished expensive gifts on him, his relatives and friends. In a letter to Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, she praised his command of French, thus encouraging his literary pursuits. Within one year, he was promoted colonel, major g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hartmann (actor)
Paul Wilhelm Constantin Hartmann (8 January 1889 – 30 June 1977) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Zofia - Kriegs-Irrfahrten eines Kindes'' (1915) * ' (1915) * ' (1916) * ' (1917) * ' (1917) as Georg * '' Christa Hartungen'' (1917) as Bernd Römer * ' (1917) as Hieronymus * '' Mountain Air'' (1917) as Egon * ' (1917) * ' (1918) * '' Es werde Licht!'' (1918) as Ernst Hartwig * ''Mouchy'' (1918) * '' The Prisoner of Dahomey'' (1918) * ''Precious Stones'' (1918) * ''Der unheimliche Gast'' (1918) as Uwe Johanssen * ''Taumel'' (1919) * ''The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919) * ''Die Hexe von Norderoog'' (1919) * '' The Secret of Wera Baranska'' (1919) * '' Blonde Poison'' (1919) as Georg Maudi * '' The Galley Slave'' (1919) as Rastignac * ''The Girl and the Men'' (1919) * ''Monika Vogelsang'' (1920) as Amadeo Vaselli, Kirchenmaler * '' Battle of the Sexes'' (1920) * ''Mary Magdalene'' (1920) as Karl * ''Können Gedanken töten?'' (1920) as Geliebter * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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