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Capers (1937 Film)
''Capers'' (German: ''Capriolen'') is a 1937 German comedy film directed by and starring Gustaf Gründgens and also featuring Marianne Hoppe, Fita Benkhoff and Volker von Collande. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.Loacker p.625 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Werner Schlichting. It was produced and released by Terra Film while international distribution was handled by Tobis Film. Synopsis Celebrated journalist Jack Warren is tired of interviewing self-regarding famous woman. When he encounters the actress Dorothy Hopkins, he mistakes her for the famous aviatrix Mabel Atkinson and in turn mistakes the real Mabel for somebody else. Cast * Marianne Hoppe as Mabel Atkinson * Gustaf Gründgens as Jack Warren * Fita Benkhoff as Peggy MacFarland * Maria Bard as Dorothy Hopkins * Volker von Collande as William Baxter * Hans Leibelt as Neville * Franz Weber as Simpson * Max Gülstorff as Rechtsanwalt * Paul Henckels as Rechtsanw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Gründgens
Gustaf Gründgens (; 22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg. His career continued unimpeded through the years of the Nazi regime; the extent to which this can be considered as deliberate collaboration with the Nazis is hotly disputed. His best known roles were that of Mephistopheles in Goethe's ''Faust'' in 1960, and as "Der Schränker" (The Safecracker) who is the chief judge of the kangaroo court presiding over Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) in Fritz Lang's '' M''. Early life Born in Düsseldorf, Gründgens attended the drama school of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus after World War I and started his career at smaller theaters in Halberstadt, Kiel, and Berlin. Career In 1923, he joined the ''Kammerspiele'' in Hamburg, where he changed his first name to Gustaf and appeared as a director for the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Schlichting
Werner Schlichting (1904–1996) was a German art director who worked on over a hundred films during a lengthy career. He worked on a number of Austrian films including '' The Congress Dances'' and ''The Last Ten Days'' (1955).Fritsche p.253 Selected filmography * ''Luther'' (1928) * '' The Flame of Love'' (1930) * ''Calais-Dover'' (1931) * ''No More Love'' (1931) * ''Two Hearts Beat as One'' (1932) * ''The Song of Night'' (1932) * ''How Shall I Tell My Husband?'' (1932) * '' All for Love'' (1933) * ''What Men Know'' (1933) * ''A Song for You'' (1933) * ''My Heart Calls You'' (1934) * ''So Ended a Great Love'' (1934) * ''My Heart Is Calling You'' (1934) * ''Victoria'' (1935) * ''Artist Love'' (1935) * '' Casta Diva'' (1935) * ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (1936) * '' Court Theatre'' (1936) * ''Serenade'' (1937) * ''Capers'' (1937) * '' A Mother's Love'' (1939) * ''Bel Ami'' (1939) * ''Destiny'' (1942) * '' The Secret Countess'' (1942) * ''Late Love'' (1943) * ''Archduke Johann's G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Gross (actor)
Walter Hugo Gross (5 February 1904 – 17 May 1989) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1933 to 1989. Selected filmography References External links * 1904 births 1989 deaths German male film actors People from Eberswalde Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor people {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Graf
Otto Graf (28 November 1896 – 22 February 1977) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1935 and 1970. Partial filmography * ''Nacht der Verwandlung'' (1935) as René Duval * '' The Traitor'' (1936) as Capitain Dressler (uncredited) * '' Capers'' (1937) as Zahnarzt * ''Unternehmen Michael'' (1937) as Capitain Von Grauff * ''Die Fledermaus'' (1937) as Rundfunkreporter * '' Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' (1938) as Professor Knudsen * ''Liebesbriefe aus dem Engadin'' (1938) * ''Pour le Mérite'' (1938) as the capitain-lieutenant * ''Salonwagen E 417'' (1939) as Rittmeister Graf Grenzberg * ''Robert Koch'' (1939) as Dr. Friedrich Löffler * ''Legion Condor'' (1939) * ''Angelika'' (1940) as Prof. Fritz v. Deubertz * '' Bismarck'' (1940) as Robert Von Keudell * ''Ohm Krüger'' (1941) as the German foreign minister * ''Krach im Vorderhaus'' (1941) (uncredited) * ''Ich klage an'' (1941) as Prosecutor Engel * ''Was geschah in dieser Nacht'' (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Dunskus
Erich Adolf Dunskus (27 July 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1927 and 1966. He was born in Pillkallen, East Prussia and died in Hagen, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The King of Paris'' (1930) * '' Bobby Gets Going'' (1931) * ''Girls to Marry'' (1932) * ''Secret Agent'' (1932) * ''Overnight Sensation'' (1932) * '' And Who Is Kissing Me?'' (1933) * ''So Ended a Great Love'' (1934) * '' Paganini'' (1934) * '' The Girl from the Marsh Croft'' (1935) * '' The Saint and Her Fool'' (1935) * ''Pygmalion'' (1935) * ''City of Anatol'' (1936) * ''Savoy Hotel 217'' (1936) * ''Family Parade'' (1936) * '' Love's Awakening'' (1936) * '' Der Kaiser von Kalifornien'' (1936) * ''Tomfoolery'' (1936) * ''Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering'' (1937) * '' Capers'' (1937) * ''Don't Promise Me Anything'' (1937) * ''The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes'' (1937) * ''Seven Slaps'' (1937) * '' Serenade'' (1937) * ''Men Without a Fatherland'' (1937) *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Tinschmann
Eva Tinschmann (April 19, 1893 – August 10, 1978) was a German actress. She appeared in the 1937 Sherlock Holmes film '' The Grey Lady''.Pointer p.153 Selected filmography * '' The Final Chord'' (1936) * '' The Accusing Song'' (1936) * ''Scandal at the Fledermaus'' (1936) * ''Truxa'' (1937) * '' Capers'' (1937) * ''The Divine Jetta'' (1937) * '' His Best Friend'' (1937) * '' The Grey Lady'' (1937) * '' After Midnight'' (1938) * '' The Stars Shine'' (1938) * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1939) * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1939) * ''Twelve Minutes After Midnight'' (1939) * '' My Aunt, Your Aunt'' (1939) * ''The Girl at the Reception'' (1940) * ''My Daughter Doesn't Do That'' (1940) * '' Venus on Trial'' (1941) * '' The Gasman'' (1941) * ''Above All Else in the World ''Above All Else in the World'' (german: link=no, Über alles in der Welt) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Paul Hartmann, Hannes Stelzer and Fritz Kampers.Kreimeier p. 312 The title refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Wagner
Elsa Wagner (24 January 1881 – 17 August 1975) was a German actress who appeared in numerous theatrical productions and feature films during the 20th century, including 1920's '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari''. Life and career Born as Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner on 24 January 1881 in Reval, in what is now Tallinn, Estonia, Elsa Wagner pursued training with Maria Spettini in Saint Petersburg, Russia prior to making her acting debut in Berlin, Germany in 1901. In addition to her performances on tour with multiple theater productions, including ''Faust'' and ''Peer Gynt'', she went on to secure roles in more than 140 feature films, including Robert Wiene's ''Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari'' (''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'') and Karl Heinz Martin's ''Von Morgens bis Mitternachts'' (From Morn to Midnight) in 1920, F. W. Murnau's 1922 ''Das Brennende Acker'' (''The Burning Earth''), Gerhard Lamprecht's '' Die Buddenbrooks'' and Wiene's I.N.R.I. in 1923, and E. R. Dupont's 1929 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Florath
Albert Peter Adam Florath (7 December 1888, Bielefeld – 11 March 1957, Gaildorf) was a German stage and film actor. Early life and education Born to Joseph Florath, a locksmith, and his wife Matilda, née Burkart, he attended school in Brakel and the Realgymnasium in Paderborn. He was bailiff candidate in Delbrück, where he was active in the welfare, church and school department and the police administration. Acting career Florath gained first stage experience in amateur dramatic groups of local clubs in Delbrück. In 1908, Florath gave up his career in office and went to Munich-Schwabing, to devote himself entirely to acting. He debuted in 1908 as a stage actor at the court theater in Munich. He took acting lessons with Alois Wohlmut and, as a sideline, wrote feuilleton contributions. When the First World War began, Florath interrupted his artistic career, volunteering as a reserve lieutenant and serving as an instructor of recruits. His wartime experiences caused him t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Henckels
Paul Henckels (9 September 1885 – 27 May 1967) was a German film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1921 and 1965. Paul Henckels had started his acting career on the stage in the 1900s. He was well known for his eccentric, colourful roles and his trademark Rhineland accent. Among his most popular roles were the school teacher Professor Bömmel in ''Die Feuerzangenbowle'' (1944) and the veterinarian Dr. Pudlich in the "Immenhof film series" during the 1950s. He was also notable as a stage actor and appeared at the Schauspielhaus Berlin for many years. His most popular stage role was '' Wibbel the Tailor'', which he played more than 1000 times. Henckel's father was Jewish, and he was thus a "half-Jew" by the rules of the Nazis. As a rare exception, Henckels was nonetheless allowed to work during the Third Reich. He apparently owed this exception to the intervention of his friend Gustaf Gründgens and to his continuing popularity as a character actor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Gülstorff
Max Walter Gülstorff (23 March 1882 – 6 February 1947) was a German actor and stage director. Biography Gülstorff was born in Tilsit, East Prussia. He first appeared in 1900 at the Rudolstadt municipal Theater and moved to Cottbus in 1908. In 1911 Gülstorff went to the ''Schillertheater'' Berlin and became a member of the ensemble of Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in 1915. He also acted at the Großes Schauspielhaus and the Volksbühne Berlin. In 1923 Gülstorff moved to Vienna, where he worked as a stage director at the Theater in der Josefstadt The Theater in der Josefstadt is a theater in Vienna in the eighth district of Josefstadt. It was founded in 1788 and is the oldest still performing theater in Vienna. It is often referred to colloquially as simply ''Die Josefstadt''. Following .... Gülstorff died in Berlin and was buried at the Lichtenrade cemetery. Filmography External links * Biography with picture (German) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Weber (actor)
Franz Weber (24 March 1888 – 10 August 1962) was a German actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during a lengthy screen career.Giesen p.208 He appeared in a diverse range of productions which encompassed the Weimar, Nazi and post-war (both East and West Germany) eras. Selected filmography * ''There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You'' (1930) * ''Panic in Chicago'' (1931) * '' Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * ''The Trunks of Mr. O.F.'' (1931) * '' The Spanish Fly'' (1931) * ''Spell of the Looking Glass'' (1932) * ''Little Girl, Great Fortune'' (1933) * '' Paganini'' (1934) * ''The Two Seals'' (1934) * ''Such a Rascal'' (1934) * '' Gypsy Blood'' (1934) * '' The Island'' (1934) * ''The Brenken Case'' (1934) * '' The Double'' (1934) * ''Pillars of Society'' (1935) * ''A Strange Guest'' (1936) * ''Family Parade'' (1936) * ''Capers'' (1937) * ''Freight from Baltimore'' (1938) * '' Triad'' (1938) * ''Dance on the Volcano'' (1938) * ''Yvette'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Leibelt
Hans Leibelt (11 March 1885 in Leipzig, German Empire – 3 December 1974 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Heimliche Sünder'' (1926) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * ''The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) as Adamowski * ''The Street Song'' (1931) as the inspector * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) as Man at the advertising column * ''You Don't Forget Such a Girl'' (1932) as Hahnen Sr. * ''Night Convoy'' (1932) * ''The Magic Top Hat'' (1932) as the stage director * ''Love at First Sight'' (1932) as Count Prillwitz * ''Contest'' (1932) as Brandt, Mercedes team manager * '' Morgenrot'' (1933) as Bürgermeister von Meerskirchen * ''Konjunkturritter'' (1934) * ''Zimmermädchen... Dreimal klingeln'' (1934) as Otto Ruhland * ''The Girlfriend of a Big Man'' (1934) as Reider the banker * ''My Heart Calls You'' (1934) * ''A Man Wants to Get to Germany'' (1934) as Morron, Manuela's advisor * '' The Island'' (1934) as Bank Director * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
