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Carl Duering
Gerald Percy Fox (29 May 1923 – 1 September 2018), better known as Carl Duering, was a German-born British actor whose best-known role is as Dr. Brodsky in Stanley Kubrick's ''A Clockwork Orange (film), A Clockwork Orange''. He died in London in September 2018 at the age of 95. Selected filmography * ''Appointment in London'' (1953) - German Duty Officer (uncredited) * ''The Red Beret'' (1953) - Rossi * ''Twist of Fate (film), Twist of Fate'' (1954) - 2nd Sailor (uncredited) * ''The Divided Heart'' (1954) - Postman * ''The Colditz Story'' (1955) - German Officer * ''Let's Be Happy, Lets Be Happy'' (1957) - Customs Inspector * ''Seven Thunders (film), Seven Thunders'' (1957) - Major Grautner * ''Escapement (film), Escapement'' (1958) - Blore * ''Battle of the V-1'' (1958) - Scientist * ''The Great Van Robbery'' (1959) - Delgano * ''Strip Tease Murder'' (1961) - Rocco * ''The Guns of Navarone (film), The Guns of Navarone'' (1961) - German Radar Operator (uncredited) * ''Fate Take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Clockwork Orange (film)
''A Clockwork Orange'' is a 1971 dystopian crime film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It employs disturbing, violent images to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian near-future Britain. Alex (Malcolm McDowell), the central character, is a charismatic, antisocial delinquent whose interests include classical music (especially Beethoven), committing rape, theft, and ultra-violence. He leads a small gang of thugs, Pete (Michael Tarn), Georgie ( James Marcus), and Dim (Warren Clarke), whom he calls his ''droogs'' (from the Russian word друг, which is "friend", "buddy"). The film chronicles the horrific crime spree of his gang, his capture, and attempted rehabilitation via an experimental psychological conditioning technique (the "Ludovico Technique") promoted by the Minister of the Interior ( Anthony Sharp). Alex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guns Of Navarone (film)
''The Guns of Navarone'' is a 1961 Adventure film, adventure war film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel The Guns of Navarone (novel), of the same name. Foreman also produced the film. The film stars Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn, along with Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, James Darren and Richard Harris. The book and the film share a plot: the efforts of an Allies of World War II, Allied commando unit to destroy a seemingly impregnable German fortress that threatens Allied naval ships in the Aegean Sea. Plot In 1943, the Axis powers plan an assault on the island of Leros, where Battle of Leros, 2,000 British soldiers are marooned, to display their military strength and convince neutral Turkey to join them. Rescue by the Royal Navy is prevented by two massive radar-directed large-calibre artillery, large-calibre guns on (fictional) nearby Navarone Island. When aerial bombing e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voyage Of The Damned
''Voyage of the Damned'' is a 1976 drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, with an all-star cast featuring Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Max von Sydow, James Mason, and Malcolm McDowell. The story was inspired by actual events concerning the fate of the ocean liner carrying Jewish refugees from Germany to Cuba in 1939. It was based on a 1974 nonfiction book of the same title written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts. The screenplay was written by Steve Shagan and David Butler. The film was produced by ITC Entertainment and released by Rank Film Distributors in the UK and Avco Embassy Pictures in the US. Plot Based on historic events, this dramatic film concerns the 1939 voyage of the German-flagged , which departed from Hamburg carrying 937 Jews from Germany, ostensibly bound for Havana, Cuba. The passengers, having seen and suffered rising antisemitism in Germany, realised this might be their only chance to escape. The film details the emotional journey o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hermann Frank
Karl Hermann Frank (24 January 1898 – 22 May 1946) was a prominent Sudeten German Nazi official in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia prior to and during World War II. Attaining the rank of ''Obergruppenführer'', he was in command of the Nazi police apparatus in the protectorate, including the Gestapo, the SD, and the Kripo. After the war, Frank was tried, convicted and executed by hanging for his role in organizing the massacres of the people of the Czech villages of Lidice and Ležáky. Early life Born in Karlsbad, Bohemia, in Austria-Hungary (present-day Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic), Frank was taught by his father (a proponent of Georg Ritter von Schönerer's policies) about nationalist agitation. Frank attempted to enlist in the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I, but he was rejected due to blindness in his right eye. He spent a year at the law school of the German language Charles University in Prague and worked as a tutor to make money. An extreme advocat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Daybreak
''Operation Daybreak'' (also known as ''The Price of Freedom'' in the U.S. and ''Seven Men at Daybreak'' during production) is a 1975 war film based on the true story of Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of SS general Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. Starring Anthony Andrews, Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw, the film was directed by Lewis Gilbert and shot mostly on location in Prague. It is adapted from the book ''Seven Men at Daybreak'' by Alan Burgess. Plot In late 1941, General Cross of the Special Operations Executive invite three British-trained Czech partisans, Jan Kubiš, Jozef Gabčík and Karel Čurda, dressed in British Army uniforms, to be involved in a military operation described as the most important of the war. By this time, Heydrich had been installed as Reich Protector in Prague for several months, with Cross predicting that he may even be Hitler's successor if the Fuhrer were to die. The men are parachuted into occupied Czechoslovakia and during descent, Gabč ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold (1974 Film)
''Gold'' is a 1974 British thriller film starring Roger Moore and Susannah York and directed by Peter R. Hunt. It was based on the 1970 novel ''Gold Mine'' by Wilbur Smith. Moore plays Rodney "Rod" Slater, general manager of a South African gold mine, who is instructed by his boss Steyner (Bradford Dillman) to break through an underground dike into what he is told is a rich seam of gold. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Steyner's wife Terry, played by York. In the United States, the film was released only as part of a double bill. Plot The film begins with a tunnel collapse at the world-famous (but fictitious) Sonderditch gold mine outside Johannesburg, establishing the courage of Slater and his chief miner, John Nkulu (known as "Big King"), and the bond of trust between them. This is contrasted with the contempt with which some other managers treat the native miners. Big King is awarded a gold helmet for his heroic efforts to save others. It is soon revealed that the collaps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King, Queen, Knave (film)
''King, Queen, Knave'' is a 1972 West German comedy film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, based on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov. Plot Adopted by his rich Uncle Charles and taken to Germany on the death of his parents, the inept British teenager Frank is introduced to the free-wheeling 1970s European lifestyle and begins to fantasise about his uncle's glamorous Italian wife Martha. She seduces Frank and then tries to persuade him to kill her husband so that they can inherit his money. However, though the idea is to drown Charles from a rowing boat, they all fall into the water and she drowns by accident instead, leaving uncle and nephew to resume the friendly relations that she had disrupted. Cast Production David Wolper had bought the screen rights to Nabokov's novel immediately after its 1968 publication, but Jerzy Skolimowski was not hired to direct the film until 1971. The film was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich, West Germany, and on location in Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rend Mig I Revolutionen
''Revolution My A'' ( da, Rend mig i revolutionen) is a 1970 Danish film directed by Erik Balling and starring Ove Sprogøe. Cast * Ove Sprogøe - Arthur Antonsen * Poul Bundgaard - Præsident Jesus Maria Salvadore * Helle Virkner - Frk. Nyborg * Helle Hertz - Eva * Poul Reichhardt - Efterretningschef * Gotha Andersen - Portier Kubolsky * Carl Duering - Major Bodenschatz * Else-Marie - Fru Johansen * Ejner Federspiel - Taxachauffør * Poul Glargaard - Galan * Paul Hagen - Grønthandler * Caja Heimann * Lise Henningsen - Bartender * Knud Hilding - Overbetjent * Valsø Holm - Hoteldirektør Ludvigsen * Svend Erik Jensen - Guteraguaner * Preben Kaas - Gonzales * Hans Kristensen - Mand, hvis bil bliver ødelagt * Jesper Langberg - Værnepligtig * Thorkil Lauritzen - Arrestforvarer Hansen * Gunnar Lemvigh - Kriminalassistent * Ernst Meyer - Pakkebudet * Ole Monty - Overbetjent i arrest * Kate Mundt * Georg Nielsen - Guteraguaner * Kjeld Noack - Guteraguaner * Bjørn Puggaard-Mülle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underground (1970 Film)
''Underground'' is a 1970 American drama film directed by Arthur H. Nadel, written by Ron A. Bishop and Andy Lewis, and starring Robert Goulet, Danielle Gaubert, Lawrence Dobkin, Carl Duering, Joachim Hansen and Roger Delgado. It was released on October 7, 1970, by United Artists. Production Many of the scenes set in England were actually filmed in the Republic of Ireland, in the town of Enniscorthy. Buildings seen in the film included St Aidan's Cathedral, Enniscorthy railway station, Lett's Brewery, Abbey Square and the rowing club boathouse. Plot During World War II, an American intelligence agent in England, ashamed for having yielded information to the Germans during a previous capture, attempts to redeem himself by contriving his way into a French resistance group, with his ultimate plan being to kidnap a valuable German general and obtain his secrets. Cast * Robert Goulet as Dawson * Danielle Gaubert as Yvonne *Lawrence Dobkin as Boule *Carl Duering as General Stryke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling Lili
''Darling Lili'' is a 1970 American romantic-musical spy film, written by William Peter Blatty and Blake Edwards, the latter also directing the film. It stars Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, and Jeremy Kemp, with music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. This was the last full musical to have song lyrics written by Mercer. Plot The film is set in northern France during World War I, where British pilots have polite dog-fights with their German rivals. On the ground, Lili Smith is a beloved English musical star, much admired by French and British pilots. She mixes with them at Cafe Can-Can. One American, Major Larrabee, has a particular interest in her. He organises a gypsy serenade outside her window and a night-time champagne picnic. However, she is actually a German spy. She starts asking questions about his squadron. Lili's uncle, who is in constant contact, is Colonel Kurt Von Ruger, a more obvious German spy and her main contact to pass information to the German author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duffy (film)
''Duffy'' is a 1968 British-American comedy crime film directed by Robert Parrish and starring James Coburn, James Mason, James Fox and Susannah York. Originally called "Avec-Avec", French for "with-it", according to 1967 press reports, Columbia Pictures changed the title of the movie, despite the protests of the stars. The Pittsburgh Press, 13 October 1967. At Google Newspapers It was shot at and on location in |
Arabesque (1966 Film)
''Arabesque'' is a 1966 American comedy thriller spy film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren, written by Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price, and Peter Stone based on ''The Cipher'', a 1961 novel by Alex Gordon (pseudonym of Gordon Cotler). The film, along with Donen's immediately prior film ''Charade'' (1963), is usually described as being "Hitchcockian", as it features as a protagonist an innocent and ordinary man thrust into dangerous and extraordinary situations. It was the last film of that genre which Donen would make. ''Arabesque'' was filmed in Technicolor and Panavision and was distributed by Universal Pictures. Plot In an undercover mission, Major Sloane kills Professor Ragheeb, an ancient hieroglyphics expert at Oxford University and steals a hieroglyph-encrypted message. Sloane then asks Professor David Pollock, who has taken over Ragheeb's class on hieroglyphics, to meet with shipping magnate Nejim Beshraavi on a business matter. David d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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