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Chaste Susanne (film)
''Chaste Susanne'' (german: Die keusche Susanne) is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Ruth Weyher. It is based on the 1910 operetta ''Die keusche Susanne'' composed by Jean Gilbert with a libretto by Georg Okonkowski. In Britain it was released under the alternative title ''The Girl in the Taxi'' in reference to ''The Girl in the Taxi'' in the English version of the operetta. The film's art direction is by Jacek Rotmil. It was filmed at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. It marked the first pairing of Harvey and Fritsch who went on to become the leading screen couple in Weimar and early Nazi cinema. The film premiered at the UFA-Palast am Zoo and was a smash hit on its release.Kreimeier p. 115 Cast * Lilian Harvey as Jacqueline * Willy Fritsch as René Boislurette * Ruth Weyher as Susanne * Otto Wallburg as Charency * Hans Junkermann as Baron Aubrais * Lydia Potechina as Baronin Aubrais * Sascha Brago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Eichberg
Richard Eichberg (27 October 1888 – 8 May 1952) was a German film director and producer. He directed 87 films between 1915 and 1949. He also produced 77 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Selected filmography * '' Jettatore'' (1919) * '' Sins of the Parents'' (1919) * '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919) * '' Der Fluch der Menschheit'' (1920) * '' Hypnose'' (1920) * '' Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan'' (1920) * '' Im Rausche der Milliarden'' (1920) * ''Evelyn's Love Adventures'' (1921) * ''The Living Propeller'' (1921) * '' Ihre Hoheit die Tänzerin'' (1922) * ''Monna Vanna'' (1922) * ''The Moneylender's Daughter'' (1922) * ''The Romance of a Poor Sinner'' (1922) * ''Girl of the Berlin Streets'' (1922) * ''Fräulein Raffke'' (1923) * ''The Most Beautiful Woman in the World'' (1924) * ''The Motorist Bride'' (1925) * ''Women of Luxury'' (1925) * ''The Girl on the Road'' (1925) * '' Love and Trumpets'' (1925) * ''The Woman with Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Gilbert
Jean Gilbert (11 February 1879 – 20 December 1942), born Max Winterfeld, was a German operetta composer and conductor. Life and career Gilbert was born in Hamburg into a family of musicians; his ancestors were cantors of the Jewish community, his cousin Paul Dessau became a famous composer and conductor. He attended composition lessons held by Philipp Scharwenka in Berlin and studied at the conservatories in Sondershausen and Weimar. After first public appearances as a pianist, the 18-year-old obtained an appointment as ''Kapellmeister'' in Bremerhaven. Soon after he moved to the Carl Schultze Theater in Hamburg and, at the age of 20, succeeded Leo Fall as musical director of the Centralhalle theatre. He adopted the name of Jean Gilbert for the production of his first operetta ''Das Jungfernstift'' in 1901. He continued to work as a ''Kapellmeister'' at the Berlin Apollo-Theater on Friedrichstraße, where he enacted operettas by Paul Lincke. In 1908, Gilbert moved to Düs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Potechina
Lydia Potechina (5 September 1883 – 30 April 1934) was a Russian actress. She emigrated to Germany in 1918. She was married to the Russian-German film producer Max Pfeiffer. Selected filmography *''Destiny'' (1921) * '' The Conspiracy in Genoa'' (1921) * ''Parisian Women'' (1921) * ''Circus of Life'' (1921) * ''Wandering Souls'' (1921) * ''Barmaid'' (1922) * '' Dr. Mabuse the Gambler'' (1922) * ''Insulted and Humiliated'' (1922) * ''The Green Manuela'' (1923) * ''Fräulein Raffke'' (1923) * ''Resurrection'' (1923) * ''Carousel'' (1923) * '' Comedy of the Heart'' (1924) * ''Darling of the King'' (1924) * ''Leap Into Life'' (1924) * '' The Great Unknown'' (1924) * '' Passion'' (1925) * '' The Found Bride'' (1925) * ''Women of Luxury'' (1925) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days'' (1925) * ''A Waltz Dream'' (1925) * '' The Telephone Operator'' (1925) * '' Athletes'' (1925) * '' Peter the Pirate'' (1925) * ''The Pride of the Company'' (1926) * '' The Schimeck Family'' (1926) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Junkermann (actor)
Hans Ferdinand Junkermann (24 February 1872 – 12 June 1943) was a German actor. He was married to the Austrian actress Julia Serda. Selected filmography * ''Where Is Coletti?'' (1913) * ''The Seeds of Life'' (1918) * ''The Girl from Acker Street'' (1920) * ''The Love Affairs of Hector Dalmore'' (1921) * ''Hamlet'' (1921) * ''Hazard'' (1921) * '' The Eternal Struggle'' (1921) * '' Playing with Fire'' (1921) * ''Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * ''Miss Rockefeller Is Filming'' (1922) * ''Maciste and the Silver King's Daughter'' (1922) * ''The Girl with the Mask'' (1922) * ''The Flight into Marriage'' (1922) * '' The Lady and Her Hairdresser'' (1922) * '' The Woman on the Panther'' (1923) * ''Das Milliardensouper'' (1923) * '' Nanon'' (1924) * ''The Stolen Professor'' (1924) * ''Darling of the King'' (1924) * '' The Great Unknown'' (1924) *'' Dancing Mad'' (1925) * ''The Girl with a Patron'' (1925) * ''Express Train of Love'' (1925) * ''The Salesgirl from the Fashion Stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFA-Palast Am Zoo
The Ufa-Palast am Zoo, located near Berlin Zoological Garden in the New West area of Charlottenburg, was a major Berlin cinema owned by Universum Film AG, or Ufa. Opened in 1919 and enlarged in 1925, it was the largest cinema in Germany until 1929 and was one of the main locations of film premières in the country. The building was destroyed in November 1943 during the Bombing of Berlin in World War II and replaced in 1957 by the Zoo Palast. History The Neo-Romanesque building at Hardenbergstraße was designed as an exhibition hall by architect Carl Gause (1851–1907), an alumnus of the Bauakademie who had also drawn plans for the Hotel Adlon. Like the '' Romanisches Haus'' nearby, the design followed the model of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Auguste-Viktoria-Platz (present-day Breitscheidplatz), built in 1891–1895 according to plans by Franz Schwechten. The development of a "Romanesque forum" met the demands of Emperor Wilhelm II who even set guidelines for the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which Hitler and the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945 after just 12 years when the Allies defeated Germany, ending World War II in Europe. On 30 January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the head of gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic (german: Deutsche Republik, link=no, label=none). The state's informal name is derived from the city of Weimar, which hosted the constituent assembly that established its government. In English, the republic was usually simply called "Germany", with "Weimar Republic" (a term introduced by Adolf Hitler in 1929) not commonly used until the 1930s. Following the devastation of the First World War (1914–1918), Germany was exhausted and sued for peace in desperate circumstances. Awareness of imminent defeat sparked a revolution, the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II, formal surrender to the Allies, and the proclamation of the Weimar Republic on 9 November 1918. In its i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannisthal Studios
The Johannisthal Studios were film studios located in the Berlin area of Johannisthal. Founded in 1920 on the site of a former airfield, they were a centre of production during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Nearly four hundred films were made at Johannistal during the silent period. Sometimes known as the Jofa Studios, in 1929 they became the base of the newly established German major studio Tobis Film at the beginning of the sound era. After 1945 the studios fell into the Soviet Zone of Germany, and later into the Communist state of East Germany.Bergfelder p.24 The studios were used by the new monopoly film company DEFA. Although the first postwar German film '' The Murderers Are Among Us'' was shot at Johannisthal, they were used less than the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. It was often used for dubbing foreign films into German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacek Rotmil
Jacek Rotmil (1888–1944) was a Russian-born art director and production designer who worked on 100 films during his career Following the First World War, Rotmil entered the booming German film industry and worked prolifically until 1933. Following the Nazi rise to power, Rotmil went into exile in Poland where he was employed frequently on Polish and Yiddish productions. He had first become involved in the Polish film industry in 1930 when working on the sound version of the Polish film ''Exile to Siberia'' in Berlin. After the Germans took over Poland in 1939, Rotmil went into hiding. He was later arrested and executed in Pawiak prison shortly before the Warsaw Uprising. He was one of many Polish film personnel to die during the Second World War.Skaff p.185 Selected filmography * ''Evelyn's Love Adventures'' (1921) * '' In Thrall to the Claw'' (1921) * ''The Living Propeller'' (1921) *'' Monna Vanna'' (1922) * '' Prashna's Secret'' (1922) * ''The Romance of a Poor Sinner'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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