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Christiane Maybach
Christiane Maybach (1932–2006) was a German film and television actress. She became known as "Berlin's Marilyn Monroe" due to work in films from the 1950s to the 1970s. She continued to act in television roles until shortly before her death in 2006. Life Maybach was born in Berlin, Germany on March 14, 1932, was educated at the acting school of the Schillertheater beginning in 1956, and worked on the stage before becoming a film actress during the 1950s, a career she continued to pursue until the 1970s. She then continued her acting career on television, performing until shortly before her death. She died in Cologne, Germany on April 12, 2006. , in "Welt Am Draht: New Master." Munich, Germany: Rain ... [...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] |
The High Life (1960 Film)
''The High Life'' (german: Das kunstseidene Mädchen; french: La Grande Vie) is a 1960 French, West German and Italian film directed by Julien Duvivier, based on the novel ''Das kunstseidene Mädchen'' (''The Artificial Silk Girl'') by Irmgard Keun Irmgard Keun (; 6 February 1905 – 5 May 1982) was a German novelist. Noted for her portrayals of the life of women, she is described as "often reduced to the bold sexuality of her writing, eta significant author of the late Weimar period and ' .... Plot Doris Putzke (Giulietta Masina) is fond of dating men in her quest for finding the perfect one. In her brief relationships, she goes from one disillusionment to another, constantly deluding herself about the intentions of her lovers. External links * * 1960 films French black-and-white films Films directed by Julien Duvivier West German films Italian drama films Films set in West Germany Films based on German novels Films with screenplays by René Barjavel German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Births
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just A Gigolo (1978 Film)
''Just a Gigolo'' (german: Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo, lit=Beautiful Gigolo, Poor Gigolo) is a 1978 West German drama film directed by David Hemmings and starring David Bowie. Set in post-World War I Berlin, it also features Sydne Rome, Kim Novak and Marlene Dietrich in her final film role. The film was panned by critics and audiences; this led Bowie to quip that it was "my 32 Elvis Presley movies rolled into one". Plot A Prussian officer (David Bowie) returns home to Berlin following the end of the Great War. Unable to find employment elsewhere, he works as a gigolo in a brothel run by the Baroness (Marlene Dietrich). He is eventually killed in street fighting between Nazis and Communists. Both sides claim his body but the Nazis succeed in capturing it and bury him with honours, "a hero to a cause he did not support". Cast * David Bowie as Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski * Sydne Rome as Cilly * Kim Novak as Helga von Kaiserling * David Hemmings as Captain Hermann Kraft * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satan's Brew
''Satan's Brew'' (german: Satansbraten) is a 1976 German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Plot The poet Walter Kranz and his practical wife Luise live with Walter's mentally disabled brother Ernst. They have money problems, as the formerly successful "poet of the revolution" has not written anything in two years. His bank account is overdrawn, his publisher refuses to give him an advance, and he has already accumulated too many debts with his friends Lisa and Rolf. One of Walter's mistresses, Irmgard von Witzleben, writes him a check, but he accidentally shoots her while roleplaying with a gun. Walter gets the idea to write about a prostitute and begins to interview Lana von Meyerbeer, but finds it easier to sleep with her than to ask good questions. His wife watches and complains that he has not slept with her in 17 days. Meanwhile his brother Ernst is busy increasing his collection of dead flies. While a policeman comes to ask for Walter's alibi for the murder, som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox And His Friends
''Fox and His Friends'' (german: Faustrecht der Freiheit, lit=Freedom's Law of the Jungle; also known as ''Fist-Right of Freedom'') is a 1975 West German drama film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Fassbinder, Peter Chatel and Karlheinz Böhm. The plot follows the misadventures of a working-class gay man who wins the lottery, then falls in love with the elegant son of an industrialist. His lover tries to mold him into a gilt-edged mirror of upper-class values, and ultimately swindles the easily flattered "Fox" out of his fortune. The film is an incisive look at the relationship between money and emotions. Love is seen as a commodity that can be bought for money and lasts only as long as it is profitable. Plot Franz Bieberkopf is a sweet and unsophisticated working-class gay man who works in a carnival as "Fox, the Talking Head". He finds himself without a job when his boyfriend Klaus, the carnival owner, is arrested for tax fraud. Fox visits his sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All People Will Be Brothers
''All People Will Be Brothers'' (german: Alle Menschen werden Brüder) is a 1973 West German drama film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Harald Leipnitz, Doris Kunstmann and Rainer von Artenfels.Bock & Bergfelder p.504 Cast * Harald Leipnitz as Werner Mark * Doris Kunstmann as Lillian * Rainer von Artenfels as Richard Mark * Klaus Schwarzkopf as Boris Minski * Herbert Fleischmann as Kommissar Eilers * Konrad Georg as Paradin * Elisabeth Volkmann as Vanessa * Christiane Maybach as Die Rote * Ingrid van Bergen as Nachtclub-Sängerin * Alf Marholm as Delacorte * Manfred Seipold as Kriminalbeamter Olsen * Heinz Baumann as William Carpenter * Alfred Balthoff as Mendel * Michel Jacot as Ted * Alexander Golling as Bauer * Edith Schultze-Westrum as Frau Schermoly * Hilde Brand as Frau Schermolys Assistantin * Ingeborg Lapsien as Rachel Minski * Herta Worell as Mrs. Buttermark * Achim Hammer as Dr. Hess * Eduard Linkers as Mann mit Bart * Hermann Lenschau as Professor Mohn * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
$ (film)
''$'', also known as ''Dollar$'', ''Dollars'' or ''$ (Dollars)'', and in the UK as ''The Heist'', is a 1971 American comedy film starring Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn, written and directed by Richard Brooks and produced by M.J. Frankovich. The supporting cast includes Gert Fröbe, Robert Webber and Scott Brady. The film is about a bank security consultant (Beatty) who develops a scheme with a prostitute, Dawn Divine (Hawn), to steal several criminals' money from a bank vault. The film was partly shot in Hamburg, West Germany, which forms the primary location of the film and was supported by the Hamburg Art Museum and Bendestorf Studios. The film's music is composed and produced by Quincy Jones, and the soundtrack features performances by the Don Elliott Voices, Little Richard, Roberta Flack and Doug Kershaw. The film's title appears in the opening credits only in the form of a giant character, as would be used in a sign, being transported by a crane. ''$'' was distributed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bordello
''The Bordello'' (german: Das Freudenhaus) is a 1971 West German drama film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Karin Jacobsen, Herbert Fleischmann and Gisela Peltzer.Goble p.770 Cast * Karin Jacobsen as Rosi * Herbert Fleischmann as Leopold * Gisela Peltzer as Frau Silberstein * Gisela Trowe as Prostitute * Paul Edwin Roth as Herr Silberstein * Friedrich G. Beckhaus as Baumann * Wolfgang Stumpf as Von Weber * Monica Kaufmann as Wally * Astrid Frank as Inge * Ingrid Bucksetter as Sonja * Eva Gelb as Dodo * Christiane Maybach as Tilly * Michael Büttner as Michael * Mathias Einert as Egon * Georg M. Fischer as Jonathan * Wolfgang Giese as Siegfried * Hans Hessling as Chess Player * Manfred Reddemann as Karl * Ernst-Günter Seibt as Willi * Gerda Gmelin as Mutter Oberin * Peter Ahrweiler Peter Ahrweiler () (6 January 1915 – 3 September 2004) was a German actor and theater director. Biography Early life Ahrweiler was born in Krefeld. Career Ahrweiler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Z7 Operation Rembrandt
''Z7 Operation Rembrandt'' (german: Rembrandt 7 antwortet nicht..., it, Mark Donen - Agente Zeta 7, es, Z-7, operación Rembrandt) is a 1966 German-Italian-Spanish Eurospy film written and directed by Giancarlo Romitelli and starring Lang Jeffries. It was shot in Macau, Tangier, Rome, Málaga, and Torremolinos Torremolinos () is a municipality in Andalusia, southern Spain, west of Málaga. A poor fishing village before the growth in tourism began in the late 1950s, Torremolinos was the first of the Costa del Sol resorts to be developed and is still th .... Plot Cast References External links * 1966 films Italian spy thriller films West German films German spy thriller films Spanish spy thriller films 1960s spy thriller films 1960s Italian films 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Study In Terror
''A Study in Terror'' is a 1965 British thriller film directed by James Hill and starring John Neville as Sherlock Holmes and Donald Houston as Dr. Watson. It was filmed at Shepperton Studios, London, with some location work at Osterley House in Middlesex. Although based on Conan Doyle's characters, the story is an original one, which has the famous detective on the trail of Jack the Ripper. The story of ''A Study in Terror'' challenges Sherlock Holmes to solve these horrific crimes. This leads Holmes through a trail of aristocracy, blackmail and family insanity. Unlike Scotland Yard, and the real-life story, Holmes eventually discovers the true identity of the Ripper. The film had its world premiere at the Leicester Square Theatre in the West End of London on 4 November 1965. ''A Study in Terror'' presents the first film appearance of Mycroft Holmes. Plot In the dark alleys of London, the notorious Jack the Ripper is committing a series of gruesome murders. Holmes and Wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Man In Istanbul
''That Man in Istanbul'' ( es, Estambul 65, it, Colpo grosso a Galata Bridge, french: L'Homme d'Istamboul) is a 1965 English-language European international co-production adventure film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Horst Buchholz. It was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures. ''That Man in Istanbul'' is a eurospy comedy film. Its English-language title is likely a reference to the 1964 eurospy comedy film '' That Man from Rio''. Plot After paying a million dollars ransom in used notes for a nuclear scientist abducted in Turkey, the CIA The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian intelligence agency, foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gat ... find that they were fobbed off with a double. Refusing to accept defeat, agent Kelly goes on holiday to Istanbul where she meets nightclub owner Tony, who knows all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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