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Clemens Hasse
Clemens Hasse (13 April 1908 – 28 July 1959) was a German actor and synchroniser. Biography Hasse was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a public official and attended his stage education at the ''Preussisches Staatstheater'' in Berlin. Between 1929 and 1944, when the Theater was closed down, he was a constant member of the Staatstheater ensemble. Hasse first appeared in a UFA movie in 1932 and acted in several movies next to popular stars like Heinz Rühmann or Hans Albers. He was the German dubbing voice of Eddie Albert, Lou Costello, José Ferrer, Oliver Hardy, Sid James and also the voice of the white rabbit in Disneys ''Alice in Wonderland''. After World War II Hasse worked at the ''Schlosspark-Theater'' Berlin and after 1951 at the ''Schillertheater''. He died of a heart attack at New York City on the occasion of his daughter's marriage and is buried at Waldfriedhof Dahlem The Waldfriedhof Dahlem ( Dahlem forest cemetery) is a cemetery in Berlin, in the district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königsberg
Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named in honour of King Ottokar II of Bohemia. A Baltic port city, it successively became the capital of the Królewiec Voivodeship, the State of the Teutonic Order, the Duchy of Prussia and the provinces of East Prussia and Prussia. Königsberg remained the coronation city of the Prussian monarchy, though the capital was moved to Berlin in 1701. Between the thirteenth and the twentieth centuries, the inhabitants spoke predominantly German, but the multicultural city also had a profound influence upon the Lithuanian and Polish cultures. The city was a publishing center of Lutheran literature, including the first Polish translation of the New Testament, printed in the city in 1551, the first book in Lithuanian and the first Lutheran catechism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Studio; it also operated under the names the Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing its name to the Walt Disney Company in 1986. Early on, the company established itself as a leader in the animation industry, with the creation of the widely popular character Mickey Mouse, who is the company's mascot, and the start of animated films. After becoming a major success by the early 1940s, the company started to diversify into live-action films, television, and theme parks in the 1950s. Following Walt's death in 1966, the company's profits began to decline, especially in the animation division. Once Disney's shareholders voted in Michael Eisner as the he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanon (1938 Film)
''Nanon'' is a 1938 German historical film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Erna Sack, Johannes Heesters and Dagny Servaes.Goble p. 484 It is based on the original operetta ''Nanon'' by Richard Genée which had a libretto by F Zell, although the music for this film was specially commissioned from Alois Melichar. It was produced by the giant German studio UFA, and is part of a cycle of operetta films made during the 1930s. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It was a remake of the 1924 silent film of the same title. Cast * Erna Sack as Nanon Patin * Johannes Heesters as Marquis Charles d'Aubigne * Dagny Servaes as Ninon de l'Enclos * Kurt Meisel as Hector * Otto Gebühr as Jean Baptiste Molière * Oskar Sima as Marquis de Marsillac * Karl Paryla as Louis XIV * Berthold Ebbecke as Pierre * Ursula Deinert as Tänzerin * Clemens Hasse as Francois Patin * Paul Westermeier as 1. Korporal * Armin Schweizer as 2. Korporal * Oskar Höcker as 3. Kor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By A Silken Thread
''By a Silken Thread'' (german: Am seidenen Faden) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Willy Fritsch, Carl Kuhlmann and Käthe von Nagy. The film was intended to be an exposure of "crooked Jewish capitalists" in line with Nazi racial policy of the era. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Potsdam.Klaus p.23 The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte. Cast * Willy Fritsch as Richard Hellwerth * Carl Kuhlmann as Wilhelm Eickhoff * Käthe von Nagy as Lissy Eickhoff * Stella David as Wirtschafterin Frida Mann * Bernhard Minetti as Dr. Heinrich Breuer * Erich Ponto as Theodor Kalbach * Willi Schur as Werkmeister Schwafels * Paul Bildt as Bankier Brögelmann * Eduard Wandrey as Justizrat Bellert * Hildegard Barko as Dienstmädchen Anna * Ina Albrecht as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * Johanna Blum as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * Hildegard Busse as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * Alfred Karen as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * Ethel R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covered Tracks
''Covered Tracks'' (german: Verwehte Spuren) is a 1938 German historical drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn, and Charlotte Schultz. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin's Halensee and the Bavaria Studios in Munich with location shooting taking place in both cities as well as in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Haacker and Hermann Warm. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival.Schiweck & Toonen p.144 Plot summary A young woman named Séraphine checks into a Parisian hotel with her ailing mother, having arrived to attend the 1867 International Exposition. When she comes back to the hotel with her mother's medication, she finds their room vacant and none of the staff remembers ever seeing her or her mother checking into the hotel. Séraphine then embarks on a quest to uncover the mystery of her mother's disappearance and prove her own sanity. Cast See also * '' Midnight Warning'' (1932) * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wie Einst Im Mai (1938 Film)
''Maytime'' or ''As Once in May'' (German: ''Wie einst im Mai'') is a 1926 German silent film, silent romance film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Adolf Klein, Ellen Richter, and Paul Heidemann.Krautz p.231 The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Leni. Cast * Adolf Klein as Baron de la Roche * Ellen Richter as Eugenie de la Roche / Eugenie Schönlein, geb. de la Roche & Charlotte, ihre Enkelin / Mabel Ward * Paul Heidemann as Friedrich Wilhelm Kietz / Fritz, Freds Sohn * Hugo Fischer-Köppe as Gottlieb Krause / Gottlieb * Frida Richard as Auguste Krause, Ehefrau / Auguste * Philipp Manning as Kammergerichtsrat Schönlein * Karl Harbacher as Romeo * Trude Hesterberg as Julia * Walter Rilla as Fred W. Kietz * Gyula Szőreghy as Adolph Lemke * Alice Torning as Frau Lemke * Hermann Picha as Theophil * Camilla Spira as Minchen Lemke, die Tochter References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
''The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes'' (German: ''Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war'') is a 1937 German mystery comedy film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann and Marieluise Claudius. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. Plot Detective Morris Flynn (Hans Albers) and his assistant Macky McMacpherson (Heinz Rühmann), masquereading as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, investigate two attractive sisters, Mary and Jane Berry, and the theft and forgery of valuable postage stamps. Reception ''Lexikon des Internationalen Films'' calls it a swinging, lively comedy. Albers and Rühmann have been two longtime major stars of German cinema and are still known for the main song in this movie, ''Jawoll, meine Herr'n''. Release ''The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes'' was released on DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ride To Freedom
''Ride to Freedom'' (german: Ritt in die Freiheit) is a 1937 German historical war film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Willy Birgel, Viktor Staal and Hansi Knoteck. The film is set in the 1830s during Poland's November Uprising against the Russian Empire. It portrays the rehabilitation of a Polish cavalry officer whose initial reluctance to engage the enemy leads to the death of his comrades, but later dies fighting bravely. The film was made by German's leading studio UFA, with interiors shot at the Babelsberg Studios. UFA received co-operation from the Polish War Ministry who supplied 5th Regiment of Zaslaw Uhlans for the filming of battles scenes that took place around Ostroleka in Poland. The Polish ambassador to Germany Józef Lipski attended the film's premiere at the Palast-am-Zoo in Berlin on 14 January 1937. Around the same time Germany and Poland, future enemies in the Second World War, co-produced two films together ''Augustus the Strong'' and ''Adventure in Warsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fräulein Veronika
''Fräulein Veronika'' is a 1936 Austrian-Swiss comedy film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Thekla Ahrens, Carl Esmond and Hans Moser. It is based on the play '' Veronika'' by Fritz Peter Buch. The film is sometimes known by the alternative title ''Alles für Veronika''. Main cast * Thekla Ahrens - Veronika Sonntag * Carl Esmond - Paul Schmidt * Hans Moser - Direktor Tutzinger * Theo Lingen - Abteilungschef Fuchs * Walter Janssen - Abteilungschef Wolf * Grethe Weiser - Annie Hegemann * Gretl Theimer - Lizzie * Hilde Hildebrand - Dora * Hubert von Meyerinck - Theo * Clemens Hasse - Hausdetektiv Krüger * Paul Beckers - Portier Kulicke * Ilse Fürstenberg Ilse Fürstenberg (12 December 1907, in Berlin – 16 December 1976, in Basel) was a German actress, working on stage, screen, television and as voice actress. Selected filmography * '' The Blue Angel'' (1930) - Raths Wirtschafterin / Maid * '' ... - Frau Kulicke * Georg Erich Schmidt - Pickelberg * Hilli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boccaccio (1936 Film)
''Boccaccio'' is a 1936 German historical musical film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Albrecht Schoenhals, Gina Falckenberg, and Willy Fritsch. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte Otto Hunte (9 January 1881 – 28 December 1960) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. Hunte is considered one of the most important artists in the history of early German cinema, mainly for his set designs on the ea .... Plot Boccaccio is an operetta that relates how Nazis conceived the Italian Renaissance. The Ferrara's residents are carried up in a tide of emotion and physical passion. Before long, the town is in chaos. Background The film was produced by Universum-Film AG Berlin under the production management of Max Pfeiffer between mid-February and mid-April 1936 in the Ufa studios in Neubabelsberg and premiered on August 11, 1936, in the UFA-Palast (Berlin). The film music was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacred Waters (1932 Film)
''Sacred Waters'' (German: ''An heiligen Wassern'' or ''Stürzende Wasser'') is a 1932 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Karin Hardt, Eduard von Winterstein and Hans Adalbert Schlettow. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Hans Jacoby.Klaus p.17 It is part of the heimatfilm genre. The film was based on a novel by Jakob Christoph Heer, which was later adapted into a 1960 Swiss film. Cast * Karin Hardt as Sabine Waldisch * Eduard von Winterstein as Peter Waldisch * Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Sepp Blattrer * Carl Balhaus as Josi Blattrer * Theodor Loos as Landowner * Reinhold Bernt as Töni * Peter Erkelenz as Engineer * Martha Ziegler as Fränzi Blattrer * Erika Dannhoff as Vroni Blattrer * Hans Henninger as Franz * Otto Kronburger as Water Technician * Elisabeth Wendt * Dorothea Thiess * Klaus Pohl * Clemens Hasse * Willi Schur * Eugen Rex * Gustav Rickelt Gustav Rickelt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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