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Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler
''Dr. Mabuse the Gambler'' (german: Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler) is the first film in the Dr. Mabuse series about the character Doctor Mabuse who featured in the novels of Norbert Jacques. It was directed by Fritz Lang and released in 1922. The film is silent and would be followed by the sound sequels ''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'' (1933) and ''The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse'' (1960). It is four and a half hours long and divided into two parts, originally released a month apart: ''Der große Spieler: Ein Bild der Zeit'' and ''Inferno: Ein Spiel von Menschen unserer Zeit''. The title, ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler'', makes use of three meanings of the German ''Der Spieler'' which can mean ''gambler'', ''puppeteer'', or ''actor''. The character Dr. Mabuse, who disguises himself, manipulates people, and is a notorious gambler, embodies all senses of the word. Therefore, ''the Player'' might be a more appropriate translation of the title. The film is included in the book '' 1001 Movies Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Matejko
Theo Matejko (18 June 1893 – 9 September 1946) was an Austrian illustrator. He served in World War I and covered racing car events. In October 1928, with Ludwig Dettmann, he was invited on the first transatlantic flight of the airship ''Graf Zeppelin'', where he made an artistic record of the voyage. He was involved in the design work for the posters for the 1936 Olympics. He worked on ''Die Wehrmacht'' magazine during World War II; at the beginning of the war, he published a series of drawings depicting the horrors of indiscriminate bombing on civilians. In 1961 the Museum of Modern Art in New York City had an exhibition of his film posters. His work is collected in museums like the Imperial War Museum the Victoria and Albert Museum. and the Stedelijk Museum The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypnosis
Hypnosis is a human condition involving focused attention (the selective attention/selective inattention hypothesis, SASI), reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.In 2015, the American Psychological Association Division 30 defined hypnosis as a "state of consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness characterized by an enhanced capacity for response to suggestion". For critical commentary on this definition, see: There are competing theories explaining hypnosis and related phenomena. ''Altered state'' theories see hypnosis as an altered state of mind or trance, marked by a level of awareness different from the ordinary Consciousness, state of consciousness. In contrast, ''non-state'' theories see hypnosis as, variously, a type of placebo effect,Kirsch, I., "Clinical Hypnosis as a Nondeceptive Placebo", pp. 211–25 in Kirsch, I., Capafons, A., Cardeña-Buelna, E., Amigó, S. (eds.), ''Clinical Hypnosis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Botz
Gustav Botz (4 August 1883 – 29 September 1932) was a German actor. Early Life and Career Botz was born on 4 August 1883 at Bremen, German Empire Botz began his career in film business The Foreign Prince (1918), The Devil (1918), His Majesty the Hypochondriac (1918), Ikarus, the Flying Man (1918), The Rose of Stamboul (1919), The Secret of the American Docks (1919), The Head of Janus (1920), Monika Vogelsang (1920), Battle of the Sexes (1920) Mary Magdalene (1920), Catherine the Great (1920), The Courier from Lisbon (1921), Peter Voss, Their of Millions (1921), The Eternal Struggle (1921), Lola Montez, the King's Dancer (1922), Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922), Nosferatu (1922) His last film role was in 1924's My Leopold and Botz retired from the film business Personal Life and death On the 29 September 1932, After suffering unknown disease, Botz died at Bremen, Weimar Republic at the age 49. His death certificate named the cause of death as " Physically induced brain injury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Biensfeldt
Paul Biensfeldt (4 March 1869 – 2 April 1933) was a German-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Canned Bride'' (1915) * '' The Queen's Love Letter'' (1916) * ''Countess Kitchenmaid'' (1918) * '' The Blue Lantern'' (1918) * ''The Adventure of a Ball Night'' (1918) * '' Carmen'' (1918) * ''The Victors'' (1918) * '' My Wife, the Movie Star'' (1919) * ''The Bodega of Los Cuerros'' (1919) * '' The Spies'' (1919) * ''Harakiri'' (1919) * ''Prince Cuckoo'' (1919) * '' Veritas Vincit'' (1919) * ''A Drive into the Blue'' (1919) * '' Mascotte'' (1920) * '' Va banque'' (1920) * '' Romeo and Juliet in the Snow'' (1920) * '' Sumurun'' (1920) * '' The Hunchback and the Dancer'' (1920) * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1921) * '' The Wild Cat'' (1921) * '' Dr. Mabuse the Gambler'' (1922) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Berber
Anita Berber (10 June 1899 – 10 November 1928) was a German dancer, actress, and writer who was the subject of an Otto Dix painting. She lived during the time of the Weimar Republic. Early life Born in Leipzig to Felix Berber, First Violinist with the Municipal Orchestra, and his wife, Anna Lucie Thiem, a cabaret singer and dancer, who later divorced when Berber was four. Berber was raised mainly by her grandmother in Dresden. In 1913 Berber studied dance at Émile Jaques-Dalcroze's school in Hellerau, which included trainings in rhythmic gymnastics, harmony, and music. The next year she had left to study ballet in Berlin with Rita Sacchetto. By the age of 16, she had made her debut as a cabaret dancer and in 1917 she was working as a fashion model for Die Dame. Notoriety in Berlin Between 1918 and 1925, she appeared in twenty-five films. Richard Oswald used her in a number of his films around this time. In 1920 she appeared alongside Dadaists in a political cabaret called '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Adalbert
Max Adalbert (born Johannes Adolph Krampf; 19 February 1874 – 7 September 1933) was a German stage and film actor. Biography Adalbert was born in Danzig (Gdansk), Imperial Germany as ''Maximilian Adalbert Krampf'' to a Prussian Officer. He used his first names as his stage name from the start of his career and debuted at the age of 19 at the theater of Lübeck and in 1894 at the municipal theater of Barmen. Adalbert also appeared in St.Gallen, Nuremberg and Vienna. He moved to Berlin in 1899 to work at the ''Residenztheater''. Coming in contact with Curt Bois, Adalbert turned into a comedian and co-founded the popular ''Kabarett der Komiker'' in December 1924. On 30 May 1931 he made his debut as the central character of Carl Zuckmayer's The Captain of Köpenick (play), Der Hauptmann von Köpenick at the Deutsches Theater (Berlin), Deutsches Theater in Berlin, which was filmed in the same year. Max Adalbert died of pneumonia while in Munich for a guest performance, and was bur ... [...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] |
Julius Falkenstein
Julius Falkenstein (25 February 1879 – 9 December 1933) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1914 and 1933. Falkenstein was Jewish, but secured a special permit to continue making films following the Nazi rise to power in 1933. He died of natural causes the same year, having made only one further film. Selected filmography * ''Die geheimnisvolle Villa'' (1914) * '' The Princess of Neutralia'' (1917) *'' The Toboggan Cavalier'' (1918) * ''The Oyster Princess'' (1919) * ''The Dancer Barberina'' (1920) * ''The Love of a Thief'' (1920) * ''The Princess of the Nile'' (1920) * '' Romeo and Juliet in the Snow'' (1920) * '' The Haunted Castle'' (1921) * ''The Story of Christine von Herre'' (1921) * '' The Convict of Cayenne'' (1921) * ''Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * '' Dr. Mabuse the Gambler'' (1922) * ''His Excellency from Madagascar'' (1922) * ''Don Juan'' (1922) * ''Das Milliardensouper'' (1923) * '' Earth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grete Berger
Grete Berger (born Margarethe Berg; 11 February 1883 – 23 May 1944) was an Austrian-German stage and film actress whose career came to an end following the rise of the Nazi Party in 1933. Berger was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944 shortly after her arrival. Career Grete Berger was born Margarethe Berg into a Jewish family in Austrian Silesia. She began her education under acting teacher Rosa Roth in Vienna. She made her stage debut on 1 September 1903 in Berlin at the Deutsches Theater. In 1904 she began an engagement at the Deutsches Theater under theatre director and pedagogue Max Reinhardt where she performed in youthful character roles. In 1911 she performed with Reinhardt's ensemble in Sophocles's ''Oedipus Rex'' on guest tours of Prague and St. Petersburg. Other notable roles in Berlin included Puck in Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', the title role of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's drama '' Elektra'', Désirée in Richard Beer-Hofmann's ''The Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Puffy
Charles Puffy (born Károly Hochstadt; 3 November 1884 – 1942 or 1943) was a Hungarian film actor. Biography Hochstadt appeared in more than 130 films between 1914 and 1938. He was the only slapstick star in Hungary's silent film era, appearing under the name "Pufi" (meaning "Fatty" in Hungarian, referring to his weight) and Carlie Puffy in the United States for Universal Studios. His other stage names were Károly Huszár or Pufi Huszár. Besides his work on films, he frequently appeared on stage, mostly in comical roles. Later, he worked in films in both Germany and the United States, including such classics as Fritz Lang's '' Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler'' (''Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler'') (1922) and Josef von Sternberg's '' Der blaue Engel'' (''The Blue Angel'') (1930). He used the names "Karl Huszar", "Karl Huszar-Puffy" or "Charles Puffy". In the sound era, he returned to his native Hungary, where he was featured in smaller roles in a number of films. Puffy was Jewish, and dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg John
Georg John (born Georg Jacobsohn; 23 July 1879 – 18 November 1941) was a German stage and film actor. Early life Georg Jacobsohn was born into a Jewish household in Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany. Career John began his career around 1900 in smaller stages and traveling theatres. In 1904, he was engaged at the Theater of Wilhelmshaven, followed by appearances at Stolp in 1905, Altona, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Bochum and Göttingen. In 1914, John worked as an actor and producer for Vaterländische Schauspiele in Vienna. In 1917, John first appeared in silent movies, playing a Tibetan monk in ''Die Fremde'' (''The Stranger''), and Death in ''Hilde Warren und der Tod'' (''Hilde Warren and Death''). These roles were typical of the kinds of parts he would become known for, even if, at first, he was more often seen as a father, husband or dignitary. Beginning in the 1920s, John appeared in the films of notable German filmmakers, where he often played bizarre, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Hans Adalbert Schlettow (11 June 1888 – 30 April 1945) was a German film actor. Schlettow appeared in around a hundred and sixty films during his career, the majority during the silent era. Among his best-known film roles was ''Hagen von Tronje'' in Fritz Lang's film classic ''Die Nibelungen'' (1924). In 1929 he starred in the British director Anthony Asquith's film ''A Cottage on Dartmoor''.Ryall p.170 He was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and the National Socialist Factory Cell Organization. Schlettow died in the Battle of Berlin. Selected filmography * '' Und wenn ich lieb' nimm dich in acht...!'' (1917) * ''Der breite Weg'' (1917) * '' Die Gespensterstunde'' (1917) * '' Klosterfriede'' (1917) * ''When the Heart Burns with Hate'' (1917) * '' Vier Finger'' (1919) * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919) as Count Ludwig Erlenstein * '' Hiob'' (1919) * ''Countess Doddy'' (1919) * ''Dias Geheimnis der alten Truhe'' * ''Algol'' (1920) as Peter Hell * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
