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Dreaming Lips (1932 Film)
''Dreaming Lips'' (german: Der träumende Mund) is a 1932 French-German drama film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Elisabeth Bergner, Rudolf Forster and Anton Edthofer. The film is based on the play '' Mélo'' by Henri Bernstein. As was common at the time, the film was a co-production with a separate French-language version ' made. After Bergner and Czinner went into exile in Britain following the Nazi takeover, they remade the film in 1937. A further German remake was released in 1953, starring Maria Schell. Cast *Elisabeth Bergner as Gaby *Rudolf Forster as Michael Marsden * Anton Edthofer as Peter *Margarethe Hruby as Christine *Jaro Fürth as Arzt * Peter Kroger as Kind *Karl Hannemann as Impresario *Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Polizist *Werner Pledath *Gustav Püttjer *Willi Schur Willi Schur (22 August 1888 – 1 November 1940) was a German actor and singer. He appeared in roughly ninety feature films in a variety of supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Czinner
Paul Czinner (30 May 1890 – 22 June 1972) was a Hungarian-born British writer, film director, and producer. Biography Czinner was born to a Jewish family in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. After studying literature and philosophy at the University of Vienna, he worked as a journalist. From 1919 onward, he dedicated himself to work for the film industry as writer, director and producer. Czinner became engaged to actress Gilda Langer in early 1920. Shortly after their engagement Langer succumbed to the Spanish flu and died on 31 January 1920. In 1924, he offered the leading role in his film ''Nju'' to Elisabeth Bergner. They became partners. Due to the persecution of Jews by the Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler, the two, both Jewish, fled to Vienna and then London, where they were married. Despite Czinner's homosexuality, the union proved a happy and personally and professionally enriching one for both partners. 1934 saw the realisation of his film ''Catherine the Great'', with his wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Co-production (filmmaking)
A co-production is a joint venture between two or more different production companies for the purpose of film production, television production, video game development, and so on. In the case of an international co-production, production companies from different countries (typically two to three) are working together. Co-production also refers to the way services are produced by their users, in some parts or entirely. History and benefits The journalist Mark Lawson identifies the first use of the term, in the context of radio production, in 1941, although the programme to which he refers, ''Children Calling Home'', "Presented in collaboration between the CBC of Canada, NBC of the U.S.A., and the BBC, and broadcast simultaneously in all three countries", was first broadcast in December 1940. Following the Second World War, US film companies were forbidden by the Marshall Plan to take their film profits in the form of foreign exchange out of European countries. As a result, seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Drama Films
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1932 Drama Films
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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willi Schur
Willi Schur (22 August 1888 – 1 November 1940) was a German actor and singer. He appeared in roughly ninety feature films in a variety of supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) * ''Who Takes Love Seriously?'' (1931) * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) * '' All is at Stake'' (1932) * '' Dreaming Lips'' (1932) * ''Sacred Waters'' (1932) * ''Gypsies of the Night'' (1932) * '' The Victor'' (1932) * ''The Invisible Front'' (1932) * ''A Tremendously Rich Man'' (1932) * '' Five from the Jazz Band'' (1932) * ''The Racokzi March'' (1933) * ''A City Upside Down'' (1933) * ''The House of Dora Green'' (1933) * '' The Star of Valencia'' (1933) * ''Gold'' (1934) * ''My Heart Calls You'' (1934) * ''Police Report'' (1934) * ''The Grand Duke's Finances'' (1934) * '' Hard Luck Mary'' (1934) * '' Music in the Blood'' (1934) * '' The Double'' (1934) * ''Miss Liselott'' (1934) * ''Trouble with Jolanthe'' (1934) * '' Master of the World'' (1934) * ''Don't Lose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Püttjer
Gustav Püttjer (15 May 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a German film actor who appeared in around 150 feature films between 1927 and 1959. He largely played character parts. After the Second World War he settled in East Germany appearing in the films of the state-controlled company DEFA. Selected filmography * ''The Fourth from the Right'' (1929) * ''The Last Company'' (1930) * ''Road to Rio'' (1931) * '' A Woman Branded'' (1931) * ''The Street Song'' (1931) * ''F.P.1'' (1932) * '' Five from the Jazz Band'' (1932) * ''Haunted People'' (1932) * ''All is at Stake'' (1932) * ''Here's Berlin'' (1932) * ''A Bit of Love'' (1932) * ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' (1932) * ''Scandal on Park Street'' (1932) * ''Things Are Getting Better Already'' (1932) * '' Dreaming Lips'' (1932) * ''The House of Dora Green'' (1933) * ''Life Begins Tomorrow'' (1933) * ''Two Good Comrades'' (1933) * ''Girls of Today'' (1933) * ''Black Fighter Johanna'' (1934) * ''Police Report'' (1934) * ''The Girlfriend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Pledath
Werner Pledath (26 April 1898 – 6 December 1965) was a German actor who appeared in many films during a lengthy career. He generally played supporting roles such as in '' Five from the Jazz Band'' (1932).Youngkin p.465 Pledath specialized in playing powerful, authority figures. Following the Second World War he appeared in several films made in East Germany. Selected filmography * ''Man by the Wayside'' (1923) * ''The Street Song'' (1931) * ''Who Takes Love Seriously?'' (1931) * '' Dreaming Lips'' (1932) * ''I by Day, You by Night'' (1932) * ''Things Are Getting Better Already'' (1932) * '' Five from the Jazz Band'' (1932) * ''The Invisible Front'' (1932) * ''Scandal in Budapest'' (1933) * '' Today Is the Day'' (1933) * '' Mother and Child'' (1934) * ''The Higher Command'' (1935) * ''The Valiant Navigator'' (1935) * ''Pygmalion'' (1935) * ''The Saint and Her Fool'' (1935) * '' Port Arthur'' (1936) * ''Savoy Hotel 217'' (1936) * '' Victoria in Dover'' (1936) * '' White Slaves'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur (6 March 1886 – 13 May 1960) was a German film actor. Early life Stahl-Nachbaur was born in Munich, Germany and died at age 74 in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''Das Geschlecht der Schelme. 1. Teil'' (1917) * ''Das verlorene Paradies'' (1917) * ''Eugen Onegin'' (1919) - Fürst Gremin * ''Zwischen Tod und Leben'' (1919) - Fritz Nettenmair * ''Fidelio'' (1919) - Gouveneur * ''Pogrom'' (1919) - Krassowsky * ''Maria Pavlowna'' (1919) - Polizist Maximowitsch * ''Aus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren'' (1919) * ''König Nicolo'' (1919) - King Nicolo * '' Lillis Ehe'' (1919) - Dr. Goldmann * '' Lilli'' (1919) - Count von Simon * ''Zwischen neun und neun'' (1919) - Stanislaus Demba * ''Zwangsliebe im Freistaat'' (1919) - Dr. Erhardt Kraft * ''Der verführte Heilige'' (1919) * ''Gewalt gegen Recht'' (1920) - Minister * '' Satanas'' (1920) - Prince Alfonso d'Este * ''Die Welt ohne Hunger'' (1920) - Fred Bell * ''Narrentanz der Liebe'' (1920) - Student Alfred Freese * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hannemann
Karl Hannemann (4 March 1895 – 13 November 1953) was a German film actor. Born in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany, he died at the age of 55 in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * ''And Yet Luck Came'' (1923) * ''Under the Lantern'' (1928) * ''The Man with the Frog'' (1929) * ''The Street Song'' (1931) * ''No Money Needed'' (1932) * '' Five from the Jazz Band'' (1932) * '' Dreaming Lips'' (1932) * '' Under False Flag'' (1932) * ''Three Bluejackets and a Blonde'' (1933) * '' Hitlerjunge Quex'' (1933) * '' Love, Death and the Devil'' (1934) * '' The Island'' (1934) * ''The Higher Command'' (1935) * ''The Night With the Emperor'' (1936) * ''The Impossible Woman'' (1936) * ''Augustus the Strong'' (1936) * '' The Hour of Temptation'' (1936) * ''The Impossible Woman'' (1936) * ''The Yellow Flag'' (1937) * '' Togger'' (1937) * '' Patriots'' (1937) * '' Dangerous Game'' (1937) * '' Capriccio'' (1938) *''The Secret Lie'' (1938) * ''Freight from Baltimore'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kroger (actor)
Morris Cohen (, ''Morris Genrikhovich Koen''; July 2, 1910 – June 23, 1995), also known by his alias Peter Kroger, was an American convicted of espionage for the Soviet Union. His wife Lona was also an agent. They became spies because of their communist beliefs. Early life and education Morris Cohen was born in Harlem, New York City, on July 2, 1910, to a Jewish immigrant family. His father had immigrated from an area near Kyiv in present-day Ukraine. His mother was from Vilnius in present-day Lithuania; the couple had met and married in New York. Cohen was a football standout at James Monroe High School in the Bronx. After briefly attending New York University he was awarded an athletic scholarship to Mississippi A&M College (now Mississippi State University). He was injured in a freshman game. No longer able to play football, he was kept on scholarship as athletic manager. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business, and after a year of graduate work transferred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaro Fürth
Jaro Fürth (born Edwin Fürth-Jaro; 21 April 1871 – 12 November 1945) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Early life Fürth was born to Jewish parents in Prague.Profile Cyranos.ch; accessed 16 March 2015. Initially he studied law, but began his acting career under the tutelage of Alexander Römpler before taking stage engagements in Scandinavia, performing in roles created by . In 1905 he travelled to Vienna, where he received an engagement at the Deutschen Volkstheater. Film career In the late 1910s he went to Berlin and began appearing in silent films. Under the direction of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Schell
Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926 – 26 April 2005) was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She was one of the leading stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1954, she was awarded the Cannes Best Actress Award for her performance in Helmut Käutner's war drama ''The Last Bridge'', and in 1956, she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for '' Gervaise''. Early life Schell was born in the Austrian capital Vienna, the daughter of actress Margarethe (née Noé von Nordberg; 1905–1995), who ran an acting school, and Hermann Ferdinand Schell (1900–1972), a Swiss poet, novelist, playwright, and owner of a pharmacy.Ross, Lillian and Helen''The Player: A Profile of an Art Simon & Schuster (1961) pp. 231-239 Her parents were Roman Catholics. She was the older sister of actor Maximilian Schell and lesser-known actors Carl Schell (1927-2019) and Immaculata "Immy" Schell (1935-1992). After the ''Anschluss'' in 1938, her family moved to Zürich in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
