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Dancing Stars (film)
''Dancing Stars'' (german: Tanzende Sterne) is a 1952 West German musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Germaine Damar, Georg Thomalla and Fita Benkhoff. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios of Real Film in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. Cast *Germaine Damar as Nicolle Ferrar *Fita Benkhoff as Nicolle Ferrar, her mother *Georg Thomalla as Bob Gregorian *Axel von Ambesser as Sir Thomas Gregorian *Ursula Justin as Daisy *Alice Treff as Daisy's mother *Ursula Herking as Jeannette *Vera Marks as Sylvia *Inge Meysel as Sylvia's mother *Oskar Sima as Alfons *Joseph Offenbach as Gerichtsvollzieher *Carl-Heinz Schroth as Gregor Gregorian *Ilja Glusgal as singer *Evelyn Künneke as singer *Rita Paul as singer *Leila Negra as singer * Kenneth Spencer as singer *Gerhard Wendland as singer *Lonny Kellner as singer *Das Montez-Ballett as dancers *Das Cornell-Trio as singers *Hiller-Girls as dancers *Hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza Von Cziffra
Géza von Cziffra (; 19 December 1900 – 28 April 1989) was a Hungarian and Austrian film director and screenwriter. Life Cziffra was a Banat German in origin, born in 1900 in Arad in the Banat region, at that date in the Kingdom of Hungary, now in Romania. Cziffra made films from the 1930s onwards, at first in Hungary, and from 1936 in Germany as well, where he was initially more active as a screenwriter. In 1945, in Prague, then occupied by the Germans, he made the film ''Leuchtende Schatten'' ("Glowing Shadows"). As adviser for the criminal police, he was assigned SS-Sturmbannführer Eweler, a member of the SD and brother of the actress Ruth Eweler. After some time, Cziffra banned Eweler from the studios for excessive and obstructive criticism. Shortly afterwards, he was arrested and taken to the Prague Gestapo Headquarters in the Pecec Palace, where he was accused of having eaten several times in the Czech restaurant "Neumann" without using ration stamps. He was event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Von Ambesser
Axel Eugen Alexander von Oesterreich (22 June 1910 – 6 September 1988), better known as Axel von Ambesser, was a German playwright, actor and film director. Ambesser's father was Alexander Constantin von Oesterreich. Ambesser was born in Hamburg and attended Wilhelm-Gymnasium. He appeared as a stage actor in the Hamburg Kammerspiele, and went on to play in the Stadttheater Augsburg, the Münchner Kammerspiele, from 1937 the Deutsche Theater Berlin, from 1942 the Staatstheater Berlin, and the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. Works * ''Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg'', play, 1946 * ''Begegnung im Herbst'', play, 1967 Selected filmography Actor * ''The King's Prisoner'' (1935) - Tanzmeister * '' A Hopeless Case'' (1939) - Verehrer * ''Salonwagen E 417'' (1939) - Ursulas Bräutigam Werner * ''Die unheimlichen Wünsche'' (1939) - Jouet, Luftschiffer * ''Eine kleine Nachtmusik'' (1939) - Baron Egon * ''Ritorno'' (1940) * ''Traummusik'' (1940) - Maestro Hutten * ''The Hear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Montez-Ballett
Das or DAS may refer to: Organizations * Dame Allan's Schools, Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne, England * Danish Aviation Systems, a supplier and developer of unmanned aerial vehicles * Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, a former Colombian intelligence agency * Department of Applied Science, UC Davis * ''Debt Arrangement Scheme'', Scotland, see Accountant in Bankruptcy Places * Das (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon * Das (island), an Emirati island in the Persian Gulf ** Das Island Airport * Das, Catalonia, a village in the Cerdanya, Spain * Das, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province * Great Bear Lake Airport, Northwest Territories, Canada (IATA code) Science * 1,2-Bis(dimethylarsino)benzene, a chemical compound * DAS28, Disease Activity Score of 28 joints, rheumatoid arthritis measure * Differential Ability Scales, cognitive and achievement tests Technology * Data acquisition system * Defensive aids system, an aircraft defensive syste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonny Kellner
Lonny Kellner (8 March 1930 – 22 January 2003) was a German singer and actress.Holler p.116 She was married to Peter Frankenfeld. Selected filmography * '' Queen of the Arena'' (1952) * ''Dancing Stars'' (1952) * '' The Flower of Hawaii'' (1953) * ''Money from the Air'' (1954) * ''Don't Worry About Your Mother-in-Law'' (1954) * '' The Perfect Couple'' (1954) * '' Music, Music and Only Music'' (1955) * ''I'll See You at Lake Constance ''I'll See You at Lake Constance'' (german: Auf Wiedersehn am Bodensee) is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Hans Albin and starring Gretl Schörg, Lonny Kellner and Erwin Strahl.Parish p.245 The film was shot in Agfacolor. It is set i ...'' (1956) * '' Love, Summer and Music'' (1956) * '' Tired Theodore'' (1957) References Bibliography Gerd Holler. ''Josef Meinrad: "Da streiten sich de Leut herum ...". Amalthea, 1995. External links * 1930 births 2003 deaths German film actresses German television actresses 20th-century G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Spencer (singer)
Kenneth Spencer (25 April 1913 – 25 February 1964), was an American operatic singer and actor. Spencer starred in a few Broadway musicals and musical films in the United States during the 1940s. Frustrated with the racial prejudice he experienced in the United States as a black man, Spencer moved to West Germany in 1950 where he had a successful singing career. He also appeared in a number of German films. His career was cut short when he died in the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 304. Life Spencer was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of a steel worker. He took private vocal lessons while working as a gardener, and eventually caught the attention of the tenor Roland Hayes who helped him to get a scholarship at the Eastman School of Music. After graduating in 1938, Spencer tried to get a performing career going but met many obstacles due to racial prejudice in the United States. In 1938 he sang in the Federal Music Project NBC Blue radio opera ''Gettysburg'', firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila Negra
Leila Negra, the stage name of Marie Nejar (born March 20, 1930), is an Afro-German singer and actress. She began her career as a child film actor in the 1940s, became a singer after World War II, and left performing in the late 1950s to become a nurse. Family and early childhood She was born Marie Nejar in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. Her father was a black sailor out of Liverpool, England, who originally came from Ghana; he saw his daughter only a few times. Her mother, Cécilie, was the daughter of a white German woman and a creole man from the island of Martinique. Cécilie was initially disowned by her family on account of her interracial relationship. She concealed her pregnancy from her family and placed Marie in an orphanage when she was born. When Marie was three years old, Cécilie removed her from the orphanage and they moved to Hamburg to be near Cécilie's mother, with whom Cécilie had reconciled. Cécilie, who worked as a musician, bled to death following an abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Paul
Rita Brigitte Paul (2 December 1928 in Berlin, Germany - 27 March 2021 in Berlin, Germany) was a German singer and film actress.Shandley p.212 Selected filmography * ''Scandal at the Embassy'' (1950) * ''The Man in Search of Himself'' (1950) * ''Homesick for You'' (1952) * '' Ideal Woman Sought'' (1952) * ''Hit Parade'' (1953) * '' My Leopold'' (1955) * ''When the Heath Is in Bloom ''When the Heath Is in Bloom'' (german: Wenn die Heide blüht) is a 1960 West German drama film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Joachim Hansen, Walter Richter, and Peter Carsten. The film's art direction was by Willi Herrmann. It was sho ...'' (1960) References Bibliography * Shandley, Robert. ''Rubble Films: German Cinema In Shadow Of the Third Reich''. Temple University Press, 2010. External links * 1928 births 2021 deaths German women singers German film actresses German television actresses Singers from Berlin {{Germany-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Künneke
Evelyn Künneke (15 December 1921 – 28 April 2001) was a German singer and stage, television and film actress. She was the daughter of the famous composer Eduard Künneke. Selected filmography * '' Goodbye, Franziska'' (1941) * ''Third from the Right'' (1950) * ''Maya of the Seven Veils'' (1951) * ''Dancing Stars'' (1952) * ''The Big Star Parade'' (1954) * ''I Was an Ugly Girl'' (1955) * ''My Wife Makes Music'' (1958) * '' I'd Like to Have My Troubles'' (1975) * ''Flaming Hearts'' (1978) * '' Just a Gigolo'' (1978) * ''The Hamburg Syndrome'' (1979) * ''Killer Condom ''Killer Condom'' (original title ''Kondom des Grauens'' (English: Condom of Horror)) is a 1996 German horror comedy directed by Martin Walz. It is based on the comic books ''Kondom des Grauens'' and ''Bis auf die Knochen'' ("Down to the Bones") b ...'' (1996) References Bibliography * External links * * 1921 births 2001 deaths Actresses from Berlin German film actresses German stage actresses Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl-Heinz Schroth
Carl-Heinz Schroth (29 June 1902 – 19 July 1989) was a German actor and film director. He appeared in 60 films between 1931 and 1989. He also directed seven films between 1953 and 1963. He was born in Innsbruck, Austria, to Else Ruttersheim and film and stage actor Heinrich Schroth and died in Munich, Germany. His younger half-sister was actress Hannelore Schroth, from his father's marriage to actress Käthe Haack. He was married to the actress Karin Jacobsen. Selected filmography Director * ''Men at a Dangerous Age'' (1954) * ''The Telephone Operator (1954 film), The Telephone Operator'' (1954) * ''The Missing Miniature'' (1954) * ''Reaching for the Stars (film), Reaching for the Stars'' (1955) Actor * ''Der Kongreß tanzt'' (1931) * ''The Coral Princess'' (1937) * ''Crooks in Tails (1937 film), Crooks in Tails'' (1937) * ''Somewhere in Berlin'' (1946) * ''Morituri (1948 film), Morituri'' (1948) * ''Derby (1949 film), Derby'' (1949) * ''My Wife's Friends'' (1949) * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Offenbach
Joseph Offenbach (born ''Joseph Ziegler''; 28 December 1904 – 15 October 1971) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1942 to 1969. Selected filmography References External links * * 1904 births 1971 deaths German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Sima
Oskar Sima (31 July 1896 – 24 June 1969) was an Austrian actor who is best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Born in Hohenau an der March, Lower Austria, Sima attended high school in Vienna. After a brief tour in the army during World War I, he began acting in various theatrical productions in Berlin, Vienna, and other cities in Central Europe. He began his film career in 1921, and appeared in a number of German silent films early on. Sima was frequently cast as the comic villain whose machinations get everyone into trouble, although often his villainous stature was used to more chilling effect. In 1929, Sima married actress Lina Woiwode. The couple remained married until Sima's death. Along with Friedl Czepa, Fred Hennings and Leni Riefenstahl he was identified as being an active supporter of the Nazi Party. After World War II, Sima was a frequent character actor, causing one biographer to write, "... there w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inge Meysel
Inge Meysel (; 30 May 1910 – 10 July 2004) was a German actress. From the early 1960s until her death, Meysel was one of Germany's most popular actresses. She had a successful stage career and played more than 100 roles in film and on television. Life and work Born Ingeborg Charlotte Hansen, the daughter of Anna Hansen, who was Danish, and Julius Meysel, a German Jew. She attended drama schools in Berlin from 1928 until 1930, thereafter she was on stage in Zwickau, Leipzig and Berlin. During Nazi Germany, Meysel was banned from performing from 1935 until 1945 because of her Jewish father. In 1945 she restarted her career in Hamburg. Since the early 1960s Inge Meysel mainly acted in made-for-TV films and got the nickname ''(Fernseh-) Mutter der Nation'' ("(Television) Mother of the Nation"). She won numerous German actor awards including a lifetime achievement award from the German Television Awards, but in 1981 she refused to accept the Bundesverdienstkreuz because "Eine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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