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Eduard Kubat
Eduard Kubat (1891–1976) was a German film producer, who also directed two films.Giesen p.193 During the Nazi era he was employed by Terra Film, but following the Second World War he went to work for DEFA, the state-controlled company of East Germany. Selected filmography Production manager * ''The Lost Shoe'' (1923) * '' The Other Woman'' (1924) * ''The False Step'' (1939) * ''Allez Hopp'' (1946) * '' Bürgermeister Anna'' (1950) Producer * '' Victor and Victoria'' (1933) * ''What Men Know'' (1933) * '' Alarm in Peking'' (1937) * ''Doctor Crippen'' (1942) * '' Sky Hounds'' (1942) * ''The Golden Spider'' (1943) * '' When the Young Wine Blossoms'' (1943) * ''1-2-3 Corona'' (1948) * '' Friday the Thirteenth'' (1949) Director * ''The Call of the Sea ''The Call of the Sea'' or ''The Oceans Are Calling'' (german: Die Meere rufen) is a 1951 East German drama film directed by Eduard Kubat and starring Hans Klering, Käte Alving and Evamaria Bath. A defector to West Germany retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essen
Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as the ninth-largest city of Germany. Essen lies in the larger Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region and is part of the cultural area of Rhineland. Because of its central location in the Ruhr, Essen is often regarded as the Ruhr's "secret capital". Two rivers flow through the city: in the north, the Emscher, the Ruhr area's central river, and in the south, the Ruhr River, which is dammed in Essen to form the Lake Baldeney (''Baldeneysee'') and Lake Kettwig (''Kettwiger See'') reservoirs. The central and northern boroughs of Essen historically belong to the Low German ( Westphalian) language area, and the south of the city to the Low Franconian ( Bergish) area (closely related to Dutch). Essen is seat to several of the region's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor And Victoria
''Victor and Victoria'' (german: Viktor und Viktoria) is a 1933 German Musical film, musical comedy film written and directed by Reinhold Schünzel, starring Renate Müller as a woman pretending to be a female impersonator. The following year, Schünzel directed a French-language version of the film titled ''George and Georgette'', starring Meg Lemonnier and a French cast. In 1935, Michael Balcon produced an English version titled ''First a Girl'', directed by Victor Saville and starring Jessie Matthews and Sonnie Hale. A Victor and Victoria (1957 film), West German remake by Karl Anton was released in 1957. In 1982, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released ''Victor/Victoria'', an English-language remake by Blake Edwards. Edwards later based a successful stage musical on the film. Both the film and the musical starred Julie Andrews. Cast * Renate Müller as Susanne / Monsieur Victoria * Hermann Thimig as Viktor Hempel * Anton Walbrook as Robert * Hilde Hildebrand as Ellinor * Fritz Odemar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new African territories. * January 2 – A. L. Drummond of New York is appointed Chief of the Treasury Secret Service. * January 4 – The Earl of Zetland issues a declaration regarding the famine in the western counties of Ireland. * January 5 **The Australian shearers' strike, that leads indirectly to the foundation of the Australian Labor Party, begins. **A fight between the United States and Indians breaks out near Pine Ridge agency. ** Henry B. Brown, of Michigan, is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. **A fight between railway strikers and police breaks out at Motherwell, Scotland. * January 6 – Encounters continue, between strikers and the authorities at Glasgow. * January 7 ** General Miles' force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swings Or Roundabouts
''Jacke wie Hose'' (English-language title: ''Swings Or Roundabouts'') is an East German comedy film, directed by Eduard Kubat. It was released in 1953. Plot After a new government law forbids women to operate heavy machinery in steel factories, a group of female workers that is determined to lift the ban proposes a competition to their male counterparts: those who will produce the greatest quantity of steel will win. The men are certain that they will be victorious. One of them, Ernst Hollup, is angered by his wife's involvement with the other team, and he demands that she will resign and become a housewife. The women develop a wagon that carries the molten iron to the steel furnace and greatly simplifies their work. They win the competition, as well as the respect of the men. The government lifts the ban. Cast * Irene Korb as Hilde Hollup * Günther Simon as Ernst Hollup * Fritz Diez as Hellwand * Johanna Bucher as Manja * Ruth Maria Kubitschek as Eva * Charlotte Küter as Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Call Of The Sea
''The Call of the Sea'' or ''The Oceans Are Calling'' (german: Die Meere rufen) is a 1951 East German drama film directed by Eduard Kubat and starring Hans Klering, Käte Alving and Evamaria Bath. A defector to West Germany returns to the East having become disillusioned by capitalist society.Liehm & Liehm p.91 It was made by the state-owned DEFA studio. The film's art direction was by Artur Günther. Cast * Hans Klering as Ernst Reinhardt * Käte Alving as Ida Reinhardt, dessen Frau * Evamaria Bath as Gisela Reinhardt, beider Kind * Helmut Ahner as Walter Reinhardt - beider Kind * Herbert Richter as Franz Nölte * Magdalene von Nußbaum as Emmi Nölte, seine Frau * Viola Recklies as Inge Nölte, beider Kind * Hans-Joachim Martens as Heinz Nölte, beider Kind * Günther Ballier as Fischer Thomsen * Fredy Barten as Erich Pascholle * Albrecht Bethge as Auktionator * Elfie Dugall as Trude * Martin Flörchinger as Kurt Schöller * Harry Gillmann * Oskar Höcker as Fischmakler * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friday The Thirteenth (1949 Film)
''Friday the Thirteenth'' (german: Freitag, der 13.) is a 1949 West German comedy film, comedy crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Fritz Kampers, Angelika Hauff, and Fita Benkhoff. It was made by Terra Film in 1944, but was not released before the end of the Second World War. It received its much delayed premiere in 1949. It was one of several Nazi-era productions that were given releases in the years after the end of the war. The film's sets were designed by the art director Artur Günther. Cast See also * Überläufer References Bibliography * External links * 1949 films 1940s crime comedy films German crime comedy films West German films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Erich Engels Terra Film films German black-and-white films 1949 comedy films Films scored by Ludwig Schmidseder 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1-2-3 Corona
''1-2-3 Corona'' is an East German film directed by Hans Müller. It was released in 1948. Plot In ruined Berlin, several bands of abandoned children roam the streets, engaging in petty crimes. When a circus arrives nearby, the boys are charmed by one trapeze performer called Corona. They are upset when the circus' manager insults her, and plan a revenge by setting a trap on the ring. But their scheme fails and it is Corona that is injured. Being unable to work, she is dismissed. The boys tend to her, and as time passes, she teaches them her art, and they form a little circus of their own. A manager of another circus offers Corona a job. She is reluctant to leave the children. Eventually, the manager takes them all in into his circus. Cast * Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Corona * Lutz Moik as Gerhard Wittmann * Piet Clausen as Dietrich * Ralph Siewert as Fritzchen * Walter Werner as Doctor Waldner * Annemarie Hase as Frau Schmittchen * Herbert Hübner as Professor Hanke * Hans-Edgar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Young Wine Blossoms (1943 Film)
''When the Young Wine Blossoms'' (german: Wenn der junge Wein blüht) is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Henny Porten, Otto Gebühr and René Deltgen.Bock & Bergfelder p. 150 It was based on a play by the Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson which had previously been adapted into a 1927 German silent film of the same title. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Lutz. It was shot in various locations across Germany including the Seddiner See and the city of Hamburg. Synopsis An interfering mother plans husbands for her three daughters as they come of marriageable age. However she pays no attention to her daughters own feeling until the eventual intervention of her husband manages to bring things to a happy conclusion. Cast * Henny Porten as Elisa Arvik * Otto Gebühr as Wilhelm Arvik * René Deltgen as Kapitän Tonning * Marina von Ditmar as Marna Arvik * Geraldine Katt as Alberta Arvik * Else von Möllendor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Spider
''The Golden Spider'' (german: Die goldene Spinne) is a 1943 German thriller film directed by Erich Engels and starring Kirsten Heiberg, Jutta Freybe, and Harald Paulsen. It was partly shot in Amsterdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Lutz Bruno Lutz (7 June 1889 – 5 March 1964) was a German art director.Kester p.294 Selected filmography * ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927) * '' The Lady in Black'' (1928) * '' The Beaver Coat'' (1928) * ''Two Good Comrades'' (1933) * '' .... Cast In alphabetical order References External links * Films of Nazi Germany German spy thriller films 1940s spy thriller films Films directed by Erich Engels World War II spy films Terra Film films German black-and-white films 1940s German-language films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Hounds
''Sky Hounds'' (german: Himmelhunde) is a 1942 German war drama film directed by Roger von Norman and starring Malte Jaeger, Waldemar Leitgeb and Albert Florath.Richards p. 375 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hermann Asmus. It was made at Babelsberg Studios with location shooting taking place at the Hornberg airfield. Synopsis The film portrays Hitler Youth learning to build and fly gliders in preparation for their joining the Luftwaffe when they are older. Cast * Malte Jaeger as Obertruppführer Kilian * Waldemar Leitgeb as Standartenführer Hauff * Albert Florath as Werkmeister Grundler * Lutz Götz as Truppführer Schäfer * Josef Kamper as Sturmführer Wagner * Toni von Bukovics as Frau Grundler * Klaus Pohl as Lagerkoch * Erik Schumann as Werner Gundler, Himmelshund * Volkmar Geiszer as Paul, Himmelshund * Hermann Pack as Schulze, Himmelshund * Horst Neutze as Petersen, Himmelshund * Bernhard Schramm as Isemann, Himmelshund * Hermann Dodel as Nägel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Crippen (1942 Film)
''Doctor Crippen'' or ''Doctor Crippen on Board'' (german: Dr. Crippen an Bord) is a 1942 German crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Rudolf Fernau, René Deltgen, and . It was shot at the Barrandov Studios, Barrandov and Hostivar Studios in Prague. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Günther and Willi Eplinius. Cast References External links * Films of Nazi Germany German historical films German crime films German black-and-white films 1942 crime films 1940s historical films Films directed by Erich Engels Films set in London Seafaring films Films set in the 1910s Crime films based on actual events 1940s German-language films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alarm In Peking
''Alarm in Peking'' is a 1937 German adventure film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Leny Marenbach, and Peter Voß. It is set against the backdrop of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion in China. German filmmakers had frequently used China as a setting since the 1910s, but from 1931 onwards they made a series of films with political overtones.Baskett p. 194 The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Bütow and Willi Herrmann. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. Cast * Gustav Fröhlich as Oberleutnant Brock * Leny Marenbach as Maria * Peter Voß as Captain Cunningham * Herbert Hübner as Korvettenkapitän von Radain * Bernhard Minetti as Tu-Hang * Rosa Jung as Yung-Li * Paul Westermeier as Sergeant Mück * Ferdinand Classen as Tschang * Joachim Rake as Leutnant Torelli * Günther Lüders as Gefreiter Lüdecke * Hugo Fischer-Köppe as Sergeant Micky * Arthur Reinhardt as Brandes * Adolf Fischer as Reiter * Leopold von Ledebur as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
