|
Eduard Linkers
Eduard Linkers (11 October 1912 – 3 April 2004) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1936 and 1988. Life He was born as Eduard Linker to a family of Jewish descent in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary. He studied acting in Vienna, where he also started his acting career. After Anschluss he escaped to Czechoslovakia. He made his living by teaching English. That's how he met a Czech director František Čáp, who cast him in his movie ''Men Without Wings'' (1946). In 1952 he moved to Germany, where he acted in American productions. He spoke Romanian, German, English, Czech, French and Italian. Selected filmography * ''Catherine the Last'' (1936) - Steinschneider, Braun's secretary * ''Peter im Schnee'' (1937) - Theobald Flambach * ''Men Without Wings'' (1946) - Ullmann * ''Nadlidé'' (1946) * ''Uloupená hranice'' (1947) - Czapan * ''Nikdo nic neví'' (1947) - SS-man Fritz Heinecke * ''Krakatit'' (1948) - Carson * ''Getting on in the World'' (1948) - B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czernowitz
Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the upper course of the Prut river in the Southwestern Ukrainian territory. Chernivtsi serves as the administrative center for the Chernivtsi raion, the Chernivtsi urban hromada, and the oblast itself. In 2021, the Chernivtsi population, by estimate, is and the latest census in 2001 was 240,600. The first document that refers to this city dates back to 1408, when Chernivtsi was a town in the region of Moldavia, formerly as a defensive fortification, and became the center of Bukovina in 1488. In 1538, Chernivtsi was under the control of the Ottoman Empire, and the Turkish control lasted for two centuries until 1774, when Austria took control of Bukovina in the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish War. Chernivtsi (known at that time as ) became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackboot Mutiny
''Jackboot Mutiny'' (german: Es geschah am 20. Juli, literally ''It Happened on 20 July'') is a 1955 German film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst about the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. It features Bernhard Wicki as Stauffenberg. Cast * Bernhard Wicki as Oberst Graf Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg * Karl Ludwig Diehl as Generaloberst a.D. Ludwig Beck * Carl Wery as Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm * Kurt Meisel as SS Obergruppenführer * Erik Frey as General Friedrich Olbricht * Albert Hehn as Major Otto Ernst Remer * Til Kiwe as Oberleutnant Werner von Haeften * Jochen Hauer as Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel * Annemarie Sauerwein as Frau Olbricht * Jaspar von Oertzen as Oberst Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim * Willy Krause as Joseph Goebbels * Lina Carstens as Frau des Küsters * Gernot Duda as Leutnant in der Wolfsschanze * Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Generalfeldmarschall Erwin von Witzleben Job Wilhelm Georg Erdmann Erwin von Witzleben (4 December 1881 – 8 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Must Go To The City
''I Must Go to the City'' (german: Muss i denn zum Städtele hinaus) is a 1962 West German romance film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Vico Torriani, Barbara Frey and Monika Dahlberg.Bock & Bergfelder p.442 Its title is a reference to the traditional German song. It was made at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Mellin. Cast * Vico Torriani as Clown Richie * Barbara Frey as Heidi Hagen * Monika Dahlberg as Eva * Erik Schumann as Dr. Werner Koch * Dieter Borsche as Onkel Herbert Drontheim * Carola Höhn as Tante Carola Drontheim * Peter Nestler as Ronald Brown * Eduard Linkers as Bankdirektor Sieper * Vera Complojer as Haushälterin Röschen * Fredy Brock as Otto * Georg Blädel Georg may refer to: * ''Georg'' (film), 1997 *Georg (musical), Estonian musical * Georg (given name) * Georg (surname) * , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker See also * George (other) George may refer to: People * George (given name) * .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Matter Of WHO
''A Matter of WHO'' is a 1961 British comedy thriller film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Terry-Thomas as a World Health Organization employee trying to trail the source of a deadly virus. It also featured Julie Alexander, Sonja Ziemann, Alex Nicol, Richard Briers, Honor Blackman and Carol White. It was made at MGM-British Elstree Studios with sets designed by Elliot Scott. MGM records say it lost $142,000.. Plot Aboard an airliner flying from Nice to London, an oil driller returning from the Middle East named Cooper becomes very ill. This attracts the notice of World Health Organization self-styled "germ detective" Archibald Bannister. It turns out that Cooper's new wife, Michèle, and his business associate, Kennedy, know each other. Bannister is reprimanded by his boss, Hatfield, for previously shutting down London Airport because of what turns out to be an ordinary rat. This time, however, Cooper is diagnosed with highly infectious smallpox. There are also outbreaks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Festival Girls
''The Festival Girls'' is a 1961 American drama film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Barbara Valentin, Alexander D'Arcy and Scilla Gabel. It was one of a number of low-budget exploitation films Austrian star Valentin appeared in during the early 1960s.Reimer & Reimer p.300 Location shooting took place at several European film festivals. It premiered in West Germany in 1961, and first screened in the United States the following year. It had censorship issues in several American cities. Synopsis Larry Worthington, a down-on-his-luck film producer, discovers Valentine a young model who is rescued half-drowned from the sea outside his European hotel. He casts her in his latest film, which then wins top honours at the Venice Film Festival only to provoke the anger of Nadja. Cast * Barbara Valentin as Valentine * Alexander D'Arcy as Larry Worthington * Scilla Gabel as Nadja * Alain Dijon as Dirk Vangard * Eduard Linkers as Jerome * Regina Seiffert as Liz * Janez Cuk as Hote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Question 7
''Question 7'' is a 1961 American-West German film directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Michael Gwynn, Margaret Jahnen and Christian de Bresson. It won the National Board of Review Award for Best Film. It was also entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot In post-war East Germany, Peter Gottfried is the son of minister Friedrich Gottfried. The Communist regime has decreed that all children of "dissidents" will be denied entry to a prestigious music conservatory. Peter is anxious to be accepted, and in order to get in he prepares to answer the seven questions required by the conservatory, the seventh of which will require him to deny his religious convictions. Before this can happen, he is invited by the Socialist Unity Party to perform at the Berlin Youth Festival. Friedrich protests, knowing that the Communists intend to use his son as a political pawn, to "prove" to the world that East Germany affords equal rights to clergymen. In the end, it is Pete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Pedestrian
''The Last Pedestrian'' (german: Der letzte Fussgänger) is a 1960 West German comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Heinz Erhardt, Christine Kaufmann and Käthe Haack. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios. The film's set's were designed by the art director Walter Haag Walter Haag (1898–1978) was a German art director. He worked on more than sixty films during his career including the 1940 historical melodrama ''The Heart of a Queen''.Hull p.179-80 Selected filmography * ''The Private Life of Louis XIV'' (19 .... Cast References External links * 1960 comedy films German comedy films West German films Films directed by Wilhelm Thiele Films about vacationing Films with screenplays by Wilhelm Thiele 1960s German-language films 1960s German films Films shot at Göttingen Studios {{1960s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Aim At The Stars
I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''i'' (pronounced ), plural '' ies''. History In the Phoenician alphabet, the letter may have originated in a hieroglyph for an arm that represented a voiced pharyngeal fricative () in Egyptian, but was reassigned to (as in English "yes") by Semites, because their word for "arm" began with that sound. This letter could also be used to represent , the close front unrounded vowel, mainly in foreign words. The Greeks adopted a form of this Phoenician ''yodh'' as their letter ''iota'' () to represent , the same as in the Old Italic alphabet. In Latin (as in Modern Greek), it was also used to represent and this use persists in the languages that descended from Latin. The modern letter ' j' originated as a variation of 'i', and both were used interchangeably for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himmel, Amor Und Zwirn
''Heaven, Love and Twine'' (German: ''Himmel, Amor und Zwirn'') is a 1960 West German comedy film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Hartmut Reck, Ann Smyrner and Hannelore Schroth. It is based on the 1952 novel of the same title by Thomas Westa.Goble p.793 Cast * Hartmut Reck as Friedrich Himmel * Ann Smyrner as Gerti * Grit Boettcher as Susanne Himmel * Hannelore Schroth as Madame Riffi * Elke Sommer as Eva * Ursula Grabley as Frau Kronberg * Romana Rombach as Frau Haberstein * Richard Münch as Major Knorr * Heinrich Gretler as Feller Hansi * Lutz Moik as Erich Hofmann * Gisela von Collande as Frau Knorr * Thomas Braut as Oberleutnant Allgeier * Ursula Herwig as Frau Allgeier * Albert Rueprecht as Leutnant Kosmehl * Joost Siedhoff Joost () was an Internet TV service, created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (founders of Skype and Kazaa). During 2007–2008 Joost used peer-to-peer TV (P2PTV) technology to distribute content to their Mozilla-based desktop player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labyrinth (1959 Film)
''Labyrinth'' (German: ''Labyrinth der Leidenschaften'', Italian: ''Neurose'') is a 1959 German-Italian drama film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Nadja Tiller, Peter van Eyck and Amedeo Nazzari.Bock & Bergfelder p.471 Cast * Nadja Tiller as Georgia * Peter van Eyck as Ron Stevens * Amedeo Nazzari as Professor De Lattre * Nicole Badal as Mother Superior * Matteo Spinola as Armand * Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Frau Gretzer * Benno Hoffmann as Beckmeyer * Tilla Durieux as Schwester Celestine * Fritz Eckhardt as Khan * Piera Arico as Brotkugel * Harald Kreutzberg as Sir Agamemnon * Hanne Wieder as Priorin * Werner Finck as Präsident * Ljuba Welitsch as Ljubas * Hans Leibelt as Padre Jeannot * Ina Duscha as Juliette * Tilo von Berlepsch as Graf * Bobby Todd as Generaldirektor * Eduard Linkers as Jacques * Hugo Lindinger as Swoboda * Anna Maria Lussi as Michèle * Gregor von Rezzori Gregor von Rezzori (; May 13, 1914 – April 23, 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Domestic Tyrant
''The Domestic Tyrant'' (german: Der Haus-Tyrann) is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Heinz Erhardt, Grethe Weiser and Peter Vogel.Bock & Bergfelder p.113 It is based on the play '' The Scoundrel'' by Hans Reimann and Toni Impekoven, which has been made into several films. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Werner Achmann and Willy Schatz. Synopsis An overbearing owner of a coffee shop torments his family and customers, until he finds himself in court. Cast *Heinz Erhardt as Paul Perlacher *Grethe Weiser as Amalie Hartung * Peter Vogel as Hannes Hartung *Helga Martin as Inge Perlacher *Rudolf Platte as waiter Gottlieb * as Alex Perlacher *Arnulf Schröder as professor *Ernst Waldow as examining magistrate Dr. Wallner * Beppo Brem as constable Rübsam *Eduard Linkers as prosecutor *Hans Leibelt as judge *Else Quecke as Trude Perlacher *Dietrich Thoms as postman *Willy Hagara as himself Soundtrack *Willy Hagara — "Es kan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape From Sahara
''Escape from Sahara'' (German: ''Madeleine und der Legionär'') is a 1958 West German adventure drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Hildegard Knef, Bernhard Wicki and Hannes Messemer. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with location shooting taking place in Cuxhaven and in Tangier in North Africa. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew, Fritz Lippmann and Helmut Nentwig. It was part of an upsurge of popular interest in West Germany about France's War in Algeria, particularly Germans serving there.Biess p.93 Synopsis A French teacher assists a German serving in the French Foreign Legion who has deserted. Cast * Hildegard Knef as Madeleine Durand * Bernhard Wicki as Luigi Locatelli * Hannes Messemer as Robert Altmann * Helmut Schmid as Kilby, Pat * Joachim Hansen as Kurt Gerber * Harry Meyen as Jean de Maire * Leonard Steckel as Ben Achmed * Werner Peters as Brouillard * Siegfried Lowitz as Kapitän Gerlach * Hani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
