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Elisabeth Von Ardenne
''Effi Briest'' is a realist novel by Theodor Fontane. Published in book form in 1895, ''Effi Briest'' marks both a watershed and a climax in the poetic realism of literature. It can be thematically compared to other novels on 19th century marriage from a female perspective, such as ''Anna Karenina'' and ''Madame Bovary'', which are also adultery tragedies. Plot introduction Seventeen-year-old Effi Briest, the daughter of a German aristocrat, is married off to 38-year-old Baron Geert von Innstetten, who courted her mother Luise and was spurned for his status, which he has now improved. Plot summary Effi Briest, who is attracted by social status, moves to the fictional Pomeranian port of Kessin (loosely modeled on Swinemünde). Her husband Innstetten is away for weeks at a time, and Effi, who is shunned by local nobles, finds but one friend. Her suspicions that their house may be haunted are not entirely laid to rest by Innstetten. When she says there may be a ghost, he derides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Fontane
Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known today, only at age 58 after a career as a journalist. Fontane's novels are known for their complex, often sceptical view of society in the German empire; he shows different social and political parts of society meeting and sometimes clashing. Other trademarks of Fontane's work are their strongly drawn female characters (such as ''Effi Briest'' and ''Frau Jenny Treibel''), tender irony and vivid conversations between characters. Life Youth Fontane was born in Neuruppin, a town 30 miles northwest of Berlin, into a Huguenot family. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to an apothecary, his father's profession. He became an apothecary himself and in 1839, at the age of 20, wrote his first work (''Heinrichs IV. erste Liebe'', now lost). His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state and the seventh-largest city in Germany, with a population of 617,280. Düsseldorf is located at the confluence of two rivers: the Rhine and the Düssel, a small tributary. The ''-dorf'' suffix means "village" in German (English cognate: ''thorp''); its use is unusual for a settlement as large as Düsseldorf. Most of the city lies on the right bank of the Rhine. Düsseldorf lies in the centre of both the Rhine-Ruhr and the Rhineland Metropolitan Region. It neighbours the Cologne Bonn Region to the south and the Ruhr to the north. It is the largest city in the German Low Franconian dialect area (closely related to Dutch). Mercer's 2012 Quality of Living survey ranked Düsseldorf the sixth most livable city in the world. Düsse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Leuwerik
Ruth Leuwerik (; 23 April 1924 – 12 January 2016) was a German film actress, one of the most popular stars of German film during the 1950s. She appeared in 34 films between 1950 and 1977. Leuwerik is probably best known for her portrayal of Maria von Trapp in the films ''The Trapp Family'' and '' The Trapp Family in America''. Born in Essen as Ruth Leeuwerik, she grew up there and in Münster. She began her acting career with stage roles in the late 1940s. In the 1950s she and Dieter Borsche were considered as the ideal couple of the German film. In 1962 she starred in the Helmut Käutner film ''Redhead'', which was entered in the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. She is a five-time Bambi Award winner. Leuwerik died in Munich on 12 January 2016. Partial filmography * ' (1950) – Evelyne Winterthur (her film debut) * ''Father Needs a Wife'' (1952) – Susanne Meissner * ''The Great Temptation'' (1952) – Hilde * ''A Heart Plays False'' (1953) – Sybilla Zander * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Jugert
Rudolf Jugert (1907–1979) was a German film director. Selected filmography * ''Film Without a Title'' (1948) * ''Hello, Fraulein!, Hallo, Fräulein!'' (1949) * ''A Day Will Come (1950 film), A Day Will Come'' (1950) * ''Nights on the Road'' (1952) * ''Illusion in a Minor Key'' (1952) * ''Jonny Saves Nebrador'' (1953) * ''Ein Herz spielt falsch'' (1953) * ''The Great Test'' (1954) * ''A Love Story (1954 film), A Love Story'' (1954) * ''Prisoners of Love (1954 film), Prisoners of Love'' (1954) * ''Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love'' (1955) * ' (1955) * ''Nina (1956 film), Nina'' (1956) * ''A Piece of Heaven'' (1957) * ''Love Now, Pay Later'' (1959) * ''The Scarlet Baroness'' (1959) * ''Axel Munthe, The Doctor of San Michele'' (1962) * ''Doctor Sibelius'' (1962) * ''The River Line'' (1964) * ''Hugenberg – Gegen die Republik'' (1967, TV film) * ''Brückenallee Nr. 3'' (1967, TV film) * ''Berliner Blockade'' (1968, TV film) * ''Verratener Widerstand – Das Funkspiel der deutschen Abw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 October 1990. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc. West Germany was formed as a political entity during the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II, established from eleven states formed in the three Allied zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. The FRG's provisional capital was the city of Bonn, and the Cold War era country is retrospectively designated as the Bonn Republic. At the onset of the Cold War, Europe was divided between the Western and Eastern blocs. Germany was divided into the two countries. Initially, West Germany claimed an exclusive mandate for all of Germany, representing itself as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hartmann (actor)
Paul Wilhelm Constantin Hartmann (8 January 1889 – 30 June 1977) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Zofia - Kriegs-Irrfahrten eines Kindes'' (1915) * ' (1915) * ' (1916) * ' (1917) * ' (1917) as Georg * '' Christa Hartungen'' (1917) as Bernd Römer * ' (1917) as Hieronymus * '' Mountain Air'' (1917) as Egon * ' (1917) * ' (1918) * '' Es werde Licht!'' (1918) as Ernst Hartwig * ''Mouchy'' (1918) * '' The Prisoner of Dahomey'' (1918) * ''Precious Stones'' (1918) * ''Der unheimliche Gast'' (1918) as Uwe Johanssen * ''Taumel'' (1919) * ''The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919) * ''Die Hexe von Norderoog'' (1919) * '' The Secret of Wera Baranska'' (1919) * '' Blonde Poison'' (1919) as Georg Maudi * '' The Galley Slave'' (1919) as Rastignac * ''The Girl and the Men'' (1919) * ''Monika Vogelsang'' (1920) as Amadeo Vaselli, Kirchenmaler * '' Battle of the Sexes'' (1920) * ''Mary Magdalene'' (1920) as Karl * ''Können Gedanken töten?'' (1920) as Geliebter * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Karl Ludwig Diehl (14 August 1896 – 8 March 1958) was a German film actor. He appeared in 66 films between 1924 and 1957. His father was Karl Diehl, the German professor of Anarchism. Filmography * ''Die Tragödie der Entehrten'' (1924) * ''The Blame'' (1924) * ''Waltz of Love'' (1930) - Marshal * ''Masks'' (1930) - Stuart Webbs * ''Zärtlichkeit'' (1930) - Kerten * '' The Love Waltz'' (1930) - Lord Chamberlain * '' Love's Carnival'' (1930) - Oberleutnant Ferndinand von Grobitzsch * '' The Copper'' (1930) - Snorry (German Version) * ''Ash Wednesday'' (1931) - Hauptmann von Rochow * '' Queen of the Night'' (1931) - Adjudant * '' Circus Life'' (1931) - Luftakrobat * ''Täter gesucht'' (1931) - Dr. Gregor, Redakteur * '' The Squeaker'' (1931) - Captain Leslie * ''In the Employ of the Secret Service'' (1931) - Wasiljeff, kaptajn * ''Rasputin, Demon with Women'' (1932) - Fürst Jussupoff * ''Two in a Car'' (1932) - Lord Kingsdale * '' A Shot at Dawn'' (1932) - Petersen * ''Sca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Hoppe
Marianne Hoppe (26 April 1909 – 23 October 2002) was a German theatre and film actress. Life and work Born in Rostock, Hoppe became a leading lady of stage and films in Germany. She was born into a wealthy landowning family and was initially privately educated on her father's private estate. Later she attended school in Berlin and in Weimar, where she began to attend theatre.Obituary: Marianne Hoppe. ''The Independent'' (London), 29 October 2002. Hoppe first performed at 17 as a member of Berlin's Deutsches Theater under director Max Reinhardt. In 1935 she was hired by the controversial German actor and Director of the Prussian State Theatre under the Third Reich, Gustaf Gründgens. They were married from 1936 to 1946, until their divorce. Speaking years after the marriage had ended Hoppe stated, "He was my love, but never my great love, that was work." One of the characters in the film ''Mephisto'' was reportedly based on her. Hoppe made no secret of her contacts with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Gründgens
Gustaf Gründgens (; 22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg. His career continued unimpeded through the years of the Nazi regime; the extent to which this can be considered as deliberate collaboration with the Nazis is hotly disputed. His best known roles were that of Mephistopheles in Goethe's ''Faust'' in 1960, and as "Der Schränker" (The Safecracker) who is the chief judge of the kangaroo court presiding over Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) in Fritz Lang's '' M''. Early life Born in Düsseldorf, Gründgens attended the drama school of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus after World War I and started his career at smaller theaters in Halberstadt, Kiel, and Berlin. Career In 1923, he joined the ''Kammerspiele'' in Hamburg, where he changed his first name to Gustaf and appeared as a director for the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The False Step
''The False Step'' or ''The Step off the Path'' (german: Der Schritt vom Wege) is a 1939 German historical drama film directed by Gustaf Gründgens and starring Marianne Hoppe, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Paul Hartmann. It is an adaptation of Theodor Fontane's 1896 novel ''Effi Briest ''Effi Briest'' is a realist novel by Theodor Fontane. Published in book form in 1895, ''Effi Briest'' marks both a watershed and a climax in the poetic realism of literature. It can be thematically compared to other novels on 19th century mar ...''. Cast References External links *''Der Schritt vom Wege''Full movie at the Deutsche Filmothek German historical drama films 1930s historical drama films Films directed by Gustaf Gründgens Films based on German novels Films based on works by Theodor Fontane Films set in Prussia Films set in the 1880s Films of Nazi Germany German black-and-white films 1939 drama films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1894 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1894. Events *February – Oscar Wilde's play '' Salome'' is first published in English, with illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. *February 15 – French anarchist Martial Bourdin accidentally kills himself while attempting to plant a bomb at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, a fictionalised version of which appears in Joseph Conrad's novel ''The Secret Agent'' ( 1907). *Early Spring – Mary Antin emigrates from White Russia (Belarus) to the United States with her mother. *April – ''The Yellow Book'' imprint, edited by Henry Harland, begins publication by John Lane and Elkin Mathews – The Bodley Head – in London. *April 21 – George Bernard Shaw's play ''Arms and the Man'' is premièred at the Avenue Theatre in London. *May – The Scottish writer William Sharp publishes ''Pharais'', his first novel under the pseudonym Fiona MacLeod. *June – The German novelist Hermann Hesse begins an appre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsche Rundschau
''Deutsche Rundschau'' is a literary and political periodical established in 1874 by Julius Rodenberg. It strongly influenced German politics, literature and culture was considered one of the most successful launches of periodicals in Germany. Among its authors were Theodor Fontane ''(Effi Briest)'', Paul Heyse, Theodor Storm ('' The Dykemaster''), Gottfried Keller and Ernst Robert Curtius. Richard Moritz Meyer, a German literature historian, described ''Deutsche Rundschau'' as the printed university. It was circulated with interruptions during the Nazi Germany until 1964. History After Rodenberg's death, Bruno Hake took over as publisher, followed in 1919 by Rudolf Pechel. Until World War II, the ''Deutsche Rundschau'' was the mouthpiece of the Young Conservatives, and later of the conservative opponents of the Nazis. In 1942, Pechel was imprisoned and the periodical banned. Four years later, ''Deutsche Rundschau'' was again published by Pechel. After Pechel's death, the monthly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
