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Ellen Kessler
Alice and Ellen Kessler (born 20 August 1936 in Nerchau, Saxony, Germany) are twin entertainers known in Europe, especially Germany and Italy, from the 1950s and 1960s for their singing, dancing, and acting. They are usually credited as the Kessler Twins (Die Kessler-Zwillinge in Germany and Le Gemelle Kessler in Italy), where they remain popular. The Kessler sisters enjoyed a significant degree of popularity in the US, appearing on national television programs such as The Ed Sullivan Show. The Kesslers made their American television debut on the CBS variety show, The Red Skelton Hour. They also appeared in the 1963 film ''Sodom and Gomorrah'' as dancers and were featured on the cover of Life Magazine that same year. Their parents, Paul and Elsa, sent them to ballet classes at the age of six, and they joined the Leipzig Opera's child ballet program at age 11. When they were 18, their parents used a visitor's visa to escape to West Germany, where they performed at the Palladium in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerchau
Nerchau is a town and a former municipality in the Leipzig (district), Leipzig district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is a part (''Ortschaft'') of the town Grimma. It is situated on the river Mulde, 7 km northeast of Grimma, and 30 km east of Leipzig (centre). Events * Schützenfest (July/August) * Mulde Regatta (August) * Mulde Valley half marathon (April) History and Economy Nerchau is known for its paint factory which was established by the Hessel brothers in 1834. By 1880 it employed over 100 people. In 1945 the paint factory was nationalized by East Germany. After German Reunification the factory was sold a number of times and now belongs to Schoenfeld GmbH (Düsseldorf), which produces artists' paints ''Lukas'' since 1862. The town has suffered from depopulation in recent years. In January 2013 Daler-Rowney purchased Lukas and Nerchau, two German brands, with the intention of developing them further in their home country and far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heute Abend Wollen Wir Tanzen Geh'n
''heute'' (; German for ''today'') is a television news program on the German channel ZDF. The main program is broadcast at 19:00, and includes news, with an emphasis on political news from Germany, Europe and the world, plus 'mixed' news from cultural life or entertainment, and the sports news with an extra presenter. The weather forecast comes up about 19:22 after a break with commercials. For many years, the opening sequence of each broadcast featured an analogue clock, a signature element of the program. On July 19, 2021; the opening sequence switched to a digital clock along with updated graphics and music, along with a new anchor desk and set. The newscast ''heute'' of ZDF and the 20:00- ''Tagesschau'' of Das Erste are the main broadcasts of German public TV starting the evening programme. Advertisements can not be shown on public television in Germany after 8:00 pm. History The first ''heute'' broadcast took place on 1 April 1963, the day ZDF itself started broadcasting. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sodom And Gomorrah (1962 Film)
''Sodom and Gomorrah'' – known in the United States as ''The Last Days of Sodom and Gomorrah'' – is a DeLuxe Color 1962 epic film which is loosely based on the Biblical reading of Sodom and Gomorrah. The film was a Franco-Italian-American co-production made by Pathé, SGC and Titanus. It was directed by Robert Aldrich and produced by Maurizio Lodi-Fe, Goffredo Lombardo and Joseph E. Levine. The screenplay was by Giorgio Prosperi and Hugo Butler, and the music score was composed by Miklós Rózsa. Plot The twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah prosper because of their great deposits of salt, which are mined by an army of slaves. The decadent citizens, who have become wealthy by trading salt, live in luxury and use slaves as servants and for violent games of entertainment. After a night of revelry, Astaroth (Stanley Baker), the Prince of Sodom, tells slave girl Tamar (Scilla Gabel) to carry a message to the king of the Elamites, with whom he plans to overthrow his sister, Bera, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bird Seller (1962 Film)
''The Bird Seller'' (german: Der Vogelhändler) is a 1962 West German historical musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Cornelia Froboess, Peter Weck and Albert Rueprecht. It is an operetta film, based on the stage work of the same title by Carl Zeller. Several other film adaptations have also been made. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and at Linderhof Palace in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rolf Zehetbauer. Cast *Cornelia Froboess as Christel *Peter Weck as Count Stanislaus *Albert Rueprecht as Vogelhändler Adam *Maria Sebaldt as Kurfürstin Marie-Luise *Ruth Stephan as Kammerzofe Melanie *Anita Höfer as Jette Speck *Rudolf Vogel as Count Weps *Georg Thomalla as Kurfürst August *Oskar Sima as Bürgermeister Speck *Rudolf Platte as Baron von Weckerli *Alice Kessler as Colin Sisters *Ellen Kessler as Colin Sisters *Franz-Otto Krüger as Commissar *Bruno W. Pantel as Bruno *Ewald Wenck as Josef See also * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik The Conqueror
''Erik the Conqueror'' ( it, Gli invasori, lit. "The invaders") is a 1961 Italian-French epic swashbuckling film directed by Mario Bava and starring George Ardisson and Cameron Mitchell as long-lost Viking brothers in the 9th century, one of whom is raised in England, the other in Scandinavia. They finally meet after almost 20 years, as rivals on opposite sides of an English–Viking war. It is a loose remake of the American film '' The Vikings''. Plot In 786 A.D., three large Viking ships land in England. King Harald, the only Viking chieftain interested in maintaining peace, makes a plea to King Loter. The English king sends Sir Rutford to work out a deal with the Vikings. Rutford stages a surprise attack on the Vikings. King Harald is felled by an arrow fired by Rutford's chief assassin. During the battle, Harald's two young sons, Erik and Eron, are whisked away by one of his chiefs. Eron is rescued, but Erik is left behind in the chaos. Later, King Loter arrives on the scen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And The Frenchwoman
''Love and the Frenchwoman'' is the US title of a 1960 French anthology film originally entitled ''La française et l'amour''. It starred Jean-Paul Belmondo and Dany Robin. The movie was a big hit in France with admissions of 3,056,736. at Box Office Story Cast ''1 - L'Enfance'' * Pierre-Jean Vaillard : Monsieur Eugène Bazouche * Jacqueline Porel : Madame Bazouche * |
Gräfin Mariza (1958 Film)
''Gräfin Mariza'' is a 1958 West German musical film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Rudolf Schock, Christine Görner, and Gunther Philipp. It is based on the operetta ''Gräfin Mariza'' by Emmerich Kálmán, Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios near Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wolf Englert and Ernst Richter Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (24 October 18089 April 1879), was a German musical theorist and composer, born at Großschönau, Saxony. He first studied music at Zittau, and afterwards at Leipzig, where he attained so high a reputation that in .... Main cast References Bibliography * External links * 1958 films 1958 musical films German musical films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Rudolf Schündler Operetta films Films based on operettas Films set in Hungary Constantin Film films 1950s German films {{musical-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twins From Zillertal
''The Twins from Zillertal'' (German: ''Die Zwillinge vom Zillertal'') is a 1957 West German comedy film directed by Harald Reinl and starring the twins Isa Günther and Jutta Günther, Joachim Fuchsberger and Karin Dor.Bock & Bergfelder p.96 It takes its title from the Zillertal Valley in Tyrol. It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with location shooting in Austria at the Schloss Matzen, Krimml Waterfalls, Zell am Ziller and Innsbruck. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Flekstad. It was part of the post-Second World War boom in Heimatfilm. Cast * Isa Günther as Christel * Jutta Günther as Reserl * Joachim Fuchsberger as Franz von Auerstein * Karin Dor as Daniela Kleemann * Hans Moser as Herr Schmauss * Margarete Haagen as Baronin von Auerstein * Werner Finck as Herr Kleemann * Albert Rueprecht as Hans Burger * Wolfgang Gruner as Konstantin Opel * Theodor Danegger as Gschwandtner * Viktor Afritsch as Raban * Franz Loskarn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Count Of Luxemburg (1957 Film)
''The Count of Luxemburg'' (german: Der Graf von Luxemburg) is a 1957 West German musical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Renate Holm and Gunther Philipp. It is based on the 1909 operetta '' The Count of Luxemburg'' by Franz Lehár. It was made at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Croatia. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Paul Markwitz. It was shot using Eastmancolor Eastmancolor is a trade name used by Eastman Kodak for a number of related film and processing technologies associated with color motion picture production and referring to George Eastman, founder of Kodak. Eastmancolor, introduced in 1950, was on .... Cast References External links * 1957 musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films Films directed by Werner Jacobs Operetta films Films based on operettas Films set in the 1900s Films set in Paris German historical comedy films 1950s histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beggar Student (1956 Film)
''The Beggar Student'' is a 1956 (german: Der Bettelstudent) West German musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Waltraut Haas and Elma Karlowa. It is based on the operetta ''Der Bettelstudent'' by Karl Millöcker, and is part of the operetta film tradition. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios and the Carlton Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Felix Smetana. Synopsis After a Polish aristocrat refuses to marry a Colonel, he manoeuvres to force her to marry a penniless student in revenge. Cast * Gerhard Riedmann as Symon Rymanowicz * Waltraut Haas as Komtesse Laura * Elma Karlowa as Komtesse Bronislawa * Gunther Philipp as Jan Janicki * Gustav Knuth as Oberst Ollendorf * Fita Benkhoff as Gräfin Palmatica * Rudolf Vogel as Enterich * Alice Kessler as Mira * Ellen Kessler as Katja * Dick Price as Graf Kaminsky * Karl Lieffen as Major Wangenheim * Joost Siedhoff as Leutnant Schweinitz * Willem Holsboer * Ulla Tor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grünwald, Bavaria
Grünwald (German for ''green forest'') is a municipality in the district of Munich, in the state of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the right bank of the Isar The Isar is a river in Tyrol, Austria, and Bavaria, Germany, which is not navigable for watercraft above raft size. Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in Tyrol; it enters Germany near Mittenwald and flows through Bad Tölz, Munic ..., 12 km southwest of Munich (centre). it had a population of 11,303. Grünwald is best known for medieval Grünwald Castle (Burg Grünwald), the Bavaria Film Studios (one of Europe's biggest and most famous movie production studios), and as a domicile for many prominent and rich people (Grünwald is the wealthiest municipality in Germany). The castle today houses a branch of the Bavarian State Archaeological Collection, Bavarian Archaeological Museum. For the 1972 Summer Olympics, the municipality hosted the Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics, individual road race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. Known for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playmates), ''Playboy'' played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of ''Playboy'' are published worldwide, including those by licensees, such as Dirk Steenekamp's DHS Media Group. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse, Roald Dahl, Haruki Murakami, and Margaret Atwood. With a regular display of full-page c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
