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Else Bassermann
Elsa Bassermann (born Elsa Sarah Schiff; January 14, 1878 – May 30, 1961) was a German screenwriter, stage and film actress. She was married to Albert Bassermann and often acted with him. As she was Jewish the couple had to leave Nazi Germany and go into exile in Switzerland and the United States. She later returned to Germany, where she died in 1961. Partial filmography * ''Gerda Gerovius'' (1913) * ''Der letzte Tag'' (1913) * ''Urteil des Arztes'' (1914) * ''Du sollst keine anderen Götter haben'' (1917) * ''Der eiserne Wille'' (1917) * ''Herr und Diener'' (1917) * ''Father and Son'' (1918) * ''The Zaarden Brothers'' (1918) * ''Doctor Schotte'' (1918) * ''Lorenzo Burghardt'' (1918) * ''Das Werk seines Lebens'' (1919) - Friedel * ''Eine schwache Stunde'' (1919) * ''Die Duplizität der Ereignisse'' (1920) * ''The Voice'' (1920) * ''The Sons of Count Dossy'' (1920) - Gräfin * ''Masks'' (1920) * ''Dolls of Death'' (1920) - Konstanze * ''Der Frauenarzt'' (1921) - Frau Dr. Hollà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as well as the second most populous city in the area of the former East Germany after (East) Berlin. Together with Halle (Saale), the city forms the polycentric Leipzig-Halle Conurbation. Between the two cities (in Schkeuditz) lies Leipzig/Halle Airport. Leipzig is located about southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain (known as Leipzig Bay), at the confluence of the White Elster River (progression: ) and two of its tributaries: the Pleiße and the Parthe. The name of the city and those of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin. Leipzig has been a trade city since at least the time of the Holy Roman Empire. The city sits at the intersection of the Via Regia and the Via Imperii, two important medieval trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Burghardt
''Lorenzo Burghardt'' is a 1918 German silent film directed by William Wauer and starring Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann and Käthe Haack.Grange p.10 Cast * Albert Bassermann * Elsa Bassermann * Emilie Croll * Käthe Haack * Paul Rehkopf Paul Anton Heinrich Rehkopf (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1949) was a German actor. He was born in Braunschweig and died in Braunschweig, Germany Selected filmography * '' Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * '' Film Kathi'' (1918) * '' Lorenzo Burghardt ... References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links * 1918 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by William Wauer UFA GmbH films 1910s German films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape (1940 Film)
''Escape'' is a 1940 drama film about an American in pre-World War II Nazi Germany who discovers his mother is in a concentration camp and tries desperately to free her. It starred Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt and Nazimova. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Grace Zaring Stone. Plot Famous German stage actress Emmy Ritter (Nazimova) is held in a Nazi concentration camp. She is scheduled to be executed soon, but the sympathetic camp doctor, Ditten (Philip Dorn), has been a fan since childhood and offers to deliver a letter from her to her children...afterwards. Emmy's son Mark Preysing (Robert Taylor), an American citizen, travels to Germany in search of his mother, but nobody, not even frightened old family friends, want anything to do with him. A German official tells Mark that she has been arrested and advises him to return to the United States. The postmark of a returned letter guides Mark to the region where she is being held. There, he me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Love (1935 Film)
''Last Love'' (German: ''Letzte Liebe'') is a 1935 Austrian Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Fritz Schulz (actor), Fritz Schulz and starring Albert Bassermann, Michiko Tanaka and Elsa Bassermann. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Berger, Alfred Kunz (art director), Alfred Kunz and Emil Stepanek. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. Cast *Albert Bassermann as Thomas Bruck *Michiko Tanaka as Namiko Sanada, Japanese musical student *Elsa Bassermann as Hanna von Hooven *Hans Jaray as Walter, their son *Hans Homma as Director of the Vienna Opera *Fritz Imhoff as the host *Oskar Karlweis as Teddy Langhammer *Karl Paryla as Franz *Etha von Storm as Susi Spangenberg *Wiener Philharmoniker as Themselves - Orchestra Reception Writing for ''The Spectator'' in 1935, Graham Greene reviewed the film favorably, describing it as having "a pleasant unpretentious air of truth about it", and suggesting to readers that "once accept the roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadetten (film)
The Kadetten Verband is a Swiss youth organization. ''Kadetten'' is German for "cadets"; from the 19th (in some places the 18th) to the early-20th century, various local clubs, called ''Kadettenkorps'', used to prepare high-school students for military service in the Swiss militia. The modern youth organization has branched out into many things including sports (such as the national league handball club ''Kadetten Schaffhausen''), trekking (Boy Scouts Boy Scouts may refer to: * Boy Scout, a participant in the Boy Scout Movement. * Scouting, also known as the Boy Scout Movement. * An organisation in the Scouting Movement, although many of these organizations also have female members. There are ...-style branch), marching bands (''Kadettenmusik''), and traffic regulation ("Verkehrskadetten"). External links Official site Youth organisations based in Switzerland {{youth-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Branded
''A Woman Branded'' or ''Dangers of Love'' (German: ''Gefahren der Liebe'') is a 1931 German drama film directed by Eugen Thiele and starring Toni van Eyck, Elsa Bassermann and Hans Stüwe. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.93 The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter. Synopsis After a young woman is raped she finds herself suffering from venereal disease. She takes revenge on the perpetrator by shooting him, before being forced to defend her actions in court. Cast * Toni van Eyck as Ilse Thorn * Elsa Bassermann as Frau Thorn, Ilses Mutter * Hans Stüwe as Dr. Kurt Rehmann - Ilses Verlobter * Albert Bassermann as Dr. Ringius, defense lawyer * Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Verwalter Bodde * Kurt Lilien as Dr. Wendel * Veit Harlan as Ein Student * Karl Klebusch as Geheimrat Rehmann * S.O. Schoening as Professor Lehr * Karl Junge-Swinburne as Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts * Kurt Ehrle as Prosecutor * Ingolf Kuntze as Dr. Markow, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreyfus (1930 Film)
''Dreyfus'' is a 1930 German drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Fritz Kortner, Grete Mosheim, and Heinrich George. It portrays the Dreyfus affair and is based on a novel by Bruno Weil. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Schroedter and Hermann Warm. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin. In the United States the film was released under the alternative title ''The Dreyfus Case''. The film was remade the following year in Britain with Cedric Hardwicke in the title role. Synopsis In late nineteenth century Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish heritage, is falsely accused of espionage. Found guilty of treason he is drummed out of the army and sent to prison on Devil's Island. His family take up the case of the wronged officer, as does the writer Emile Zola who believes the original investigation was marred by anti-Semitism. Eventually the true culprit Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy Charles Marie Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (16 De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alraune (1930 Film)
''Alraune'' is a German science fiction Horror film directed by Richard Oswald. Like the Alraune (1928 film), 1928 version this movie again features Brigitte Helm in the role of Alraune. This version aimed for greater realism but is still based upon the Alraune, original German myth. Plot A scientist, Professor Jakob ten Brinken, interested in the laws of heredity, impregnates a prostitute in a laboratory with the semen of a hanged murderer. The prostitute conceives a female child who has no concept of love, whom the professor adopts. The girl, Alraune, suffers from obsessive sexuality and perverse relationships throughout her life. She learns of her unnatural origins and she avenges herself against the professor. Cast Release ''Alraune'' was first shown in Germany at the Gloria-Palast theatre on 2 December 1930. Critical reception From contemporary reviews, ''The New York Times'' described the film in 1934 as a "highly interesting production...Brigitte Helm, the versatile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Columbus (1923 Film)
''Christopher Columbus'' (german: Christoph Columbus) is a 1923 German silent historical film directed by Márton Garas and starring Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann and Tamara Duvan. It depicts the Discovery of America by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492. Cast In alphabetical order * Albert Bassermann - Columbus * Elsa Bassermann - Columbus's wife * Tamara Duvan - Queen Isabella * Arpad Odry * Imre Pethes - King Ferdinand II. * Ludwig Rethey - Guardian of La Rábida * Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur - Duke of Medina-Celli * Ferenc Szécsi - Diego * Carola Toelle Carola Toelle (born Henriette Dorothea Helene Karola Toelle; 2 April 1893 – 28 January 1958) was a German stage and film actress. She was the elder sister of the actress Uschi Elleot. Selected filmography * '' Johannes Goth'' (1920) * ''Haza ... - Maria, Tochter des Herzogs Bibliography * Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrezia Borgia (1922 Film)
''Lucrezia Borgia'' is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, Liane Haid, Paul Wegener, and Albert Bassermann. It was based on a novel by Harry Sheff, and portrayed the life of the Renaissance Italian aristocrat Lucrezia Borgia (1480–1519). Botho Hoefer and Robert Neppach worked as the film's art directors, designing the period sets needed. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Karl Freund was one of the cinematographers. Famed French director Abel Gance remade the film in 1935. Cesare Borgia (Veidt) is a monstrous villain who will do anything for pleasure and power, even seducing his own sister Lucrezia (Haid) and murdering his male siblings. The Borgias were a medieval family known for their corruption under the rule of Pope Alexander VI Pope Alexander VI ( it, Alessandro VI, va, Alexandre VI, es, Alejandro VI; born Rodrigo de Borja; ca-valencia, Roderic Llançol i de Borja ; es, Rodrigo Lanzol y de Borj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Witness (1921 Film)
''The Last Witness'' (german: Der letzte Zeuge) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann and Olga Engl.Krautz p. 76 It was shot in 1919, but not released until April 1921. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Dreier. Cast * Albert Bassermann * Elsa Bassermann * Irmgard Bern * Olga Engl * Friedrich Wilhelm Kaiser * Meinhart Maur * Fritz Moleska * Frida Richard Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress. Selected filmography * '' The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Love Letter'' (1916) * '' The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach'' (1917) ... References Bibliography * Alfred Krautz. ''International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4''. Saur, 1984. External links * 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Adolf Gärtner German black-an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolls Of Death
''Dolls of Death'' (german: Puppen des Todes) is a 1920 German silent crime film directed by Reinhard Bruck and starring Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann, and Bernhard Goetzke Bernhard Goetzke (5 June 1884 – 7 October 1964) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1917 and 1961. Selected filmography * ''Fear'' (1917) * ''The Last Sun Son'' (1919) * ''The Japanese Woman'' (1919) * ''The P .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1920 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Reinhard Bruck German black-and-white films Films based on poems 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
