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Emperor's Ball
''Emperor's Ball'' (German:''Kaiserball'') is a 1956 Austrian drama film directed by Franz Antel and starring Sonja Ziemann, Rudolf Prack and Hannelore Bollmann. The film is part of a cycle of films set during the old Austro-Hungarian Empire.Kapczynski & Richardson p.122 It was shot in Agfacolor with sets designed by Otto Pischinger. Cast * Sonja Ziemann as Franzi * Rudolf Prack as Reichsgraf Georg von Hohenegg * Hannelore Bollmann as Prinzessin Christine * Maria Andergast as Fürstin zu Schenckenberg * Jane Tilden as Gräfin Reichenbach * Ilse Peternell as Direktrice * Bully Buhlan as Graf Baranyi * Hans Olden as Erzherzog Benedikt * Rolf Olsen as Jean Müller * Paul Löwinger as Portier Bichler * Thomas Hörbiger as Willi * C.W. Fernbach as Offizier * Raoul Retzer Raoul Retzer (1919–1974) was an Austrian actor. Retzer was a prolific film actor appearing in more than a hundred and forty productions between 1952 and 1975 generally in small or supporting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Antel
Franz Antel (28 June 1913 – 11 August 2007) was a veteran Austrian filmmaker. Born in Vienna, Antel worked mainly as a film producer in the interwar years. After World War II, he began writing and directing films on a large scale. In the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s these were mainly comedies ( romantic, slapstick, and/or musical) and K.u.k. films' all of which, for Austrian and German TV stations alike, have been a staple of weekend afternoon programming ever since. In between there is quite a sober film about the Oberst (Colonel) Redl affair that shook the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy on the eve of World War I. Antel himself later commented on this period, "I always wanted to provide good entertainment for the people at the cinema. After the screening, people should say: Well now, I am in a good mood, I will go out and have a glass of wine." (German original: "Ich wollte die Leute im Kino immer gut unterhalten. Die Besucher sollten nach der Filmvorführung sagen: So, jetzt b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agfacolor
An Agfacolor slide dated 1937 from café in Oslo, Norway. An Agfacolor slide dated 1937 from Paris, France. An Agfacolor slide dated 1938 from Hungary. An Agfacolor slide dated 1938 from Zakopane in Poland. An Agfacolor slide dated 1938 from Sweden. Budapest in Hungary, 1939. An Agfacolor slide dating from the early 1940s. While the colors themselves have held up well, damage visible includes dust and Newton's rings. Swedish battleship HM Pansarskepp Gustaf V (An Agfacolor slide dated until 1957). Agfacolor was the name of a series of color film products made by Agfa of Germany. The first Agfacolor, introduced in 1932, was a film-based version of their Agfa-Farbenplatte (Agfa color plate), a "screen plate" product similar to the French Autochrome. In late 1936, Agfa introduced Agfacolor Neu (New Agfacolor), a pioneering color film of the general type still in use today. The new Agfacolor was originally a reversal film used for making "slides", home movies and short do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Historical Comedy-drama Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Films
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Moser (actor)
Hans Moser (6 August 1880 – 19 June 1964) was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the ''Wiener Film''. Moser appeared in over 150 films. Biography Born Johann Julier in Vienna, Moser very often portrayed the man in the street, typically someone else's subordinate – servant, waiter, porter, shopkeeper, coachman, petty bureaucrat, etc. Also always he played honest, moral and well-intentioned people who, unable to keep cool and think clearly in crucial situations, get themselves and everyone around them into trouble. As the father of a beautiful daughter – often widowed – he was the stubborn one who realizes only at the end of the movie, when all cases of mistaken identity have been cleared up and all secrets are revealed, that he has been terribly wrong all the time. Moser was particularly known for mumbling indistinctly for comic effect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raoul Retzer
Raoul Retzer (1919–1974) was an Austrian actor. Retzer was a prolific film actor appearing in more than a hundred and forty productions between 1952 and 1975 generally in small or supporting roles. He appeared in the 1955 film ''The Last Ten Days''.Silberman p.243 Selected filmography * '' The Mine Foreman'' (1952) * '' Ideal Woman Sought'' (1952) * ''Marriage Sanitarium'' (1955) * ''The Doctor's Secret'' (1955) * ''The Blue Danube'' (1955) * '' The Congress Dances'' (1955) * ''The Last Ten Days'' (1955) * ''Mozart'' (1955) * ''Emperor's Ball'' (1956) * ''Scandal in Bad Ischl'' (1957) * ''The Winemaker of Langenlois'' (1957) * ''Love, Girls and Soldiers'' (1958) * '' Endangered Girls'' (1958) * ''The Street'' (1958) * ''Mikosch of the Secret Service'' (1959) * ''Girls for the Mambo-Bar'' (1959) * ''Twelve Girls and One Man'' (1959) * ''Crime Tango'' (1960) * ''I'm Marrying the Director'' (1960) * ''The White Horse Inn'' (1960) * ''The Adventures of Count Bobby'' (1961) * '' The F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hörbiger
Thomas Hörbiger (1931–2011) was a German film actor and lyricist. He was the son of the actor Paul Hörbiger. His daughter is the actress Mavie Hörbiger. Hörbiger co-wrote Austria's winning entry at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, which was sung by Udo Jürgens. Selected filmography * ''The Doctor's Secret'' (1955) * ''Emperor's Ball'' (1956) * ''The Winemaker of Langenlois'' (1957) * ''Love, Girls and Soldiers'' (1958) * ''The Street The Street may refer to: Geographical *Wall Street in New York City's Financial District * The Street, Lawshall, Suffolk, England * The Street (Heath Charnock), a building and bridleway in Rivington, Lancashire, England Film and television * ''The ...'' (1958) References Bibliography * Barclay, Simon. ''The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2014''. External links * 1931 births 2011 deaths German male film actors Male actors from Berlin {{Germany-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Löwinger
Paul Löwinger (10 November 1904 – 17 December 1988) was an Austrian actor, theatre manager and writer. While still a child, he performed on his parents' stage, the Löwinger Bühne. In 1938 they were probably the first theatre ensemble which performed in front of television cameras. The same year he married Liesl Meinhard. The couple had three children: Guggi Löwinger, Sissy Löwinger and Paul Löwinger. He took over the Löwinger Bühne in 1947. Löwinger wrote numerous comedies and well known plays. His plays were often broadcast on television. He also took part in numerous German and Austrian films, such as "Zyankali" (1947) or "Kaiserball" (1956) and became internationally popular. His daughter Sissy managed the family-owned theatre until her death on 25 September 2011. Löwinger was buried (like his wife) at the Wiener Zentralfriedhof. Selected filmography * '' His Daughter is Called Peter'' (1936) * ''The Fall of Valentin'' (1951) * ''Royal Hunt in Ischl'' (1955) * ''Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Olsen (actor)
Rolf Olsen (26 December 1919 – 3 April 1998) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director. He appeared in 60 films between 1949 and 1990. He also wrote for 51 films and directed a further 33 between 1947 and 1990. He was born in Vienna, Austria and died in Munich, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Three from the Filling Station'' (1955 – actor) * '' My Aunt, Your Aunt'' (1956) * '' Bonjour Kathrin'' (1956 – actor) * ''Emperor's Ball'' (1956 – actor) * '' War of the Maidens'' (1957) * ''Love, Girls and Soldiers'' (1958) * ''Girls for the Mambo-Bar'' (1959) * ''Mikosch, the Pride of the Company'' (1959 – actor) * ''Crime Tango'' (1960) * ''Big Request Concert'' (1960 – writer, actor) * ''Queen of the Pirates'' (1960 – writer) * ''Our Crazy Aunts'' (1961) * '' The Turkish Cucumbers'' (1962) * '' No Kissing Under Water'' (1962) * ''The Sweet Life of Count Bobby'' (1962) * ''Our Crazy Nieces'' (1963) * ''Our Crazy Aunts in the South Seas'' (1964) * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Olden
Hans Olden (1892–1975) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Olden appeared in more than eighty films during his career, mostly in Austria but occasionally also in Germany. He was a supporter of the Austrian Nazi Party, his interest in Nazism pre-dating the Anchluss by some years.Fritsche p.35 After the Second World War Olden appeared in a number of Heimat films. Selected filmography * ''Irene in Trouble'' (1932) * ''Gently My Songs Entreat'' (1933) * ''Catherine the Last'' (1936) * '' An Orphan Boy of Vienna'' (1936) * ''Diamonds'' (1937) * ''Such Great Foolishness'' (1937) * ''Der singende Tor'' (1939) * '' Linen for Ireland'' (1939) * ''Men Are That Way'' (1939) * ''Vienna Tales'' (1940) * '' My Daughter Lives in Vienna'' (1940) * '' Love is Duty Free'' (1941) * '' Two Happy People'' (1943) * ''The White Dream'' (1943) * ''Music in Salzburg'' (1944) * ''The Heavenly Waltz'' (1948) * ''We've Just Got Married'' (1949) * ''Two Times Lotte'' (1950) * ''A Rare Lover'' (1950) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bully Buhlan
Bully Buhlan (3 February 1924 – 7 November 1982) was a German musician and actor.Barnett p.180 Filmography References Bibliography * Barnett, David. ''A History of the Berliner Ensemble''. Cambridge University Press, 2015. External links * 1924 births 1982 deaths 20th-century German male singers German male film actors Male actors from Berlin Singers from Berlin 20th-century German male actors People from Steglitz-Zehlendorf {{Germany-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilse Peternell
Ilse Peternell (2 December 1928 – 30 April 2011) was an Austrian actress who appeared in more than forty films during her career. During the 1940s and 1950 she played female leads in films such as '' Winter Melody'' (1947). She gradually switched to supporting and character roles. Peternell died on 30 April 2011, at the age of 82. Selected filmography * '' Winter Melody'' (1947) * '' Ideal Woman Sought'' (1952) * '' Open Your Window'' (1953) * '' The Emperor Waltz'' (1953) * '' Roses from the South'' (1954) * '' The Congress Dances'' (1955) * ''Emperor's Ball'' (1956) * ''Love, Girls and Soldiers'' (1958) * '' Our Crazy Aunts'' (1961) * ''Our Crazy Aunts in the South Seas'' (1964) * '' The Priest of St. Pauli'' (1970) * ''When You're With Me ''When You're With Me'' (german: Wenn du bei mir bist) is a 1970 West German film romance directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Roy Black, Lex Barker, and Zienia Merton.Bock & Bergfelder p. 269 Filming took place in internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
