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Erich Franz
Erich Franz (5 November 1903 – 10 February 1961) was a German actor. He appeared in more than thirty East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ... films from 1953 to 1972. Selected filmography References External links * 1903 births 1961 deaths German male film actors {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary empire led by an emperor, although has been used in German to denote the Roman Empire because it had a weak hereditary tradition. In the case of the German Empire, the official name was , which is properly translated as "German Empire" because the official position of head of state in the constitution of the German Empire was officially a "presidency" of a confederation of German states led by the King of Prussia who would assume "the title of German Emperor" as referring to the German people, but was not emperor of Germany as in an emperor of a state. –The German Empire" ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine''. vol. 63, issue 376, pp. 591–603; here p. 593. also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich, as well as simply Germany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Berlin
East Berlin was the ''de facto'' capital city of East Germany from 1949 to 1990. Formally, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet sector of Berlin, established in 1945. The American, British, and French sectors were known as West Berlin. From 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989, East Berlin was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall. The Western Allied powers did not recognize East Berlin as the GDR's capital, nor the GDR's authority to govern East Berlin. On 3 October 1990, the day Germany was officially German reunification, reunified, East and West Berlin formally reunited as the city of Berlin. Overview With the London Protocol (1944), London Protocol of 1944 signed on 12 September 1944, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union decided to divide Germany into three occupation zones and to establish a special area of Berlin, which was occupied by the three Allied Forces together. In May 1945, the Soviet Union installed a city gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state was a part of the Eastern Bloc in the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state".Patrick Major, Jonathan Osmond, ''The Workers' and Peasants' State: Communism and Society in East Germany Under Ulbricht 1945–71'', Manchester University Press, 2002, Its territory was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the end of World War II—the Soviet occupation zone of the Potsdam Agreement, bounded on the east by the Oder–Neisse line. The Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it and West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the GDR. Most scholars and academics describe the GDR as a totalitarian dictatorship. The GDR was establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East German
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state was a part of the Eastern Bloc in the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state".Patrick Major, Jonathan Osmond, ''The Workers' and Peasants' State: Communism and Society in East Germany Under Ulbricht 1945–71'', Manchester University Press, 2002, Its territory was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the end of World War II—the Soviet occupation zone of the Potsdam Agreement, bounded on the east by the Oder–Neisse line. The Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it and West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the GDR. Most scholars and academics describe the GDR as a totalitarian dictatorship. The GDR was established i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Seekers
''Sun Seekers'' (german: Sonnensucher) is an East German film, directed by Konrad Wolf during 1958. It was banned and subsequently released only in 1972. Plot 1950. After being arrested in a police raid, the two young prostitutes Lotte and Emmi are sent to the mines in Wismut. There, East Germans and Soviets work together to extract Uranium for the use of the USSR. Two men fall in love with Lotte: the director Beier, a former SS man who tries to compensate for his past with hard work, and the Soviet engineer Sergei, whose wife was murdered by the Germans in the war. In the meantime, Jupp König, a veteran communist whom Emmi once harbored from the Gestapo, leads the miners as they attempt to replace their harsh and incompetent party boss, Weihrauch. Eventually, König is given Weihrauch's office. Lotte marries Beier, although she later realizes that she loves Sergei. When her husband is badly injured in an accident, he confides to the Soviet engineer that soldiers from his batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Days, Five Nights (1960 Film)
''Five Days, Five Nights'' (russian: Пять дней, пять ночей, Pyat Dney, Pyat Nochei; german: Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) is a 1961 joint Soviet–East German film, directed by Lev Arnshtam and Heinz Thiel. Plot On 8 May 1945, the day of Germany's surrender at the end of World War II, exiled communist Erich Braun returns along with the Red Army to his native city of Dresden, only three months after it was devastated in aerial bombardment. He aids a group of Soviet soldiers to recover the art of the Old Masters Picture Gallery from the ruins of the Zwinger Palace. During the next five days, while searching for the collection, he encounters several of the city's residents who have also returned from the war. Although they distrust the Soviets at first, they eventually assist them to recover the pictures. Cast * Wilhelm Koch-Hooge as Erich Braun * Annekathrin Bürger as Katrin * Erich Franz as Father Baum * Heinz-Dieter Knaup as Paul Naumann * Evgenia Kozireva as Nik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Year's Eve Punch
''New Year's Eve Punch'' (german: Silvesterpunsch) is a 1960 East German musical film directed by Günter Reisch and starring Erich Franz, Friedel Nowack and Erika Dunkelmann.Koepnick p.72 It was made by the state-owned DEFA company. It is a sequel to the 1959 film '' The Punch Bowl''. Cast * Erich Franz as Wilhelm Lehmann * Friedel Nowack as Auguste Lehmann * Erika Dunkelmann as Marion Lehmann * Christel Bodenstein as Suse Lehmann * Heinz Draehn as Franz Lehmann * Achim Schmidtchen as Michel Lehmann * Ernst-Georg Schwill as Knispel * Karin Schröder as Ruth * Wolfgang Roeder as Wolfgang * Eberhard Keyn as Eberhard * Erich Weber as Erich * Johannes Frenzel as Hannes * Albert Zahn as Otto * Otto Busse as Karl * Herbert Sturm as Herbert * Edward Selz as Siggi * Hubert Hoelzke as Egon Scheibe * Gustav Müller as Erwin Lüttger * Günter Rüger as Willibald Schmal * Kurt Rackelmann as Briefträger Pätsch * Rudolf Christoph as Werkleiter * Heinz Quermann as Reporter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Old Love
''An Old Love'' (german: Eine alte Liebe) is an East German black-and-white film, directed by Frank Beyer. It was released in 1959. Plot Frieda Walkowiak is an ambitious director of a collective farm. Although she is talented and hard-working, the men in the commune are reluctant to accept her as their supervisor. August, Frieda's husband, is exasperated by his wife's devotion to her office, which leads to her being absent from home quite often. After she misses their wedding's anniversary, August is enraged, and leaves their house with their daughter. Frieda is badly depressed and suffers a breakdown. She is taken to a hospital. August hears of this, comes back to his senses and returns. The family reunites. Cast * Gisela May as Frieda Walkowiak * Erich Franz as August Walkowiak * Doris Abeßer as Helga * Ezard Haußmann as Lothar * Peter Sturm as Heinrich Rantsch * Hans-Peter Minetti as Benno Schulze * Margot Ebert as Irmgard Strömer * Harry Gillman as Otto Funke * Werner Lier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Always On Duty
''Zu jeder Stunde'' (English-language title: ''Always On Duty'') is an East German black-and-white film, directed by Heinz Thiel. It was released in 1960. Plot Border Troops' soldier Martin arrives in a village on the Inner German border. He falls in love with a local girl, Renate. Their relationship is opposed to by her father, who promised her to the son of farmer Grabow. When Grabow plans to leave to the West with the aid of the corrupt officer Zimmer, Martin discovers their plans and informs his superiors, although Zimmer was his friend. Cast * Rolf Stövesand as Martin Kraft * Erika Radtke as Renate Wedel * Hans-Peter Minetti as Hermann Höhne * Roman Silberstein as Heinz Tröger * Manfred Borgesas Schlegel * Erich Franz as Otto Grabow * Otmar Richter as Felix Grabow * Rolf Ripperger as Fred Wedel * Hans Finohr as Arthur Wedel * Fritz Diez as Father Kraft, the priest * Werner Lierck as Köhler * Josef Stauder as Schröder * Horst Kube as Erich Willembrot * Harry Hindemith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Punch Bowl (1959 Film)
''Maibowle'' ('' May Wine''; English-language title: ''The Punch Bowl'') is an East German musical comedy film, released in 1959. It was directed by Günter Reisch. Plot Wilhelm Lehmann is informed that he will receive the Order of the Banner of Labor on his sixty-fifth birthday, for being the best worker in the most successful chemical plant in the country. However, it is soon made clear that all his grown up children have other plans for the day, and none of them can arrive to honor their father and their mother Auguste. But, after a series of comical mistakes that lead to utter pandemonium, all the sons and daughters eventually appear to greet Wilhelm as he is awarded the Order. The whole family drinks the traditional May wine, as they have done in every year. Cast *Erich Franz as Wilhelm Lehmann *Albert Hetterle as Gustav Lehmann * Erika Dunkelmann as Marion Lehmann * Christel Bodenstein as Suse Lehmann *Friedel Nowack as Auguste Lehmann *Heinz Draehn as Franz Lehmann * Ekke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Berlin Romance
''A Berlin Romance'' (german: Eine Berliner Romanze) is a 1956 East German neo-realist romantic drama film about youth urban life in the divided city of Berlin, directed by Gerhard Klein. It was produced by the DEFA film company. It stars Annekathrin Bürger, Ulrich Thein and Uwe-Jens Pape. The script was written by Wolfgang Kohlhaase with a score composed by Günter Klück. The film was the second collaboration between Klein and Kohlhaase; the first was ''Alarm in the Circus'' (''Alarm im Zirkus''), released in 1954 and third came in 1957 with ''Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser''. These films were noted for their strong criticism of consumer culture in Berlin after World War II and the Americanization of the capital and are amongst DEFA's best known films. Plot The film is a love story about a seventeen-year-old East German saleswoman named Uschi (Bürger) and an unemployed auto mechanic named Hans (Thein) from West Berlin. She leaves her familial home and moves into West Berlin, dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
