Ernst Jacobi
Ernst Gerhard Ludwig Jacobi-Scherbening, professionally called Ernst Jacobi (; 11 July 1933 – 23 June 2022), was a German actor. He was known for serious character roles, especially in the 1979 film ''The Tin Drum (film), The Tin Drum'' (''Die Blechtrommel''), as Hans in ''Germany, Pale Mother'' (1980), as Adolf Hitler in ''Hamsun (film), Hamsun'' (1996), and as the narrator in ''The White Ribbon'' (2009). He appeared in over 200 television productions and worked at the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1977 to 1987, and at the Schauspielhaus Zürich from 1987 to 1992. In 1975 he won the Berliner Kunstpreis for his portrayal of Alexander März in the television film ''Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander März''. Early life and education Ernst Gerhard Ludwig Jacobi-Scherbening was born in Berlin on 11 July 1933. His father was an academic and his mother worked for the Reichsluftfahrtministerium. His parents divorced shortly after his birth, and he lived with his mother and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Der Spiegel
''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner, a British army officer, and Rudolf Augstein, a former Wehrmacht radio operator who was recognized in 2000 by the International Press Institute as one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes. Typically, the magazine has a content to advertising ratio of 2:1. ''Der Spiegel'' is known in German-speaking countries mostly for its investigative journalism. It has played a key role in uncovering many political scandals such as the ''Spiegel'' affair in 1962 and the Flick affair in the 1980s. According to ''The Economist'', ''Der Spiegel'' is one of continental Europe's most influential magazines. The news website by the same name was launched in 1994 under the name ''Spiegel Online'' with an independent editorial staff. Today, the content is ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Deutsches Schauspielhaus
The Deutsches Schauspielhaus is a theatre in the St. Georg quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany. It was established in 1901 by the renowned stage actress Franziska Ellmenreich. Theatre managers Notable actors Marco Albrecht, Ingrid Andree, Maria Becker, Ortrud Beginnen, Ehmi Bessel, Christa Berndl, Josef Bierbichler, Charles Brauer, Marion Breckwoldt, Ella Büchi, Max Eckard, Franziska Ellmenreich, Judith Engel, Sebastian Fischer, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Uwe Friedrichsen, Francis Fulton-Smith, Ute Hannig, Werner Hinz, Hanne Hiob, Jutta Hoffmann, Pola Kinski, Gustav Knuth, Felix Kramer, Werner Krauß, Richard Lauffen, Ruth Leuwerik, Erwin Linder, Susanne Lothar, Eduard Marks, Eva Mattes, Kyra Mladek, Magdalena Montezuma, Bernd Moss, Dietmar Mues, Ruth Niehaus, Joseph Offenbach, Michael Prelle, Tilo Prückner, Wiebke Puls, Will Quadflieg, Hans Quest, Heinz Reincke, Hermann Schomberg, Annemarie Schradiek, Jana Schulz, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ulrich Schamoni
Ulrich Schamoni (9 November 1939 – 9 March 1998) was a German film director, screenwriter, actor and media proprietor. Biography Schamoni began his career as an assistant director, among others for William Dieterle. He was a signatory of the Oberhausen Manifesto in 1962. His first feature film, '' It'' (1966), won five German Film Awards. His 1967 film '' Next Year, Same Time'' won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. He was the brother of Peter Schamoni, also a film director and producer. Ulrich Schamoni died on the March 9, 1998 in Berlin as a result of a cancer illness and was buried at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf (Zehlendorf forest cemetery) is a cemetery located in Berlin's Nikolassee district. The cemetery occupies an area of 376,975 m2. An additional Italian war cemetery was created there in 1953. A number of notable people of Be ... in that city's Zehlendorf district. Selected filmography ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christian Wolff (actor)
Christian Wolff (born 11 March 1938) is a German film actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows since 1957. Selected filmography * ''Precocious Youth'' (1957) * ''Court Martial'' (1959) * '' Old Heidelberg'' (1959) * ''The Blue Moth'' (1959) * '' Crime After School'' (1959) * ''Carnival Confession'' (1960) * ''Final Accord'' (1960) * ''Via Mala'' (1961) * ''Lana, Queen of the Amazons'' (1964) * ' (1965, TV miniseries) * ''Rheinsberg'' (1967) * ' (1972) * ''Derrick'' - Season 4, Episode 08: "Via Bangkok" (1977) * ' (1978, TV film) * ''Derrick'' - Season 10, Episode 3: "Geheimnisse einer Nacht" (1983) * ''Forsthaus Falkenau ''Forsthaus Falkenau'' is a German television series. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2017–2019) * '' Alarm für C ...'' (1989-2006; TV series) References External links * 1938 births Living peop ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gert Fröbe
Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He was best known in English-speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film '' Goldfinger'', as Peachum in ''The Threepenny Opera'', as Baron Bomburst in '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', as Hotzenplotz in '' Der Räuber Hotzenplotz'', General Dietrich von Choltitz in '' Is Paris Burning?'' and Colonel Manfred von Holstein in ''Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines''. Early life and education Fröbe was born in Oberplanitz, today part of Zwickau. He was initially a violinist, but he abandoned it for Kabarett and theatre work. He joined the Nazi Party in 1929 at the age of 16 and left in 1937. In September 1944, theatres in Germany were closed down and Fröbe was drafted into the German Army, where he served until the end of the war. After his party membership became known after World War II, Israel banned Fröbe's films until Mario Blumenau, a Jewish s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mario Adorf
Mario Adorf (; born 8 September 1930) is a German actor, considered to be one of the great veteran character actors of European cinema. Since 1954, he has played both leading and supporting roles in over 200 film and television productions, among them the 1979 Oscar-winning film ''The Tin Drum''. He is also the author of several successful mostly autobiographical books. Biography Adorf was born in Zürich, Switzerland, the illegitimate child of Matteo Menniti, an Italian surgeon and Alice Adorf, a German medical assistant. He grew up in his maternal grandfather's hometown, Mayen, where he was raised by his unmarried mother. He rose to fame in Europe, and particularly Germany, and also made appearances in international films, including ''Ten Little Indians'' and '' Smilla's Sense of Snow''. He also played a small role in the BBC adaptation of John le Carré's ''Smiley's People'' as a German club owner. In Italy he also played in a number of movies. In the 1960s, he married Lis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Day The Rains Came (film)
''The Day the Rains Came'' (german: Am Tag als der Regen kam) is a 1959 West German crime film directed by Gerd Oswald and starring Mario Adorf, Christian Wolff, Gert Fröbe and Elke Sommer. It is named after song "Am Tag als der Regen kam" by Dalida, which was a big hit of the year; then it was customary to release a film named after the hit songs of the moment.Spicer p.110 The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Markwitz and Hans Jürgen Kiebach. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in West Berlin. Cast * Mario Adorf as Werner Maurer * Christian Wolff as Robert * Gert Fröbe as Dr. Albert Maurer * Corny Collins as Inge Zimmermann * Elke Sommer as Ellen * Claus Wilcke as Rudi * Ernst Jacobi as Fritz * Gert Günther Hoffmann as Willi * Wolf Richards as Otto * Uwe Gauditz as Professor * Horst Naumann as Kriminalassistent Thiel * Ulla Moritz as Bardame im Splendid * Harry Hertzsch * Arno Paulsen as Textilkaufmann Grossmann * Herbe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gerd Oswald
Gerd Oswald (June 9, 1919 – May 22, 1989) was a German director of American films and television. Biography Born in Berlin, Oswald was the son of German film director Richard Oswald and actress Käthe Oswald. He worked as a child actor before emigrating to the United States in 1938. Early production jobs at low-budget studios like Monogram Pictures prepared Oswald for a directorial career. Oswald's film credits include '' A Kiss Before Dying'' (1956), ''Valerie'' (1957), ''Crime of Passion'' (1957), '' Brainwashed'' (1960), and ''Bunny O'Hare'' (1971). His television credits include ''Perry Mason'', ''Blue Light'', '' Bonanza'', '' The Outer Limits'', '' The Fugitive'', '' Star Trek'', ''Gentle Ben'', '' It Takes a Thief'', '' Rawhide'', and ''The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)''. Fans of '' Mystery Science Theater 3000'' know Oswald as the director of the 1966 film '' Agent for H.A.R.M.'' He was an assistant director for 20 years, including on his father's film '' The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michael Cramer (actor)
Michael Cramer (1 March 1930 in Wickrath – 28 November 2000 Munich) was a German actor. Selected filmography *''A Life for Do'' (1954) *''A House Full of Love'' (1954) *''Fireworks'' (1954) *'' The Perfect Couple'' (1954) *'' Island of the Dead'' (1955) * '' The Royal Waltz'' (1955) *''Through the Forests and Through the Trees'' (1956) * ''The Hunter from Roteck'' (1956) * ''Engagement at Wolfgangsee'' (1956) *' (1957) *'' The Big Chance'' (1957) *''Sebastian Kneipp'' (1958) *'' Ooh... diese Ferien'' (1958) *''Babette Goes to War ''Babette Goes to War'' (french: Babette s'en va-t-en guerre) is a 1959 French CinemaScope film starring Brigitte Bardot. It was Bardot's first movie since becoming a star where she did not take off her clothes. Plot In 1940, during the German inv ...'' (1959) *'' The Battle of Sutjeska'' (1973) *'' Stolen Heaven'' (1974) References External links * 1930 births 2000 deaths German male film actors People from Mönchengladbach 20th-centur ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gardy Granass
Gardy Granass (born 7 January 1930) is a retired German actress. She appeared in around forty films and television series, after making her screen debut in '' Tromba'' (1949). In 1953 she appeared in ' based on a Hans Schubert play.Goble p.412 Selected filmography * '' Tromba'' (1949) * ''A Heidelberg Romance'' (1951) * ''A Very Big Child'' (1952) * ''Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine'' (1953) * '' My Leopold'' (1955) * ''Three Girls from the Rhine'' (1955) * ''The Happy Village'' (1955) * '' The Model Husband'' (1956) * ''Die Christel von der Post'' (1956) * ''Black Forest Melody'' (1956) * ''A Thousand Melodies'' (1956) * ''Drei Mann auf einem Pferd'' (1957) * '' The Big Chance'' (1957) * ''Spring in Berlin'' (1957) * ''When the Heath Is in Bloom ''When the Heath Is in Bloom'' (german: Wenn die Heide blüht) is a 1960 West German drama film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Joachim Hansen, Walter Richter, and Peter Carsten. The film's art direction was by Willi Herrmann. It w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Walter Giller
Walter Giller (23 August 1927 – 15 December 2011) was a German actor. He was very successful in the 1950s and 1960s, when he was often seen as a comedic leading man. One of his most successful and more serious roles was in ''Roses for the Prosecutor''. Giller was born in Recklinghausen. In 1956, he married actress Nadja Tiller; they had two children and appeared together in a number of films. The couple resided in Lugano, Switzerland for many years. In 2009, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He underwent a major (but unsuccessful) operation. He died in Hamburg in 2011, aged 84. Selected filmography * ''Artists' Blood'' (1949) * ''Kein Engel ist so rein'' (1950) * ''The Girl from the South Seas'' (1950) .... Lothar * ''Insel ohne Moral'' (1950) .... Dicky * ''Falschmünzer am Werk'' (1951) .... Conny Hauser * ''Die Frauen des Herrn S.'' (1951) .... Platon * ''Sensation in San Remo'' (1951) .... Ernst * ''Wildwest in Oberbayern'' (1951) .... 2.Aufnahmeleiter Schmittchen * ' (1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Big Chance (1957 German Film)
''The Big Chance '' (german: Die große Chance) is a 1957 West German romantic comedy film directed by Hans Quest and starring Walter Giller, Gardy Granass and Michael Cramer. Shot and set in Heidelberg, it was one of a series of Schlager music films made around the time.Koepnick p. 76 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dieter Bartels and Helmut Nentwig. It was shot in Agfacolor. Main cast * Walter Giller as Walter Gerber * Gardy Granass as Ruth Degner * Michael Cramer as Manfred Hallersperg * Wera Frydtberg as Erika Hallersperg * Robert Freitag as Kaplan Sommer * Loni Heuser as Henriette 'Henny' Hallersperg * Käthe Haack as Anna Gerber * Ernst Waldow as Tankstellenbesitzer Oskar Magenau * Friedrich Domin as Bischof * Peter Lühr as Studienrat Heinrich Gerber * Bruno Fritz as Fabrikant Otto Hallersperg * Johanna Hofer as Großmutter Degner * Erna Sellmer as Wirtschafterin Luise * Gisela Schlüter as Susi Viereck * Harald Martens as Eugen Gerber * Renate Danz ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |