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Erwin Kalser
Erwin Kalser (22 February 1883 — 26 March 1958) was a German-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 stage and film actor, best remembered as the Geneva Convention inspector in ''Stalag 17''. He did most of his work in American made films. Erwin Kalser was born Erwin Kalischer in Berlin. He was the father of Oscar-winning producer Konstantin Kalser. Partial filmography * ''George Bully'' (1920) * ''Oberst Rokschanin'' (1922) * ''Die Talfahrt des Severin Hoyey'' (1922) * '' I.N.R.I.'' (1923) - Der Mann in der Zelle * '' Rasputins Liebesabenteuer'' (1928) - Zar * ''Anastasia, die falsche Zarentochter'' (1928) * '' Napoleon at St. Helena'' (1929) - Dr. O'Meara * ''The Last Company'' (1930) - The miller * ' (1930) - Regisseur * '' Dreyfus'' (1930) - Mathieu Dreyfus (his brother) * ''A Student's Song of Heidelberg'' (1930) - Dr. Zinker * '' Der Herzog von Reichstadt'' (1931) - Kan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-Jewish
The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321, and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (''circa'' 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish community. The community survived under Charlemagne, but suffered during the Crusades. Accusations of well poisoning during the Black Death (1346–53) led to mass slaughter of German Jews and they fled in large numbers to Poland. The Jewish communities of the cities of Mainz, Speyer and Worms became the center of Jewish life during medieval times. "This was a golden age as area bishops protected the Jews resulting in increased trade and prosperity." The First Crusade began an era of persecution of Jews in Germany. Entire communities, like those of Trier, Worms, Mainz and Cologne, were slaughtered. The Hussite Wars became the signal for renewed persecution of Jews. The end of the 15th century was a period of religious hatred that ascribed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Men Know
''What Men Know'' (German: ''Was wissen denn Männer'') is a 1933 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Brausewetter, Erwin Kalser and Toni van Eyck.Kreimeier p.218 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. It was remade as the Swedish film ''What Do Men Know?'' the same year. Synopsis A young woman from the country has a relationship with a travelling salesman who then abandons her. When she falls pregnant from the affair it causes a local scandal. Cast * Hans Brausewetter as Karl Christians * Erwin Kalser as Herr Barthel * Toni van Eyck as Hertha Barthel * Ruth Hellberg as Gertrud Kroschelt * Ilse Korseck as Margot * Eduard Rothauser as Invalide Schultheiss * Elsa Wagner as Mutter Kroschelt * Fritz Odemar as Oberpostsekretär Haber * Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Vater Kroschelt * Hedy Krilla Hedy () is a German given name, sometimes a diminutive form of Hedwig. Notable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Address Unknown (1944 Film)
''Address Unknown'' is a 1944 American film noir drama film directed by William Cameron Menzies based on Kressmann Taylor's novel '' Address Unknown'' (1938). The film tells the story of two families caught up in the rise of Nazism in Germany before the start of World War II. Cinematographer Rudolph Maté employed shadows, shapes and camera angles to create the imagery. One notable scene shows Martin Schulz (Paul Lukas) descending a staircase awaiting his arrest by the Gestapo, with the shadow of a web-like criss-cross of window panes behind him. Plot Martin Schulz and Max Eisenstein (Morris Carnovsky) are good friends, German expatriate art dealers living in the United States. Martin's son Heinrich ( Peter van Eyck) and Max's daughter Griselle ( K.T. Stevens) are in love. When Martin and his wife return to Germany to find artwork, Griselle accompanies them to seek acting opportunities. Martin meets Baron von Freische (Carl Esmond), joins the Nazi Party and becomes an important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Purple Heart
''The Purple Heart'' is a 1944 American black-and-white war film, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, directed by Lewis Milestone, and starring Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Don "Red" Barry, Sam Levene and Trudy Marshall. Eighteen-year-old Farley Granger had a supporting role. The film is a dramatization of the "show trial" of a number of US airmen by the Japanese government during World War II. It is loosely based on the trial of eight US airmen who took part in the April 18, 1942, Doolittle Raid on Japan. Three of the eight were subsequently executed and one later died as a POW.Dower 1987, p. 50. This film was the first to deal directly with the Japanese treatment of POWs and ran into opposition from the US War Department, which was afraid that such films would provoke reprisals from the Japanese government. Plot In April 1942, after a raid on Japan, eight American aircrew made up of the crews from two North American B-25 Mitchell bombers, are captured. Capt. Harvey Ross (Dana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watch On The Rhine
A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is designed to be worn around the wrist, attached by a watch strap or other type of bracelet, including metal bands, leather straps or any other kind of bracelet. A pocket watch is designed for a person to carry in a pocket, often attached to a chain. Watches were developed in the 17th century from spring-powered clocks, which appeared as early as the 14th century. During most of its history the watch was a mechanical device, driven by clockwork, powered by winding a mainspring, and keeping time with an oscillating balance wheel. These are called ''mechanical watches''. In the 1960s the electronic ''quartz watch'' was invented, which was powered by a battery and kept time with a vibrating quartz crystal. By the 1980s the quartz watch had taken over most of the market from the mechani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission To Moscow
''Mission to Moscow'' is a 1943 film directed by Michael Curtiz, based on the 1941 book by the former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, Joseph E. Davies. The movie chronicles the experiences of the second American ambassador to the Soviet Union and was made in response to a request by Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was made during World War II, when the Americans and Soviets were allies, and takes an extremely solicitous view of not only the USSR in general but of Stalinism and Stalinist repressions in particular. For that reason, it was scrutinized by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Source book The film is based on Joseph E. Davies' memoir about his time as the United States ambassador to the Soviet Union from November 1936 to June 1938. It was published by Simon & Schuster in 1941 and was a critical and commercial success—700,000 copies were sold, and the book was translated into thirteen languages.Koppes, Clayton R. and Black, Gregory D. (1987) ''Hollywood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Correspondent
''Berlin Correspondent'' is a 1942 American film. Plot Dana Andrews portrays an American radio correspondent reporting from within Nazi Germany, whose principal source of information is an elderly philatelist. His reports prove so embarrassing to the regime that Captain von Rau sends his own fiancée, Karen Hauen (Virginia Gilmore), to compromise the reporter. As the philatelist is sent off to a concentration camp, it develops that she and the reporter are falling for each other, and the elderly source was actually her own father. Cast * Virginia Gilmore as Karen Hauen * Dana Andrews as Bill Roberts * Mona Maris as Carla * Martin Kosleck as Captain von Rau * Sig Ruman as Dr. Dietrich * Kurt Katch as Weiner * Erwin Kalser as Mr. Rudolph Hauen * Torben Meyer as Manager * William Edmunds as Hans Gruber * Hans Schumm as Gunther * Leonard Mudie as George, English Prisoner * Hans von Morhart as The Actor * Curt Furburg as Doctor * Henry Rowland as Pilot * Christian Rub Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kings Row
''Kings Row'' is a 1942 film starring Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan and Betty Field that tells a story of young people growing up in a small American town at the turn of the twentieth century. The picture was directed by Sam Wood. The film was adapted by Casey Robinson from a best-selling 1940 novel of the same name by Henry Bellamann. The musical score was composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and the cinematographer was James Wong Howe. The supporting cast features Charles Coburn, Claude Rains, Judith Anderson and Maria Ouspenskaya. Plot In the small midwestern town of Kings Row, in 1890, five children know, and play with, each other: Parris Mitchell, a polite, clever little boy who lives with his grandmother; pretty blonde Cassandra Tower, daughter of the secretive Dr. Alexander Tower and a mother that is seen only through the upstairs window; the orphaned but wealthy and fun-loving Drake McHugh who is best friends with Parris; Louise Gordon, daughter of the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dressed To Kill (1941 Film)
''Dressed to Kill'' is a 1941 crime mystery starring Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes and Sheila Ryan. The film is based on ''The Dead Take No Bows'', a mystery novel by Richard Burke. Plot summary Private investigator Michael Shayne and his singer fiancée Joanne La Marr hear a woman screaming from a room in their hotel. The hotel maid Emily has discovered two dead people: producer Louis Lathrop, owner of the hotel and the adjoining theater, and Desiree Vance, one of Lathrop's actresses. Both are dressed in medieval costumes, and Lathrop is wearing the head from a dog costume. Police investigator Pierson arrives at the scene and learns from hotel manager Hal Brennon that the costumes are from Lathrop's only successful show, ''Sweethearts of Paris'', from many years earlier. Desiree had been the show's leading lady, and Carlo Ralph played Beppo the Dog. Shayne suspects Carlo because of the dog-costume head on Lathrop. David Earle, also an actor in Lathrop's show, tells the police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underground (1941 Film)
''Underground'' is a 1941 war, drama, suspense, espionage, propaganda, noir film about the German Nazi Resistance opposing the Nazis in World War II directed by Vincent Sherman. Jeffrey Lynn and Philip Dorn play two brothers initially on opposite sides. Cast * Jeffrey Lynn as Kurt Franken * Philip Dorn as Eric Franken * Kaaren Verne as Sylvia Helmuth * Mona Maris as Fräulein Gessner * Peter Whitney as Alex Schumann * Martin Kosleck as Colonel Heller * Erwin Kalser as Dr. Albert Franken * Ilka Grüning as Frau Franken (credited as Ilka Gruning) * Frank Reicher as Professor Hugo Baumer * Egon Brecher as Herr Director of the Chemical Institute * Ludwig Stössel as Herr Gustav Müller (credited as Ludwig Stossel) * Hans Schumm as Heller's Aide * Wolfgang Zilzer as Walter Hoffman * Roland Varno as Ernst Demmler * Henry Brandon as Josef Rolf * Ludwig Hardt Ludwig Hardt (16 January 1886 – 6 March 1947) was a German actor. Private life In 1913 he became the second husband of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Dare Not Love
''They Dare Not Love'' is a 1941 romantic war drama film directed by James Whale and starring George Brent, Martha Scott and Paul Lukas. Whale left the picture before the end of production; it was the last film released to credit him as director. Plot A prince flees Austria when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He encounters a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving. He strikes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but discovers that the Nazis are not to be trusted. Cast *George Brent – Prince Kurt von Rotenberg *Martha Scott – Marta Keller *Paul Lukas – Baron von Helsing *Roman Bohnen – Baron Shafter *Kay Linaker – Barbara Murdoch Rest of cast listed alphabetically: *Sig Arno – Louis *Georgia Backus – German secretary *Edgar Barrier – Capt. Wilhelm Ehrhardt *Don Beddoe – Second sailor *Nicholas Bela – First sailor *Leon Belasco – Pierre *Olga Borget – Stewardess *Egon Breche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Commands
''The Devil Commands'' is a 1941 American horror film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Boris Karloff. The working title of the film was ''The Devil Said No''.Young, 2000, p. 154 In it, a man obsessed with contacting his dead wife falls in with a sinister phony medium. The Devil Commands is one of the many films from the 1930s and 1940s in which Karloff was cast as a mad scientist with a good heart. It was one of the last in line of the low-budget horror films that were produced before Universal Studios' '' The Wolf Man''. The story was adapted from the novel '' The Edge of Running Water'' by William Sloane.Stephen Jacobs, ''Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster'', Tomahawk Press 2011 p 265 Plot Dr. Julian Blair is engaged in unconventional research on human brain waves when his wife Helen ( Shirley Warde) is tragically killed in an auto accident. The grief-stricken scientist becomes obsessed with redirecting his work into making contact with the dead and is not deterred by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
