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Engagement At Wolfgangsee
''Engagement at Wolfgangsee'' (German: ''Verlobung am Wolfgangsee'') is a 1956 Austrian comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Ingrid Andree, Wolf Albach-Retty and Maria Andergast. The film was shot in Agfacolor at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna and on location around Lake Wolfgang. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wolf Witzemann. It is a remake of the 1943 film ''Sophienlund'' which was itself based on a 1941 play of the same title which Weiss co-authored. It was part of a large number of heimatfilm made in Germany and Austria during the decade.Von Dassanowsky p.166 Synopsis When the Eckberg family gathers at their home by Lake Wolfgang, their father reveals to them that their relationships to each other are different to what they had been brought up to believe. Cast * Ingrid Andree as Gabriele * Wolf Albach-Retty as Erich Eckberg * Maria Andergast as Sigrid Eckberg * Michael Cramer as Knut * Michael Heltau as Michael * Sylvia Lund as Barbara ...
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Helmut Weiss
Helmut Weiss (January 25, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was a German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was notable for directing '' Tell the Truth'' the first film produced in what was to become the future West Germany after the Second World War. It was made in Hamburg in the British Zone of Occupation. Much of the film had already been made at the UFA studios in Berlin shortly before the arrival of the Red Army, but Weiss dramatically re-shot it. The film was significant in its use of outdoor locations in common with other post-war rubble films. Selected filmography Actor * '' Trouble Backstairs'' (1935) * ''Scandal at the Fledermaus'' (1936) * ''Family Parade'' (1936) * '' Nanon'' (1938) * ''Kitty and the World Conference'' (1939) * ''The Leghorn Hat'' (1939) * ''The Girl from Fano'' (1941) * ''The Gasman'' (1941) * ''Rembrandt'' (1942) * '' Love and Trumpets'' (1954) * ''Oasis'' (1955) * ''Fanny Hill'' (1964) Screenwriter * ''I Entrust My Wife to You'' (1943) * ''Hello, F ...
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Lake Wolfgang
Lake Wolfgang (german: Wolfgangsee) is a lake in Austria that lies mostly within the state of Salzburg and is one of the best known lakes in the Salzkammergut resort region. The municipalities on its shore are Strobl, St. Gilgen with the villages of Abersee and Ried as well as the market town of St. Wolfgang in the state of Upper Austria. The town and the lake are named after Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg, who, according to legend, built the first church here in the late 10th century. Overview Lake Wolfgang stretches about 10.5 kilometres from the northwest to the southeast. It is divided into two parts by a peninsula, called ''die Enge'' (the Narrow), situated roughly in the middle of its southern shore opposite St. Wolfgang, where the breadth is no more than 200 metres. The western portion of the lake at St. Gilgen is known as the ''Abersee''. The lake has an area of about 12.9 to 13.1 km² and is surrounded by the Salzkammergut mountain range. On the northern side ...
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1950s German-language Films
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1956 Comedy 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 – El ...
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Austrian Comedy Films
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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 – ...
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Chris Howland
Chris Howland (30 July 1928 – 29 November 2013)Press release
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was a British radio and TV presenter. For most of his career he worked in (Western) Germany, where he started a few years after World War II at in . He became a popular disc jockey and presenter also at German networks. He also was a prolific Schlager-singer and starred in films.


Early life

Howland was born in London and brought up in

Melanie Horeschowsky
Melanie Horeschowsky (1901–1983) was an Austrian stage, film and television actress.Giesen p.228 Selected filmography * '' The Prodigal Son'' (1934) * '' Der Kaiser von Kalifornien'' (1936) * '' Another World'' (1937) * ''Clarissa'' (1941) * '' What Does Brigitte Want?'' (1941) * '' The Rainer Case'' (1942) * ''Melody of a Great City'' (1943) * ''Insolent and in Love'' (1948) * ''Arlberg Express'' (1948) * '' Bonus on Death'' (1950) * '' A Heidelberg Romance'' (1951) * '' Your Heart Is My Homeland'' (1953) * '' Maxie'' (1954) * ''Cabaret'' (1954) * ''Engagement at Wolfgangsee'' (1956) * '' Imperial and Royal Field Marshal'' (1956) * ''So ein Millionär hat's schwer'' (1958) * '' Panoptikum 59'' (1959) * '' What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime'' (1959) * '' The Dance of Death'' (1967) * ''Student of the Bedroom ''Student of the Bedroom'' (german: Der Bettenstudent oder Was mach' ich mit den Mädchen?) is a 1970 West German comedy film directed by Michael Verhoeven and starring ...
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Sylvia Lund
Sylvia may refer to: People *Sylvia (given name) *Sylvia (singer), American country music and country pop singer and songwriter *Sylvia Robinson, American singer, record producer, and record label executive *Sylvia Vrethammar, Swedish singer credited as "Sylvia" in Australia and the UK * Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial arts fighter * Colin Sylvia, Australian football player Places *Mount Sylvia, a former name of Xueshan on Taiwan Island *Mount Sylvia, Queensland, Australia *Sylvia, Kansas, a town in Kansas, United States *Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem, New York City, New York, United States Art, entertainment, and media Comics * ''Sylvia'' (comic strip), a long-running comic strip by cartoonist Nicole Hollander Films * ''Sylvia'' (1961 film), an Australian television play * ''Sylvia'' (1965 film), an American drama film * ''Sylvia'' (1985 film), a New Zealand film about New Zealand educator Sylvia Ashton-Warner, * ''Sylvia'' (2003 film), a British biographical drama film abou ...
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Michael Heltau
Michael Heltau (born 5 July 1933) is a German actor and singer. He was born in Ingolstadt, Germany, and now lives in Austria. Selected filmography * '' Hubertus Castle'' (1954) * ''The Last Man'' (1955) * ''Engagement at Wolfgangsee'' (1956) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1957) * '' Panoptikum 59'' (1959) * ' (1973) Television appearances *''Maximilian von Mexiko'' (1970) *''Manolescu – Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners'' (1972) *'' Mino'' (1986) Decorations and awards * 1970/1971: Karl Skraup Prize * 1974: Josef Kainz Medal * 1976: Golden Rathausmann * 1985: Gold Honorary Medal of Vienna * 1986: Kammerschauspieler * 1993: Doyen of the Burgtheater * 2000: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class * 2003: Honorary Membership of the Burgtheater * 2004: Honorary Membership of the Volksoper * 2005: Gold Medal for services to the City of Vienna * 26 November 2005: Nestroy Theatre Prize The Nestroy Theatre Prize is an Austrian theatre award named after the poet Jo ...
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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 ...
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Heimatfilm
' (, German for "homeland-films"; German singular: ') were films of a genre popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. ''Heimat'' can be translated as "home" (in the geographic sense), "hometown" or "homeland". History The genre came to life after the devastation of Germany in World War II, and remained popular from the late 40s to the early 60s. The films suggested a whole, romantic world untouched by war and the hazards of real life. The Berlin-based studio Berolina Film was the driving force behind the development of ''Heimatfilme''. In the immediate post-World War II era, the idea of ' is linked to the experience of loss of more than twelve million Germans, known as Vertriebene, who were displaced from the former eastern territories of Germany in its pre-1938 borders. Contemporary concerns with expulsion and re-integration become manifest in many of the more than three hundred ' that were produced during the 1950s. This is particularl ...
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