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Ernő Metzner
Ernő Metzner (February 25, 1892 – September 25, 1953) was a film director and production designer. Metzner was born in Subotica (then Austria-Hungary). He studied art at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts, then worked as a painter and graphic artist. In 1920 he moved to Berlin and began working as an art director and production designer with some of the best-known German directors of the time: Ernst Lubitsch ('' Sumurun, The Loves of Pharaoh''), Robert Wiene ('' I.N.R.I.'') and Karl Grune ('' Arabella''). From the 1926 ''Secrets of a Soul'' he developed a close and continuous partnership with Georg Wilhelm Pabst. Metzner was art director for seven major Pabst films from 1926 to 1933, notably designing the production of '' Kameradschaft'' (1931), for which Metzner constructed realistic mining tunnels in the studio.Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination: Set Design in 1930s ...by Tim Bergfelder, Sue Harris, Sarah Street, page 158 In 1927 Metzner began to direct film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subotica
Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, contemporary Subotica is now the second largest city in the province, following the city of Novi Sad. According to the 2011 census, the city itself has a population of 97,910, while the urban area of Subotica (with adjacent urban settlement of Palić included) has 105,681 inhabitants, and the population of metro area (the administrative area of the city) stands at 141,554 people. Name The name of the city has changed frequently over time.History of Subotica Retrieved 8 September 2022. The earliest known written name of the city was ''Zabotka'' or ''Zabatka'', [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bull Of Olivera
''The Bull of Olivera'' (german: Der Stier von Olivera) is a 1921 German silent historical drama film directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Emil Jannings. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Kurt Richter. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo The Ufa-Palast am Zoo, located near Berlin Zoological Garden in the New West area of Charlottenburg, was a major Berlin cinema owned by Universum Film AG, or Ufa. Opened in 1919 and enlarged in 1925, it was the largest cinema in Germany until 19 .... Cast References External links * 1920s historical films German historical films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Erich Schönfelder German silent feature films UFA GmbH films Films set in Spain Films set in the 1800s Napoleonic Wars films Depictions of Napoleon on film German films based on plays German black-and-white films 1920s German films {{Historic-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unknown Guest (1931 Film)
''The Unknown Guest'' (German: ''Der unbekannte Gast'') is a 1931 German comedy film directed by E.W. Emo and starring S.Z. Sakall, Lucie Englisch and Kurt Vespermann. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernö Metzner. It was given an American release in 1935.Waldman Synopsis When her master and mistress are away, a chambermaid pretends to be the owner of the house where her father visits as he is unaware of her status as a servant. Cast * S.Z. Sakall as Leopold Kuhlmann * Lucie Englisch as Lucie, his daughter * Kurt Vespermann as Harry Müller * Annie Markart as Olly, his wife * Hilde Hildebrand as Ita Hanna * Senta Söneland as Frau Steinmann * Hans Brausewetter as Fritz Müller, chauffeur * Oskar Sima Oskar Sima (31 July 1896 – 24 June 1969) was an Austrian actor who is best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Born in Hohenau an der March, Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivals For The World Record
''Rivals for the World Record'' (german: Rivalen im Weltrekord) is a 1930 German sports film directed by Ernő Metzner and starring Bob Stoll, Liselotte Schaak Liselotte Schaak (born 27 October 1908, date of death unknown) was a German actress, who appeared in more than thirty films during the Weimar and Nazi eras. She starred in the 1930 film ''Sabotage''.Hodges p.217 Selected filmography * '' Rivals f ..., and Nien Soen Ling. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1930 films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s sports films 1930s German-language films German black-and-white films German auto racing films Films about twin brothers Films directed by Ernő Metzner 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westfront 1918
''Westfront 1918'' is a German war film, set mostly in the trench warfare, trenches of the Western Front (World War I), Western Front during World War I. It was directed in 1930 by G. W. Pabst, from a screenplay by Ladislaus Vajda based on the novel ''Vier von der Infanterie'' by Ernst Johannsen. The film shows the effect of the war on a group of infantrymen portrayed by an ensemble cast led by screen veterans Fritz Kampers and Gustav Diessl. The film bears a resemblance to its close contemporary ''All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film), All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930), an United States, American production, although it has a bleaker tone, consistent with Pabst's New Objectivity (film), New Objectivity work through the late 1920s. It was particularly pioneering in its early use of sound – it was Pabst's first "Sound film, talkie" – in that Pabst managed to record live audio during complex tracking shots through the trenches. ''Westfront 1918'' was a cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Hell Of Pitz Palu (1929 Film)
''The White Hell of Pitz Palu'' (german: Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü) is a 1929 German silent mountain film co-directed by Arnold Fanck and G. W. Pabst and starring Leni Riefenstahl, Gustav Diessl, Ernst Petersen, and World War I pilot Ernst Udet. Written by Fanck and Ladislaus Vajda, the film is about a man who loses his wife in an avalanche while climbing the Piz Palü mountain, and spends the next few years searching the mountain alone for her body. Four years later he meets a young couple who agree to accompany him on his next climb. ''The White Hell of Pitz Palu'' was filmed on location in the Bernina Range in Graubünden, Switzerland. Plot Dr. Johannes Krafft and his bride Maria are spending their honeymoon mountain climbing in the Bernina Alps in southeast Switzerland. While climbing the north face of Piz Palü in the strong föhn winds, the loving couple's guide Christian warns Krafft not to be cocky in this dangerous environment, but the doctor dismisses the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diary Of A Lost Girl
''Diary of a Lost Girl'' (german: Tagebuch einer Verlorenen) is a 1929 German silent film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring American silent star Louise Brooks. It is shot in black and white, and various versions of the film range from 79 minutes to 116 minutes in length. This was Brooks' second and last film with Pabst, and like their prior collaboration, ''Pandora's Box'', it is considered to be a classic by many film historians. It is based on the controversial and bestselling 1905 novel of the same name by Margarete Böhme. The novel had been previously adapted by Richard Oswald as ''Diary of a Lost Woman''. Plot Thymian Henning, the innocent, naive daughter of pharmacist Robert Henning, is puzzled when their housekeeper, Elisabeth, leaves suddenly on the day of Thymian's confirmation In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands. For adu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Of Secrets
''Hotel of Secrets'' (German: ''Hotelgeheimnisse'') or ''The Adventuress from Biarritz'' (''Die Abenteurerin von Biarritz'') is a 1929 German silent film directed by Friedrich Feher and starring Gertrud Eysoldt, Magda Sonja and Angelo Ferrari.Pendergast p.597 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin and on location in Biarritz. The film's art direction was by Ernst Meiwers and Ernö Metzner. Cast * Gertrud Eysoldt as Herzogin * Magda Sonja as Gesellschafterin der Herzogin * Angelo Ferrari as Der Hochstapler * Wolfgang Zilzer as Komplize des Hochstaplers * Livio Pavanelli as Prosecutor * Gertrud de Lalsky Gertrud de Lalsky (27 January 1878 in Danzig – 16 September 1958 in Berlin) was a German actress. Selected filmography * ''Catherine the Great'' (1920) * ''Hypnosis'' (1920) * ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922) * ''The Island of Tears'' (1923) * ''Pra ... as Gräfin de Suzy * May Calvin as Lila * Harry Frank as Lilas Verlobter * Alfred Gerasch as Kriminalinspek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikosch Comes In (1928 Film)
''Mikosch Comes In'' (german: Mikosch rückt ein) is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Rolf Randolf and starring Gyula Szőreghy, Lydia Potechina, and Claire Rommer Claire Rommer (born Klara Romberger; 7 December 1904 – 19 August 1996) was a German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * '' The Queen of Whitechapel '' (1922) * '' The Anthem of Love'' (1922) * '' Der Herzog von Aleria'' (1923) * .... The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernő Metzner. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1928 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Rolf Randolf 1928 comedy films Silent German comedy films Military humor in film German black-and-white films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wood Love
''Wood Love'' (German title: ''Ein Sommernachtstraum'') is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Hans Neumann and starring Werner Krauss, Valeska Gert and Alexander Granach. It was an adaptation of William Shakespeare's '' A Midsummer Night's Dream''.Kreimeier p.101 Ernö Metzner worked as the film's art director. Cast * Werner Krauss as Bottom * Valeska Gert as Puck * Alexander Granach as Waldschrat and in alphabetical order * Hans Albers as Demetrius * Charlotte Ander as Hermia * Theodor Becker as Theseus * Hans Behrendt * Wilhelm Bendow as Flaut * Paul Biensfeldt * Walter Brandt as Schnock * Tamara Geva as Oberon * Ernst Gronau as Squenz * Armand Guerra as Wenzel * Paul Günther as Egeus * Martin Jacob as Schlucker * Adolf Klein * Lori Leux as Titania * André Mattoni as Lysander * Fritz Rasp as Schnauz * Rose Veldtkirch * Barbara von Annenkoff as Helena * Ruth Weyher as Hippolyta * Bruno Ziener Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Explosion (1923 Film)
''Explosion'' (german: Schlagende Wetter) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Karl Grune and starring Liane Haid and Carl de Vogt. It was shot at the Marienfelde Studios in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue .... Cast References Bibliography * * External links * 1923 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Karl Grune German silent feature films UFA GmbH films Films about mining German black-and-white films Films shot at Terra Studios 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Heidelberg (1923 Film)
''Old Heidelberg'' (German: ''Alt Heidelberg'') is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Paul Hartmann, Eva May and Werner Krauss. It was based on the 1901 play of the same name by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster. Cast * Paul Hartmann as Erbprinz Karl Heinz *Eva May as Kaethi *Werner Krauss as Dr. Jüttner *Eugen Burg as Lutz, Kammerdiener *Eugen Rex as Kellermann, Corpsdiener *Willy Prager *Karl Harbacher *Fritz Wendhausen *Victor Colani *Albert Bassermann Albert Bassermann (7 September 1867 – 15 May 1952) was a German stage and screen actor. He was considered to be one of the greatest German-speaking actors of his generation and received the famous Iffland-Ring. He was married to Elsa Schi ... References External links * Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German drama films Films directed by Hans Behrendt Films set in Heidelberg Films set in the 19th century Films about princes 1923 dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
