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Erwin Biegel
Erwin Friedrich Richard Biegel (25 March 1896 – 24 May 1954) was a German stage and film actor who appeared in over eighty feature films in a variety of supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' The Young Count'' (1935) * '' His Late Excellency'' (1935) * '' Dinner Is Served'' (1936) * ''The Mysterious Mister X'' (1936) * '' The Accusing Song'' (1936) * '' Truxa'' (1937) * '' The Ways of Love Are Strange'' (1937) * '' Fremdenheim Filoda'' (1937) * '' Gasparone'' (1937) * ''Seven Slaps'' (1937) * ''Fanny Elssler'' (1937) * '' Revolutionshochzeit'' (1938) * '' The Stars Shine'' (1938) * ''Anna Favetti'' (1938) * '' The Man Who Couldn't Say No'' (1938) * '' Zwei Frauen'' (1938) * ''The Green Emperor'' (1939) * '' Woman Without a Past'' (1939) * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1939) * '' The Rothschilds'' (1940) * ''Wunschkonzert'' (1940) * ''The Girl at the Reception'' (1940) * ''Melody of a Great City'' (1943) *'' The Master of the Estate'' (1943) * ''I Entrust My Wife to You'' (1943) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gasparone (film)
''Gasparone'' is a 1937 German musical comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Marika Rökk, Johannes Heesters and . It is based on the operetta ''Gasparone'' by Carl Millöcker with a libretto by F Zell and Richard Genée. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios and on location in Croatia. Cast *Marika Rökk as Ita *Johannes Heesters as Erminio Bondo * as Sindulfo * as Carlotta *Oskar Sima as Massaccio *Leo Slezak as Nasoni *Rudolf Platte as Benozzo *Elsa Wagner as Zenobia *Ursula Herking as Sora *Arnim Suessenguth as Jucundus *Ernst Behmer as Sokrates *Erwin Biegel as man with white clove *Erich Kestin Erich Kestin (25 June 1895 – 22 May 1969) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films shows between 1930 and 1953. Selected filmography * ''Dolly Gets Ahead'' (1930) * '' The Tiger Murder Case'' (1930) * ''The Stolen Face'' (19 ... as adjutant to the Police Prefect *Paul Schwed as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl At The Reception
''The Girl at the Reception'' (german: Mädchen im Vorzimmer) is a 1940 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Magda Schneider, Heinz Engelmann, and Carsta Löck. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hermann Asmus and Anton Weber. Plot An office worker employed at a publishing house Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ... is upset, when her former lover is appointed as the new director. Cast References Bibliography * External links * Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1940 drama films Films directed by Gerhard Lamprecht UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wunschkonzert
''Wunschkonzert'' (''Request Concert'') is a 1940 German drama propaganda film by Eduard von Borsody. After ''Die große Liebe'', it was the most popular film of wartime Germany, reaching the second highest gross. Background The popular music show ' (Request Concert for the Wehrmacht) was broadcast on the German radio network every Sunday afternoon at 3.00 from the Great Broadcasting Room of the Haus des Rundfunks on Masurenallee in Berlin. Its popularity was based in part on its claims to broadcast music requested by men in the armed forces, thus uniting the armed forces and the homefront in ''Volksgemeinschaft''. Reich Minister Goebbels insisted that all German performers contribute to it, and concluded that a film based on it would be even more successful. Plot During the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, the young Inge Wagner and Luftwaffe Fliegerleutnant (Flight Lieutenant) Herbert Koch meet, and within a few days fall in love. They make plans for their joint future, but be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rothschilds (film)
''The Rothschilds'' () is a 1940 Nazi German historical propaganda film directed by Erich Waschneck. The film is also known as ''The Rothschilds' Shares in Waterloo'' (International recut version, English title). It portrays the role of the Rothschild family in the Napoleonic wars. The Jewish Rothschilds are depicted in a negative manner, consistent with the anti-Semitic policy of Nazi Germany. The 1940 film has a similar title and a similar plot to a 1934 American film, ''The House of Rothschild'', starring George Arliss and Boris Karloff, that presented the Rothschilds in a more positive light. It is one of three Nazi-era German films that provide an antisemitic retelling of an earlier film. The others, both released in 1940, bore titles similar to films released in 1934: ''The Eternal Jew'' was a documentary-format film with the same title as the 1934 film and ''Jud Süss'' was a drama based on a 1934 film adaptation of a 1925 novel. Plot summary As William I, Elector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert And Bertram (1939 Film)
''Robert and Bertram'' (german: Robert und Bertram) is a 1939 German musical comedy film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Rudi Godden, Kurt Seifert, and Carla Rust. It premiered in Hamburg on 7 July 1939. It was based on the 1856 play '' Robert and Bertram'' by Gustav Räder about two wandering vagrants which had been adapted into several film versions including a Polish film of the same title the previous year. It was set in 1839. It was made by Tobis Film at the company's Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Machus and Erich Zander. It was the only anti-semitic musical comedy released during the Nazi era and the first film since Kristallnacht to focus on Jews as cultural and economic outsiders.O'Brien p. 32 In fact the antagonist of this film itself, the Jew Nathan Ipelmeyer is not a cultural and economic outsider, but a very wealthy "Kommerzienrat" (cf. Geheimrat ''Geheimrat'' was the title of the highest advising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman Without A Past
''Woman Without a Past'' (german: Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Sybille Schmitz, Albrecht Schoenhals, and Maria von Tasnady. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger Hans Ledersteger (1898–1971) was an Austrian art director who worked for many years in the German film industry. While mainly employed in Germany, he occasionally also worked in other countries such as Italy and his native Austria including on .... Main cast References Bibliography * External links * 1939 films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1939 drama films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma Films about amnesia German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Emperor
''The Green Emperor'' (german: Der grüne Kaiser) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Paul Mundorf and starring Gustav Diessl, Carola Höhn and René Deltgen. It was inspired by the real-life case of a Belgian financier who had gone missing during a flight across the English Channel.Waldman p. 59 The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. Location shooting took place in the countryside outside Berlin during 1938. It premiered in Vienna in February 1939. Synopsis A shady British businessmen frames his pilot for his murder. After being released from prison, the pilot attempts to track down his former employer who is still alive. Cast * Gustav Diessl as Henry Miller / Hendrik Mylius * Carola Höhn as Joana Martinez * René Deltgen as Jan Karsten * Ellen Bang as Eva Latour * Aribert Wäscher as Bankier Vandermer * Hilde Hildebrand as Nora * Paul Westermeier as Hoyens * Alexander Engel as Sekretär Favard * Albert Hörrmann as Marcel Carraux * Hans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zwei Frauen (1938 Film)
''Silence Like Glass'' (German title: ''Zwei Frauen'') is a 1989 German-American drama film. Though made in Germany, it is set in America and features an American cast with all English dialogue. The film stars Jami Gertz, Martha Plimpton, George Peppard, Bruce Payne, and Rip Torn. Plot Eva is a wealthy, snobbish ballerina who is diagnosed with cancer. She is admitted into the youth cancer ward at a hospital where she is forced into humility by her disease. She rooms with fellow cancer patient Claudia, and the majority of the film revolves around their interactions together in their hospital room. She is treated with "concern and compassion" by Dr. Burton. Ultimately Eva goes into remission and is able to continue her life, but not before witnessing another young woman's death and also assisting Claudia to suicide. Cast *Jami Gertz as Eva Martin *Martha Plimpton as Claudia Jacoby *George Peppard as Mr. Martin *Bruce Payne as Dr. Burton *Rip Torn as Dr. Markowitz *Gayle Hunnicutt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Couldn't Say No (1938 Film)
''The Man Who Couldn't Say No'' (german: Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann) is a 1938 German romantic comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Karin Hardt, and Leo Slezak. It is a remake of the 1936 Italian film ''But It's Nothing Serious'' also directed by Camerini. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin.KLaus p.131 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter Heinrich Richter (1884–1981) was a German painter and art director.Soister p.122 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The Confessions of the Green Mask'' (1916) * ''The Sensational Tr .... Plot German version of the Italian film Ma Non E Una Cosa Seria, from a Pirandello story: a man inoculates himself against emotional entanglement by deliberately marrying a woman he has no interest in and with whom he will spend no time. Cast References Bibliography * * Klaus, Ul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Favetti
''Anna Favetti'' is a 1938 German romantic drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Brigitte Horney, Mathias Wieman and Gina Falckenberg.Bock & Bergfelder p. 217 The screenplay was written by Walter von Hollander, adapted from his own novel '' Licht im dunklen Haus''. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. Location filming took place in Italy and Switzerland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gustav A. Knauer. Cast * Brigitte Horney as Anna Favetti * Mathias Wieman as Hemmstreet * Gina Falckenberg as Irene Hemmstreet * Maria Koppenhöfer as Frau Favetti * Friedrich Kayßler as Herr Favetti * Karl Schönböck as Kingston * Elsa Wagner as Frau Stetius * Franz Schafheitlin as Dr. Thom * Jeanette Bethge as Bertha * Paul Bildt as Dr. Fister * Beppo Brem as Billy Blake * Rolf Wernicke as Reporter * Edwin Jürgensen as Empfangschef * Erwin Biegel as Kellner im Café * Hubert von Meyerinck as Hotelgast * Annemarie Korff Annemarie (or Annamarie, An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stars Shine (film)
''The Stars Shine'' (german: Es leuchten die Sterne) is a 1938 German musical revue directed by Hans H. Zerlett and written by Zerlett and Hans Hannes. Synopsis A young secretary leaves the country and travels to Berlin to seek work as an actress. In a comedy of errors, she is mistaken for a famous dancer, which results in her heading the cast of a star-studded musical. The plot acts as a backdrop for this musical revue film, which includes many German film, sports, and entertainment stars of the 1930s. Background ''Es leuchten die Sterne'' was a remake of the 1930 Tobis film ''Die Große Sehnsucht'' (''The Great Yearning''), directed by Stefan Szekely, a Hungarian Jew. The remake was created as a Busby Berkeley-style musical set inside a movie studio, and featured appearances by numerous stage personalities, athletes, and Tobis Films stars. Joseph Goebbels was Propaganda Minister and considered entertainment films to be the best type of media with which to convey the poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
