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Espionage (1955 Film)
''Espionage'' (German: ''Spionage'') is a 1955 Austrian historical spy drama film directed by Franz Antel and starring Ewald Balser, Barbara Rütting and Gerhard Riedmann.Fritsche p.256 It was shot at the Sievering Studios and on location in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Felix Smetana. It was based on the real story of Alfred Redl, an officer serving with Austrian Military Intelligence who was also secretly spying for the hostile Russian Empire before the First World War. Cast * Ewald Balser as Oberst Redl * Barbara Rütting as Nadeschda * Gerhard Riedmann as Hauptmann Angelis * Oskar Werner as Leutnant Zeno von Baumgarten * Marte Harell as Gräfin Lichtenfels * Hannelore Bollmann as Pauline von Heymeneck * Rudolf Forster as Chef des Generalstabes, von Heymeneck * Attila Hörbiger as Dr. Hartmuth * Erik Frey as Oberst Rabansky * Heinz Moog as Baron Letten * Karl Ehmann as Leopold, Diener bei Lichtenfels * Hermann Erhardt as Steidl * C.W. Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Antel
Franz Antel (28 June 1913 – 11 August 2007) was a veteran Austrian filmmaker. Born in Vienna, Antel worked mainly as a film producer in the interwar years. After World War II, he began writing and directing films on a large scale. In the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s these were mainly comedies ( romantic, slapstick, and/or musical) and K.u.k. films' all of which, for Austrian and German TV stations alike, have been a staple of weekend afternoon programming ever since. In between there is quite a sober film about the Oberst (Colonel) Redl affair that shook the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy on the eve of World War I. Antel himself later commented on this period, "I always wanted to provide good entertainment for the people at the cinema. After the screening, people should say: Well now, I am in a good mood, I will go out and have a glass of wine." (German original: "Ich wollte die Leute im Kino immer gut unterhalten. Die Besucher sollten nach der Filmvorführung sagen: So, jetzt b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sievering Studios
Sievering Studios were film production studios located in Sievering, a suburb of the Austrian capital Vienna. The studios were established in 1916 by the film pioneer Alexander Kolowrat for use by his Sascha-Film. After the First World War they functioned as the largest film studios of the new Austrian Republic and a number of major productions were made there during a boom period for the country's film industry during the silent era of the 1920s. Directors such as Michael Curtiz and Alexander Korda worked there during the decade. Following the Anschluss of 1938, Sievering was incorporated as part of the new company Wien Film by the Nazi authorities. After the Second World War it was located in the American Sector of Occupied Vienna. Control of the property of the former Wien Film, including the Sievering Studios, were placed under the control of director Karl Hartl. In 1949 the studio facilities were used for the production of the British film ''The Third Man'' by Carol Reed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attila Hörbiger
Attila Hörbiger (21 April 1896 – 27 April 1987) was an Austrian stage and movie actor. Life Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger and the younger brother of actor Paul Hörbiger. In 1903 his family moved to Vienna, where his father set up a design office. Attila attended the Benedictine gymnasium at Saint Paul's Abbey, Carinthia from 1906 to 1914. He began his stage career at the Wiener Neustadt municipal theatre in 1919, followed by engagements in Stuttgart and Bozen. In 1921 he performed at the Raimund Theater in Vienna and at the Lehartheater in Bad Ischl; his next engagements were at the municipal theatre in Reichenberg (Liberec), at the Vienna stage of Josef Jarno, at the German Reduta Theatre in Brünn (Brno), and at the New German Theatre in Prague. In 1928, Hörbiger joined the Theater in der Josefstadt ensemble under director Max Reinhardt; and from 1950 to 1975, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Forster
Rudolf Forster (30 October 1884 – 25 October 1968) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1914 and 1968. His autobiography ''Das Spiel, mein Leben'' was published by Propyläen Verlag in 1967. He was born in Gröbming, Austria, and died in Bad Aussee, Austria, five days before his 84th birthday. Selected filmography * ''Lepain'' (1914, 1920, part 1-6) - Detektiv * ''Das Bild der Ahnfrau'' (1916) * ''Frauenruhm'' (1920) * ''Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen'' (1920) - Lucien de Rubempré / Léon Montaguard * ''Der Schieberkönig'' (1920) * ''Kurfürstendamm'' (1920) - Ernst Duffer * ''Fanny Elssler'' (1920) - Gentz * ''Manolescu's Memoirs'' (1920) - Alfons, deren Verlobter * ''Princess Woronzoff'' (1920) * ''Moj'' (1920) * ''The Skull of Pharaoh's Daughter'' (1920) - Dr. Pflüger * ''Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter'' (1920) * ''Anna Karenina'' (1920) - Graf Ljevin * ''Der Mann mit den drei Frauen'' (1920) * ''10 Millionen Volt'' (1921) * ''Die rot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannelore Bollmann
Hannelore Bollmann (born 10 May 1925) is a German actress. She appeared in more than thirty films, often in leading roles. Selected filmography * ''King of Hearts'' (1947) * '' Hello, Fraulein!'' (1949) * ''Love on Ice'' (1950) * '' Holiday From Myself'' (1952) * '' Carnival in White'' (1952) * ''Marriage for One Night'' (1953) * ''The Sweetest Fruits'' (1954) * '' The Big Star Parade'' (1954) * '' Roses from the South'' (1954) * '' The Congress Dances'' (1955) * ''Espionage'' (1955) * ''The Happy Village'' (1955) * ''Emperor's Ball'' (1956) * ''All the Sins of the Earth ''All the Sins of the Earth'' (german: Alle Sünden dieser Erde) is a 1958 West German drama film directed by Fritz Umgelter and starring Barbara Rütting, Ivan Desny Ivan Desny (born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitskij; 28 December 1922 – 13 April ...'' (1958) * '' Our Crazy Aunts'' (1961) * '' Two Bavarians in Bonn'' (1962) References Bibliography * External links * 1925 births Living people German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marte Harell
Marte Harell (3 January 1907 – 12 March 1996) was an Austrian film actress.Goble p.519 She was married to Karl Hartl Karl Hartl (10 May 1899 – 29 August 1978) was an Austrian film director. Life Born in Vienna, Hartl began his film career at the Austrian Sascha-Film company of Alexander Kolowrat and from 1919 was assistant to the Hungarian director Alexande .... Filmography References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1907 births 1996 deaths Austrian film actresses Austrian television actresses 20th-century Austrian actresses Actresses from Vienna {{Austria-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Werner
Oskar Werner (; born Oskar Josef Bschließmayer; 13 November 1922 23 October 1984) was an Austrian stage and cinema actor whose prominent roles include two 1965 films, '' The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' and ''Ship of Fools''. Other notable films include ''Decision Before Dawn'' (1951), ''Jules and Jim'' (1962), ''Fahrenheit 451'' (1966), ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (1968) and ''Voyage of the Damned'' (1976). Werner accepted both stage and film roles throughout his career. He won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor, and had been nominated several times for the Golden Globe, the Academy Award as well as the BAFTA Award. Early life Born in Vienna, Werner spent much of his childhood in the care of his grandmother, who entertained him with stories about the Burgtheater, the Austrian state theatre, where he was accepted at the age of 18 by Lothar Müthel. He was the youngest person to receive this recognition. He made his theatre debut using the stage name Oskar Werner i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. The rise of the Russian Empire coincided with the decline of neighbouring rival powers: the Swedish Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Qajar Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and Qing China. It also held colonies in North America between 1799 and 1867. Covering an area of approximately , it remains the third-largest empire in history, surpassed only by the British Empire and the Mongol Empire; it ruled over a population of 125.6 million people per the 1897 Russian census, which was the only census carried out during the entire imperial period. Owing to its geographic extent across three continents at its peak, it featured great ethnic, linguistic, religious, and economic diversity. From the 10th–17th centuries, the land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evidenzbureau
The k.u.k. Evidenzbureau (modernized spelling ''Evidenzbüro'') was the directorate of military intelligence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Foundation Founded in 1850 as the first permanent military intelligence service in the world, the Evidenzbureau became active in the 1859 Austro-Sardinian War and the 1866 Austro-Prussian War, albeit with little success. The Evidenzbureau initially reported to the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Ministry, but was reassigned to the General Staff at the outbreak of World War I. It existed until the end of the monarchy in 1918. The ''Kundschaftsbüro'', tasked with monitoring foreign states, was subordinate to the Evidenzbureau. Functions Towards the end of the 19th century, tensions among the major European powers were rising, leading to increased activities of intelligence services. Mirroring political interests, attention of Austro-Hungarian services was primarily directed east- and southward (Russia an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Redl
Alfred Redl (14 March 1864 – 25 May 1913) was an Austrian military officer who rose to head the '' Evidenzbureau'', the counterintelligence wing of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army. Redl was one of the leading figures of pre-World War I espionage; his term in office was marked by radical innovations and the use of advanced technology to ensnare foreign spies. Due to the innovations he introduced, Redl's successor, Major Maximilian Ronge, ultimately learned in 1913 that Redl was also a highly paid spy, working for the intelligence service of the Imperial Russian Army. Upon being exposed as a Russian spy, Redl committed suicide. Although Redl's homosexuality was publicized during the affair, later investigation of Russian archives revealed that his Russian handlers had no knowledge of it, and his sexuality was unrelated to his decision to spy. Instead, he was enticed by the material benefits. Redl's revelations did not have a significant effect on the course of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Smetana
Felix Smetana (1907 – 1968) was a German art director.Fritsche p.259 He designed the sets for many Austrian and German films during the postwar era. Selected filmography * ''Wedding in the Hay'' (1951) * '' Hello Porter'' (1952) * '' Ideal Woman Sought'' (1952) * '' Voices of Spring'' (1952) * '' The Immortal Vagabond'' (1953) * ''Lavender'' (1953) * '' The Bird Seller'' (1953) * '' The Sun of St. Moritz'' (1954) * ''Espionage'' (1955) * '' And Who Is Kissing Me?'' (1956) * ''The Beggar Student'' (1956) * ''Scandal in Bad Ischl'' (1957) * '' Almenrausch and Edelweiss'' (1957) * ''The Street'' (1958) * ''Girls for the Mambo-Bar'' (1959) * '' Beloved Augustin'' (1960) * ''Our Crazy Aunts ''Our Crazy Aunts'' (german: Unsere tollen Tanten) is a 1961 Austrian comedy film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Gunther Philipp, Gus Backus, and Vivi Bach. It was followed by two sequels ''Our Crazy Nieces'' and ''Our Crazy Aunts in the S ...'' (1961) References Bibliography * Fritsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
