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Franz Doelle
Franz Doelle (9 November 1883 – 15 March 1965) was a German composer. He worked on around fifty film scores during his career many of them operetta films.Hull p.84 Selected filmography * '' When the White Lilacs Bloom Again'' (1929) * '' Mrs. Lehmann's Daughters'' (1932) * ''The Escape to Nice'' (1932) * ''Victor and Victoria'' (1933) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1934) * ''George and Georgette'' (1934) * ''Miss Liselott'' (1934) * '' Just Once a Great Lady'' (1934) * ''Amphitryon'' (1935) * '' The Royal Waltz'' (1935) * ''Donogoo Tonka'' (1936) * ''The Irresistible Man'' (1937) * ''A Man Astray'' (1940) * ''Carl Peters Carl Peters (27 September 1856 – 10 September 1918), was a German colonial ruler, explorer, politician and author and a major promoter of the establishment of the German colony of East Africa (part of the modern republic Tanzania). Life H ...'' (1941) * '' When the White Lilacs Bloom Again'' (1953) References Bibliography * Hull, David Stewart. ''Film in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach (, li, Jlabbach ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border. Geography Municipal subdivisions Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladbach has comprised four (previously ten) boroughs which are subdivided into 44 districts. The boroughs and their associated districts * ''Nord:'' Am Wasserturm, Dahl, Eicken, Gladbach, Hardt-Mitte, Hardter Wald, Ohler, Venn, Waldhausen, Westend, Windberg * ''Ost:'' Bettrath‑Hoven, Bungt, Flughafen, Giesenkirchen‑Mitte, Giesenkirchen‑Nord, Hardterbroich‑Pesch, Lürrip, Neuwerk‑Mitte, Schelsen, Uedding * ''Süd:'' Bonnenbroich‑Geneicken, Geistenbeck, Grenzland‑Stadion, Heyden, Hockstein, Mülfort, Odenkirchen‑Mitte, Odenkirchen‑West, Pongs, Rheydt, Sasserath, Schloss Rheydt, Schmölderpark, Schrievers * ''West:'' Hauptquartier, Hehn, Holt, Rheindahlen‑Land, Rheindahlen‑Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Liselott
''Miss Liselott'' (german: Fräulein Liselott) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Magda Schneider, Albert Lieven, and Maria Sazarina. The former silent director Franz Hofer worked as assistant director on the film.Bock & Bergfelder, p. 204 The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Czerwonski Erich Czerwonski (1889–1940) was a German art director.Kreimeier p.73 He designed the sets for around a hundred productions during his career. He died in 1940 after being struck by a train during a blackout. Filmography * '' The Black Panther .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1934 films 1934 comedy films Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Johannes Guter German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. * February – ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi is first published complete in book form, in Italy. * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The '' Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The White Lilacs Bloom Again (1953 Film)
''When the White Lilacs Bloom Again'' (German: ''Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht'') is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Willy Fritsch, Magda Schneider and Romy Schneider. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location around Wiesbaden in Hesse. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfred Bütow and Ernst Schomer. It is one of the best known and most popular German films from the early 1950s. It is shown periodically on German television and still commands a wide audience. Plot The marriage of struggling Wiesbaden ballad singer, Willy Forster, and seamstress Therese is plagued with constant financial difficulties. After a heated argument Willy leaves Therese, unaware that she is pregnant by him. Thus, Therese becomes a single mother when Evie is born. She raises her daughter with the help of Willy's friend, Peter. Fifteen years later, Willy, who now has an international career as a singer under his stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Peters (film)
''Carl Peters'' is a 1941 German historical drama film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Karl Dannemann, and Fritz Odemar. It was produced as an anti-British propaganda film during the Second World War. Albers portrays the titular German colonial leader. Bayume Mohamed Husen plays his native guide. The art director Fritz Maurischat worked on the film's sets. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Barrandov Studios in Prague. Synopsis The film is a biopic of Carl Peters, one of the founders of German East Africa and takes place while he is under investigation by the Reichstag for unnecessary brutality. Instead, Peters openly calls for a global policy of colonialism and conquest, which he says will require issuing carte blanche to hard-hearted men like himself. He defends his policy of using execution without trial to prevent a native uprising, which, he insists, the parliamentarians could not have prevented. The parliamentarians, who are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man Astray
''A Man Astray'' (German: ''Ein Mann auf Abwegen'') is a 1940 German comedy adventure film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Thiele and Hilde Weissner.Hull p.222 The film is an adaptation of the 1938 novel ''Percy auf Abwegen'' by Hans Zehrer. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin and the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Location shooting took place around Lake Starnberg in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat. A financial success, it was produced and distributed by Tobis Film, one of Nazi Germany's leading film companies. Synopsis Percival Pattersson, a wealthy Swedish industrialist disappears one morning without warning, and police suspect a crime. However his daughter Ingrid and a journalist both suspect he has deliberately vanished and set out to track him down. Pattersson has in fact been laying low incognito but when his daughter approaches, he flees to Geneva posing as the chauffeur of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irresistible Man
''The Irresistible Man'' (german: Der Unwiderstehliche) is a 1937 German romantic comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Anny Ondra, Hans Söhnker, and Trude Hesterberg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler Emil Hasler (November 8, 1901 – January 15, 1986) was a German art director who worked on more than a hundred films during his career. These included a number of Weimar classics such as ''Diary of a Lost Girl, M'' and ''The Blue Angel''.Prawe ... and Arthur Schwarz. Cast References External links * Films of Nazi Germany German romantic comedy films 1937 romantic comedy films Films directed by Géza von Bolváry Terra Film films Tobis Film films Films set in Paris 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donogoo Tonka
''Donogoo Tonka'' is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Anny Ondra, Viktor Staal and Will Dohm.Kreimeier p. 284 It is based on a play of the same name by Jules Romains. A separate French-language version '' Donogoo'' was also made. The film was produced by UFA at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin, with sets designed by Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. Cast * Anny Ondra as Josette * Viktor Staal as Pierre Lamendin * Will Dohm as Albert * Heinz Salfner as Trouhadec * Aribert Wäscher as Margajat * Oskar Sima as Broudier * Paul Bildt as Rufisque * Albert Florath as Voisin * Rudolf Platte as Simplou * Tine Schneider as Sekretärin * Ewald Wenck as Beamter * Ernst Behmer as Polizist * Olga Limburg as Direktrice * Franz Weber as Verkäufer * Carl Auen as Auswanderer * Beppo Brem as Auswanderer * Arthur Reinhardt as Auswanderer * Walter von Allwoerden as Auswanderer * Jac Diehl as Auswanderer * Max Schreck as Auswanderer * Herbert Weissbach * Elisabeth N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Royal Waltz (1935 Film)
''The Royal Waltz'' (German: ''Königswalzer'') is a 1935 German musical film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Paul Hörbiger, Curd Jürgens, and Carola Höhn. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Berlin.Klaus p.109 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. A separate French-language version '' Royal Waltz'' was also released. It was remade in 1955 under the same title. Synopsis In 1852 an Austrian count is sent to Munich to arrange the marriage between his master Emperor Franz Joseph and the Princess Elisabeth, the daughter of the King of Bavaria King of Bavaria was a title held by the hereditary Wittelsbach rulers of Bavaria in the state known as the Kingdom of Bavaria from 1805 until 1918, when the kingdom was abolished. It was the second time Bavaria was a kingdom, almost a thousand .... Cast References Bibliography * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931''. Klaus-Archiv, 2006. * Reime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphitryon (film)
''Amphitryon'' is a 1935 German musical film. Written and directed by Reinhold Schünzel, it is based on plays by Molière, Plautus, and Heinrich von Kleist, which in turn are based on Greek mythology. The film is known by a variety of other names: ''Amphitryon – Happiness from the Clouds'', ''Amphitryon – Aus den Wolken kommt das Glück'' in Austria, ''Amfitryon'' in Greece, ''Anfitrione'' in Italy, ''Det gudomliga äventyret'' in Sweden. ''Amphitryon'' was filmed in Ufa-Atelier, Neubabelsberg, from 2 February 1935 – May 1935. It was one of UFA's many multiple-language version films: a French version, ''Les dieux s'amusent'' (The gods are having fun), was shot at the same time. Synopsis Amphitryon is a Theban general away at war. The god Jupiter disguises himself as Amphitryon to seduce Amphitryon's wife, Alkmene. Cast *Willy Fritsch as Jupiter / Amphitryon * Paul Kemp as Merkur / Sosias *Käthe Gold as Alkmene *Fita Benkhoff as Andria *Adele Sandrock as Juno * Hilde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Once A Great Lady (1934 Film)
''Just Once a Great Lady'' (german: Einmal eine große Dame sein) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Käthe von Nagy, Wolf Albach-Retty and Gretl Theimer. Nagy plays a car saleswoman. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. A separate French-language version '' A Day Will Come'' (1934) was also released, with Nagy reprising her role alongside Jean-Pierre Aumont Jean-Pierre Aumont (born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons; 5 January 1911 – 30 January 2001) was a French actor, and holder of the Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Croix de Guerre for his World War II military service. Ea .... In 1957 the film title was used for a West German remake of the 1932 film '' The Countess of Monte Cristo''.Bock & Bergfelder, pp. 336–346 Cast References Bibliography * * External links * 1934 films German comedy films 1934 comedy films 1930s German-language films Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George And Georgette
''George and Georgette'' (French: ''Georges et Georgette'') is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Roger Le Bon and Reinhold Schünzel and starring Julien Carette, Meg Lemonnier and Anton Walbrook. It is the French-language version of the film '' Victor and Victoria''.Prawer p.193 A woman pretends to be a male female impersonator and enjoys great success on the stage, but has trouble concealing her secret when she falls in love. Cast * Julien Carette as Georges * Meg Lemonnier as Suzanne * Anton Walbrook as Robert * Jenny Burnay as Elinore * Paulette Dubost as Lilian * Félix Oudart as Pokerdass * Charles Redgie Charles Redgie was a French-based film actor who appeared in thirty six productions between 1930 and 1939.Goble p.385 He starred in the French-language film ''Captain Craddock'' (1931) and its English-language version '' Monte Carlo Madness'' (1932 ... as Douglas References Bibliography * External links * 1934 films German comedy films 1930s F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
