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Friedrich Gnaß
Friedrich Gnaß (13 November 1892 – 8 May 1958) was a German film actor. He appeared in 53 films between 1929 and 1958. Partial filmography * '' Beyond the Street'' (1929) - Der Matrose / The Sailor * ''Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness'' (1929) - Max * '' Revolt in the Reformatory'' (1930) * ''Troika'' (1930) - Stephan, troika driver * ''Danton'' (1931) - Sanson * ''Fra Diavolo'' (1931) - Rodomonte * '' M'' (1931) - Franz * '' Kameradschaft'' (1931) - Fritz - Rescue Volunteer * '' Louise, Queen of Prussia'' (1931) * ''Rasputin, Demon with Women'' (1932) - Derewenko * '' Raid in St. Pauli'' (1932) - Karl the Sailor * ''I by Day, You by Night'' (1932) - Helmut * '' Morgenrot'' (1933) - Juraczik * ''The Star of Valencia'' (1933) - Diego * ''Refugees'' (1933) - Hussar * ''Achtung! Wer kennt diese Frau?'' (1934) - Carlo Fiori * ''Abenteuer eines jungen Herrn in Polen'' (1934) - Prisoner * '' Blood Brothers'' (1935) * ''Hundert Tage'' (1935) - Ney * ''Henker, Frauen und Soldaten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langendreer
Langendreer is the most populous district of the city of Bochum in the Ruhr area in Germany. Langendreer is between Dortmund, the largest city of Westphalia and Langendreer-Alter Bahnhof, another district of Bochum. Langendreeer includes Kaltehardt, a mainly residential area. Langendreer is in the East of Bochum. Bochum-Langendreer station is one of the largest railway stations in Bochum and the district is also served by Bochum-Langendreer West station. Langendreer used to be one of the main centers of the East Prussian minority in Western Germany. In the early 20th century coal mining and steel manufacturing were the primary employers in Langendreer. Langendreer-Alter Bahnhof is a statistical district of the city of Bochum. Langendreer-Alter Bahnhof is in the east side of the city, between Bochum-Querenburg and Bochum-Werne. Langendreer-Alter Bahnhof is south of the main Autobahn of the Ruhr, A 40. Notable people *Bastian Pastewka, German actor and comedian * Paul Nied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refugees (1933 Film)
''Refugees'' (German: ''Flüchtlinge'') is the 1933 German drama film, directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Hans Albers, Käthe von Nagy, and Eugen Klöpfer. It depicts Volga German refugees persecuted by the Bolsheviks on the Sino-Russian border in Manchuria in 1928. Erwin Leiser, ''Nazi Cinema'' p. 29. . The screenplay was written by Gerhard Menzel and was based on his own novel of the same title.Cinzia Romani, ''Tainted Goddesses: Female Film Stars of the Third Reich'' p. 150. . It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios with sets designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was the first movie to win the state prize, and Goebbels praised it as among those films that, while they did not explicitly cite National Socialist principles, nevertheless embodied its spirit, a new film reflecting the ideal of their national revolution. The refugees are rescued by a heroic German leader much like the Führer; the symbolism is obviously intended to emulate Adolf Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Benthin Family
''Familie Benthin'' is an East German film. It was released in 1950. Plot Theo and Gustav Benthin are two brothers who operate a smuggling network: Theo, a factory director in East Germany, illegally transfers goods to his brother on the other side of the border, and the latter sells them in West Germany. The two also employ another pair of brothers, Peter and Klaus Naumann. Theo is caught by the People's Police; Gustav cannot compete in the wild capitalist market without the cheap merchandise from the East and his business collapses. Peter Naumann moves to the Federal Republic, but there he finds only unemployment and is eventually to join the French Foreign Legion. Klaus remains in the East and finds a promising job as a steel worker. Cast *Maly Delschaft - Annemarie Naumann *Charlotte Ander - Olga Benthin *Hans-Georg Rudolph - Theo Benthin *Werner Pledath - Gustav Benthin *Brigitte Conrad - Ursel Benthin * Harry Hindemith - Seidel *Karl-Heinz Deickert - Klaus Neumann *Ottokar R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Daily Bread (1949 Film)
''Our Daily Bread'' (german: Unser täglich Brot) is an East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ... film. It was first released in 1949. The film was released in USA in October 1950. References External links * * 1949 films East German films 1940s German-language films Films set in Berlin German black-and-white films Films directed by Slatan Dudow 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beaver Coat (1949 Film)
''The Beaver Coat'' (german: Der Biberpelz) is a 1949 East German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Fita Benkhoff, Werner Hinz and Käthe Haack.Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. ''The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945''. University of California Press, 1977. p. 85. It is an adaptation of Gerhart Hauptmann's 1893 play '' The Beaver Coat'', previously adapted into a 1928 silent film and a 1937 sound film produced during the Nazi era. It was made at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on the backlot of Babelsberg Studios, both of which fell into the Eastern Zone of occupation in 1945 and were under the control of the state-owned DEFA organisation. Location shooting also took place in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Erdmann. Cast See also *The Beaver Coat (1928 film) *The Beaver Coat (1937 film) ''The Beaver Coat'' (german: Der Biberpelz) is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Jürgen von Alten and starrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Buntkarierten
''Girls in Gingham'' (german: Die Buntkarierten; literally, The Checkered Ones)—sometimes called Beaverskin—is a 1949 German drama film directed by Kurt Maetzig. Plot In 1884, Guste is born as the illegitimate daughter of a maid. She marries a worker named Paul; her mistress gives her a set of common, checkered mattresses as a wedding gift. During the First World War, Paul is called to the front, and she remains alone with their children and works in a munitions factory. When she realizes how the capital of the great industry magnates had caused the war in the first place, Guste resigns and begins cleaning houses for a living. When the Nazis take over, Paul is fired from his job for being a trade-unionist, and dies. At the Second World War, their children are killed in a bombing. Gusta's granddaughter, Christel, is the only family she has now. After the war, as Christel is about to attend university - the first member of the family to have ever done so - her grandmother sews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wozzeck (film)
''Wozzeck'' is a 1947 German drama film directed by Georg C. Klaren and starring Kurt Meisel, Max Eckard, and Helga Zülch. It is based on the play ''Woyzeck'' by Georg Büchner. (The play, which was first performed in 1913, nearly 80 years after Büchner's death, had been originally billed as ''Wozzeck'' due to a misreading of Büchner's handwriting.) The film's sets were designed by Bruno Monden and Hermann Warm. It was shot at Babelsberg and the Althoff Studios in Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o .... Plot Everything in town appears calm, placid, lovely. But Woyzeck, a rifleman assigned as an orderly, hears voices—the times are out of joint, at least in his cosmos. To his captain, Woyzeck is a comic marvel: ignorant but courageous and full of energy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Condor (film)
''Legion Condor'' is a 1939 German war film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Paul Hartmann, Albert Hehn and Fritz Kampers. The film portrays the German Condor Legion, which fought in the Spanish Civil War. Because of the German-Soviet Pact, the production was halted after 15 days of shooting, on 25 August 1939 to avoid offending the Soviets, who had supported the other side in Spain and were negatively portrayed in the film. Karl Ritter's diary entry that day stated that Hermann Göring had called the Ufa studio to tell him to abort the film. The film is often confused with the full-length documentary film by Karl Ritter, ''Im Kampf Gegen den Weltfeind'' (''In the Battle against World Enemy #1''), released on 15 June 1939 on the same subject. ''Legion Condor'' was planned as a sequel to Ritter's highly successful 1938 feature film, ''Pour le Merite'', also starring Paul Hartmann, Albert Hehn, Fritz Kampers, Carsta Löck, amongst others. In August 2018 the long-lost Ufa fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uproar In Damascus
''Uproar in Damascus'' (German: ''Aufruhr in Damaskus'') is a 1939 German thriller film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Hans Nielsen. It is set during the First World War with German troops battling the Arab Revolt led by Lawrence of Arabia and the British.Richards, Jeffrey. ''Visions of Yesterday''. Routledge, 1973. p. 356. The film was officially honored as "artistically valuable" (''künstlerisch wertvoll'') and having "special political value" (''staatspolitisch wertvoll''). It was made at the Marienfelde Studios in Berlin with extensive location shooting in Italian-ruled Libya, particularly around the capital Tripoli. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Böhm and 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 * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pour Le Mérite (film)
''Pour le Mérite'' is a 1938 propaganda film produced and directed by Karl Ritter for Nazi Germany. The film follows the story of officers of the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' (German Air Force) in the First World War who were later involved in the formation of the ''Luftwaffe''. ''Pour le Mérite'' propagates the "stab legend", which consigns the German military defeat in World War I to an alleged treason in the homeland. At the same time, Ritter also glorifies the former fighter pilots as heroes of National Socialism. Plot In 1918, the German pilot Lieutenant Fabian ( Albert Hehn), along with his fiancée Gerda (Carsta Löck) learn that he has been awarded the Order of ''Pour le Mérite'' ("The Blue Max"), Germany's highest award for valor. The next morning, Fabian and Jagdgeschwader 1 (the "Flying Circus" of Manfred von Richthofen) is ordered back to the front. On the Western Front, Fabian and other officers of the squadron continue the aerial fight. Their commanding officer, Capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergeant Berry
''Sergeant Berry'' is a 1938 German comedy western film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Toni von Bukovics and Peter Voß. A tough Chicago policeman is sent to the Mexican–American border on a dangerous mission. It was based on a novel by Robert Arden.Hull p.145 The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat. Cast * Hans Albers as Sergeant Mecki Berry *Toni von Bukovics as Berry's mother *Peter Voß as Oberst Turner *Edwin Jürgensen as Madison * Gerd Höst as Amely Madison *Alexander Golling as Evans *Alexander Engel as Gomez *Herbert Hübner as Don Antonio de Garcia * Herma Relin as Ramona *Werner Scharf as Don José *Erich Ziegel as Consul Erasmus Smith *Hanni Weisse as the consul's wife *Hans Stiebner as Carlo * Kurt Seifert as Chief of Police Alcalde *Hertha von Walther as Juanita *Erich Dunskus as ein Grenzpolizeiinspektor * Annemarie Schreiner as Zofe Ramonas * Toni Färber as US-Grenzbeamter *Friedrich Gnaß a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capriccio (1938 Film)
''Capriccio'' is a 1938 German historical comedy film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Lilian Harvey, Viktor Staal and Paul Kemp. The film is set in 18th century France, where a young woman enjoys a series of romantic adventures. The director, Ritter, was attempting to recreate the style of a René Clair comedy. The film's content was criticised by both Joseph Goebbels and Adolf Hitler. Harvey made only one further film in Germany before leaving for France. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Potsdam and premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.Klaus p.33 The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Röhrig Walter Röhrig (13 April 1897 – 1945) was a German art director.Stephens p.163 Selected filmography * '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920) * ''Masks'' (1920) * ''Parisian Women'' (1921) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * ''Miss Julie'' (192 .... Selected cast References Bibliography * * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
