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Fritz Imhoff
Fritz Imhoff, real name: Friedrich Arnold Heinrich Jeschke (January 6, 1891, Alsergrund February 24, 1961, Wieden) was an Austrian actor. He was a brother of the Wienerlied composer (18901962). Selected filmography * '' Daughter of the Regiment'' (1933) * ''Leap into Bliss'' (1934) * ''Spring Parade'' (1934) * ''Nocturne'' (1934) * ''Episode'' (1935) * '' Everything for the Company'' (1935) * ''Suburban Cabaret'' (1935) * ''The Cossack and the Nightingale'' (1935) * ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (1936) * '' Where the Lark Sings'' (1936) * ''The Postman from Longjumeau'' (1936) * ''Catherine the Last'' (1936) * ''Romance'' (1936) * ''Thank You, Madame'' (1936) * '' Lumpaci the Vagabond'' (1936) * '' Silhouetten'' (1936) * ''Rendezvous in Wien'' (1936) * '' Millionäre'' (1937) * '' The Charm of La Boheme'' (1937) * ''Roxy and the Wonderteam'' (1938) * ''Little County Court'' (1938) * ''Linen from Ireland'' (1939) * ''Immortal Waltz'' (1939) * ''Hotel Sacher'' (1939) * '' A Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine The Last
''Catherine the Last'' (German: ''Katharina, die Letzte'') is a 1936 Austrian romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Franciska Gaal, Hans Holt and Hans Olden.Bock & Bergfelder p.257 It was made by the Austrian subsidiary of Universal Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erwin Scharf. After making the film Koster moved to Hollywood. In 1938 the film was remade in America as ''The Girl Downstairs'' with Gaal reprising her role. Synopsis After Hans is frustrated in his attempts to see his girlfriend Sybill by her overprotective business tycoon father, he attempts to gain entry into the house by romancing the family's kitchen maid. While at first he simply uses her as a ruse, he eventually falls in love with her instead. Cast * Franciska Gaal as Katharina, Kitchen maid * Hans Holt as Hans von Gerstikow * Hans Olden as Eduard, Hans' friend * Otto Wallburg as Sixtus Braun, Big industrialist * Dorothy Poole as Sybill Braun * Eduard Linke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna Tales
''Vienna Tales'' (german: Wiener G'schichten) is a 1940 musical comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Marte Harell, Olly Holzmann, and Hans Moser (actor), Hans Moser. The film is set in Imperial Vienna at the beginning of the twentieth century. The film's sets were designed by Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1940 films German historical comedy films Austrian historical comedy films 1940s historical comedy films Films set in Vienna Films set in the 1900s Films directed by Géza von Bolváry Films set in restaurants Austrian musical comedy films German musical comedy films German black-and-white films Austrian black-and-white films 1940 musical comedy films 1940s historical musical films German historical musical films 1940s German-language films {{Austria-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Mother's Love (1939 Film)
''A Mother's Love'' or ''Mother Love'' (german: Mutterliebe) is a 1939 drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Käthe Dorsch, Paul Hörbiger and Wolf Albach-Retty. It was made by the Vienna-based Wien-Film which had been established following the German annexation of Austria the previous year. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Werner Schlichting. The film portrays the various sacrifices of a mother for her children. It was one of the comparatively few films made in Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ... that celebrated the role of mothers in society, despite the Nazi Party's official promotion of a cult of motherhood. Cast References External links * 1939 drama films Films of Nazi Germany Austrian dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Sacher (film)
''Hotel Sacher'' is a 1939 German drama film directed by Erich Engel and starring Sybille Schmitz, Willy Birgel, and Wolf Albach-Retty.Bock & Bergfelder p. 43 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger and Hans Richter. It was partly shot on location in Vienna, which had recently been taken over by Nazi Germany. Interior scenes were shot at the Rosenhügel Studios. Synopsis Shortly before the First World War at the Hotel Sacher in Vienna, a disgraced Austrian civil servant meets his ex-lover, a female Russian spy. Cast See also * ''Titanic RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, Unit ...'' (A similar nazi propaganda film from 1943, also starring Sybille Schmitz as a Russian socialite) References Bibliography * * External links * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immortal Waltz
''Immortal Waltz'' () is a 1939 historical drama film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Paul Hörbiger, Dagny Servaes, and Maria Andergast. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's art direction was by Julius von Borsody. The film portrays the lives the Austrian composer Johann Strauss I and family. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss. Plot Johann Strauss I firmly established himself as the leader of a dance band in Vienna in the 1840s. His sons Johann Strauss II and Josef obviously inherited their father's talent. Nevertheless, father Johann is strictly opposed to the two being trained as composers by concertmaster Amon, a good friend of his. Johann II and Josef attend the Vienna Polytechnic under paternal pressure, but Johann junior soon abandons his studies, which makes Johann angry at his son. Johann Strauss junior then goes his own way and br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linen From Ireland
''Linen from Ireland'' () is a 1939 German drama film directed by Heinz Helbig and starring Otto Treßler, Irene von Meyendorff, and Friedl Haerlin.Rentschler p. 153 It was part of an ongoing campaign of anti-Semitism in German cinema of the era, and was also intended to discredit the governance of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire. By the time of the film's release in October 1939, Britain and Germany were at war, so it was also useful in creating anti-British sentiment. It was made as a co-production between the German company Bavaria Film and the Austrian Wien Film which had been created following the Anschluss of 1938. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Artur Gunther. Plot In 1909, in Bohemia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Jewish general manager of a large textile company imports cheaper linen from Ireland, intending to drive local manufacturers out of business, which would create mass unemployment among the skilled we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little County Court
''Little County Court'' (German: ''Kleines Bezirksgericht'') is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Alwin Elling and starring Hans Moser, Ida Wüst and Lucie Englisch. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.115 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter. Synopsis An overenthusiastic clerk working in a district court in a suburb of Vienna gives out free legal advice and is friends with Amanda Hopfstangl. However he finds himself embroiled in a legal case in which she is one of the parties. Cast * Hans Moser as Karl Haselhuber * Ida Wüst as Elisabeth Pieringer * Lucie Englisch as Amanda Hopfstangl * Gusti Wolf as Mizzi, Pieringers Nichte * Eduard Wesener as Willi Hickel * Paul Otto as Der Bezirksrichter * Erich Fiedler as Dr. Schartenreiter * Rudolf Carl as Strassenmusikant Postl * Fritz Imhoff as Strassenmusikant Blaschek * Karl Hellmer as Brandler * Jochen Hauer Jochen is a given name. Notable people with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxy And The Wonderteam
''Roxy and the Wonderteam'' (German: ''Roxy und das Wunderteam'') is a 1938 Austrian musical sports film directed by Johann von Vásáry and starring Rosy Barsony, Fritz Imhoff and Hans Holt.Waller p.207 It is based on an operetta called ''Roxy und ihr Wunderteam''. A separate Hungarian-language version was also produced. The title is an allusion to the Wunderteam, the acclaimed Austria national football team of the 1930s, and the film features an appearance by former captain Matthias Sindelar as himself. The film's sets were designed by the art director Márton Vincze. Cast * Rosy Barsony as Grete Müller * Fritz Imhoff as Herr Müller, ihr Vater * Hans Holt as Lazy - Kapitän einer Fussballmannschaft * Hortense Raky as Margot * Tibor Halmay as Bob, schottischer Hocharistokrat * Ferdinand Mayerhofer as Gutsverwalter * Oszkár Dénes as Baron Utvary * Carmen Perwolf as Liesl * Vilma Kurer as Mädchen vom Jachtklub * Irma Eckert as Mädchen vom Jachtklub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Charm Of La Boheme
''The Charm of La Bohème'' (german: Zauber der Boheme) is a 1937 Austrian musical film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Jan Kiepura, Mártha Eggerth, and Paul Kemp. It follows the plot of Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera ''La bohème''. The film's sets were designed by Hans Ledersteger. The Berlin premiere took place 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 192 .... Cast References External links * Austrian musical films 1937 musical films Films directed by Géza von Bolváry Films set in Paris Films based on operas Films about singers Austrian black-and-white films Films scored by Robert Stolz {{Musical-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |