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Fritz Wepper
Fritz Wepper (born 17 August 1941, Munich, Germany) is a German film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Inspector Harry Klein in the long-running crime series ''Derrick'' (1974–1998). Wepper is also remembered for his roles in the films ''Cabaret'' (1972) and ''The Bridge'' (1959) and as Mayor Wöller in the TV series '' Um Himmels Willen'' (2002–2021). Life and career Fritz Wepper was born as the son of a lawyer who was missing in action as a soldier in Poland in 1945. He started his acting career in a production of ''Peter Pan'' at the age of eleven. He got his first important film role in ''Tischlein deck dich'', a film adaption of the Brothers Grimm fairytale '' The Wishing Table''. His breakthrough role was as a young soldier in Bernhard Wicki's anti-war film ''Die Brücke'' (1959) which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Wepper kept his popularity with German audiences into adulthood and appeared in several notable German fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km2). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area, after the Austrian capital of Vienna. The city was first mentioned in 1158. Catholic Munich strongly resisted the Reformation and was a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mord In Bester Gesellschaft
''Mord in bester Gesellschaft'' is a German television series starring Fritz Wepper and his daughter Sophie Wepper. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * ''4 Blocks'' (TNT Serie, 2017–2019) * ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' ( RTL, 1996–present) * ''Babylon Berlin'' (Sky 1 & ARD, 2017–presen ... External links * 2007 German television series debuts 2010s German television series German crime television series German-language television shows Das Erste original programming {{Germany-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man With The Glass Eye
''The Man with the Glass Eye'' (German: ''Der Mann mit dem Glasauge'') is a 1969 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Horst Tappert, Karin Hübner and Hubert von Meyerinck. It is part of Rialto Film's long-running series of Edgar Wallace adaptations.Bergfelder p.257 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Walter Kutz and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location in West Berlin, Hamburg and London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow .... Cast References Bibliography * Bergfelder, Tim. ''International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s''. Berghahn Books, 2005. External links * 1969 films 1960s mystery thriller films German mystery thriller films Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Doctor Of St
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Night Falls On The Reeperbahn
''When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn'' (German: ''Wenn es Nacht wird auf der Reeperbahn'') is a 1967 West German crime film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Erik Schumann, Fritz Wepper and Konrad Georg.Cowie, Peter & Elley, Derek. ''World Filmography: 1967''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1977. p. 156. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location around Hamburg. The role played by Konrad Georg was modelled on a similar one he played in the television series '' Kommissar Freytag''. The film was a commercial success and over the next few years Olsen directed several further Hamburg-set crime films, many of them starring Curd Jürgens Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 191518 June 1982) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens. He was well known for playing Ernst Udet in ''Des Teufels Gener .... Cast References External links * 1967 crime films German cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Rooms In Manhattan
''Three Rooms in Manhattan'' (french: Trois chambres à Manhattan) is a black-and-white 1965 French drama film filmed in New York City. It is based on the 1946 novel "Trois Chambres à Manhattan" (which has been translated into English as "Three Rooms in Manhattan" and "Three Bedrooms in Manhattan") by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, about a romance between François, a French actor, and Kay, an American woman. The film is Robert De Niro's feature film debut. Cast * Annie Girardot as Kay Larsi * Maurice Ronet as François Comte * O.E. Hasse as Hourvitch * Roland Lesaffre as Pierre * Gabriele Ferzetti as Comte Larsi * Geneviève Page as Yolande Combes * Robert Hoffmann as Thierry * Margaret Nolan as June * Virginia Vee as La chanteuse noire * Robert De Niro had a small uncredited part as a client at a dinner scene. Richard S. Castellano as appears as an angry American. Abe Vigoda Abraham Charles Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016) was an America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The River Line
''The River Line'' (german: Kennwort... Reiher) is a 1964 West German war drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ... directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Peter van Eyck, Marie Versini and Walter Rilla.Bock & Bergfelder p. 227 Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1964 films West German films German war drama films 1960s war drama films German World War II films Films about the French Resistance 1960s German-language films Films directed by Rudolf Jugert Films based on British novels 1964 drama films 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miracle Of The White Stallions
''Miracle of the White Stallions'' is a 1963 American adventure war film released by Walt Disney starring Robert Taylor (playing Alois Podhajsky), Lilli Palmer, and Eddie Albert. It is the story of the evacuation of the Lipizzaner horses from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna during World War II. Major parts of the movie were shot at the Hermesvilla palace in the Lainzer Tiergarten of Vienna, a former hunting area for the Habsburg nobility. The music for the soundtrack was based on the first movement of Franz Schubert's Marche Militaire no 1, D733. Plot In 1945 World War II Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky sets out to protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions - purebred white show horses with centuries of tradition - from starving refugees and the advancing Soviet Army, which might also view them as a food source. Hoping to surrender them into safekeeping, he seeks out U.S. General George S. Patton, a noted horse fancier. Cast * Robert Taylor - Col. Alois Podhajsky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Question 7
''Question 7'' is a 1961 American-West German film directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Michael Gwynn, Margaret Jahnen and Christian de Bresson. It won the National Board of Review Award for Best Film. It was also entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot In post-war East Germany, Peter Gottfried is the son of minister Friedrich Gottfried. The Communist regime has decreed that all children of "dissidents" will be denied entry to a prestigious music conservatory. Peter is anxious to be accepted, and in order to get in he prepares to answer the seven questions required by the conservatory, the seventh of which will require him to deny his religious convictions. Before this can happen, he is invited by the Socialist Unity Party to perform at the Berlin Youth Festival. Friedrich protests, knowing that the Communists intend to use his son as a political pawn, to "prove" to the world that East Germany affords equal rights to clergymen. In the end, it is Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Schoolfriend
''My Schoolfriend'' (german: Mein Schulfreund) is a 1960 German comedy drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Heinz Rühmann, Loni von Friedl, and Hertha Feiler. It is based on the play ''Der Schulfreund'' by Johannes Mario Simmel. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gottfried Will and Rolf Zehetbauer. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1960 films 1960 drama films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Robert Siodmak Films shot at Bavaria Studios Gloria Film films West German films Films about psychiatry Films about miscarriage of justice Films about Nazi Germany German films based on plays 1960s German films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1959 Film)
''The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp'' (German: ''Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte'') is a 1959 West German fantasy comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Nana Osten, Henry Vahl and Ullrich Haupt.Bock & Bergfelder p.122 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film is based on the novel of the same title by Charles Terrot which had previously been made into a British film in 1954. Plot An angel arrives on earth tasked with improving the world. The main task involves conning a pawnbroker (who specialises in old musical instruments) into believing her harp is valuable. This is set up by organising a "chance meeting" in a pub and convincing him, through a man talking, that he could obtain a valuable harp. Cast * Nana Osten as Der Engel * Henry Vahl as Joshua Webmann * Ullrich Haupt as Hinrich Prigge * Matthias Fuchs as Klaas Henning * Tatjana Sais as Frau Henning * Dunja Movar as Lissy Haverkamp * Eva Vaitl as Frau Haverkamp * Hans Cossy as Herr Hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crammer
''The Crammer'' (german: Der Pauker) is a 1958 West German comedy film directed by Axel von Ambesser and starring Heinz Rühmann, Wera Frydtberg and Gert Fröbe.''The A to Z of German Cinema''. p. 304 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Berthel and Robert Stratil. Plot Germany in the mid-1950s: Dr. Seidel (Rühmann) is a successful teacher at a high school in a provincial town. Old fashioned and dutiful as he is, he takes on the challenge to teach a graduating class at a big city high school, when asked by the governmental school inspector. On arrival at his new working place he is hit by a student while trying to settle a quarrel among youngsters in the schoolyard. The beginning looks like an omen: his new class proves to be an unruly gang. While trying establish discipline Dr. Seidel makes himself quite unpopular; he is even faced with mobbing by a former student (Löwitsch), who is now a gang leader with c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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