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Grethe Weiser
Grethe Weiser (; 27 February 1903 – 2 October 1970) was a German actress. Biography Born in Hanover, she spent her childhood in Dresden. She escaped from her dominant and sometimes violent father by marrying a Jewish confectionery manufacturer in 1920. Her only child, a son, was born in 1922. Quite quickly she established herself in the cabaret scene in Berlin, especially after her husband became a leaseholder of a nightclub on the Kurfürstendamm. Her film debut came soon after in 1927. Weiser had a lifelong relationship with Hermann Schwerin, a UFA film producer, which began in 1934, but the couple were not married until 1958. Her previous marriage had been dissolved in 1934. Weiser avoided becoming a member of the Nazi Party. She managed to finance and arrange for her previous husband and her son to survive the Nazi years in Switzerland, as well as at the same time continue her career in Germany. She died after a road traffic accident, aged 67, in Untersteinbach near Bad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Late Excellency (1935 Film)
''His Late Excellency'' (german: Die selige Exzellenz) is a 1935 German historical comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ... directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Arthur Schroder, Rose Vollborn, and Hansjoachim Büttner.Wadlman p. 152 Following the death of the ruler of a German principality in the nineteenth century, intrigue breaks out in the struggle to succeed him. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Dürnhöfer and Otto Moldenhauer. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1935 films 1930s historical comedy films German historical comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Hans H. Zerlett Films set in the 19th century German films based on plays Remakes o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Of The Isar, Right Of The Spree (1940 Film)
''Left of the Isar, Right of the Spree'' (german: Links der Isar – rechts der Spree) is a 1940 German comedy film directed by Paul May and starring Fritz Kampers, Leo Peukert and Charlotte Schellhorn.Waldman p. 16 It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by Hans Kuhnert. Cast * Fritz Kampers as Xaver Spöckmeier * Leo Peukert as Georg Oberhauser * Charlotte Schellhorn as Anni Spöckmeier * Fritz Genschow as Alfred Schulze * Grethe Weiser as Erna * Hilde Sessak as Lotte * Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Baron Wickinger * Oscar Sabo as Vater Schulze * Hermine Ziegler as Sophie Spöckmeier * Martin Schmidhofer as Pepperl Spöckmeier * Lotte Spira as Mutter Schulze * Vera Complojer as Tante Berta * Margarete Haagen as Tante Rosa * Wilhelmine Fröhlich as Theres * Josef Eichheim as 1. Stammtischfreund * Ernst Sattler as 2. Stammtischfreund * Franz Fröhlich as 3. Stammtischfreund * Erika Glässner Erika Glässner (28 February 1890 – 21 July 1959 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between Hamburg And Haiti
''Between Hamburg and Haiti'' (german: Zwischen Hamburg und Haiti) is a 1940 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Gustav Knuth, Gisela Uhlen and Albert Florath. A German plantation owner rescues a young German woman who has been abandoned by her lover in Latin America. The film's sets were designed by Ernst H. Albrecht. Location shooting took place in Hamburg. Cast * Gustav Knuth as Henry Brinkmann * Gisela Uhlen as 'Bella' Anna Wittstock * Albert Florath as Wilm * Walter Franck as Melchior Schlömpp alias Larsen * Ruth Eweler as Ingeborg * Kurt Waitzmann as Gustav Petersen * Grethe Weiser as Kitty * Walter Lieck as Hermann Polt * Will Dohm as Miguel Braga * Anneliese Kressel as Rosita * Lea Niako as Dolores * Michael Simo as Tänzer * Siegfried Drost * Erich Dunskus as Mexikanischer Hotelportier * Angelo Ferrari as Angestellter im mexikanischen Hotel * Bernhard Goetzke * Erich Hecking * Otto Kronburger * Peter C. Leska * Eduard Marks * Manfred Meur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage In Small Doses
''Marriage in Small Doses'' (german: Ehe in Dosen) is a 1939 German musical comedy film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Leny Marenbach, Johannes Riemann, and Ralph Arthur Roberts.Bock & Bergfelder p. 518 It was based on a play, which was also turned into a Swedish film ''Variety Is the Spice of Life ''Variety Is the Spice of Life'' (Swedish: ''Ombyte förnöjer'') is a 1939 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Tutta Rolf, Per Aabel and Elsa Burnett.Larsson & Marklund p.115 The film's sets were designed by Arne Åker ...'' the same year. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1939 films 1939 musical comedy films German musical comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Johannes Meyer Bavaria Film films Cine-Allianz films German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mistake Of The Heart
''Mistake of the Heart'' (German: ''Irrtum des Herzens'') is a 1939 German romantic drama film directed by Bernd Hofmann and Alfred Stöger and starring Paul Hartmann, Leny Marenbach and Hans Söhnker. Klaus p.105 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Artur Günther. It was produced and distributed by Bavaria Film, premiering at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin. Cast * Paul Hartmann as Professor Reimers * Leny Marenbach as Angelika * Hans Söhnker as Flugkapitän van Santen * Käthe Dorsch as Oberin * Grethe Weiser as Therese * Karl Ludwig Schreiber as Konrad Reimers * Walter Janssen as Dr. Erwin Büttner * Alice Treff as Erika Büttner * Karl Etlinger as Dr. Leitgerber * Albert Florath as Steinmeyer * Josefine Dora as Nikolaus * Werner Pledath as Dr. Eickstädt * Wilhelm Bendow as Straaßenbahnschaffner * Wolf Ackva as Dr. Smolny * Reinhold Bernt as Dr. Reithofer * Arthur Fritz Eugens a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman At The Wheel
''Woman at the Wheel'' (german: Frau am Steuer) is a 1939 German romantic comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Leo Slezak. It was the last German film featuring Harvey, who had been the leading box office star in Germany during the 1930s, although she made two further films after moving to France. Production The film reunited Harvey and Fritsch who had appeared in several hit films together including '' The Three from the Filling Station'' and ''Congress Dances''. It was based on a play by the Hungarian writer Pál Barabás. Harvey was unhappy with the screenplay, which she felt made her character too unsympathetic, but was contractually obliged to appear in the production.Ascheid p. 144–145 The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. Location shooting took place in Budapest and Vienna. Synopsis A young office worker in Budapest proposes to his colleague, who accepts. However he is fired because all male emplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women For Golden Hill
''Women for Golden Hill'' (German:'' Frauen für Golden Hill'') is a 1938 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Kirsten Heiberg, Viktor Staal and Elfie Mayerhofer. The fim's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Alexander Mügge. The all-male inhabitants of an Australian mining camp send off for some mail order brides from Sydney. Two men refuse to join in, but their friend secretly arranges for two wives for them. Unfortunately one of them proves to be his own abandoned wife, who takes up with him again. This means a love triangle develops between the two men around the remaining woman. The film was shot at the Babelsberg Studio and on location at Kurische Nehrung in East Prussia, which stood in for Australia. The film premiered on 30 December in Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Divine Jetta
''The Divine Jetta'' (german: Die göttliche Jette) is a 1937 German musical comedy film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Grethe Weiser, Viktor de Kowa, and Marina von Ditmar Marina von Ditmar (30 October 1914 – 3 September 2014) was a German film actress born in Saint Petersburg of Baltic German descent. After moving to Germany she studied acting under Lucie Höflich and Ilka Grüning. Her first roles were performed .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1937 films 1930s historical comedy films German historical comedy films 1937 musical comedy films German musical comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Erich Waschneck Films set in the 1900s Films set in Berlin Films about singers Tobis Film films German black-and-white films 1930s historical musical films German historical musical films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Friend Barbara
''My Friend Barbara'' (german: Meine Freundin Barbara) is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Grethe Weiser, Paul Hoffmann and Ingeborg von Kusserow.Fox p. 229 The film's sets were designed by Gustav A. Knauer. Some location filming took place around Lake Constance. Cast * Grethe Weiser as Barbara * Paul Hoffmann as Dr. Reinerz * Elisabeth Ried as Stefanie * Frank Zimmermann as Frank * Ingeborg von Kusserow as Lucie * Ellen Bang as Ursula * Manny Ziener as Frau Werner * Luise Morland as Emelie * Gudrun Ady as Klara * Hans Leibelt as Andermann sen. * Jakob Tiedtke as Stockinger * Wilhelm P. Krüger as Lohmeyer * Angelo Ferrari as Geschäftsführer * Arthur Schröder as Hotelchef * Günther Ballier Günther Ballier (18 October 1900 – 20 April 1980) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1933 and 1975. Selected filmography * ''The Country Schoolmaster (1933 film), The Country Schoolmaster'' .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Without A Fatherland
''Men Without a Fatherland'' (german: Menschen ohne Vaterland) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Willy Fritsch, Maria von Tasnady and Willy Birgel.Richards p. 371 The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. In Latvia at the end of the First World War, a group of Freikorps battle against an attempted takeover of the Baltic States by Communist forces. Cast * Willy Fritsch as Oberleutnant Maltzach * Maria von Tasnady as Irene Marellus * Willy Birgel as Baron Falen * Grethe Weiser as Jewa - Chansonette * Siegfried Schürenberg as Hauptmann Angermann * Werner Stock as Leutnant Berndt * Erich Dunskus as Steputat - Unteroffizier * Josef Sieber as Pleikies - Bursche * Willi Schaeffers as Soykas - Landesrat * Nicolas Koline as Diener Stepan * Luis Rainer as Wolynski * Aribert Grimmer as Bauer Rauta * Lissy Arna as Mila Wentos * Hans Stiebner as Kigull * Maria Loja as Orla, Wirtin * Traute Baumbach as Maruschka, ein russisches Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escapade (1936 Film)
''Escapade'' (german: Eskapade) is a 1936 German romantic comedy film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Renate Müller, Georg Alexander and Grethe Weiser.Bock & Bergfelder p. 186 It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. It is based on the 1891 novel '' My Official Wife'' by Richard Henry Savage. Cast * Renate Müller as Madame Hélène * Georg Alexander as Arthur Lenox * Grethe Weiser as Hélène Lenox * Walter Franck as Rakowsky - Chef der russ. Geheimpolizei * Martha von Konssatzki as Fürstin Palitzin * Franz Zimmermann as Sascha - ihr Neffe * Paula Denk as Vera - seine Braut * Paul Otto as Großfürst Ignatieff * Harald Paulsen as Ossip Kaschejeff * Reinhold Bernt as Prowiak, ein Friseur * Harry Hardt as Woidetzki - Chef des Modesalons Brétonne * Ernst Rotmund as von Podamsky * Heinz Wemper as Suboff, Argent der Geheimpolizei * Margarete Kupfer as Eine alte Dame * Rudolf Bie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
