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Gerhard Menzel
Gerhard Menzel (29 September 1894 – 4 May 1966) was a German screenwriter. He wrote for nearly 40 films between 1933 and 1965. He was supportive of Nazism and worked for Nazi propaganda. He was responsible for writing the script of ''Heimkehr'', one of the most infamous pieces of Nazi cinema, which featured racism and hateful images of Poles.The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife By Eric Rentschler page 132 He was born in Waldenburg, Lower Silesia, Germany (now Walbrzych, Poland) and died in Comano, Ticino, Switzerland. Selected filmography * '' Morgenrot'' (1933) * ''Refugees'' (1933) * ''Night in May'' (1934) * ''The Young Baron Neuhaus'' (1934) * ''Savoy Hotel 217'' (1936) * ''Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) * ''Wells in Flames'' (1937) * '' La Habanera'' (1937) * ''Woman in the River'' (1939) * '' A Mother's Love'' (1939) * ''Robert Koch'' (1939) * ''Heimkehr'' (1941) * ''The Great King'' (1942) * ''Destiny'' (1942) * ''Late Love'' (1943) * ''The He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wałbrzych
Wałbrzych (; german: Waldenburg; szl, Wałbrzich; sli, label= Lower Silesian, Walmbrig or ''Walmbrich''; cs, Valbřich or ) is a city located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland. From 1975–1998 it was the capital of Wałbrzych Voivodeship; it is now the seat of Wałbrzych County. Wałbrzych lies approximately southwest of the voivodeship capital Wrocław and about from the Czech border. Wałbrzych has the status of municipality. Its administrative borders encompass an area of with 110,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the voivodeship and the 33rd largest in the country. Wałbrzych was once a major coal mining and industrial center alongside most of Silesia. The city was left undamaged after World War II and possesses rich historical architecture; among the most recognizable landmarks is the Książ Castle, the largest castle of Lower Silesia and the third-largest in Poland. In 2015 Wałbrzych became widely known due to the searc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wells In Flames
''Wells in Flames'' (French: ''Puits en flammes'') is a 1937 German adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Josseline Gaël, George Rigaud and Suzy Vernon.Rentschler p.289 It is the French-language version of ''City of Anatol'' (1936). The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... Otto Hunte. Cast References Bibliography * Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996. External links * 1937 films 1937 adventure films German adventure films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s French-language films Films directed by Victor Tourjansky UFA GmbH films German multilingual films German black-and-white films Films based on German novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1894 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was firs .... * February 12 ** French anarchist Émile Henry (anarchist), Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. ** The barque ''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved. * February 15 ** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King In Shadow
''King in Shadow'' (german: Herrscher ohne Krone) is a 1957 Western German historical drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring O. W. Fischer, Odile Versois and Horst Buchholz.Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500–1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland & Company, 2002. p. 175. . The film portrays the interaction of Johann Friedrich Struensee a Doctor treating the mentally ill Christian VII of Denmark, and his English consort Caroline Matilda. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Hesse and Copenhagen. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag. Cast *O. W. Fischer as Friedrich Struensee *Odile Versois as Queen Mathilde *Horst Buchholz as King Christian *Fritz Tillmann as Count Rantzau *Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Queen Juliane *Ingeborg Schöner as Gertrud von Eyben *Günther Hadank as State Minister Count Bernstorff *Siegfried Lowitz as Chamberlain Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ich Suche Dich
''Ich suche Dich'' (''"I Seek You"'' ) is a 1956 German film based on the 1940 play '' Jupiter Laughs'' by A. J. Cronin. It is directed by O. W. Fischer, who also stars in the film, and also features Anouk Aimée, Nadja Tiller, and Otto Brüggemann. Seeleiten Castle in Murnau, Bavaria serves as one of the filming locations. Cast *O. W. Fischer as Dr. Paul Venner *Anouk Aimée as Francoise Maurer *Nadja Tiller as Gaby Brugg *Otto Brüggeman as Dr. Brugg *Paul Bildt as Dr. Drews *Peter-Timm Schaufuß as Dr. Durchgutt *Hilde Wagener as Senior Nurse Fanny *Robert Meyn as Appel *Ursula Herion as Jenny *Anton Tiller as Baron Greiler *Eva Klein-Donath as Frau Konsulin *Hermann Erhardt as Patient Forster * Franziska Liebing as Frau Forster *Harriet Geßner as Nurse Anna See also *''Shining Victory'' (1941) Awards *At the 1957 San Sebastián International Film Festival, O.W. Fischer was the recipient of the Silver Seashell and the OCIC SIGNIS (official name: World Catholic Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanussen (1955 Film)
''Hanussen'' is a 1955 West German drama film directed by O. W. Fischer and Georg Marischka and starring Fischer, Liselotte Pulver and Siegfried Lowitz. Bock & Bergfelder p.127 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Hermann Warm. Cast * O. W. Fischer as Erik Jan Hanussen * Liselotte Pulver as Hilde Graf * Theodor Danegger * Maria Dominique as Grace Coligny * Werner Finck as Der Sachverständige * Klaus Kinski as Erik von Spazier a.k.a. Mirko * Reinhard Kolldehoff as Biberger * Rolf Kralovitz * Walter Ladengast * Margrit Läubli as Tanzgirl * Ludwig Linkmann as Herr Scholz * Siegfried Lowitz as Prosecutor * Erni Mangold as Priscilla Pletzak * Franz Muxeneder as Jaroslav Huber * Helmut Qualtinger as Ernst Röhm * Kai-Siegfried Seefeld (as Kai S. Seefeld) * Hermann Speelmans as Maus * Wastl Witt Wastl Witt (20 July 1882, Hausham – 21 December 1955, Munich) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sinner (1951 Film)
''The Sinner'' (german: Die Sünderin) is a 1951 West German romantic drama film directed by Willi Forst and starring Hildegard Knef, Gustav Fröhlich and Änne Bruck. It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios and on location in Naples, Rome and Positano. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. Plot It is a love story between the prostitute Marina and the unsuccessful artist Alexander, who suffers from a cancer which makes him blind and ill. They are happy for a short period in Italy. Despite Marina's loving care, Alexanders health gets worse and they together commit suicide in the end. Scandal It was one of the first German films to break several taboos: nudity, suicide and euthanasia. In the Germany of the 1950s, this caused a lot of negative reactions both by politicians and the Roman Catholic Church. The opposition reached the degree of banning the film and scandalizing it, which paradoxically made it one of the landmarks in the German film histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Must Be Silent
''The Heart Must Be Silent'' (German: ''Das Herz muß schweigen'') is a 1944 German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Paula Wessely, Mathias Wieman and Werner Hinz.Von Dassanowsky p.83 It was produced by Wien Film in the Austrian capital of Vienna, which had been part of Greater Germany since the Anschluss of 1938. It was given further release by West German distributor Deutsche London Film in 1950. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Otto Niedermoser. Cast * Paula Wessely as Maximiliane Frey * Mathias Wieman as Dr. Paul Holzgruber * Werner Hinz as Freiherr von Bonin * Gerda Brunner as Mimi von Bonin * Erik Frey as Robert * Rolf Truxa as Leopold Welischer * Alfred Neugebauer as Sanitätsrat Wendemuth * Karl Skraup as Herr Welischer * Lotte Lang as Emma Welischer * Franz Böheim as Erich * Mimi Shorp as Maria * Rosl Dorena as Hilde * Rudolf Brix as Junger Mann * Ernst Pröckl as Fritz * Lotte Martens as Junge Dame * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Love
''Late Love'' (German: ''Späte Liebe'') is a 1943 German historical drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Paula Wessely, Attila Hörbiger and Inge List. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. Plot The impoverished noblewoman Sophie von Angerspang has a big problem. Her younger sister Steffi is seriously ill with respiratory disease and therefore absolutely in need of a spa. Only the good mountain air in Davos, Switzerland could help, but unfortunately Sophie cannot afford such a stay because her job as a China painter pays too little. Therefore, she decides to marry the manufacturer August Polzer, who has been courting her for a long time. Sophie also doesn't hide the deeper reason why she accepts his proposal after all. Even under these circumstances, August is willing to marry Sophie because secretly he fervently hopes that a marriage of purpose and reason will eventually grow into a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destiny (1942 Film)
''Destiny'' (german: Schicksal) is a 1942 Austrian-German historical drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Heinrich George, Werner Hinz, and Christian Kayßler. The film was made by Wien-Film, a company set up by the Germans after they had annexed Austria in 1938. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Werner Schlichting. The film was banned after the Second World War for its perceived Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ... content. Plot When the commander of a Bulgarian castle is killed in combat, his steward brings up his two children. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1942 films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1942 drama films 1940s German-language films Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great King
''The Great King'' (german: Der große König) is a 1942 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Otto Gebühr. It depicts the life of Frederick the Great, who ruled Prussia from 1740 to 1786. It received the rare "Film of the Nation" distinction.Erwin Leiser, ''Nazi Cinema'' p116 It was part of a popular cycle of "Prussian films". The film is a depiction of the Führerprinzip. The analogy to Adolf Hitler was so clear that Hitler sent a print to Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Goebbels warned against the drawing of the comparison in print, in particular, because of the pessimistic mood that opens the film. After a sergeant gives an unauthorised order, the king orders him simultaneously promoted and punished. His later decision to desert results in his death because no disobedience is justified. Goebbels declared that the parallels were not a matter of propaganda, but an obvious result of the parallels of history. Goebbels also regarded it as instructive that curre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Koch (film)
''Robert Koch'' (German title: ''Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes'') is a 1939 Nazi propaganda film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss and Viktoria von Ballasko.Reimer & Reimer p.189 The film was a biopic of the German pioneering microbiologist Robert Koch (1843-1910). It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and premiered at the city's Ufa-Palast am Zoo. The film was made by the Tobis Film company, and was also distributed in the United States by the largest German studio UFA Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the .... Cast References Bibliography * Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. ''The A to Z of German Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2010. External links * 1939 films 1930s biographical drama films 1930s his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
