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Hans Schneeberger
Hans Schneeberger (7 April 1895 – 19 November 1971) was an Austrian cinematographer who worked on over eighty films during his career. During the 1920s and early 1930s Schneeberger worked frequently with the director Arnold Fanck, including films starring Leni Riefenstahl. Schneeberger also made a handful of acting appearances, including playing opposite Riefenstahl in '' The Great Leap'' (1927). He filmed the famous final shot in The Third Man but was not credited. Schneeberger was later employed by the largest Austrian company Wien-Film for a number of productions. Selected filmography Cinematographer * '' The Holy Mountain'' (1926) * ''Melody of the Heart'' (1929) * ''The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna'' (1929) * '' The White Hell of Pitz Palu'' (1929) * '' The Blue Light'' (1932) * '' Miracle of Flight'' (1935) * ''Conquest of the Air'' (1936) * ''Forget Me Not'' (1936) * ''Farewell Again'' (1937) * '' The Tiger of Eschnapur'' (1938) * '' The Indian Tomb'' (1938) * '' Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandberg, Austria
Brandberg is a municipality in the Schwaz district of in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Geography Brandberg lies in a side valley of the Ziller on the border with Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical .... References Cities and towns in Schwaz District {{Tyrol-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miracle Of Flight (1935 Film)
''Miracle of Flight'' (German: ''Wunder des Fliegens'') is a 1935 German drama film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Ernst Udet, Jürgen Ohlsen and Käthe Haack. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich. It in the tradition of mountain films and was backed by the Ministry of Aviation whose chief Hermann Göring briefly appears in the film.Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936 p.167 Jürgen Ohlsen, who plays the aspiring aviator in the film, had previously starred in another Nazi propaganda film '' Hitler Youth Quex'' in 1933. Synopsis A boy whose aviator father was killed in the First World War, idolises the fighter pilot Ernst Udet. His ambitions to become a pilot himself are opposed by his mother because of her loss her husband. While on a training flight the boy is stranded on a mountainside and a rescue mission is flown by Udet to rescue him. Eventually his mother's objections are overcome to his future career. Cast * Ernst Udet as Fl ... [...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] |
Operetta (film)
''Operetta'' (german: Operette) is a 1940 German musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Maria Holst and Dora Komar. 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. It is the first film in director Willi Forst's "Viennese Trilogy" followed by '' Vienna Blood'' (1942) and ''Viennese Girls'' (1945). The film portrays the life of Franz Jauner (1832–1900), a leading musical figure in the city.Hake p. 163 It is both an operetta film and a Wiener Film. Cast * Willi Forst as Franz Jauner * Maria Holst as Marie Geistinger * Dora Komar as Emmi Krall, Jauner's wife * Paul Hörbiger as Alexander Girardi * Leo Slezak as Franz von Suppé * Edmund Schellhammer as Johann Strauss II * Curd Jürgens as Karl Millöcker * Siegfried Breuer as Fürst Hohenburg * Gustav Waldau as Ferdinand, Emmi's teacher * Theodor Danegger as Tundler * Trude Marlen as Antonie Link * Viktor Heim ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
Target In The Clouds
''Target in the Clouds'' (German: ''Ziel in den Wolken'') is a 1939 German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Albert Matterstock, Leny Marenbach and Brigitte Horney. It was based on a novel by Hans Rabl. The film portrays the struggles of the fictional German aviation pioneer Walter von Suhr, an officer in the pre-First World War German army who saw the potential for military aircraft.Paris p.93 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann, Hans Sohnle and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. Cast * Albert Matterstock as Walter von Suhr * Leny Marenbach as Tilde von Gräwenitz * Brigitte Horney as Margot Boje * Werner Fuetterer as Dieter von Kamphausen * Volker von Collande as Ewald Menzel * Christian Kayßler as Krasselt * Willi Rose as Lehmann * Margarete Kupfer as Frau Menzel * Gisela von Collande as Elsi Menzel * Franz Weber as Herr von Suhr * Gertrud de Lalsky as Frau von Suhr * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frau Sixta
''Frau Sixta'' is a 1938 German historical drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Franziska Kinz and Ilse Werner. It is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by the Swiss writer Ernst Zahn. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Koehn and Hans Kuhnert. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location at the winter sports resort of Kühtai in the Austrian Tyrol. Plot In the 1860s a widow runs an estate, close to the Italian border. One day a former army officer arrives on his way to Italy. She persuades him to stay and work for her, and before long they begin a relationship. However, complications ensue when her daughter returns home from boarding school and develops an attachment to her mother's lover. Cast *Gustav Fröhlich as Markus *Franziska Kinz as Frau Sixta *Ilse Werner as Otti, their daughter *Josefine Dora as Dora, Beschließerin *Josef Eichheim as Hannes *Beppo Brem as Korbinian *Gustav Waldau as Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comrades At Sea
''Comrades at Sea'' (german: Kameraden auf See) is a 1938 German war film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Theodor Loos, Ingeborg Hertel and Julius Brandt. The film is set during the Spanish Civil War, which it portrays as a Communist uprising against the lawful government.Welch p. 212 Cast * Theodor Loos as Konteradmiral Brackhusen * Ingeborg Hertel as Inge, seine Tochter * Julius Brandt as Großkaufmann Prätorius * Carola Höhn as Carmita - seine Tochter * Paul Wagner as Kapitänleutnant Rank * Fred Doederlein as Leutnant Born * Jaspar von Oertzen as Fähnrich z. S. Fischer * Rolf Weih as Fähnrich z. S. Prätorius * Günther Vogdt as Fähnrich z. S. von Raff * Theo Brandt as Fähnrich z. S. Lutz * Ferry Reich as Fähnrich z. S. Bern * Josef Sieber as Oberbootsmannsmaat Reschke * Heinrich Schroth as Kapitän der 'Marana' * Angelo Ferrari as Legationsrat Matassi * Reinhold Bernt as Kommissar Sakin * Hans Kettler as Steuermann Martinez * Ernst Behmer as Ober im Café * Gus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indian Tomb (1938 Film)
''The Indian Tomb'' (german: Das indische Grabmal) is a 1938 German adventure film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Philip Dorn, La Jana and Theo Lingen.Goble p.811 It is the sequel to Eichberg's '' The Tiger of Eschnapur''. Plot The sequel to the film The Tiger of Eschnapur shows the hunt for Sitha and Sascha around the world disguised as the Maharaja's journey with Irene Traven and Prince Ramigani, while Fürbringer, Emil Sperling and his wife Lotte Sperling work on the Maharaja's construction projects in India. In Bombay, Ramigani manages to track down Sitha in a second-rate variety show. Before that, however, Sitha can contact Irene Traven. Before the two can speak to each other, Sitha is kidnapped by Prince Ramigani. While the Maharaja travels to Eschnapur with his entourage and shows Irene his country, Ramigani and other nobles of the country forge a revolt with the aim of Ramigani himself becoming the Maharaja. Sitha is taken to a remote mountain castle, but Sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tiger Of Eschnapur (1938 Film)
''The Tiger of Eschnapur'' (originally ''Der Tiger von Eschnapur'') is a 1938 German film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Philip Dorn, La Jana and Theo Lingen. It was followed by a second part '' The Indian Tomb'' which was released the same year. Cast *Philip Dorn as Maharadscha von Eschnapur * La Jana as Maharani von Eschnapur *Alexander Golling as Prinz Ramigani, Vetter des Maharadscha *Theo Lingen as Emil Sperling * Kitty Jantzen as Irene Traven *Gustav Diessl as Sascha Demidoff, Abenteurer *Hans Stüwe as Peter Fürbringer, Architekt *Karl Haubenreißer as Gopal *Albert Hörrmann as Ragupati, in Diensten Ramiganis *Rosa Jung as Myrrha, Vertraute der Maharani * S.O. Schoening as Leibarzt Dr. Putri *Gisela Schlüter as Lotte Sperling *Hans Zesch-Ballot as Fjedor Borodin, Abenteurer *Harry Frank as Mischa Borodin, Abenteurer *Gerhard Dammann as Neugieriger Gast auf Fürbringers Fest *Hertha von Walther as Gast auf Fürbringers Fest *Carl Auen as Indischer Nobiler *J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |