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Hans Steinhoff
Hans Steinhoff (10 March 1882 – 20 April 1945) was a German film director, best known for the propaganda films he made in the Nazi era. Life and career Steinhoff started his career as a stage actor in the 1900s and later worked as a stage director. He directed his first silent film ''Clothes Make the Man (1921 film), Clothes Make the Man'', the adaption of a novel by Gottfried Keller, in 1921. Steinhoff was a convinced Nazi and directed many propaganda films, he sometimes even wore his Nazi party membership button on the film set. His most notable films were perhaps ''Hitlerjunge Quex (film), Hitlerjunge Quex'' (1933), an influential propaganda film for the Hitler Youth, and ''Ohm Krüger'' (1940), for which he won the Mussolini Cup at the 1941 Venice Film Festival. On April 20, 1945, during the last war days, Steinhoff tried to escape from Berlin on the last scheduled Lufthansa flight. The plane, a Junkers Ju 52, was shot down by the Soviet Union, Soviet Red Army and all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lien Deyers
Lien Deyers (formerly Nicolina Dijjers Spanier, born Nicolina Spanier; 5 November 1909 – after March 1982) was a Dutch actress based in Germany. Early life Lien Deyers was born Nicolina Spanier in Amsterdam on 5 November 1909, the daughter of Nathan Spanier, a piano teacher (1857–1916), and Johanna Adriana Nicolina Liefjes, a seamstress (1889–1920). She had a half-brother, Andries Liefjes, (1906–1960), who was from a previous relationship of Liefjes. After Spanier’s death, Johanna married the hotel-owner Egbert Dijjers (1874–1948) and the family moved to The Hague. At the early age of five her potential was noted by Amsterdam theatre owner and film producer David Sluizer, but she did not enter the film business. Deyers spent most of her childhood years in The Hague until her stepfather, Dijjers, remarried to the Austrian actress Lotte Erol. Deyers then traveled between The Hague, Vienna (where the family mostly lived), and Lausanne, where she went to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Albers
Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960) was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century. Early life Hans Albers was born in Hamburg, the son of a butcher, and grew up in the district of St. Georg. He was seriously interested in acting by his late teens and took acting classes without the knowledge of his parents. In 1915 Albers was drafted to serve in the German Army in World War I, but was wounded early on. After his release from the Hospital in Wiesbaden where he had been treated, he performed in the local Residenztheater in comedies, antics and operettas. After the war Albers moved to Berlin, where he found work as a comedic actor in various Weimar-Era Berlin theatres. His breakthrough performance was that of a waiter in the play ''Verbrecher'' (Criminals). It was also in Berlin that Albers began a long-term relationship with Jewish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bordello In Rio
''The Bordello in Rio'' or ''The Women's House of Rio'' (german: Das Frauenhaus von Rio) is a 1927 silent drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Vivian Gibson, Albert Steinrück and Hans Stüwe. It was based on a novel by Norbert Jacques which was remade twice as '' Blondes for Export'' (1950) and '' Final Destination: Red Lantern'' (1960).Goble p. 242 In the United States, the film was re-edited by Bud Pollard and released as ''Girls for Sale''. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studio in Berlin and on location in Hamburg. Synopsis A gang of white slavers lure young women to Rio de Janeiro to work as nightclub performers then force them to work as prostitutes Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual interc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tragedy Of A Lost Soul
''The Tragedy of a Lost Soul'' (german: Die Tragödie eines Verlorenen) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Alfred Abel, Helga Molander and Ralph Arthur Roberts.Grange p. 250 It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge. Cast * Alfred Abel * Helga Molander * Ralph Arthur Roberts * Alfred Gerasch * Tzwetta Tzatschewa * Sophie Pagay * Kurt Gerron * Philipp Manning * Paul Rehkopf * Emil Heyse Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *''Emil and the Detective ... References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links * 1927 films 1927 drama films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German drama film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Gathering In The House Of Prellstein
''Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein'' (German: ''Familientag im Hause Prellstein'') is a 1927 German Silent film, silent comedy film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring S. Z. Sakall, Erika Glässner and Sig Arno. Cast *S. Z. Sakall as Sami Bambus *Erika Glässner as Flora Bambus, geb. Bimbaum *Sig Arno as Prellstein *Paul Morgan (actor), Paul Morgan as David Freundlich *Anton Herrnfeld as Jaromir Schestak *Karl Etlinger as Moritz Igel *Fritz Spira as Salomon Stern *Ilka Grüning as Seraphine *Max Ehrlich as Ober im Café International References External links * Films of the Weimar Republic 1927 comedy films German silent feature films German comedy films Films directed by Hans Steinhoff UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films Silent comedy films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master Of Death (film)
''The Master of Death'' (german: Der Herr des Todes) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Alfred Solm, Hertha von Walther and Simone Vaudry.Gerhard Lamprecht. ''Deutsche Stummfilme, Volume 8'' p. 770 The film's art direction was by Robert Neppach. Cast * Alfred Solm as Peter von Hersdorff * Hertha von Walther as Maja * Simone Vaudry as Heid von Duren * Eduard von Winterstein as Colonel von Hersdorff * Heinrich Peer as Privy councillor von Duren * Erna Hauk as Daisy, Brown * Jenny Marba as Mrs von Hersdorff * Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein as Privy Councillor von Duren's wife * Ferdinand von Alten as Baron von Bassenheim * S.Z. Sakall Szőke Szakáll (born Jakab Grünwald, akas: Gärtner Sándor and Gerő Jenő; February 2, 1883 February 12, 1955), known in the English-speaking world as S. Z. Sakall, was a Hungarian-American stage and film character actor. He appeared in m ... as Bordoni * Fritz Sohn References External links * 1926 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna - Berlin
Vienna ( ; german: Wien ; bar, Wean, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the Capital city, capital, largest city, and one of States of Austria, nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's List of cities and towns in Austria, most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the country's population), and its Culture of Austria, cultural, Economy of Austria, economic, and Politics of Austria, political center. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, 6th-largest city proper by population in the European Union and the largest of all List of cities and towns on Danube river, cities on the Danube river. Until the beginning of the 20th century, Vienna was the largest German language, German-speaking city in the world, and before the splitting of the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I, the city had two million inhabitants. To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sons In Law
A son is a male offspring; a boy or a man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter. From a biological perspective, a son constitutes a first degree relative. Social issues In pre-industrial societies and some current countries with agriculture-based economies, a higher value was, and still is, assigned to sons rather than daughters, giving males higher social status, because males were physically stronger, and could perform farming tasks more effectively. In China, a one-child policy was in effect until 2015 in order to address rapid population growth. Official birth records showed a rise in the level of male births since the policy was brought into law. This was attributed to a number of factors, including the illegal practice of sex-selective abortion and widespread under-reporting of female births. In patrilineal societies, sons will customarily inherit an estate before daughters. In some cultures, the eldest son has special privileges. For examp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Sold Himself (1925 Film)
''The Man Who Sold Himself'' (german: Der Mann, der sich verkauft) is a 1925 German silent crime drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Hans Mierendorff, Vivian Gibson and Olaf Fjord.Elsaesser, Thomas & Wedel, Michael. ''The BFI companion to German cinema''. British Film Institute, 1999. p. 229. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Robert Neppach. Cast *Hans Mierendorff as Jan Bracca *Vivian Gibson as Marion de L'Orme *Olaf Fjord as Achim von Wehrstädt *Nora Gregor as Daisy Bracca *Harry Lamberts-Paulsen as Chauffeur Plazceck *Bruno Kastner as Count Harden * Robert Garrison as theater director *Erich Kaiser-Titz as Coroner Korn *Helga Molander as Eva *Hermann Picha Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting r ... as office wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countess Maritza (1925 Film)
''Countess Maritza'' (German: ''Gräfin Mariza'') is a 1925 German silent film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Vivian Gibson, Harry Liedtke and Colette Brettel.Grange p.209 It is an adaptation of the operetta of the same title. The film's art direction was by Julius von Borsody. Cast * Vivian Gibson as Gräfin Maritza * Harry Liedtke as Graf Tassilo * Colette Brettel as Lisa * Fritz Spira as Graf von Wittenburg * Robert Garrison as Fürst Moritz Dragomir Populescu * Ernő Verebes as Baron Koloman Zsupan * Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein as Elvira Pranticzek * Wilhelm Diegelmann as Penizek * Emil Heyse as Dr. Tarrasch * Siegfried Berisch Siegfried Berisch (? – 4 October 1933, in Vienna), was a German-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 actor. Partial filmography * 192 ... as Mendel Popper * Carl Geppert as Freier References Bibliography * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Against Man (1924 Film)
''Man Against Man'' (German: ''Mensch gegen Mensch'') is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Alfred Abel, Mady Christians and Tullio Carminati.Grange p.184 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfred Junge and Oscar Friedrich Werndorff. Cast In alphabetical order * Alfred Abel * Olga Belajeff * Tullio Carminati * Mady Christians * Wilhelm Diegelmann * Heinrich Gotho * Hans Mierendorff * Albert Paulig * Harald Paulsen * Paul Rehkopf * Ferdinand von Alten Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ... References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links * 1924 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Hans Steinhoff German si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inge Larsen
''Inge Larsen'' is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Henny Porten, Paul Otto and Ressel Orla.Bock & Bergfelder p.372 It was shot on location in Copenhagen. The film's sets were designed by art directors Alfred Junge, Ludwig Kainer and Fritz Lück. Cast * Henny Porten as Inge Larsen * Paul Otto as Baron Kerr * Ressel Orla as Evelyne * Vasilij Vronski as Kerrs Diener * Paul Hansen as Jan Olsen * Hans Albers as gelangweilter Attaché * Ludwig Rex * Leopold von Ledebur Leopold von Ledebur (18 May 1876 – 22 August 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Carmen'' (1918) * ''The Serenyi'' (1918) * ''Midnight'' (1918) * ''The Foolish Heart'' (1919) * '' The Golden Lie'' (1919) * '' T ... References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1923 films Films of the Weimar Republi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
