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Hans Wilhelm (screenwriter)
Hans Wilhelm (18 October 1904 – 23 December 1980) was a German screenwriter. Wilhelm was of Jewish heritage,Prawer p.212 and was forced to emigrate following the Nazi takeover in 1933. After going into exile he worked in a variety of countries including Britain, France, and Turkey before eventually settling in the United States. He later returned to work in West Germany following the Second World War. Selected filmography * ''Nick, King of the Chauffeurs'' (dir. Carl Wilhelm, 1925) * '' My Aunt, Your Aunt'' (1927) * '' Violantha'' (dir. Carl Froelich, 1928) * ''The Fourth from the Right'' (dir. Conrad Wiene, 1929) * ''German Wine'' (dir. Carl Froelich, 1929) * ''The Last Fort'' (dir. Curtis Bernhardt, 1929) * ''Diary of a Coquette'' (dir. Constantin J. David, 1929) * ''Sinful and Sweet'' (dir. Karel Lamač, 1929) * ''The Last Company'' (dir. Curtis Bernhardt, 1930) * ''A Student's Song of Heidelberg'' (dir. Karl Hartl, 1930) * '' Queen of the Night'' (dir. Fritz Wendhausen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Fort
''The Last Fort'' (german: Das letzte Fort) is a 1928 German silent war filmKoepnick p. 68 directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Rolla Norman, Maria Paudler and Albert Steinrück. Cast * Rolla Norman as Major Leblanc * Maria Paudler as Yvonne, seine Tochter * Albert Steinrück as Lensky, Kommandant * Fritz Odemar as Lieutenant Brand * Heinrich George as Croff * Alexander Granach Alexander Granach (April 18, 1890 – March 14, 1945) was a German-Austrian actor in the 1920s and 1930s who emigrated to the United States in 1938. Life and career Granach was born Schaje Granoch in Werbowitz (Wierzbowce/Werbiwci) (Austri ... as Gestino * Alfred Gördel as Capitän Andrieux References Bibliography * Koepnick, Lutz Peter. ''The Dark Mirror: German Cinema Between Hitler and Hollywood''. University of California Press, 2002. * Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005. External links * 1928 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Don't Forget Such A Girl
''You Don't Forget Such a Girl'' (German: ''So ein Mädel vergißt man nicht'') is a 1932 Austrian-German romantic comedy film directed by Fritz Kortner and starring Willi Forst, Dolly Haas, and Oskar Sima. The film was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. It was the last film made by Kortner before he went into exile following the Nazi takeover of 1933.Hake p.29 Cast * Willi Forst as Paul Hartwig * Dolly Haas as Lisa Brandes * Oskar Sima as Max Bach * Max Gülstorff as Herr Körner * Ida Wüst as Frau Körner * Theo Lingen as Hahnen Jr. * Paul Hörbiger as Direktor Leopold Schrader * Julius Falkenstein as Dr. Berger * Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Bornemann * Hans Leibelt as Hahnen Sr. * Hans Walden as Agenturdirektor * Theodor Danegger as Hausportier * Edwin Jürgensen as Ewald * Valeska Stock Valeska Stock (1887–1966) was a German actress who appeared in around thirty films in supporting roles. Stock originally trained as a ballet dancer in her nativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Jutzi
Phil Jutzi (sometimes known as Piel Jutzi) (22 July 1896 – 1 May 1946) was a German cinematographer and film director. Born Philipp Jutzi in Altleiningen as the son of a tailor, Jutzi was self-educated. (He seems to have been generally known by the Palatinate dialect form of his given name, Piel, but a lawsuit by Harry Piel forced him to go by "Phil," though many journalists continued to use "Piel.") In 1916 he made posters for a small movie theater in the Black Forest, having been rejected by the military during World War I because of a physical disability. In 1919 he was an administrator of the Internationale Film-Industrie company in Heidelberg, which specialized in detective movies and westerns. In 1923 he married Emmy Philippine Zimmermann, the sister of the actor Holmes Zimmermann (born Johannes Zimmermann, 1900–1957), who acted in seven of his films; in May 1926 a daughter, Gisela, was born. In 1925 Jutzi moved to Berlin, where he worked as a documentary cameraman for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931 Film)
''Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' or ''The Story of Franz Biberkopf'' (german: Die Geschichte Franz Biberkopfs) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Phil Jutzi and starring Heinrich George, Maria Bard and Margarete Schlegel. It was adapted from the 1929 novel of the same title by Alfred Döblin, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Plot George portrays a blue collar Berliner and small-time criminal recently released from prison who finds himself being drawn into the Berlin underworld of the 1920s after his prostitute lover is murdered. "Yet, despite social upheaval, ...the good among the working class still prove able to live an honest and decent life." Production It was filmed on various locations around Berlin including the Alexanderplatz () ( en, Alexander Square) is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin. The square is named after the Russian Tsar Alexander I, which also denotes the larger neighbourhood stretching from in the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Wendhausen
Fritz Wendhausen(7 August 1890, Wendhausen – 5 January 1962, Königstein im Taunus) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He is also credited as Frederick Wendhausen and F.R. Wendhausen. In 1938 he emigrated to Britain from Nazi Germany. Selected filmography Screenwriter * ''The Grand Duke's Finances'' (1924) * ''The Trial of Donald Westhof'' (1927) * '' Dreyfus'' (1930) * ''1914'' (1931) * '' The Marriage Swindler'' (1938) Actor * '' Old Heidelberg'' (1923) * ''Secret Mission'' (1942) * '' Tomorrow We Live'' (1943) * ''Beware of Pity'' (1946) * '' Odette'' (1950) * ''Desperate Moment'' (1953) * ''Orders to Kill'' (1958) Director * '' The Eternal Curse'' (1921) * ''Madame de La Pommeraye's Intrigues'' (1922) * ''The Stone Rider'' (1923) * '' The Director General'' (1925) * ''His Toughest Case'' (1926) * ''The Trial of Donald Westhof'' (1927) * '' Out of the Mist'' (1927) * ''A Woman with Style'' (1928) * ''The Runaway Princess'' (1929) * '' Queen of the Night'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Of The Night (1931 German-language Film)
''Queen of the Night'' (German: ''Königin einer Nacht'') is a 1931 French musical comedy film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Friedl Haerlin, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Walter Janssen. It is an operetta film.Grange p.358 It is the German-language version of the French film ''La Femme d'une nuit''. A separate Italian version was also made. Multiple-language versions were a common feature of the early years of sound film, sound before dubbing (filmmaking), dubbing became firmly established. The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Schild. Cast * Friedl Haerlin as Königin Eleana * Karl Ludwig Diehl as Adjudant * Walter Janssen as Paul d'Armont * Peggy Norman as Prinzessin Natascha * Adele Sandrock as Gräfin Markowicz * Otto Wallburg as Gaston Molneau * Paul Morgan (actor), Paul Morgan as Der Gesandte * Albert Paulig as Geschäftsführer * Julius Falkenstein * Harry Bender * Ludwig Stössel * Gustl Gstettenbaur * Friedrich Ettel * Marion Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hartl
Karl Hartl (10 May 1899 – 29 August 1978) was an Austrian film director. Life Born in Vienna, Hartl began his film career at the Austrian Sascha-Film company of Alexander Kolowrat and from 1919 was assistant to the Hungarian director Alexander Korda. As a production manager, he in the 1920s accompanied Korda to Berlin, until in 1926 he returned to Vienna to work for his former class-mate director Gustav Ucicky. From 1930 he worked for Universum Film AG (UFA) and debuted as director of ''Ein Burschenlied aus Heidelberg'' ("A Fraternity Song from Heidelberg") starring Hans Brausewetter and Willi Forst, with young Billy Wilder as a screenwriter. Together with Luis Trenker he directed the ''Gebirgsjäger'' drama ''Berge in Flammen'' ("Mountains in Flames") in 1931. He then experimented with other genres, for example the comedy ''Die Gräfin von Monte Cristo'' ("The Countess of Monte Cristo") (1932) with Brigitte Helm and Gustaf Gründgens, and in the same year achieved his final b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Student's Song Of Heidelberg
''A Student's Song of Heidelberg'' (German: ''Ein Burschenlied aus Heidelberg'') is a 1930 German musical film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Hans Brausewetter, Betty Bird and Willi Forst. It marked Hartl's directoral debut.Bock & Bergfelder p.185 The film is in the tradition of the nostalgic Old Heidelberg. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth. Cast * Hans Brausewetter as Bornemann jun * Betty Bird as Elinor Miller * Willi Forst as Robert Dahlberg * Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as John Miller * Albert Paulig as Bornemann sen. * Carl Balhaus as Bornemanns Leibfuchs * Erwin Kalser as Dr. Zinker * Ida Wüst as Wirtin * Hermann Blaß as Sam Mayer * Paul Biensfeldt as Klubdiener * Ernst Behmer * Rudolf Biebrach * Julius E. Herrmann * Erich Kestin * Robert Klein-Lörk * Philipp Manning * Erik Ode * Karl Platen * Klaus Pohl * Ludwig Stössel * Bruno Ziener * Josef Bun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Company
''The Last Company'' (german: Die letzte Kompagnie) is a 1930 German war film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Conrad Veidt, Karin Evans and Erwin Kalser.Bock & Bergfelder p. 315 It was part of the popular cycle of Prussian films which portrayed patriotic scenes from Prussian history. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Berlin. The film's art direction was overseen by Andrej Andrejew who designed the film's sets. It was shot on location around Havelland in Brandenburg. It is also known by the alternative title ''Thirteen Men and a Girl''. It was later remade in 1967 as ''A Handful of Heroes''. Synopsis Following the Battle of Jena in 1806 as the French armies commanded by Napoleon overrun Prussia, a small detachment of Prussian troops take up position in a windmill A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called windmill sail, sails or blades, specifically to mill (grinding), mill grain (gristmills), but the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Lamač
Karel Lamač (27 January 1897 – 2 August 1952) was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer. He directed more than 100 films in Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Life Lamač was born 27 January 1897 in Prague, Austria-Hungary. His parents were Karel Lamač sr. (1863–1938), opera singer and a pharmacist, and Františka Lamačová (née Prusíková, 1860–1949). In his childhood Lamač was interested in pharmacy, electrical engineering, stage magic and acting. Before WWI he went to apprentice in camera manufacturer company Ernemann in Dresden. During the war he was a combat cameraman. After the war he became a technical director of film laboratory in Excelsiorfilm. He started working in movies in 1918, first as an actor, later as a writer and a director. Among his best movies of this period are crime drama ''The Poisoned Light'', comedy ''Catch Him!'' and drama '' White Paradise''. In 1923 he wrote a book '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinful And Sweet
''Sinful and Sweet'' (German: ''Sündig und süß'') is a 1929 German silent film, silent comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Toni Tetzlaff and Paul Rehkopf.Bock & Bergfelder p.258 The film's sets were designed by Heinrich Richter. Cast * Anny Ondra as Musette - ein Pariser Modell * Toni Tetzlaff as Frau Griche * Paul Rehkopf as Herr Griche * Julius Falkenstein as Kurzsichtier Nachbar Musettes * Eugen Rex as Meunier - Bildhauer * Hans Junkermann (actor), Hans Junkermann as Mr. de Malcomte - Kunstliebhaber * André Roanne as Joe Willings - reicher Mann aus den USA * Teddy Bill as Gaston - Willings' Freund * Anielka Elter as Helen - Willings' Freundin * Adolphe Engers as Albert - Willings' Diener * Hermann Picha as Prof. Voronoffsky - Verjüngungsdoktor * Artur Hofer as Ein Ausländer * Paul Morgan (actor), Paul Morgan as Ein Ausländer References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encycl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
