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Happiness Is The Main Thing
''Happiness is the Main Thing'' (german: Hauptsache glücklich) is a 1941 German comedy film directed by Theo Lingen and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler and Ida Wüst.Hake p. 94 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Hostivar Studios in Prague. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rudolf Pfenninger and Ludwig Reiber. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin. Synopsis Rühmann plays a recently married employee of a large company. Cast * Heinz Rühmann as Axel Roth * Hertha Feiler as Uschi Roth * Ida Wüst as Frau Lind * Hans Leibelt as Generaldirektor Arndt * Arthur Wiesner as Standesbeamter * Jane Tilden as Liselotte / Daisy * Fritz Odemar as Generaldirektor Zimmermann * Max Gülstorff as Bürovorsteher Binder * Hilde Wagener as Frau Bertyn * Arthur Schröder as Lawyer Mohrig * Annemarie Holtz as Betty Arndt * Karl Etlinger as Juwelier * Ernst G. Schiffner as Steuerbeamter * Hans Paetsch as Unverheiratetet Kollege * Hilde Sessak * Theo Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Lingen
Theo Lingen (; 10 June 1903 – 10 November 1978), born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960. Life and career Lingen was born the son of a lawyer in the city of Hanover, and grew up there. He attended the Royal Goethe Gymnasium – the predecessor of the Goethe School – in Hanover, but left before taking the Abitur (final exams). His theatrical talent was discovered during rehearsals for a school performance at the ''Schauburg'' boulevard theatre. Beginning his professional stage career, the young actor adopted as a stage name his middle name together with that of the birthplace of his father, Lingen in the North German Emsland region. As "Theo Lingen" he performed at theatres at Hanover, Halberstadt, Münster and Frankfurt; in plays like ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' he very quickly earned a reputation as a superb character comedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annemarie Holtz
Annemarie (or Annamarie, Annmarie) is a Danish, Dutch and German feminine given name. It is merging of the names Anne and Marie. Notable people named Annemarie * Annemarie Biechl (born 1949), German politician * Annemarie Bischofberger (born 1960), Swiss alpine skier * Annemarie Bostroem (1922–2015), German poet, playwright, and lyricist * Princess Annemarie de Bourbon de Parme (born 1977), Dutch journalist and consultant * Annemarie Buchmann-Gerber (1947–2015), Canadian textile artist * Annemarie Buchner (1924–2014), German alpine skier * Annemarie Cox (born 1966), Dutch-born Australian sprint canoeist * Annemarie Davidson (1920–2012), American copper enamel artist * Annemarie Düringer (1925–2014), Swiss actress * Annemarie Ebner (born 1940s), Austrian luger * Annemarie Eilfeld (born 1990), German singer and songwriter * Annemarie Esche (born 1925), German Burmese scholar * Annemarie Forder (born 1978), Australian sport shooter * Annemarie von Gabain (1901†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Schröder
Arthur Schröder (20 February 1892 – 4 February 1986) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' The Queen's Love Letter'' (1916) * '' Cain'' (1918) * '' Mania'' (1918) * '' Just Once a Great Lady'' (1934) * '' Hubertus Castle'' (1934) * '' His Late Excellency'' (1935) * '' Der Etappenhase'' (1937) * '' The Beaver Coat'' (1937) * '' The Stars Shine'' (1938) * '' Marriage in Small Doses'' (1939) * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1939) * '' The Girl at the Reception'' (1940) * '' Quax the Crash Pilot'' (1941) * '' Happiness is the Main Thing'' (1941) * '' Diesel'' (1942) * '' I Entrust My Wife to You'' (1943) *'' The Master of the Estate'' (1943) * ''The Green Salon ''The Green Salon'' (german: Der grüne Salon) is a 1944 German drama film directed by Boleslaw Barlog and starring Paul Klinger, Margarete Haagen and Dorothea Wieck. Partial cast * as Wilma *Walter Bluhm as Oswin, handyman *Hans Brausewetter as ...'' (1944) * '' The Noltenius Brothers'' (1945) * '' The Axe of Wandsbek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilde Wagener
Hilde Wagener (26 September 1904 – 26 December 1992) was a German-born actress who settled in Austria. Primarily a stage actress, she also appeared in several films, such as ''The Burning Secret'' (1933), generally in supporting roles.Goble p.519 Selected filmography * ''The Burning Secret'' (1933) * ''Premiere'' (1937) * ''Such Great Foolishness'' (1937) * ''Happiness is the Main Thing'' (1941) * '' Victoria in Dover'' (1954) * '' Sissi'' (1955) * '' Three Men in the Snow'' (1955) * ''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 Brüg ...'' (1956) * '' The Black Cobra'' (1963) References External links * Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. 1904 births 1992 deaths German film actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Gülstorff
Max Walter Gülstorff (23 March 1882 – 6 February 1947) was a German actor and stage director. Biography Gülstorff was born in Tilsit, East Prussia. He first appeared in 1900 at the Rudolstadt municipal Theater and moved to Cottbus in 1908. In 1911 Gülstorff went to the ''Schillertheater'' Berlin and became a member of the ensemble of Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in 1915. He also acted at the Großes Schauspielhaus and the Volksbühne Berlin. In 1923 Gülstorff moved to Vienna, where he worked as a stage director at the Theater in der Josefstadt The Theater in der Josefstadt is a theater in Vienna in the eighth district of Josefstadt. It was founded in 1788 and is the oldest still performing theater in Vienna. It is often referred to colloquially as simply ''Die Josefstadt''. Following .... Gülstorff died in Berlin and was buried at the Lichtenrade cemetery. Filmography External links * Biography with picture (German) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Odemar
Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar Sr. (Karl Julius Friedrich Odemar; 1858–1926). Selected filmography * '' The Merry Vineyard'' (1927) - Knuzius, Klärchens Verlobter * ''The Devious Path'' (1928) - Möller, Regierungsrat * ''The Last Fort'' (1929) - Lieutenant Brand * ''Crucified Girl'' (1929) * ''Napoleon at Saint Helena'' (1929) - Lt. Nichols * ''Scandalous Eva'' (1930) - Lämmerberg * ''The Song Is Ended'' (1930) - Der Verlager / The Editor * ' (1930) * ''The Stolen Face'' (1930) - Hempel * ''Petit officier... Adieu!'' (1930) - Teschner * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931) - Fitzke * ''Madame Pompadour'' (1931) - Minister Maurepas * '' 1914'' (1931) - Prince Lichnowsky * ''The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) * ''Three Days of Love'' (1931) * ''The Merry Wives of Vienna' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Tilden
Jane Tilden, born as Marianne Wilhelmine Tuch, (1910–2002) was an Austrian actress who enjoyed a long career on stage and in films and television shows. She was born as Marianne Tuch in Aussig, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She was the sister of the cinematographer Walter Tuch. After making her debut on the stage in the early 1930s she appeared regularly in German and Austrian films during the Nazi era including the 1938 comedy '' The Blue Fox'' (1938).Waldman p.200 After the Second World War she worked regularly in film and television, increasingly in supporting roles. She was married three times, her husbands included the actor Erik Frey and composer Alexander Steinbrecher. Selected filmography * ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (1936) * '' Hannerl and Her Lovers'' (1936) * '' Flowers from Nice'' (1936) * '' The Blue Fox'' (1938) * ''Mirror of Life'' (1938) * ''Happiness is the Main Thing'' (1941) * '' Two Happy People'' (1943) * ''Cordula'' (1950) * ''Anna Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Wiesner
Arthur Wiesner (1895–1980) was a German stage and film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ....Giesen p.227 He appeared in twenty eight films and television series. Filmography References Bibliography * Giesen, Rolf. ''Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography''. McFarland & Company, 2003. External links * 1895 births 1980 deaths People from Świdnica People from the Province of Silesia German male film actors German male stage actors 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...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] |
Gloria-Palast
The Gloria-Palast was a German cinema located on the Kurfürstendamm in the German capital Berlin. It was constructed in 1924 and replaced the existing neo-Baroque Romanischen Hauses designed by Franz Heinrich Schwechten. It became a common location for Berlin premieres of new films. In 1930 the hit ''The Blue Angel'' first screened at the Palast. In 1943 the cinema was gutted by a fire caused by an Allied bombing raid during the Second World War. After the war, the cinema was refurbished and reopened in what was now West Berlin during the Cold War. Other prestige cinemas were located in the area including the Marmorhaus The Marmorhaus (English: Marble House) is a former cinema located on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. Opened in 1913, it takes its name from a large marble façade. Designed by the architect Hugo Pál, the walls of the foyer and auditorium were dec ....Zitzlsperger p.266 In 2017 the redevelopment of the cinema was approved and it was demolished the following ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Reiber
Ludwig Reiber (1904–1979) was a German art director.Capua p.159 The veteran Reiber worked on film and television set design from the silent era to the early 1970s. He was employed by the Munich-based Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios. He worked on two Alfred Hitchcock films during the 1920s that were shot at Emekla. Following the Second World War he was employed on several European-made Hollywood productions such as ''Decision Before Dawn'' and ''Paths of Glory''. Selected filmography * '' The Shot in the Pavilion'' (1925) * ''Mrs Worrington's Perfume'' (1925) * '' The Adventurous Wedding'' (1925) * '' The Pleasure Garden'' (1925) * ''Our Emden'' (1926) * '' Little Inge and Her Three Fathers '' (1926) * '' The Hunter of Fall'' (1926) * ''The Mountain Eagle'' (1926) * ''Valencia'' (1927) * '' Did You Fall in Love Along the Beautiful Rhine?'' (1927) * ''Storm Tide'' (1927) * ''My Heidelberg, I Can Not Forget You'' (1927) * ''Restless Hearts'' (1928) * '' Behind Monastery Walls'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
