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Hermann Fellner (producer)
Hermann Siegfried Fellner (26 March 1878 – 22 March 1936) was a German screenwriter and film producer. He formed a production company, Felsom Film, with Josef Somlo in the silent film, silent and early sound eras. Following the Nazi takeover of power in 1933, Fellner fled into exile in Britain where he killed himself in 1936. At the time of his suicide, Fellner was living at 20 Berkeley House, Hay Hill, Mayfair. He left an estate valued at £7,808, which was administered by his business partner Somlo and Ludwig Falk."FELLNER Hermann Siegfried of 20 Berkeley House Hay Hill Mayfair" in ''Wills and Administrations 1936 (England and Wales)'' (1937), p. 350 Partial filmography * ''Madness (1919 film), Madness'' (1919) * ''The Strumpet's Plaything'' (1922) * ''Sins of Yesterday'' (1922) * ''The Stolen Professor'' (1924) * ''Dancing Mad (film), Dancing Mad'' (1925) * ''Unmarried Daughters'' (1926) * ''One Does Not Play with Love'' (1926) * ''The Famous Woman'' (1927) * ''A Modern D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its namesake Main River, it forms a continuous conurbation with the neighboring city of Offenbach am Main and its urban area has a population of over 2.3 million. The city is the heart of the larger Rhine-Main metropolitan region, which has a population of more than 5.6 million and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region. Frankfurt's central business district, the Bankenviertel, lies about northwest of the geographic center of the EU at Gadheim, Lower Franconia. Like France and Franconia, the city is named after the Franks. Frankfurt is the largest city in the Rhine Franconian dialect area. Frankfurt was a city state, the Free City of Frankfurt, for nearly five centuries, and was one of the most import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Famous Woman
''The Famous Woman'' (German: ''Die berühmte Frau'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Lili Damita, Fred Solm and Warwick Ward. It was based on the play '' Die Tänzerin'' by Melchior Lengyel, who also wrote the film's screenplay. While performing in Barcelona, a dancer falls in love with a Spanish aristocrat. He proposes marriage to her providing she give up her profession. She agrees and the wedding preparations begin. When her troupe returns to Spain, however, she is drawn back to her true calling as a dancer and her aristocratic lover reluctantly allows her to go free. Damita's performance was particularly praised, as was the cinematography of Otto Kanturek who had done location shooting in Barcelona.Jung & Schatzberg p.141-142 Cast * Lili Damita as Sonja Litowskaja * Fred Solm as Alfredo de Cavalcante * Warwick Ward as Gerald * Lissy Arna as Zofe bei Sonja * Alexander Granach as Diener bei Alfredo * Arnold Korff as Der Herz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls To Marry
''Girls to Marry'' (german: Mädchen zum Heiraten) is a 1932 German romantic comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig and Wolf Albach-Retty.''Gainsborough Pictures'' p. 42 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby. It was remade the same year in Britain as '' Marry Me'', also directed by Wilhelm Thiele, with Müller starring again. Cast * Renate Müller as Gerda Arnhold * Hermann Thimig as Robert Goll * Wolf Albach-Retty as Paul, sein Bruder * Gustl Gstettenbaur as Willi, sein Bruder * Fritz Grünbaum as Sigurd Bernstein, Heiratsvermittler * Willi Grill as Meyer, sein Sekretär * S.Z. Sakall as Alois Novak * Gertrud Wolle as Frau Krause * Oskar Sima as Direktor Korten * Margita Alfvén * Ilse Fürstenberg * Else Ward * Ludwig Donath * Erich Dunskus Erich Adolf Dunskus (27 July 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Days Of Love
''Three Days of Love'' (german: Drei Tage Liebe) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Heinz Hilpert and starring Hans Albers, Käthe Dorsch, and Trude Berliner. It was made and distributed by the independent Felsom Film company. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci .... The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby. Synopsis A poor servant girl falls in love with a man but becomes convinced that he will leave her because of her poverty. Encouraged in this belief by his jealous former lover, she steals a ring and smart clothes to try and impress him. However this leads only to tragedy. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1931 films 1931 drama films German drama films Films o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm In A Water Glass (1931 Film)
''Storm in a Water Glass'' (German: ''Sturm im Wasserglas'') is a 1931 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Hansi Niese, Renate Müller and Paul Otto. The film is based on the by Bruno Frank, later adapted into the British film '' Storm in a Teacup''. The film is known by the alternative title ''The Flower Woman of Lindenau'' (''Die Blumenfrau von Lindenau''). It is notable, in part, for the small role played by Hedy Lamarr in her second film. The film's art direction was by Hans Jacoby. It premiered in Vienna on 13 March 1931, coinciding with the opening of the Sascha-Filmpalast cinema.Barton, Ruth. ''Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film''. University Press of Kentucky, 2010. p. 17. The film was remade in 1960. Plot An ambitious town councillor feels confident he will be elected the next mayor, but a dispute over a mongrel dog owned by a local flower seller rapidly turns into a scandal which threatens his political career. Cast *Hansi N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fourth From The Right
''The Fourth from the Right'' (German: ''Die vierte von rechts'') is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Ossi Oswalda, Betty Bird and Arthur Pusey.Habel p.197 The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. It was released by the German subsidiary of Fox Film. Cast * Ossi Oswalda as Josyane * Betty Bird as Betty * Arthur Pusey as Lord Douglas Blandford * Adolphe Engers as Bob Murphy * Albert Paulig * Gustav Püttjer * Fritz Spira * Mathilde Sussin * Otto Wallburg Otto Wallburg (21 February 1889 – 29 October 1944) was a German actor and Kabarett performer. He was a prolific film actor during the late silent and early sound era. Wallburg was born Otto Maximilian Wasserzug in Berlin, the son of a Jewis ... References Bibliography * Frank-Burkhard Habel. ''Verrückt vor Begehren.: Die Filmdiven aus der Stummfilmzeit. Ein leidenschaftlicher Blick zurück in die Zeit der ersten Stars.''. Schwarzkopf und Schw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Without Women
''Land Without Women'' (german: Das Land ohne Frauen) is a 1929 German drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Conrad Veidt, Elga Brink and Clifford McLaglen. It was based on the novel ''Die Braut Nr. 68'' by Peter Bolt. The film is set amongst a community of gold diggers in Western Australia. It was shot at the Staaken and Templehof Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Otto Erdmann. It was made by the small independent production company Felsom Film as a Part-talkie film, the first German-speaking sound film A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before ... to be released.Hardt p. 127 It was followed a month later by the first all-taking film '' Atlantik'', which had been made in Britain. Cast References Bibliography * * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wrecker (1929 Film)
''The Wrecker'' (german: Der Würger) is a 1929 British-German silent crime film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Joseph Striker, and Benita Hume. The film was based on the play of the same title by Arnold Ridley. It was produced by Michael Balcon for Gainsborough Pictures in a co-production with the German firm Felsom Film. Plot A criminal referred to by the press as "The Wrecker" is orchestrating accidents on Britain's railways. One such accident occurs on the (fictional) United Coast Lines Railway, whose train is carrying Roger Doyle (Joseph Striker), who has retired from cricket to work on the railway. Roger survives, and reports the accident to his uncle, Sir Gerald Bartlett (Winter Hall), the managing director of the railway, and his assistant, the sly Ambrose Barney (Carlyle Blackwell). Unbeknownst to them, Ambrose is The Wrecker, and is also the head of the Kyle Motor-Coach Company, whose buses are introduced on services where The Wrecker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strauss Is Playing Today
''Strauss Is Playing Today'' (german: Heut' spielt der Strauss) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Alfred Abel, Hermine Sterler and Imre Ráday. The film was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999. p. 219. . It portrays the relationship between the father and son Austrian composers Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II. Cast *Alfred Abel as Johann Strauss father *Hermine Sterler as Anna, his wife *Imre Ráday as Johann Strauss son *Antonie Jaeckel as Deisinger's wife *Willy Schmieder as Deisinger * Lilian Ellis as Liesl *Ferdinand Bonn as Drechsler *Trude Hesterberg as Trampusch *Jakob Tiedtke as Wieß *Paul Hörbiger as Lamperlhirsch *Eugen Neufeld as Grand Duke *John Mylong John Mylong (September 27, 1892 – September 8, 1975), also known as Jack Mylong-Münz, born Adolf Heinrich Münz, was an Austrian actor who later settled in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman On The Rack
''The Woman on the Rack'' (german: Die Frau auf der Folter) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Lili Damita, Vladimir Gajdarov, and Johannes Riemann. It was also known by the alternative title ''A Scandal in Paris''. It was based on a British play by Edward Hemmerde and Francis Neilson Francis Neilson (26 January 1867 – 13 April 1961) was an accomplished actor; playwright, stage director; political figure; member of the British House of Commons; avid lecturer; author of more than 60 books, plays and opera librettos and the .... The wife of a British aristocratic politician, who is neglected by her husband, resists an attempt to break them up. When her husband discovers what he mistakenly believes to be a dalliance with another man he begins divorce proceedings. Eventually the truth comes out and the couple reconcile. The film was not considered one of Wiene's greatest achievements, but he was praised for directing with his usual compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gallant Hussar
''The Gallant Hussar'' (german: Der fesche Husar) is a 1928 German-British romance film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Ivor Novello, Evelyn Holt, and Paul Hörbiger. It was based on a story by the Hungarian writer Arthur Bárdos and Margarete-Maria Langen. The film was a co-production made under an agreement between Gainsborough Pictures and the German studio Felsom-Film and was shot in Berlin. After the passage of the Cinematograph Films Act 1927 by the British Parliament it was classified under the terms of the Act as a foreign film and only received a limited release in Britain. It is also known under the alternative title ''The Bold Dragoon''. It is now considered a lost film. Along with ''A South Sea Bubble'' (1928), the film marked a significant change in the role played by Novello. He had previously appeared as unsettled, outsider figures in films such as '' The Lodger'', but from now on played more well-balanced romantic figures. Synopsis The daughter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odette (1928 Film)
''Odette'' (german: Mein Leben für das Deine) is a 1928 German silent drama film based upon the play by Victorien Sardou, directed by Luitz-Morat, and starring Francesca Bertini, Warwick Ward, and Simone Vaudry.Goble p. 408 Bertini would star in two other adaptations of the play, '' Odette'' (1916) and '' Odette'' (1934). The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Oscar Friedrich Werndorff. Cast * Francesca Bertini as Odette * Warwick Ward as Graf Georg de Clermont-Latour, ihr Mann * Simone Vaudry as Jacqueline, beider Tochter * Fred Solm as Marquis Gaston de Meyran * Fritz Kortner as Frontenac * Angelo Ferrari Angelo Ferrari (14 August 1897 – 15 June 1945) was an Italian actor known for his work in German cinema. Selected filmography * ''The Nude Woman'' (1922) * ''The Green Manuela'' (1923) * ''Samson'' (1923) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * ''Pr ... as Cardeilhan * Alfred Gerasch as Philippe La Hoche References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
