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His Greatest Bluff
''His Greatest Bluff'' (German: ''Sein größter Bluff'') is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Henrik Galeen and Harry Piel and starring Piel, Toni Tetzlaff and Lotte Lorring. Its title is sometimes translated as ''His Biggest Bluff''. Today, the film is best known for the early role it offered to Marlene Dietrich who was only cast after great effort by her agents. The film was shot at the Grunewald Studios, located in Western 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 ..., during January and February 1927. It premiered on 12 May 1927 at the Alhambra-Palast in Berlin.Bach p.495 Cast References Bibliography * Bach, Steven. ''Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend''. University of Minnesota Press, 2011 * Gemünden, Gerd & Desjardins, Mary R. ''Dietrich Icon''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Galeen
Henrik Galeen (7 January 1881 – 30 July 1949) was an Austrian-born actor, screenwriter and film director considered an influential figure in the development of German Expressionism, German Expressionist cinema during the silent era. Early years Considerable mystery exists about Galeen's early life, and for many years it was uncertain where exactly he was born. Galeen came from a Jewish family in Lemberg, Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia, which was then part of the Austrian Empire. He moved from Austria to German Empire, Germany before the First World War, and became assistant to the leading theatre figure Max Reinhardt. Galeen subsequently became an actor in Berlin and touring other German-speaking cities. German silent films Galeen first became involved in film in 1913 when he worked on the screenplays for several uncredited films. In 1914 he wrote, directed and acted in ''The Golem (1915 film), The Golem'' the first of several depictions of the mythical figure Golem, The Gole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film and it is derived from the classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1930s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, puts much more focus on individual stars, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In '' The Screenwriters Taxonomy'' (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story. Therefore the labels "drama" and "comedy" are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oswald Scheffel
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Paul Moleska
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Vicky Werckmeister
Vicky, Vicko, Vick, Vickie or Vicki is a feminine given name, often a hypocorism of Victoria. The feminine name Vicky in Greece comes from the name Vasiliki. Women * Family nickname of Victoria, Princess Royal (1840–1901), wife of German Emperor Frederick III, mother of Emperor Wilhelm II and daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain * Vicki Adams (born 1989), Scottish curler * Vicki Adams (born 1951) Rodeo performer * Victoria Vicki Barr (athlete) (born 1982), British sprinter * Victoria Vicky Beeching (born 1979), British musician and religious commentator *Vicki Berner (1945–2017), Canadian tennis player * Victoria Vicky Binns (born 1981), English actress * Vicky Botwright (born 1977), English squash coach and former player * Vicki Brown (1940–1991), English singer born Victoria Haseman * Victoria Vicky Bullett (born 1967), American college head basketball coach and retired Women's National Basketball Association player * Vicki Butler-Henderson (born 1972), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossip Darmatow
Ossip (russian: Осип) may refer to: *Ossip Bernstein (1882–1962), Russian chess grandmaster and a financial lawyer * Ossip Brik, also known as Osip Brik, (1888–1945), Russian avant garde writer and literary critic * Ossip Dimov, also known as Osip Dymov, the central fictional character in ''Grasshopper'' (1892) by Anton Chekhov *Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1878–1936), Russian-born American pianist, conductor and composer * Ossip Gurko, also known as Iosif Gurko, (1828–1901), Russian field marshal prominent during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) * Ossip Mandelstam, also known as Osip Mandelstam, (1891–1938), Russian poet and essayist * Ossip Runitsch (1889–1947), Russian silent film actor, producer and stage director * Ossip Schubin (1854–1934), pseudonym of Austrian novelist Aloisia Kirschner *Ossip Zadkine Ossip Zadkine (russian: Осип Цадкин; 28 January 1888 – 25 November 1967) was a Belarusian-born French artist. He is best known as a sculptor, but als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen Burg
Eugen Burg (6 January 1871 – 17 April 1944) was a German actor. His daughter was Hansi Burg. Burg was a close friend of the actor Hans Albers. Burg was born Eugen Hirschburg into a Jewish family, but later converted to Protestantism. He was banished from the film industry when the Nazi Party came to power in Germany. He later died in Theresienstadt concentration camp. Selected filmography * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1915) * '' In the Castle by the Lake'' (1918) * '' The Secret of Wera Baranska'' (1919) * '' The Secret of the Scaffold'' (1919) * '' A Night in Paradise'' (1919) * '' Colonel Chabert'' (1920) * '' The Black Panther'' (1921) * ''Violet'' (1921) * ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922) * ''Circus People'' (1922) * ''Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King'' (1922) * ''The Island of Tears'' (1923) * '' Old Heidelberg'' (1923) * ''The Wonderful Adventure'' (1924) * ''Gobseck'' (1924) * ''The Third Squadron'' (1926) * ''Wrath of the Seas'' (1926) * '' Fadette'' (1926) * ''Eyes Open, Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Gerron
Kurt Gerron (11 May 1897 – 28 October 1944) was a German History of the Jews in Germany, Jewish actor and film director. He and his wife, Olga were murdered in the Holocaust. Life Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he studied medicine before being called up for military service in World War I. After being seriously wounded, he was qualified as a military doctor in the German Army (German Empire), German Army, despite having been only in his second year at university. After the war Gerron turned to a stage career, becoming a theatre actor under director Max Reinhardt in 1920. He appeared in secondary roles in several silent films and began directing film shorts in 1926. Gerron's popular cinema breakthrough came with ''The Blue Angel'' (''Der Blaue Engel'', 1930) opposite Marlene Dietrich. Two years before, Gerron originated the role of "Tiger" Brown in the 1928 premiere production of ''The Threepenny Opera'' (''Die Dreigroschenoper'') at the Berlin Theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Walker (actor)
Paul William Walker IV (September 12, 1973 – November 30, 2013) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Brian O'Conner in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise. Paul Walker began his career as a child actor in the 1980s, gaining recognition in the 1990s after appearing in the television soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''; he received praise for his performances in the teen comedy ''She's All That'' and the comedy-drama '' Varsity Blues'' (both 1999), and saw international fame by starring in ''The Fast and the Furious'' (2001). He also starred in the commercially successful road thriller '' Joy Ride'' (2001), becoming an action star. He followed this with the box-office disappointments '' Into the Blue'' (2005) and '' Running Scared'' (2006), although he earned praise for his performance in the survival drama ''Eight Below'', and for his portrayal of Hank Hansen in ''Flags of Our Fathers'' (both 2006). Outside of these, Walker largely appeared in low budge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Michailow
Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his death * Boris II of Bulgaria (c. 931–977), ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire * Boris III of Bulgaria (1894–1943), ruler of the Kingdom of Bulgaria in the first half of the 20th century * Boris, Prince of Tarnovo (born 1997), Spanish-born Bulgarian royal * Boris and Gleb (died 1015), the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus * Boris (singer) (born 1965), pseudonym of French singer Philippe Dhondt Arts and media * Boris (band), a Japanese experimental rock trio * ''Boris'' (EP), by Yezda Urfa, 1975 * "Boris" (song), by the Melvins, 1991 * ''Boris'' (TV series), a 2007–2009 Italian comedy series * '' Boris: The Film'', a 2011 Italian film based on the TV series * '' Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson'', a 2006 biography by Andrew G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Greiner
Fritz Greiner (1879–1933) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * ''Der Einäugige'' (1916) * ''Der Klub der Einäugigen'' (1917) - Nick Carter * ''Der schwarze Jack'' (1918) - Cowboy Schwarzer Jack * '' The Hunter of Fall'' (1918) - Blasi * ''Der Herrgott am Wege'' (1918) * ''Der Schattenspieler'' (1919) * ''Sodoms Töchter'' (1919) * '' Storms in May'' (1919) - Domimi * ''Doktor Steffens seltsamster Fall'' (1919) * ''Der Edelweisskönig'' (1919) - Jörg Finkenbauer * ''Das Ende des Abenteurers Paolo de Caspado'' (1920) * ''Panic in the House of Ardon'' (1920) - Stuart Webbs * ''Das ganze Sein ist flammend Leid'' (1920) - Bankkassier Jürgen * ''Der Mann auf der Flasche'' (1920) - Emir Mohamed Darasche-Koh * '' The War of the Oxen'' (1920) - Richtmann Runotter * ''Der Kopf des Gonzalez'' (1920) * '' The Monastery's Hunter'' (1920) - Wolfrat Polzer * ''Der Einäugige'' (1921) - Der Einäugige * ''Der Brand im Varieté Mascotte'' (1921) * ''Der Überfall auf den Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
