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Horst Wendlandt
Horst Otto Gregor Wendlandt (15 March 1922 – 30 August 2002) was a German film producer. He produced more than 100 films between 1956 and 2002. In the 1960s Horst Wendlandt's production company Rialto Film produced films based on Edgar Wallace and Karl May, mostly directed by Alfred Vohrer or Harald Reinl. In 1971 Horst Wendlandt founded the film distribution company Tobis Film (named after the old Tobis Film). Tobis was very successful in the 1970s with European films with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Louis de Funès, Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, also with Dino De Laurentiis-productions like ''Death Wish (1974 film), Death Wish'', ''Mandingo (film), Mandingo'' and ''King Kong (1976 film), King Kong''. Selected filmography * ''The First Day of Spring'' (1956) * ''Love (1956 film), Love'' (1956) *''Kindermädchen für Papa gesucht'' (1957) * ''The Night of the Storm'' (1957) * ''Precocious Youth'' (1957) * ''Confess, Doctor Corda'' (1958) * ''La Paloma (film), La Paloma'' (1959) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwedt
Schwedt (or Schwedt/Oder; ) is a town in Brandenburg, in northeastern Germany. With the official status of a '' Große kreisangehörige Stadt'' (major district town), it is the largest town of the Uckermark district, located near the river Oder, which forms the border with Poland. Overview The formerly agrarian town today has one of the largest oil refineries (''PCK Raffinerie GmbH'') in Germany, established in 1958 and connected to the Russian Druzhba pipeline network. The refinery uses 20 million cubic meters of water per year for the process. A large paper factory (''UPM'') is located near Schwedt. Most industries were located in the remote area during communist rule in the 1960s and 1970s. Large residential areas were built for the workers moving to Schwedt. About 9% of the town's flats are in prefab concrete buildings (''Plattenbau'') dating from the era. As many jobs were lost after German reunification and the return to market economy, Schwedt has lost a quarter of its p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Hill
Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with longtime film partner and friend Bud Spencer. During the height of his popularity Hill was among Italy's highest-paid actors. His most widely seen films include comic and standard Spaghetti Westerns, some based on popular novels by German author Karl May about the Wild West. Of these, the most famous are ''Lo chiamavano Trinità'' (''They Call Me Trinity'', 1970); …''continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità'' (''Trinity Is Still My Name'', 1971), the highest grossing Italian film to date; and ''Il mio nome è Nessuno'' (''My Name Is Nobody'', 1973), co-starring Henry Fonda. Hill, whose stage name was the product of a publicity stunt by film producers, also went on to a successful television career in Italy, playing the title character in the long-run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Shoots Down The Bird
''Peter Shoots Down the Bird'' (german: Peter schießt den Vogel ab) is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Peter Alexander, Germaine Damar and Maria Sebaldt. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Heinrich Weidemann. Plot Peter Schatz is a porter at a hotel where he is very popular with all the guests. However, he struggles to get along with the hotel director, who is a bit of a pedantic tyrant and feared by all staff, and switchboard lady Renate of another hotel. Beside his work he has ambitions to travel the world. When he inherits a larger sum of money from a former hotel guest in gratitude for his services to her and her dog, his colleague Mathilde suggests he could go on a ski trip into a posh ski resort in the Austrian Alps. At first his attempt to book a room in the Grand Hotel in Zürs am Arlberg is futile, as they are completely booked, so he comes up with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Paloma (film)
''La Paloma'' is a 1959 West German musical film directed by Paul Martin and starring Bibi Johns, Karlheinz Böhm and Harald Juhnke.Koepnick p.74 It takes its title from the traditional Spanish song "La Paloma". The film wa shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location in Lisbon. The sets were designed by the art directors Helmut Nentwig, Heinrich Weidemann and Paul Markwitz Paul Markwitz (16 July 1908 – 19 March 1968)Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films Volume 5, Berlin 2001, , pg. 281f was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He worked on over 50 films between 1935 and .... Cast References Bibliography * Lutz Peter Koepnick. ''The Cosmopolitan Screen: German Cinema and the Global Imaginary, 1945 to the Present''. University of Michigan Press, 2007. External links * 1959 films West German films German musical comedy films 1959 musical comedy films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confess, Doctor Corda
''Confess, Doctor Corda'' (german: Gestehen Sie, Dr. Corda) is a 1958 West German crime film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Hardy Krüger, Elisabeth Müller and Lucie Mannheim. It is considered to be a film noir, one of a number made in Germany during the decade.Spicer p.110 It was shot at the Spandau Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Kettelhut and Helmut Nentwig. A Doctor goes to a meet a young woman in a park at night, only to find that she has been murdered before he got there. The police consider him the prime suspect, and put him under considerable pressure to confess. Cast * Hardy Krüger as Dr. Fred Corda * Elisabeth Müller as Beate Corda * Lucie Mannheim as Mrs. Bieringer * Hans Nielsen as Dr. Nagel * Fritz Tillmann as Dr. Pohlhammer * Eva Pflug as Gabriele Montag * Rudolf Fernau as Professor Schliessmann * Siegfried Lowitz as Inspektor Guggitz * Emmy Burg as Oberin * Lore Hartling as Schwester Antonia * Paul Edwin Roth as Dr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Precocious Youth
''Precocious Youth'' (german: Die Frühreifen) is a 1957 West German drama film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Heidi Brühl, Christian Doermer and Christian Wolff.Hake p. 115 The film's sets were designed by Emil Hasler and Paul Markwitz. Cast * Heidi Brühl as Inge * Christian Doermer as Wolfgang * Christian Wolff as Freddy * Jochen Brockmann as Vikar Englert * Paul Esser as Herr Messmann * Richard Häussler as Herr Rau * Ilse Fürstenberg as Frau Messmann * Peter Kraus as Guenther * Sabine Sinjen as Hannelore * Harald Dietl as Heini * Harry Wüstenhagen as Abteilungsleiter Hennig * Jürgen Graf Jürgen Graf (born 15 August 1951) is a Swiss author, former teacher and Holocaust denier. Since August 2000 he has been living in exile, and is currently living in Russia, working as a translator, with his wife. Background Born in Basel, Graf s ... as Butzi * Cathrin Heyer as Helga * Claus Peter Lüttgen as Jochen * Peter Nijinskij as Jonny * Walter Koch as Kalle * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Of The Storm
''The Night of the Storm'' or ''Tempestuous Love'' (german: Wie ein Sturmwind) is a 1957 West German drama film directed by Falk Harnack and starring Lilli Palmer, Ivan Desny and Willy A. Kleinau.Bock & Bergfelder p. 357 It was made at the Spandau Studios in Berlin with sets designed by Ernst Schomer and Hans Jürgen Kiebach. Location shooting took place in Munich and Messina in Italy. Cast * Lilli Palmer as Marianne Eichler * Ivan Desny as Viktor Ledin * Willy A. Kleinau as Friedrich Eichler * Susanne Cramer as Gina * Siegfried Schürenberg as Herterich * Käthe Braun as Beate Hoberg * Peter Capell as Dr. Baumgarten * Karl Hellmer * Hans Hessling * Ralph Lothar as Kuelz * as Prokurist Wechsler * Arthur Schröder as Richter * Alexa von Porembsky Alexa von Porembsky (5 June 1906 - 18 August 1981) was a Hungarian-born German actress. Selected filmography * '' Leontine's Husbands'' (1928) * ''Woman in the Moon'' (1929) - Eine Veilchenverkäuferin * ''Road to Rio'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kindermädchen Für Papa Gesucht
''Kindermädchen für Papa gesucht'' is a 1957 West German comedy film directed by Hans Quest and written by Curth Flatow and Eckart Hachfeld. It stars Claus Biederstaedt, Susanne Cramer, and Gunther Philipp. Plot Peter and Kurt Jäger are cousins, though extremely different from one another. While Peter has a reputation as a womanizer in the family's chocolate concern, Kurt is a teetotaler, a hypochondriac and a complete novice with women. He has never noticed that Inge, his secretary, has been in love with him for years. One day, shortly after his birthday, Kurt confides to his cousin that he has fallen in love with Sabine, a customer. She has been working as a nanny but has just resigned from her job. When she is about to respond to a newspaper employment ad for a nanny, Peter secretly connects her call to Kurt who invites Sabine home for an interview. He is so uptight that he does not realize Sabine wants to work as a nanny until she enquires about his child. Kurt explains th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love (1956 Film)
''Love'' (German: ''Liebe'', Italian: ''Uragano sul Po'') is a 1956 West German-Italian drama film directed by Horst Hächler and starring Maria Schell, Raf Vallone and Eva Kotthaus.Bock & Bergfelder p.61 It is an adaptation of the 1951 novel ''Vor Rehen wird gewarnt'' by Vicki Baum. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rolf Zehetbauer. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place in Venice and along the Po River. Synopsis Anna falls madly in love with an Italian violinist, who instead marries her sister Monika. Cast * Maria Schell as Anna Ballard * Raf Vallone as Andrea Ambaros * Eva Kotthaus as Monika Ballard * Camilla Spira as Frau Ballard * Fritz Tillmann as Herr Ballard * Peter Carsten as Jan Hopper * Ave Ninchi as Beatrice * Elke Aberle as Lorella * Werner Schott as Arzt * Wolfgang Jansen as Gärtnerjunge Kurt References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Day Of Spring
''The First Day of Spring'' (german: Der erste Frühlingstag) is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Luise Ullrich, Paul Dahlke and Ingeborg Schöner.Parish p.505 It was based on the 1935 play ''Call It a Day'' by the British writer Dodie Smith. It was made at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt. Cast * Luise Ullrich as Dolly * Paul Dahlke as Robert Hiller * Ingeborg Schöner as Vera * Matthias Fuchs as Martin * Angelika Meissner as Lilo * Fita Benkhoff as Käthe * Robert Freitag as Bruno * Gustav Fröhlich as Paul Frank * Heli Finkenzeller as Edith * Brigitte Grothum as Trixi * Blandine Ebinger as Elsi * Carla Hagen as Fanny * Lori Leux as Oma * Katharina Mayberg as Bettina Morelli * Kurt Roy as Albert * Lou Seitz as Martha * Horst Willer as Fred See also * ''Call It a Day ''Call It a Day'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Kong (1976 Film)
''King Kong'' is a 1976 American monster adventure film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin. It is a modernized remake of the 1933 film about a giant ape that is captured and taken to New York City for exhibition. It stars Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange in her first film role, and features mechanical effects by Carlo Rambaldi and makeup effects by Rick Baker. It is the 5th entry in the King Kong franchise. The idea to remake ''King Kong'' was conceived by Michael Eisner, who was then an ABC executive, in 1974. He separately proposed the idea to Universal Pictures CEO Sidney Sheinberg and Paramount Pictures CEO Barry Diller. Dino De Laurentiis quickly acquired the film rights from RKO-General and subsequently hired television writer Lorenzo Semple, Jr. to write the script. John Guillermin was hired as director and filming lasted from January to August 1976. Before the film's release, Universal Pictures sued De Laurentiis and RKO-Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandingo (film)
''Mandingo'' is a 1975 American historical melodrama film that focuses on the Atlantic slave trade in the Antebellum South. The film's title refers to the mandinka people, who are referred to as "Mandingos", and described as being good slaves for fighting matches. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis for Paramount Pictures, the film was directed by Richard Fleischer. The screenplay, by Norman Wexler, was adapted from the 1957 novel '' Mandingo'' by Kyle Onstott, and the 1961 play '' Mandingo'' by Jack Kirkland (which is derived from the novel). The film stars Perry King as Hammond, the son of cruel slave owner Warren Maxwell (James Mason). Hammond is known to rape the female slaves on his father's plantation, and his father orders him to marry a white woman to produce grandchildren with no black ancestry. Hammond marries Blanche ( Susan George), his cousin, who becomes jealous that he pays more attention to his black lover Ellen ( Brenda Sykes) than to his wife, leading Blanche to sed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
