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Hanns Schwarz
Hanns Schwarz (11 February 1888 – 27 October 1945) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian film director. He was born in Vienna on 11 February 1888. Biography He directed twenty four films between 1924 and 1937 in both English-language, English and German-language, German. During the late silent film, silent and early sound era, sound eras, he was a leading director at the large German studio Universum Film AG, UFA. In the early 1930s he worked on several Multiple-language version, multi-language version films for UFA, producing the same films in distinct German and foreign-language versions. Schwarz was Jewish and was therefore forced to leave Germany in 1933 when the Nazis took over, going into exile in Britain. His last film was the 1937 British thriller ''Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel''. He died in California on 27 October 1945. Partial filmography * ''Nanon (1924 film), Nanon'' (1924) * ''The Voice of the Heart (1924 film), The Voice of the Heart'' (1924) * ''Two People (1924 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire (german: link=no, Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling , ) was a Central-Eastern European multinational great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence, it was the third most populous monarchy in Europe after the Russian Empire and the United Kingdom. Along with Prussia, it was one of the two major powers of the German Confederation. Geographically, it was the third-largest empire in Europe after the Russian Empire and the First French Empire (). The empire was proclaimed by Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II in 1804 in response to Napoleon's declaration of the First French Empire, unifying all Habsburg monarchy, Habsburg possessions under one central government. It remained part of the Holy Roman Empire until the latter's dissolution in 1806. It continued fighting against Napoleon throughout the Napoleonic Wars, except for a period between 1809 and 1813, when Austria was first all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Variety Star
''The Little Variety Star'' (German: ''Die Kleine vom Varieté'') is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Ossi Oswalda, Georg Alexander and Max Hansen.Elsaesser & Wedel p.123 The film's sets were designed by Hans Jacoby. Cast * Ossi Oswalda as Rositta, die Kleine vom Varieté * Georg Alexander as Dr. Peter Kretschmar * Max Hansen as Fred * Vivian Gibson as Josette * Ferry Sikla Ferry Sikla (born Ferry Sykla; 11 March 1865 – 8 February 1932) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1914 to 1931. Selected filmography References External links * 1865 births 1932 deaths G ... as Onkel References Bibliography * Thomas Elsaesser & Michael Wedel. ''The BFI companion to German cinema''. British Film Institute, 1999. External links * 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Hanns Schwarz UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max De Vaucorbeil
Max de Vaucorbeil (1901–1982) was a Belgian film director.Goble p.478 Selected filmography * ''The Road to Paradise'' (1930) * ''Captain Craddock'' (1932) * ''Princess, At Your Orders!'' (1931) * ''A Weak Woman'' (1933) * ''Mademoiselle Béatrice (film), Mademoiselle Béatrice'' (1943) * ''The Marriage of Ramuntcho'' (1947) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1901 births 1982 deaths Belgian film directors Belgian emigrants to France Mass media people from Brussels {{Belgium-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Craddock
''Captain Craddock'' (french: Le capitaine Craddock) is a 1931 German French-language musical comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and Hanns Schwarz and starring Jean Murat, Käthe von Nagy and Charles Redgie. It is a French-language version of the 1931 German film '' Bombs on Monte Carlo''. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It is sometimes known as ''Bombe Sur Monte Carlo''. Cast * Jean Murat as Le capitaine Craddock * Käthe von Nagy as La reine Yola * Charles Redgie as Pierre * Alice Tissot as Isabelle * Sinoël as Le consul * Rachel Devirys as Diane * Paul Ollivier as Le directeur du casino * Lucien Callamand as Brégaillon * Nicolas Redelsperger as Le ministre des finances * Comedian Harmonists as Themselves Cultural references According to Philippe Goddin, author of '' Hergé - Chronologie d'une oeuvre'', the name of ''Tintins character Captain Haddock is inspired by this f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombs On Monte Carlo (1931 Film)
''Bombs on Monte Carlo'' (german: Bomben auf Monte Carlo) is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Hans Albers, Anna Sten, and Heinz Rühmann. The film is based on the novel '' Bomben auf Monte Carlo'' (1930) by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in August 1931. The film is known for featuring the German a capella band Comedian Harmonists, who perform the song '' Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen''. Plot Captain Craddock commands the Mediterranean cruiser Persimon, which sails under the flag of the Kingdom of Pontenero. Like his crew, he hasn't received any pay for a long time because the kingdom is bankrupt. Therefore, he refuses to take Queen Yola I on board for a Mediterranean cruise. Instead, he goes to Monte Carlo to confront the Pontenero consul there. But Yola is already there incognito, who, for lack of money, sacrifices her pearl necklace, for which Craddock finally receives 100,000 francs. Disguised as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caught In The Act (1931 Film)
''Caught in the Act'' (french: Flagrant délit) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and Georges Tréville and starring Blanche Montel, Henri Garat, and Ralph Arthur Roberts.Crisp p. 26 It was produced by UFA, as the French-language version of the studio's film ''Burglars''. Such multiple-language versions were common in the early years of sound before dubbing became widespread. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1931 films German comedy films 1931 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Georges Tréville Films directed by Hanns Schwarz Films scored by F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess, At Your Orders!
''Princess, At Your Orders!'' (French: ''Princesse, à vos ordres!'') is a 1931 German romantic comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and Max de Vaucorbeil and starring Lilian Harvey, Henri Garat and Jean Mercanton.Crisp p.26 It was produced by UFA, as the French-language version of the studio's film '' Her Grace Commands''. Such multiple-language versions were common in the early years of sound before dubbing became widespread. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. Cast * Lilian Harvey as La princesse Marie-Christine * Henri Garat as Carl de Berck * Jean Mercanton as Le petit roi * Marcel Vibert as Heynitz * Bill Bocket as Pipac * Raymond Guérin-Catelain as Le Prince de Leuchtenstein * Théo Tony * Marcel Merminod * Comedian Harmonists The Comedian Harmonists were an internationally famous, all-male German close harmony ensemble that performed between 1928 and 1934 as one of the most successful musical groups in Europe before World War II. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Grace Commands
''Her Grace Commands'' (german: Ihre Hoheit befiehlt) is a 1931 German romantic comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Käthe von Nagy, Willy Fritsch and Reinhold Schünzel. It is also translated into the alternative title ''Her Highness Commands''. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios with sets designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It premiered in Mannheim on 3 March 1931, before being released at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin the next day. A French-language version ('' Princess, At Your Orders!'') was produced simultaneously, also directed by Schwarz but with a different cast. The film was remade in Hollywood as well, retitled '' Adorable'', and released by the Fox Film Corporation in 1933. Synopsis A hairdresser and a greengrocer fall in love, concealing from each other the truth that they are really a princess and an army officer in disguise.Calhoon p. 71 Main cast * Käthe von Nagy as Prinzessin Marie-Christine * Willy Fritsch as Leutnant Karl von Conradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burglars (film)
''Burglars'' (german: Einbrecher) is a 1930 German musical film, musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, and Heinz Rühmann. It is also known in English by the alternative title ''Murder For Sale''. It is based on the French play "Guignol le cambrioleur" by Louis Verneuil, who co-wrote the screenplay. A French language, French-Foreign-language version, language version, titled ''Caught in the Act (1931 film), Caught in the Act'', was filmed at the same time.Film notes to Black Hill Picture's DVD release of the film The film was intended by the studio Universum Film AG, UFA as a follow-up to the hit musical ''The Three from the Filling Station (1930 film), The Three from the Filling Station''. The film's set were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with location filming also taking place in Paris. Plot A young wife married to a much older wikt:toymaker, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling Of The Gods
''Darling of the Gods'' (german: Liebling der Götter) is a 1930 German musical drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Emil Jannings, Renate Müller and Olga Tschechowa. Jannings had recently returned from Hollywood where the arrival of sound films had harmed his career. The film was made at the Babelsburg studios, and based on the play ''Die Tokaier'' by Hans Müller. It was made by Erich Pommer's production unit, part of the German Major film studio UFA. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin on 13 October 1930. Plot A selfish opera singer leaves his wife and home in Germany to travel the world's great cities. Eventually he is drawn back to his Bavarian homeland. Cast *Emil Jannings as Albert Winkelmann *Renate Müller as Agathe *Olga Tschechowa as Olga von Dagomirska * Hans Moser as Kratochvil *Max Gülstorff as The Medizinalrat *Eduard von Winterstein as Dr. Marberg *Willy Prager as Maurus Colwyn *Siegfried Berisch as Romanones *Vladimir Sokoloff as Boris J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wonderful Lies Of Nina Petrovna
''The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna'' (German: ''Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna'') is a 1929 German silent film, silent drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer and Warwick Ward. It was the last big-budget silent film released by the leading German studio Universum Film AG before the transition to sound film, sound began with ''Melody of the Heart''. The film premiered on 15 April 1929 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. It was amongst the most popular films released in Germany that year.Hardt p.113 It was remade in France in 1937 as ''The Lie of Nina Petrovna''. Synopsis Michael Rostof, a young officer serving in the Tsar's army in pre-1914 St. Petersburg, strikes up a deep emotional bond with Nina Petrovna. Only later does he discover she is the kept mistress (lover), mistress of the influential Colonel Beranoff. She chooses to give up the luxurious existence that Beranoff offers her, in order to live with the much poorer Rostof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melody Of The Heart
''Melody of the Heart'' (german: Melodie des Herzens) is a 1929 German musical film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Dita Parlo, Willy Fritsch and Gerő Mály. The film was the first successful sound film produced by the German major studio Universum Film AG (Ufa) and was credited with establishing the popularity of the operetta film. It was shot in Hungary. Initially the film was intended to be silent, but halfway through production its producer Erich Pommer was ordered by his superiors to convert it into a sound film. Ufa had recently made a deal with the Klangfilm syndicate (consisting of Siemens & Halske, AEG, and Polyphon-Werke AG (who sold Polydor records) to license the Tri-Ergon sound film system, under the name 'Ufa-Klang'. A previous attempt in 1925 by Ufa to use an earlier version of the same system, at the time owned by Klangfilm's former competitor, Tobis, had ended in failure. The film premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin on 16 December 1929. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |