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Hans-Peter Minetti
Hans-Peter Minetti (21 April 1926 – 10 November 2006) was a German actor. He studied at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was a theatre school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, which existed from 1953 to 1992. The official name was Theaterhochschule "Hans Otto" Leipzig. History The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was founded on 1 November 1953 ... and appeared in more than sixty films from 1954 to 1996. From 1966 until 1975, he was the president of the Union of Art. Selected filmography References External links * 1926 births 2006 deaths Theaterhochschule Leipzig alumni German male film 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] |
Lissy (film)
''Lissy'' is a 1957 East German film directed by Konrad Wolf, based on a novel by Franz Carl Weiskopf. It was released on 30 May 1957. Plot Lissy Schroeder, a working-class girl in Berlin, marries Alfred, a clerk. In 1932, Alfred is fired by his Jewish boss. Despite having ties to the Communist party through Lissy's brother Paul, the previously apolitical Alfred joins the Nazi party. After Hitler gains power, Paul is shot by the Nazis, causing Lissy to question the country's and her husband's politics and where her loyalties truly lie. Cast * Sonja Sutter Sonja Sutter (17 January 1931 – 1 June 2017) was a German film actress. She was one of the few actors that was allowed to appear in productions in both East and West Germany. She is remembered for her role as Fraulein Rottenmeier in the German ... as Lissy Schröder / Frohmeyer * Horst Drinda as Alfred Frohmeyer * Hans-Peter Minetti as Paul Schröder * Kurt Oligmüller as Kaczmierczik * Gerhard Bienert as Vater Schrö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Deaths
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1926 Births
Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos (general), Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Kingdom of Hejaz, Hejaz. ** Bảo Đại, Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Vietnam. * January 12 – Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program ''Sam 'n' Henry'', in which the two white performers portray two black characters from Harlem looking to strike it rich in the big city (it is a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, ''Amos 'n' Andy''). * January 16 – A BBC comic radio play broadcast by Ronald Knox, about a workers' revolution, causes a panic in London. * January 21 – The Belgian Parliament accepts the Locarno Treaties. * January 26 – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konrad Wolf
Konrad Wolf (20 October 1925 – 7 March 1982) was an East Germany, East German film director. He was the son of writer, doctor and diplomat Friedrich Wolf (writer), Friedrich Wolf, and the younger brother of Stasi spymaster Markus Wolf. "Koni" was his nickname. Biography Because his father was Jewish and was an ardent and outspoken member of the Communist Party of Germany, German Communist Party (KPD) since 1928, he and his family left Germany via Austria, Switzerland, and France for Moscow when the Nazi Party, Nazis took power in March 1933, where, arriving in March 1934, Wolf came into intense contact with Soviet Union, Soviet film."Solo Sunny" DEFA Film Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst. Retrieved November 19, 2011 At age 10, he played a minor role in the film ''Kämpfer'', filmed among the German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Thälmann (film)
''Ernst Thälmann'' is an East German film in two parts about the life of Ernst Thälmann, leader of the Communist Party of Germany during much of the Weimar Republic, directed by Kurt Maetzig and starring Günther Simon in the title role. The first part, ''Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse'' (Son of his Class), was released in 1954. It was followed by the 1955 sequel. ''Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse'' (Leader of his Class). Plot ''Ernst Thälmann - Son of his Class'' After fellow soldier Johannes Harms reports that a revolution has broken out at home, Thälmann - who leads a revolutionary cell on the Western Front - and his friend Fiete Jansen rebel against their officers, Zinker and Quadde, and desert. Harms dies in a shelling. In Berlin, the American capitalist Mr. McFuller demands to crush the Spartacists. Zinker, now a member of the Freikorps, murders Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Thälmann hears of it and promises their sacrifice will not be in vain. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Teufel Vom Mühlenberg
''Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg'' is an East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ... film. It was released in 1955, and sold 4,301,895 tickets. References External links * 1955 films East German films Films_based_on_fairy_tales German adventure films 1955 adventure films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polonia-Express
''Polonia-Express'' is an East German film directed by Kurt Jung-Alsen. It was released in 1957. Cast * Alice Graf as Hella Merkel * Horst Schön as Fritz Marr * Gerhard Bienert as Wilhelm Merkel * Martin Flörchinger as Ralow * Rudolf Ulrich as Althoff * Hans Klering as Schwerte * Harry Gillmann as Riemer * Hans-Peter Minetti Hans-Peter Minetti (21 April 1926 – 10 November 2006) was a German actor. He studied at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was a theatre school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, which existed from 1953 to 1992. The official ... as Lehnert References External links * 1957 films East German films 1950s German-language films German black-and-white films Films directed by Kurt Jung-Alsen 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Mission (1959 Film)
''Im Sonderauftrag'' (English-language title: ''Special Mission'') is an East German black-and-white film directed by Heinz Thiel. It was released in 1959. Plot In 1958, somewhere in the Baltic Sea, a People's Navy minesweeper commanded by Captain Fischer encounters a foreign boat. Its skipper is a man named Arendt, who has served with Fischer in the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. Fischer recalls how, in 1943, his superior Captain Lieutenant Wegner planned to defect to the Danish resistance and join the communists, but was arrested and sentenced to death. Fischer realizes that Arendt, one of the few who knew of Wegner's plans, was actually a Gestapo agent and betrayed him. Now, he understands that Arendt works for West Germany and intends to gather intelligence in the German Democratic Republic. Fischer foils his plans and the minesweeper returns to its mission. Cast *Hans-Peter Minetti as Captain Lieutenant Fischer *Rolf Ludwig as Arendt *Fritz Diez as Captain Lieute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic (german: Deutsche Republik, link=no, label=none). The state's informal name is derived from the city of Weimar, which hosted the constituent assembly that established its government. In English, the republic was usually simply called "Germany", with "Weimar Republic" (a term introduced by Adolf Hitler in 1929) not commonly used until the 1930s. Following the devastation of the First World War (1914–1918), Germany was exhausted and sued for peace in desperate circumstances. Awareness of imminent defeat sparked a revolution, the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II, formal surrender to the Allies, and the proclamation of the Weimar Republic on 9 November 1918. In its i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Always On Duty
''Zu jeder Stunde'' (English-language title: ''Always On Duty'') is an East German black-and-white film, directed by Heinz Thiel. It was released in 1960. Plot Border Troops' soldier Martin arrives in a village on the Inner German border. He falls in love with a local girl, Renate. Their relationship is opposed to by her father, who promised her to the son of farmer Grabow. When Grabow plans to leave to the West with the aid of the corrupt officer Zimmer, Martin discovers their plans and informs his superiors, although Zimmer was his friend. Cast * Rolf Stövesand as Martin Kraft * Erika Radtke as Renate Wedel * Hans-Peter Minetti as Hermann Höhne * Roman Silberstein as Heinz Tröger * Manfred Borgesas Schlegel * Erich Franz as Otto Grabow * Otmar Richter as Felix Grabow * Rolf Ripperger as Fred Wedel * Hans Finohr as Arthur Wedel * Fritz Diez as Father Kraft, the priest * Werner Lierck as Köhler * Josef Stauder as Schröder * Horst Kube as Erich Willembrot * Harry Hindemith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Old Love
''An Old Love'' (german: Eine alte Liebe) is an East German black-and-white film, directed by Frank Beyer. It was released in 1959. Plot Frieda Walkowiak is an ambitious director of a collective farm. Although she is talented and hard-working, the men in the commune are reluctant to accept her as their supervisor. August, Frieda's husband, is exasperated by his wife's devotion to her office, which leads to her being absent from home quite often. After she misses their wedding's anniversary, August is enraged, and leaves their house with their daughter. Frieda is badly depressed and suffers a breakdown. She is taken to a hospital. August hears of this, comes back to his senses and returns. The family reunites. Cast * Gisela May as Frieda Walkowiak * Erich Franz as August Walkowiak * Doris Abeßer as Helga * Ezard Haußmann as Lothar * Peter Sturm as Heinrich Rantsch * Hans-Peter Minetti as Benno Schulze * Margot Ebert as Irmgard Strömer * Harry Gillman as Otto Funke * Werner Lier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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