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Immortal Waltz
''Immortal Waltz'' () is a 1939 historical drama film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Paul Hörbiger, Dagny Servaes, and Maria Andergast. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's art direction was by Julius von Borsody. The film portrays the lives the Austrian composer Johann Strauss I and family. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss. Plot Johann Strauss I firmly established himself as the leader of a dance band in Vienna in the 1840s. His sons Johann Strauss II and Josef obviously inherited their father's talent. Nevertheless, father Johann is strictly opposed to the two being trained as composers by concertmaster Amon, a good friend of his. Johann II and Josef attend the Vienna Polytechnic under paternal pressure, but Johann junior soon abandons his studies, which makes Johann angry at his son. Johann Strauss junior then goes his own way and br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hörbiger
Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrian theatre and film actor. Life and work Paul Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of the ''Welteislehre'' cosmological concept, and elder brother of actor Attila Hörbiger. In 1902, the family returned to Vienna, while Paul attended the '' gymnasium'' (high school) at St. Paul's Abbey in Carinthia. Having obtained his ''Matura'' degree, he served in a mountain artillery regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I, discharged in 1918 with the rank of an ''Oberleutnant''. After the war, Hörbiger took drama lessons and began his acting career in 1919 at the city theatre of Reichenberg (Liberec). From 1920, he performed at the New German Theatre in Prague. His fame grew when in 1926 he was employed by director Max Reinhardt at the ensemble of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, reaching a high point with his appointmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Strauss II
Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as "The Waltz King", and was largely responsible for the popularity of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century. Some of Johann Strauss's most famous works include "The Blue Danube", "Kaiser-Walzer" (Emperor Waltz), "Tales from the Vienna Woods", "Frühlingsstimmen", and the "Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka". Among his operettas, ''Die Fledermaus'' and ''Der Zigeunerbaron'' are the best known. Strauss was the son of Johann Strauss I and his first wife Maria Anna Streim. Two younger brothers, Josef and Eduard Strauss, also became composers of light music, although they were never as well known as their brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Brandt
Julius Brandt (5 March 1873, in Olmütz – 26 December 1949, in Vienna) was an Austrian stage and film actor, film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * '' The Gentleman Without a Residence'' (1915) * ''Pogrom'' (1919) * ''The Prisoner'' (1920) * ''Diamonds'' (1920) * '' Weib und Palette'' (1921) * ''About the Son'' (1921) * '' The Vulture Wally'' (1921) * ''La Boheme'' (1923) * ''The Ancient Law'' (1923) * '' The Gentleman Without a Residence'' (1925) * ''Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs'' (1927) * ''The Weavers'' (1927) * ''Behind the Altar'' (1927) * '' Autumn on the Rhine'' (1928) * '' Rustle of Spring'' (1929) * '' Two Worlds'' (1930) * ''The Virtuous Sinner'' (1931) * ''Mary'' (1931) * ''One Hour of Happiness'' (1931) * ''My Wife, the Impostor'' (1931) * ''Cruiser Emden'' (1932) * ''The White Demon'' (1932) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1932) * ''Three from the Unemployment Office'' (1932) * ''The Gentleman from Maxim's'' (1933) * ''The Young Baron Neuhaus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Skraup
Karl Skraup (31 July 1898 – 2 October 1958) was an Austrian stage and film actor. From 1947 until his death in 1958 he worked at the Volkstheater in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST .... Selected filmography References External links * 1898 births 1958 deaths Austrian male film actors {{Austria-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Lehmann (actor)
Fritz Lehmann (17 May 190430 March 1956) was a noted German conductor, whose career was cut short by his early death at the age of 51. His repertoire ranged from the Baroque through to contemporary works, in both the concert hall and the opera house. bach-cantatas.com He was an early advocate of period performance practice. and founded the Berliner Motettenchor. He is best known through a number of recordings he left. Biography Fritz Ludwig Lehmann was born in , the son of an organist and choirmaster. He studied at the |
Josef Strauss
Josef Strauss (20 August 1827 – 22 July 1870) was an Austrian composer. He was born in Mariahilf (now Vienna), the son of Johann Strauss I and Maria Anna Streim, and brother of Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss. His father wanted him to choose a career in the Austrian Habsburg military. He studied music with Franz Dolleschal and learned to play the violin with Franz Anton Ries. He received training as an engineer, and worked for the city of Vienna as an engineer and designer. He designed a horse-drawn revolving brush street-sweeping vehicle and published two textbooks on mathematical subjects. Strauss had talents as an artist, painter, poet, dramatist, singer, composer and inventor. Family orchestra He joined the family orchestra, along with his brothers, Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss in the 1850s. His first published work was called "Die Ersten und Letzten" (The First and the Last). When Johann became seriously ill in 1853 Josef led the orchestra for a while. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Holt
Hans Holt (22 November 1909 – 3 August 2001) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1935 and 1990. Selected filmography * ''Hannerl and Her Lovers (1936 film), Hannerl and Her Lovers'' (1936) * ''Catherine the Last'' (1936) * ''Florentine (film), Florentine'' (1937) * ''Roxy and the Wonderteam'' (1938) * ''The Scoundrel (1939 film), The Scoundrel'' (1939) * ''Immortal Waltz'' (1939) * ''A Mother's Love (1939 film), A Mother's Love'' (1939) * ''Roses in Tyrol'' (1940) * ''Whom the Gods Love (1942 film), Whom the Gods Love'' (1942) * ''Black on White (1943 film), Black on White'' (1943) * ''Dir zuliebe'' (1944) * ''The Angel with the Trumpet (1948 film), The Angel with the Trumpet'' (1948) * ''Wedding with Erika'' (1950) * ''When the Evening Bells Ring (1951 film), When the Evening Bells Ring'' (1951) * ''Queen of the Night (1951 film), Queen of the Night'' (1951) * ''Spring on Ice'' (1951) * ''1. April 2000'' (1952) * ''My Wife Is Being Stupi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Liewehr
Fred Liewehr (1909–1993) was an Austrian stage and film actor.von Dassanowsky p.87 Partial filmography * ''Jana, das Mädchen aus dem Böhmerwald'' (1935) - Michael * ''Immortal Waltz'' (1939) - Johann Strauß Sohn * ''Brüderlein fein'' (1942) - von Jaroszinsky * '' Vienna Blood'' (1942) - Crown-Prince Ludwig von Bayern * ''Late Love'' (1943) - von Pioletti * '' The Angel with the Trumpet'' (1948) - Kronprinz Rudolf * ''Viennese Girls'' (1949) - John Cross * ''Child of the Danube'' (1950) - Georg * '' Maria Theresa'' (1951) - Franz I. * ''1. April 2000'' (1952) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1953) - Erzherzog Karl Viktor * ''Das Licht der Liebe'' (1954) - Kammersänger * '' Victoria in Dover'' (1954) - König Leopold von Belgien * '' Goetz von Berlichingen'' (1955) - Franz von Sickingen * ''Im Prater blüh’n wieder die Bäume'' (1958) - Baron Lazi Köröshazi * ''Der veruntreute Himmel'' (1958) - Leopold Argan * ''Maria Stuart'' (1959) * ''Don Carlos'' (1960) - Marquis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gretl Theimer
Gretl Theimer (27 November 1910 – 14 May 1972) was an Austrian actress. Theimer was born in Vienna, Austria and died in Munich, Germany at age 61. Selected filmography * ''Two Hearts in Waltz Time'' (1930) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days'' (1930) * ''Three Days Confined to Barracks'' (1930) * ''His Highness Love'' (1931) * '' Schubert's Dream of Spring'' (1931) * ''When the Soldiers'' (1931) * ''Her Majesty the Barmaid'' (1931) * ''Everyone Asks for Erika'' (1931) * '' Victoria and Her Hussar'' (1931) * ''Holzapfel Knows Everything'' (1932) * '' His Majesty's Adjutant'' (1932) * '' The Champion Shot'' (1932) * ''Viennese Waltz'' (1932) * ''The Secret of Johann Orth'' (1932) * ''The Happiness of Grinzing'' (1933) * ''Our Emperor'' (1933) * '' Just Once a Great Lady'' (1934) * ''The Fight with the Dragon'' (1935) * ''Fräulein Veronika'' (1936) * ''Such Great Foolishness'' (1937) * '' The Vagabonds'' (1937) * ''Dance on the Volcano'' (1938) * ''Immortal Waltz'' (1939) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Strauss
Eduard "Edi" Strauss (15 March 1835 – 28 December 1916) was an Austrian composer who, together with his brothers Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss made up the Strauss musical dynasty. He was the son of Johann Strauss I and Maria Anna Streim. The family dominated the Viennese light music world for decades, creating many waltzes and polkas for many Austrian nobility as well as dance-music enthusiasts around Europe. He was affectionately known in his family as 'Edi'. Life and music Eduard Strauss' style was individual and did not attempt to emulate the works of his other brothers or his contemporaries. But he was primarily remembered and recognized as a dance music conductor rather than as a major composer in the , and his popularity was overshadowed by that of his elder brothers. Realising this, he stamped his own mark with the quick polka, known in German as the "polka-schnell". Among the more popular polkas that he penned for the Strauss Orchestra, which he continued to co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Year's Eve
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, on 31 December. The last day of the year is commonly referred to as “New Year’s Eve”. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service. The celebrations generally go on past midnight into New Year's Day, 1 January. The Line Islands (part of Kiribati) and Tonga, in the Pacific Ocean, are the first places to welcome the New Year, while American Samoa, Baker Island and Howland Island (part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands) are among the last. By region Africa Algeria In Algeria, New Year's Eve (french: Réveillon; '' ar, Ra’s al-‘Ām'') is usually celebrated with family and friends. In the largest cities, such as Algiers, Constantine, Annaba, Oran, Sétif, and Béjaïa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlet Fever
Scarlet fever, also known as Scarlatina, is an infectious disease caused by ''Streptococcus pyogenes'' a Group A streptococcus (GAS). The infection is a type of Group A streptococcal infection (Group A strep). It most commonly affects children between five and 15 years of age. The signs and symptoms include a sore throat, fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes, and a characteristic rash. The face is flushed and the rash is red and blanching. It typically feels like sandpaper and the tongue may be red and bumpy. The rash occurs as a result of capillary damage by exotoxins produced by ''S.pyogenes''. On darker pigmented skin the rash may be hard to discern. Scarlet fever affects a small number of people who have strep throat or streptococcal skin infections. The bacteria are usually spread by people coughing or sneezing. It can also be spread when a person touches an object that has the bacteria on it and then touches their mouth or nose. The diagnosis is typically confirmed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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