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Illa Meery
Illa Meery (1915–2010) was a Russian-born French adventuress, singer, film actress and possibly Soviet spy who became involved in the French black market under German occupation. Émigrée She was the daughter of count Alexandre Alexandrovitch Tchernychev-Bezobrazov and Marie Nicolaïevna née Chtcherbatova. She arrived in France in 1919 with her parents and older brother as refugees from the October Revolution, first in Marseille, then Paris. She attended the Russian school in rue Daru. Film actress and Chanel model She appeared in several early French films in the 1920s, notably in '' Zouzou'' as Barbara, the topless foil for sensation Josephine Baker, who in that film became the first black woman to star in a French feature film. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. The rise of the Russian Empire coincided with the decline of neighbouring rival powers: the Swedish Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Qajar Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and Qing China. It also held colonies in North America between 1799 and 1867. Covering an area of approximately , it remains the third-largest empire in history, surpassed only by the British Empire and the Mongol Empire; it ruled over a population of 125.6 million people per the 1897 Russian census, which was the only census carried out during the entire imperial period. Owing to its geographic extent across three continents at its peak, it featured great ethnic, linguistic, religious, and economic diversity. From the 10th–17th centuries, the land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Of Ladies
''Lake of Ladies'' or ''Ladies Lake'' (French: ''Lac aux dames'') is a 1934 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Rosine Deréan, Simone Simon and Illa Meery.Bergfelder, Harris & Street p.78 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lazare Meerson. It is based on a novel by Vicki Baum. It was released by the French branch of Tobis Film. Cast * Rosine Deréan as Danny Lyssenhop * Simone Simon as Puck * Illa Meery as Anika * Odette Joyeux as Carla Lyssenhop * Maroulka as Vefi * Jean-Pierre Aumont as Eric Heller * Vladimir Sokoloff as Baron Dobbersberg * Maurice Rémy Le comte Stereny * Paul Asselin as Brindel * Romain Bouquet as L'aubergiste * Eugène Dumas as Matz * Michel Simon as Oscar Lyssenhop * Anthony Gildès * Germaine Reuver See also * ''The Three Women of Urban Hell ''The Three Women of Urban Hell'' (german: Die drei Frauen von Urban Hell) is a 1928 German silent film directed by Jaap Speyer and starring Mona Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne De Valois-Saint-Rémy
Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, ''self proclaimed'' "Comtesse de la Motte" (22 July 1756 – 23 August 1791) was a notorious French adventuress and thief; she was married to Nicholas de la Motte whose family's claim to nobility was dubious. She herself was an impoverished descendant of the Valois dynasty, Valois royal family through an illegitimate son of Henry II of France, King Henry II. She has been known for her prominent role in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, one of many scandals that led to the French Revolution and helped to destroy the monarchy of France. Early years and marriage Jeanne de Valois was born on 22 July 1756 in Fontette (northeastern France near Bar-sur-Aube) to a family in a financially dire position. Her father, Jacques de Valois, Baron de Saint-Rémy (1717–1762), was a direct male-line descendant of (1557–1621), an illegitimate son of Henry II of France, King Henry II and Nicole de Savigny; despite having royal Valois Dynasty, Valois blood, Jacques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cagliostro (1929 Film)
''Cagliostro'' is a 1929 silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Hans Stüwe, Renée Héribel and Alfred Abel. It depicts the life of the eighteenth century Italian occultist Alessandro Cagliostro, portraying him more sympathetically than in most other works.Prawer p. 86 It was based on a novel by Johannes von Guenther. Cast Release ''Caligostro'' premiered in Berlin on 8 April 1929. It was later shown in Paris on 21 May 1929. In the early 1930s, Universal Pictures planned a ''Cagliostro'' film starring Boris Karloff in the title role, which was later re-written into the script for ''The Mummy''. Reception A reviewer in ''Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...'' commented on the film on a screening in Germany, stating that "Richard Oswa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Abduction Of The Sabine Women (1928 Film)
''The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (german: Der Raub der Sabinerinnen) is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Robert Land and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Ida Wüst and Teddy Bill. It was based on a play of the same name which had had several film adaptations.Goble p. 483 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Neppach Robert Neppach (2 March 1890 – 18 August 1939) was an Austrian architect, film producer and art director. Neppach worked from 1919 in the Cinema of Germany, German film industry. He oversaw the art direction of over 80 films during his career, i .... Cast See also * '' The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (1936) * '' Romulus and the Sabines'' (Italy, 1945) * '' The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (1954) References Bibliography * External links * 1928 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Robert Land German silent feature films 1928 comedy films German comedy films German films based on plays Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Olala
''Princess Olala'' (German: ''Prinzessin Olala'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Robert Land and starring Carmen Boni, Walter Rilla, Marlene Dietrich and Hans Albers.Wood p.65 It is also known by the alternative title of ''Art of Love''. It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Neppach. Cast * Hermann Böttcher as Der Fürst * Walter Rilla as Prince Boris, his son * Georg Alexander as Der Kammerherr * Carmen Boni as Prinzessin Xenia * Illa Meery as Hedy, her friend * Marlene Dietrich as Chichotte de Gastoné * Hans Albers as René Chichotte's friend * Gyula Szőreghy as a strong man * Lya Christy as Lady Jackson * Aribert Wäscher as Police superintendent * Carl Goetz as an old cavalier * Alfred Abel Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 1937) was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresnes Prison
Fresnes Prison ('' French Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes'') is the second largest prison in France, located in the town of Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, south of Paris. It comprises a large men's prison (''maison d'arrêt'') of about 1200 cells, a smaller one for women and a penitentiary hospital. Fresnes is one of the three main prisons of the Paris area, Fleury-Mérogis (Europe's largest prison) and La Santé (located in Paris) being the other two. History The prison was constructed between 1895 and 1898 according to a design devised by architect Henri Poussin. An example of the so-called "telephone-pole design," the facility was radically different from previous prisons. At Fresnes prison, for the first time, cell houses extended crosswise from a central corridor. The design was used extensively in North America for much of the next century. During World War II, Fresnes prison was used by the Germans to house captured British SOE agents and members of the French Resistance. Held ... [...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] |
Sicherheitsdienst
' (, ''Security Service''), full title ' (Security Service of the ''Reichsführer-SS''), or SD, was the intelligence agency of the SS and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Established in 1931, the SD was the first Nazi intelligence organization and the Gestapo (formed in 1933) was considered its sister organization through the integration of SS members and operational procedures. The SD was administered as an independent SS office between 1933 and 1939. That year, the SD was transferred over to the Reich Security Main Office (''Reichssicherheitshauptamt''; RSHA), as one of its seven departments. Its first director, Reinhard Heydrich, intended for the SD to bring every single individual within the Third Reich's reach under "continuous supervision". Following Germany's defeat in World War II, the tribunal at the Nuremberg trials officially declared that the SD was a criminal organisation, along with the rest of Heydrich's RSHA (including the Gestapo) both individually and as branch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countesses Of The Gestapo
The countesses of the Gestapo (french: Les comtesses de la Gestapo) were elite adventuresses of the Paris demimonde protected by the French Gestapo and large-scale black marketeers during the German occupation of France. The Gestapo countesses led extravagant lives despite the misery prevalent in Vichy France at the time. They were French or foreign former actresses or runway models, sometimes in fact truly aristocratic, who engaged in a variety of lucrative practices such as the confiscation of Jewish assets, espionage or black market operations. Countess Mara Tchernycheff An actress known by her stage name, Illa Meery, Tchernycheff in 1934 was one of several pretty girls with improbable names, displaying her tanned curves and platinum blondness as an extra in a soft-porn pot-boiler filmed on the Cote d'Azur, ''Les aventure du roi Pausole'', based on the novel by Pierre Louys. She later appeared topless in '' Zouzou'' as a foil to ''années folles'' sensation Josephine Baker. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlingue
The Carlingue (or French Gestapo) were French auxiliaries who worked for the Gestapo, Sicherheitsdienst and Geheime Feldpolizei during the German occupation of France in the Second World War. The group, which was based at 93 rue Lauriston in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, was active between 1941 and 1944. It was initiated by Pierre Bonny (1895..1944), a corrupt ex-policeman. Later it was managed jointly by Henri Lafont and Pierre Loutrel, two professional criminals who had been active in the French underworld before the war. Names ''Carlingue'' in French means the cabin (or central body of an aircraft). The unit used this as a euphemistic nickname to indicate it was an organisation with structure and strength. The group was also known externally as the Bonny-Lafont gang, after Pierre Bonny and Henri Lafont. The Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) officially referred to the ''Carlingue'' as Active Group Hesse after the SS officer "who'd looked after its foundation". It was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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