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Jacob Fleck
Jacob Fleck (8 November 1881 in Vienna as Jacob Julius Fleck – 19 September 1953, also in Vienna) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman. He is noted for his long-standing professional partnership with his wife Luise Fleck who co-directed his films with him. Biography In 1910, together with Anton Kolm, Kolm's wife Luise (who later married Fleck), and her brother Claudius Veltée, Jacob Fleck established the film production company ''Erste Österreichische Kinofilms-Industrie'' in Wien-Alsergrund. The company changed its name only a year later to ''Wiener Kunstfilm-Industrie'', in which Fleck worked partly as a cameraman, but principally as a producer and director together with Luise Kolm in making numerous films. Anton Kolm died in 1922. In 1923 Fleck moved with Luise Kolm to Berlin, where they married in 1924: Luise was known from then on as Luise Fleck. Both of them worked for Hegewald-Film and UFA. In the 1920s they were known as the "direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KZ Dachau
, , commandant = List of commandants , known for = , location = Upper Bavaria, Southern Germany , built by = Germany , operated by = ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) , original use = Political prison , construction = , in operation = March 1933 – April 1945 , gas chambers = , prisoner type = Political prisoners, Poles, Romani, Jews, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Catholic priests, Communists , inmates = Over 188,000 (estimated) , killed = 41,500 (per Dachau website) , liberated by = U.S. Army , notable inmates = , notable books = , website = Dachau () was the first concentration camp built by Nazi Germany, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents which consisted of: communists, social democrats, and other dissidents. It is located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory northeast of the medieval town of Dachau, about northwest o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
With God For Emperor And Empire
''With God for Emperor and Empire'' (German: ''Mit Gott für Kaiser und Reich'') is a 1916 German silent war drama film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Hermann Benke and Liane Haid. The celebrated operetta composer Karl Michael Ziehrer wrote a score to accompany the film at screenings. It was one of a number of patriotic propaganda films made to support Austria's war effort during the First World War.Von Dassanowsky p.22 Cast * Hermann Benke as Marjor von Hess * Josephine Josephi as seine Mutter * Liane Haid Juliane "Liane" Haid (16 August 1895 – 28 November 2000) was an Austrian actress and singer. She has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star. Biography Juliane Haid was born in Vienna on 16 August 1895, the first child to Georg ... as seine Tochter Liane * Hans Rhoden as Leutnant Falk References Bibliography * Robert Von Dassanowsky. ''Austrian Cinema: A History''. McFarland, 2005. External links * Austro-Hungarian films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
With Heart And Hand For The Fatherland
''With Heart and Hand for the Fatherland'' (German: ''Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland'') is a 1915 Austrian silent war drama film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Hubert Marischka, Hermann Benke and Liane Haid. The composer Franz Lehár, better known for his operetta, created a score to accompany the film during screenings. A patriotic story designed to support Austria's war effort during the First World War, it marked the screen debut of actress Liane Haid who went on be a leading screen star.Von Dassanowsky p.24 Plot A reserve officer in the Tyrolean Rifles leaves his family go and fight on the Italian Front. Cast * Hubert Marischka * Margarete Thumann * Liane Haid * Hermann Benke * Karl Baumgartner * Franz Felix * Viktoria Pohl-Meiser * Polly Janisch * Louis Seeman * Max Neufeld * Hermann Romberg Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Priest From Kirchfeld (1914 Film)
''The Priest from Kirchfeld'' (German:''Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld'') is a 1914 Austrian silent film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Max Neufeld, Hans Rhoden and Polly Janisch.Goble p.903 It is based on the play '' Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld'' by Ludwig Anzengruber. Cast * Max Neufeld as Pfarrer Hell * Hans Rhoden as Wurzensepp * Polly Janisch as Anna Birkmeier * Lilly Karoly * Eugen Neufeld * Ludwig Trautmann Ludwig Trautmann (22 November 1885 – 24 January 1957) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1912 and 1953. He was a member of the jury at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmogra ... as Der Pfarrer References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1914 films Films directed by Luise Fleck Films directed by Jacob Fleck Austrian silent feature films Austrian films based on plays Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wedding Of Valeni
''The Wedding of Valeni'' (German: ''Die Hochzeit von Valeni'') is a 1914 Austrian drama film directed by Jacob Fleck. It was produced by Wiener Kunstfilm, the leading Austrian studio of the era. It is an adaptation of a play by Ludwig Ganghofer. von Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Austrian Cinema: A History''. McFarland, 2005. p. 18. Cast *Carl Ludwig Friese as Baku *Polly Janisch as Sandra *Herr Normann as Tschuku *Max Neufeld as Jonel See also *''Slaves of Love ''Slaves of Love'' (german: Sklaven der Liebe) is a 1924 German Silent film, silent Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Carl Boese and starring Ellen Kürti, Cläre Lotto, and Olga Engl. The film's sets were designed by the art d ...'' (1924) References External links * Austro-Hungarian films Austrian silent feature films Austrian drama films Films directed by Jacob Fleck Austrian black-and-white films 1914 drama films Films based on works by Ludwig Ganghofer Austrian films based on plays Ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trilby (1912 Film)
''Trilby'' is a 1912 Austrian silent horror film, written and directed by Anton Kolm, Luise Kolm, Jacob Fleck, and Claudius Veltée. The screenplay is based on the novel by the same name by George du Maurier. The film starred Paul Askonas as the Hungarian musician Svengali Svengali () is a character in the novel ''Trilby'' which was first published in 1894 by George du Maurier. Svengali is a man who seduces, dominates and exploits Trilby, a young half-Irish girl, and makes her into a famous singer. Definition ..., and Elsa Galafrés as Trilby, a young singer hypnotised and dominated by Svengali. At the time of its release, it was the longest film produced in Austria. References 1912 films Austrian silent feature films Films based on British novels Films based on works by George du Maurier Trilby (novel) {{Austria-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Glückspuppe
''Die Glückspuppe'' is a short 1911 Austrian film directed by Jakob and Luise Fleck Luise Fleck, also known as Luise Kolm or Luise Kolm-Fleck, née Louise or Luise Veltée (1 August 1873–15 March 1950), was an Austrian film director, and has been considered the second ever female feature film director in the world, after A .... Cast * Mizzi Bittner ... Blumenverkäuferin (flower-seller) Mizzi * Werzel ... Elly, ihr Kind (Her child) * Max Bing ... Robert Sassen *Ernst Lunzer External links * 1911 films 1911 short films Austrian black-and-white films Austrian silent short films Austro-Hungarian films {{Austria-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elfi Von Dassanowsky
Elfriede "Elfi" von Dassanowsky (February 2, 1924October 2, 2007) was an Austrian-born singer, pianist and film producer. Early life Elfi von Dassanowsky (also known as Elfi Dassanowsky or Elfriede Dassanowsky) was born Elfriede Maria Elisabeth Charlotte Dassanowsky in Vienna, the daughter of Franz Leopold von Dassanowsky, a civil servant in the Austrian Trade Ministry, and Anna (née Grünwald). Her father knew writer Hermann Broch from Vienna's café society in the 1920s and was one of the inspirations for the character of Herr von Pasenow in Broch's novel '' The Sleepwalkers''. A piano prodigy at the age of 5, Elfi attended the Vienna Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (known as the "Englische Fräuleins") and became at age 15, the youngest woman admitted to Vienna's Academy of Music and Performing Arts to that date as the protégé of concert pianist, Emil von Sauer. While a student, film director Karl Hartl chose her to instruct Curd Jürgens in piano, so that he could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmerich Hanus
Emmerich Hanus (24 August 1884 – 20 November 1956) was an Austrian actor and film director. He appeared in 22 films between 1913 and 1949. His older brother was actor and film director Heinz Hanus. Selected filmography * ''The Other'' (1913) * ''The Final Mask ''The Final Mask'' (German:''Die letzte Maske'') is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Emmerich Hanus and starring Margarete Lanner and Wilhelm Diegelmann.Grange p.164 Cast In alphabetical order * Alf Blütecher * Wilhelm Diegelmann ...'' (1924) * '' A Free People'' (1925) * '' The Eleven Schill Officers'' (1926) * '' That Was Heidelberg on Summer Nights'' (1927) * '' The Hour of Temptation'' (1936) * '' It's Only Love'' (1947) References External links * 1884 births 1956 deaths Austrian male film actors Austrian male silent film actors Austrian film directors 20th-century Austrian male actors Film people from Vienna {{Austria-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belvedere Film
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People's Republic Of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
