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Karl Lieffen
Karl Lieffen (17 May 1926 – 13 January 1999), born Karel František Lifka, was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films on screen and television between 1949 and 1998. He was born in Ossegg (Osek), Czechoslovakia and attended drama classes at Brunswick and the Heer School of Music in Bückeburg. In 1946 he started his theatre career in Freiburg followed by engagements at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden, the Munich Kammerspiele and the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt. In 1975 he joined the ensemble of the Bavarian State Theatre (Residenz Theatre) in Munich. From the 1950s on Lieffen became known to a wider public for his film appearances, like the role of the brisk chauffeur Fritz in Billy Wilder's ''One, Two, Three''. He died in Starnberg, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Encounter with Werther'' (1949) - Bediensteter Bursche * '' Sensation in Savoy'' (1950) * ''The Beggar Student'' (1956) - Major Wangenheim * ''Haie und kleine Fische'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osek (Teplice District)
Osek (german: Ossegg) is a town in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,600 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Dlouhá Louka and Hrad Osek are administrative parts of Osek. Geography Osek is located about west of Teplice and west of Ústí nad Labem. A short part of the municipal territory borders with Germany. The southern part of the territory with the built-up area lies in the Most Basin, the northern part lies in the Ore Mountains. The highest point is the mountain Vlčí hora at above sea level. The Osecký Stream flows through the town. Salesiova výšina is a rock city of huge quartzite blocks, pillars and fissures. It is protected as a nature monument. History The history of the area is closely connected with the Osek Monastery. Between 1196 and 1197, Cistercian monks arrived from Mašťov and founded the monastery. The monastery complex grew over time to become the economic and social hub of the region. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikosch, The Pride Of The Company
''Mikosch, the Pride of the Company'' (german: Mikosch, der Stolz der Kompanie) is a 1958 West German comedy film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Gunther Philipp, Walter Gross, and Kurt Großkurth. It was followed by a 1959 sequel ''Mikosch of the Secret Service ''Mikosch of the Secret Service'' (German:''Mikosch im Geheimdienst'') is a 1959 Austrian comedy film directed by Franz Marischka and Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Gunther Philipp, Kurt Großkurth and Walter Gross. It is the sequel to the 19 ...''. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1958 films West German films German historical comedy films 1950s historical comedy films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Rudolf Schündler Films set in Austria Films set in the 1900s Military humor in film UFA GmbH films 1958 comedy films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha, Stop That Murdering!
''Agatha, Stop That Murdering!'' (German: ''Agatha, laß das Morden sein!'') is a 1960 West German comedy crime film directed by Dietrich Haugk and starring Johanna von Koczian, Klausjürgen Wussow and Elisabeth Flickenschildt. It is a parody both of the ongoing film series of Edgar Wallace adaptations but also the traditions of the mystery novels of Agatha Christie. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Monden. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Plot A famous female crime novelist goes to stay in a country house, where a killer is on the loose. Cast * Johanna von Koczian as Agatha Scott *Klausjürgen Wussow as Dr. Peter Brent *Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Sylvia Brent, his aunt * Peter Vogel as Edgar Karter *Hans Dieter Zeidler as David * Wolfgang Kieling as Philip *Karl Lieffen Karl Lieffen (17 May 1926 – 13 January 1999), born Karel František Lifka, was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman For Life
''A Woman for Life'' (german: Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben) is a 1960 West German musical comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Klausjürgen Wussow, and Harry Meyen.Bock & Bergfelder p. 284 The film's sets were designed by Robert Herlth and Robert Stratil. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha .... Partial cast References Bibliography * External links * 1960 films 1960 musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner Films set in the 1910s Films set in the 1920s Films set in the 1940s Bavaria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conny And Peter Make Music
''Conny and Peter Make Music'' (german: Conny und Peter machen Musik) is a 1960 West German musical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Cornelia Froboess, Peter Kraus and Gustav Knuth. It is set in a hotel in Lake Lugano, which is a glacial lake situated on the border between southern Switzerland and Northern Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated between Lake Como and Lago Maggiore. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Monden. Cast *Cornelia Froboess as Conny *Peter Kraus as Peter *Gustav Knuth as Trautmann * Walter Gross as Maegerli *Gudrun Schmidt as Ingrid Sandberg *Kurt Großkurth as Sulzbach *Karl Lieffen as Grossi * Johanna König as Fräulein Hänchen, Sekretärin *Ralf Wolter as Lehmann, Sulzbachs Assistent *Anne-Marie Kolb as Miss Frankreich *Ilse Corell as Miss Norwegen *Hans Schwarz Jr. as Kriminalbeamter *Trude Herr Trude Herr (; 4 May 1927 – 16 March 1991) was a German film actress, singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Now, Pay Later
''Love Now, Pay Later'' (german: Die Wahrheit über Rosemarie) is a 1959 West German drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Belinda Lee, Walter Rilla and Karl Schönböck. It was inspired by the life and death of Rosemarie Nitribitt. It was also known in the US as ''She Walks By Night''. Premise A prostitute is found murdered. Police seek to find her killer. Rosemarie was a prostitute who sought out wealthy clients. She used these to maintain her lifestyle An elderly Russian, Waltikoff, falls in love with her and proposes, but breaks it off when he realises she will not give up prostitution. She is attracted to a younger man, Guttberg, but he rebuffs her. Rosemarie gradually goes for lower class customers. One night alone in her flat she is attacked and killed by one of her associates. But his identity remains unknown. Partial cast * Belinda Lee – Rosemarie Nitbritt * Walter Rilla – Woltikoff * Karl Schönböck – Von Riedendank * Claus Wilcke – Fred Guttberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Walked Through The Wall
''The Man Who Walked Through the Wall'' () is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Ladislao Vajda, starring Heinz Rühmann and Nicole Courcel. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film is based on the novella '' The Man Who Walked Through Walls'' by Marcel Aymé. It tells the story of a man who out of frustration discovers that he has the ability to walk through walls. Cast * Heinz Rühmann as Herr Buchsbaum * Nicole Courcel as Yvonne Steiner * Rudolf Rhomberg as Painter * Rudolf Vogel as Fuchs * Peter Vogel as Hirschfeld * Hubert von Meyerinck as Pickler * Hans Leibelt Hans Leibelt (11 March 1885 in Leipzig, German Empire – 3 December 1974 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Heimliche Sünder'' (1926) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * ''The Man in Search of His Murd ... as Holtzheimer Release The film premiered in Germany on 14 October 1959. It was released in the United States on 16 October 1964. See also *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Death Ship (1959 Film)
''The Death Ship'' (German title: ''Das Totenschiff'') is a novel by the pseudonymous author known as B. Traven. Originally published in German in 1926, and in English in 1934, it was Traven's first major success and is still the author's second best known work after '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre''. Owing to its scathing criticism of bureaucratic authority, nationalism, and abusive labor practices, it is often described as an anarchist novel. Plot summary Set just after World War I, ''The Death Ship'' describes the predicament of merchant seamen who lack documentation of citizenship, making them effectively stateless and therefore unable to find legal residence or employment in any nation. The narrator is Gerard Gales, a US sailor who claims to be from New Orleans, and who is stranded in Antwerp without passport or working papers. Unable to prove his identity or his eligibility for employment, Gales is repeatedly arrested and deported from one country to the next, by gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beautiful Adventure (1959 Film)
''The Beautiful Adventure'' (german: Das schöne Abenteuer) is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Liselotte Pulver, Robert Graf and Bruni Löbel.Bock & Bergfelder p.11 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth. Cast * Liselotte Pulver as Dorothee Durand * Robert Graf as Marius Bridot * Bruni Löbel as Françoise * Eva Maria Meineke as Cathérine * Oliver Grimm as Pierre Bridot * Heinrich Schweiger as César * Horst Tappert as Frécon * Edith Teichmann as Angelique * Paul Esser as Olivon * Alexander Hunzinger as Labise * Karl Lieffen as Fotograf Fortuné Tallon * Heinz-Leo Fischer as Pinatel * Ernst Brasch as Esperandier * Ralf Wolter as Taschendieb * Karl Hanft as Gendarm Bombeau * Max Wittmann * Rudolf Rhomberg as Jules Tardy * Otto Storr as Pfarrer * Marie Ferron as Haushälterin des Pfarrers * Edith Schollwer as Mutter von César * Hans Clarin as Busfahrer Polyte * Klaus Hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothea Angermann
''Dorothea Angermann'' is a 1959 West German drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Bert Sotlar and Alfred Schieske.Alpi p.357 It was adapted from the play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Stratil. Plot Dorothea Angermann, the daughter of a clergyman, is accused of the murder of her husband, a brutal man that she was obliged to marry because she was pregnant and he was the father of the baby. Cast * Ruth Leuwerik as Dorothea Angermann * Bert Sotlar as Michael Sever * Alfred Schieske as Pastor Angermann * Kurt Meisel as Mario Malloneck * Edith Schultze-Westrum as Frau Lüders * Alfred Balthoff as Weiss * Monika John as Rosa * Ursula Herwig as Irene * Ernst Konstantin as Gerichtsvorsitzender * Holger Hagen as Defense lawyer * Heliane Bei as Wally * Claudia Gerstäcker as Irmgard * Wilmut Borell as Prosecutor * Walter Sedlmayr as Willi * Karl Lieffen Karl Lieffen (17 May 1926 – 13 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Knatterton
Nick Knatterton is the name of a West German comic strip and the name of its main character, a private detective. The strip was drawn by (1913–1999) from 1950 to 1959. It was initially released in the German magazine ''Quick''. The visual style of the comics is cartoony, but still realistic enough for the comic to be taken as a (at least mostly) serious detective comic. It is characterised by its unique style of humour, most of which derives from allusions to current political affairs in the Federal Republic of Germany of the 1950s. Character The name Nick Knatterton is an allusion to Nick Carter and Nat Pinkerton. His full name is Nikolaus Kuno Freiherr von Knatter. He was born in Kyritz (also called "Kyritz an der Knatter") to Casimir Kuno von Knatter and Corinna Pimpsberg. Knatterton always dresses in a Sherlock Holmes-style green plaid overcoat and cap, and smokes a pipe. He is presented as the embodiment of a competent and effective private detective. He is not extrao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Knatterton’s Adventure
''Nick Knatterton's Adventure'' (German: ''Nick Knattertons Abenteuer - Der Raub der Gloria Nylon'') is a 1959 West German comedy crime film directed by Hans Quest and starring Karl Lieffen, Susanne Cramer and Maria Sebaldt.Bock & Bergfelder p.135 It is based on a comic strip portraying the private detective Nick Knatterton. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag. Location shooting took place around Kassel in Hesse. Synopsis When Gloria Nylon, the daughter of a famous fabric manufacturing tycoon, is kidnapped the press demand that the celebrated detective Nick Knatterton is called in for the case. Cast * Karl Lieffen as Nick Knatterton * Susanne Cramer as Gloria Nylon * Maria Sebaldt as Virginia Peng * Gert Fröbe as Hugo * Günter Pfitzmann as Max * Hans von Borsody as Eddie * Stanislav Ledinek as Gustav * Wolfgang Wahl as Tresor-Otto * Gert Wiedenhofen as Bobby Schnieke * Martin Hirthe as Lucius Xaver Nylon * Herta Konrad as Trudchen Taste * Werner Fuette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
