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Karl Schneider (art Director)
Karl Schneider (1916 – 1996) was a German art director.Brockmann p.235 He was active in East German cinema from 1949 onwards, at the state-controlled Babelsberg Studios, but later worked in the West. Selected filmography * ''The Blue Swords'' (1949) * '' Quartet of Five'' (1949) * ''The Benthin Family'' (1950) * '' The Axe of Wandsbek'' (1951) * ''The Empress of China'' (1953) * '' Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg'' (1955) * ''Les Misérables'' (1958) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1958) * '' Every Day Isn't Sunday'' (1959) * ''Hot Pavements of Cologne'' (1967) * '' Our Doctor is the Best'' (1969) * ''Count Dracula Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by som ...'' (1970) References Bibliography * Stephen Brockmann. ''A Critical History of German Film''. Camden House, 2010. ... [...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] |
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] |
1996 Deaths
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people die in a blizzard on Mount Everest; Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell; The Port Arthur Massacre occurs on Tasmania, and leads to major changes in Australia's gun laws; Macarena, sung by Los del Río and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-ditches off of the Comoros Islands after the plane was hijacked; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern Olympic Games., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Centennial Olympic Park bombing rect 200 0 400 200 TWA FLight 800 rect 400 0 600 200 1996 Mount Everest disaster rect 0 200 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 Births
Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * January 9 – WWI: Gallipoli Campaign: The last British troops are evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevails over a joint British and French operation to capture Constantinople. * January 10 – WWI: Erzurum Offensive: Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. * January 12 – The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, part of the British Empire, is established in present-day Tuvalu and Kiribati. * January 13 – WWI: Battle of Wadi (1916), Battle of Wadi: Ottoman Empire forces defeat the British, during the Mesopotamian campaign in modern-day Iraq. * January 29 – WWI: Paris is bombed by German Empire, German zeppelins. * January 31 – WWI: An attack is planned on Verdun, France. February * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Dracula (1970 Film)
''Count Dracula'' (german: Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht, translation=''At night, when Dracula awakens'') is a 1970 gothic horror film directed by Jesús Franco, based on the novel ''Dracula'' by Bram Stoker. It stars Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Klaus Kinski. Although ''Count Dracula'' stars Lee in the title role, it is not a Hammer production like his other Dracula films, being produced instead by Harry Alan Towers. Klaus Kinski, who would play Dracula himself nine years later in ''Nosferatu the Vampyre'', is also featured in the film as Renfield. ''Count Dracula'' was advertised as the most faithful adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel. Among other details, it was the first film version of the novel in which Dracula begins as an old man and becomes younger as he feeds upon fresh blood. The film was shot at the Tirrenia Studios and on location in Spain. The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Schneider. Plot Jonathan Harker, a lawyer traveling from London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Pavements Of Cologne
''Hot Pavements of Cologne'' (German: ''Heisses Pflaster Köln'') is a 1967 West German crime film directed by Ernst Hofbauer and starring Richard Münch, Walter Kohut and Arthur Brauss.World filmography, 1967 p.145 The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Schneider. Location shooting took place around Cologne. Cast * Richard Münch as Public Prosecutor Dr. Rolf Stauffer * Walter Kohut as Poldi * Arthur Brauss as Paul Keil * Beate Hasenau as Betty * Angelica Ott as Mady * Doris Kunstmann as Susanne * Klaramaria Skala as Lore Stauffer * Claus Ringer as Ernst Stauffer * Klaus Löwitsch as Willy * Rainer Basedow as Helmut * Claus Tinney as Freddy * Monika Zinnenberg as Vera * Doris Arden as Lissy * Monika Rasky as Marion * Lisa Helwig as Tantchen * Dirk Dautzenberg as Alfons Schulz * Eric Pohlmann as Benno Trooger * Christine Schuberth as Prostituierte * Jos Hartmann as Gustav Keil * Jacques Bézard as Emil * Herbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Every Day Isn't Sunday (1959 Film)
''Every Day Isn't Sunday'' (German: ''Alle Tage ist kein Sonntag'') is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Elisabeth Müller, Paul Hubschmid and Dietmar Schönherr.Limbacher p.6 The title refers to a traditional song by Carl Clewing which features in the film. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Karl Schneider. It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin with location shooting also taking place around Freiburg im Breisgau in the Black Forest. Plot While Eva is in the hospital after an accident, her son, Peter, goes in search of his long-missing father. Learning he has died, Peter then prepares himself for the new man in his mother's life. Cast * Elisabeth Müller as Eva Kende * Paul Hubschmid as Karl Brandtstetter * Dietmar Schönherr as Mitja Burganoff * Jochen Hanke as Peter * Jürgen Hanke as Paul * Trude Herr as Fanny Knöbel * Ralf Wolter as Dienstmann Huber * Walter Janssen as Franz, Diener bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Voss, Thief Of Millions (1958 Film)
''Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (german: Peter Voss, der Millionendieb) is a 1958 West German comedy crime film directed by Wolfgang Becker and starring O. W. Fischer, Ingrid Andree and Margit Saad. It was based on the 1913 novel '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' by Ewald Gerhard Seeliger, which had been previously adapted into three films.Goble p.415 The film was a popular success, and was followed by a sequel ''Peter Voss, Hero of the Day'' with Fischer reprising his role. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. While location shooting took place at a variety of settings including Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Genoa and Marseille. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach, Hans Kuhnert and Karl Schneider. Originally Eddie Constantine had been intended to play the title role, but at the last minutes his unavailability led to the casting of Fischer in his place. Cast *O. W. Fischer as Peter Voss *Ingrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Misérables (1958 Film)
''Les Misérables'' is a 1958 film adaptation of the 1862 Victor Hugo novel. Written by Michel Audiard and René Barjavel, the film was directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and stars Jean Gabin as Jean Valjean. Adaptation The bishop's background is briefly sketched rather than detailed as in the novel. Javert is a young boy, the son of a guard in the Toulon prison, when he sees Valjean as a convict. Fantine's body, instead of being thrown into a public grave unceremoniously after Javert arrested Jean Valjean, was still in her deathbed after Jean Valjean escaped jail, and he pays Sister Simplice to bury her properly. Javert comes to arrest Jean Valjean when he is in the house of Thénardier intending to take Cosette with him. Sister Simplice admits Valjean and Cosette to the convent instead of Father Fauchevent. Thénardier, in disguise, meets Marius and proves to him with the help of newspaper clippings that he is completely mistaken about Valjean's criminal past. Cast Production C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Empress Of China (film)
''The Empress of China'' (german: Die Kaiserin von China) is a 1953 German comedy film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Grethe Weiser, Nadja Tiller and Joachim Brennecke.Bergfelder p. 125 It was shot at the Spandau Studios and location shooting, on location at Wannsee in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Schneider (art director), Karl Schneider and Kurt Herlth. Cast * Grethe Weiser as Tante Clementine * Nadja Tiller as Viktoria * Joachim Brennecke as Heinrich Morland * Ernst Waldow as Professor Mirrzahler * Edith Schollwer as Frau Lose * Kurt Vespermann as Herr Lose * Ruth Stephan * Erich Fiedler * Ursula Herking * Hans Zesch-Ballot as Dr. Stansberg * Maria Zach * Rolf Weih as Dr. Müller * Wolfgang Neuss as Wonderful * as Wanderstein * Heinz Holl * Gerd Vespermann * Peter Lehmbrock * Herbert Weissbach * Joe Furtner * Lys Assia as Sängerin * Ilja Glusgal as Sänger * Harold Horn as Dancer * Liane Müller as Dancer * Ursula Voß References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary empire led by an emperor, although has been used in German to denote the Roman Empire because it had a weak hereditary tradition. In the case of the German Empire, the official name was , which is properly translated as "German Empire" because the official position of head of state in the constitution of the German Empire was officially a "presidency" of a confederation of German states led by the King of Prussia who would assume "the title of German Emperor" as referring to the German people, but was not emperor of Germany as in an emperor of a state. –The German Empire" ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine''. vol. 63, issue 376, pp. 591–603; here p. 593. also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich, as well as simply Germany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
