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King In Shadow
''King in Shadow'' (german: Herrscher ohne Krone) is a 1957 Western German historical drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring O. W. Fischer, Odile Versois and Horst Buchholz.Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500–1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland & Company, 2002. p. 175. . The film portrays the interaction of Johann Friedrich Struensee a Doctor treating the mentally ill Christian VII of Denmark, and his English consort Caroline Matilda. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Hesse and Copenhagen. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag. Cast *O. W. Fischer as Friedrich Struensee *Odile Versois as Queen Mathilde *Horst Buchholz as King Christian *Fritz Tillmann as Count Rantzau *Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Queen Juliane *Ingeborg Schöner as Gertrud von Eyben *Günther Hadank as State Minister Count Bernstorff *Siegfried Lowitz as Chamberlain Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Braun
Harald Braun (26 April 1901 – 24 September 1960) was a German film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed 21 films between 1942 and 1960. Selected filmography * ''The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl'' (dir. Carl Froelich, 1938, writer) * ''Love Me (1942 film), Love Me'' (dir. Harald Braun, 1942) * ''Between Heaven and Earth (1942 film), Between Heaven and Earth'' (dir. Harald Braun, 1942) * ''Nora (1944 film), Nora'' (dir. Harald Braun, 1944) * ''Dreaming (1944 German film), Dreaming'' (dir. Harald Braun, 1944) * ''Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (film), Between Yesterday and Tomorrow'' (dir. Harald Braun, 1947) * ''The Lost Face'' (1948) * ''Keepers of the Night'' (dir. Harald Braun, 1949) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Darmstadt and Kassel. With an area of 21,114.73 square kilometers and a population of just over six million, it ranks seventh and fifth, respectively, among the sixteen German states. Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Germany's second-largest metropolitan area (after Rhine-Ruhr), is mainly located in Hesse. As a cultural region, Hesse also includes the area known as Rhenish Hesse (Rheinhessen) in the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Name The German name '':wikt:Hessen#German, Hessen'', like the names of other German regions (''Schwaben'' "Swabia", ''Franken'' "Franconia", ''Bayern'' "Bavaria", ''Sachsen'' "Saxony"), derives from the dative plural form of the name of the inhabitants or German tribes, eponymous tribe, the Hes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Ove Høegh-Guldberg (born ''Guldberg''; 1 September 1731 – 7 February 1808) was a Danish statesman, historian, and ''de facto'' prime minister of Denmark during the reign of the mentally unstable King Christian VII. Biography Guldberg was born at Horsens in Jutland, Denmark. He was the son of Jørgen Pedersen Høg (1683-1751) and Helene Dorthea Ovesdatter Guldberg (c. 1697-1742). With the support of his maternal uncle Dines Guldberg, a priest in Gylling, he was educated as a theologian; he earned a theology degree in 1753. Later he became a historian and in 1761 a professor at Sorø Academy. Like many other middle class academics of his age, he was a mixture of patriotic pragmatist and orthodox royalist. In 1764 he was connected to Queen Juliana Maria as the house teacher of her son, Hereditary Prince Frederick, and in 1771 he became the latter's cabinet secretary. In his new position, his national and conservative views influenced the prince, and the appoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegfried Lowitz
Siegfried Lowitz (22 September 1914 – 27 June 1999) was a German actor. Born in Berlin, he played the Hauptkommissar ''Erwin Köster'' in the German television drama '' Der Alte''. Prior to his tenure as Hauptkommissar, he played a killer in the popular German police series ''Derrick''. He died at Munich in 1999. Filmography Film * ''Meines Vaters Pferde, 2. Teil: Seine dritte Frau'' (1954) - Zeisig, Bursche des Oberleutnant Michael Godeysen (uncredited) * ''The Angel with the Flaming Sword'' (1954) - Krüger * '' Hello, My Name is Cox'' (1955) - Gauner Anton Kraczyk * ''Jackboot Mutiny'' (1955) * ''Solang' es hübsche Mädchen gibt'' (1955) * '' Hanussen'' (1955) - Prosecutor * ''The Fisherman from Heiligensee'' (1955) - Gilchert * ''Sky Without Stars'' (1955) - Hüske * ''Regine'' (1956) - Direktor Gisevius * ''Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben'' (1956) - Arzt des Krankenhauses * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1956) - Stadtkämmerer Rosenkranz * '' My Father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst Von Bernstorff
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (german: Johann Hartwig Ernst Graf von Bernstorff; 13 May 1712 – 18 February 1772) was a German-Danish statesman and a member of the Bernstorff noble family of Mecklenburg. He was the son of Joachim Engelke ''Freiherr'' von Bernstorff, chamberlain to the Elector of Hanover. Early political career His grandfather, Andreas Gottlieb von Bernstorff (1640–1726), had been one of the ablest ministers of George I and the head of the German Chancery. Under his guidance, Johann was very carefully educated, acquiring amongst other things that intimate knowledge of the leading European languages, especially French, which ever afterwards distinguished him. He was introduced into the Danish service by his relations, the brothers Plessen, who were ministers of state under Christian VI. In 1732, he was sent on a diplomatic mission to the court of Dresden, and from 1738 he represented Holstein at the Eternal Diet of Regensburg. From 1744 to 175 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günther Hadank
Günther Hadank (20 October 1892, Berlin – 23 August 1973) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Grand Hotel'' (1927) * '' Fair Game'' (1928) * ''Rasputin'' (1928) * '' Napoleon at St. Helena'' (1929) * '' M'' (1931) * ''Yorck'' (1931) * ''Things Are Getting Better Already'' (1932) * '' The Black Hussar'' (1932) * '' Spies at Work'' (1933) * '' Ein Mann will nach Deutschland'' (1934) * ''Augustus the Strong'' (1936) * ''Tango Notturno'' (1937) * ''Nights in Andalusia'' (1938) * '' You and I'' (1938) * '' The Great and the Little Love'' (1938) * ''The Immortal Heart'' (1939) * '' Friedrich Schiller - Der Triumph eines Genies'' (1940) * '' Bismarck'' (1940) * ''Comrades'' (1941) * ''Doctor Crippen'' (1942) * '' The Endless Road'' (1943) * ''Dir zuliebe'' (1944) * '' Man of Straw'' (1951) * ''Hanna Amon'' (1951) * ''King in Shadow ''King in Shadow'' (german: Herrscher ohne Krone) is a 1957 Western German historical drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring O. W. Fisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabet Von Eyben
Elisabet von Eyben (1745–1780), was a Danish courtier, lady in waiting to the queen consort of Denmark, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, from 1766 until 1771. She was the queen's confidante in her love affair with Johann Friedrich Struensee but was fired in 1771 because of rivalry between her and the queen about Struensee.Fjelstrup, AugustDamerne ved Karoline Mathildes Hof', 1909 After the fall of Struensee, von Eyben gave testimony that seriously damaged the cause of the queen during the divorce.Fjelstrup, August, Skilsmisseprocessen imellem kong Christian den Syvende og dronning Karoline Matilde', 1908 Life Elisabet von Eyben was born to the German nobles Christian August von Eyben and Sofie Marie von Hassbergen. She was raised at the Protestant convent of St. John in Slesvig from the age of one. In 1760, she was given a position at the Royal Danish court. Courtier of Caroline Matilda In 1766, she was appointed one of the ladies-in-waiting of the new queen upon the reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingeborg Schöner
Ingeborg Schöner is a German film and television actress. Selected filmography * ''The Silent Angel'' (1954) * '' The Dark Star'' (1955) * ''The Captain and His Hero'' (1955) * ''The First Day of Spring'' (1956) * ''King in Shadow'' (1957) * '' Souvenir d'Italie'' (1957) * ''Pirate of the Half Moon'' (1957) * ''Venice, the Moon and You'' (1958) * '' Adorable and a Liar'' (1958) * ''People in the Net'' (1959) *''The Cow and I'' (1959) * ''Big Request Concert'' (1960) * '' Yes, Women are Dangerous'' (1960) * '' Season in Salzburg'' (1961) * '' Waldrausch'' (1962) * ''The Sweet Life of Count Bobby'' (1962) * ''Axel Munthe, The Doctor of San Michele'' (1962) *''Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West'' (1964) *''Love and Marriage'' (1964) * ''Kidnapped to Mystery Island'' (1964) * ''When the Grapevines Bloom on the Danube'' (1965) * ''Legacy of the Incas'' (1965) * ''Letti sbagliati'' (1965) * ''In Bed by Eight'' (1965) * ''Legacy of the Incas'' (1965) * ''The Adventurer of Tortuga'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliana Maria Of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (Danish: ''Juliane Marie''; 4 September 1729 – 10 October 1796) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1752 to 1766 as the second consort of King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway. She was mother to the prince-regent, Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway, and was herself de facto regent from 1772–1784. King Christian VIII of Denmark and every subsequent Danish monarch excluding Christian IX descends from her. Life Early life Duchess Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was born on 4 September 1729 in the town of Wolfenbüttel, the residence of the Brunswick Princes of Wolfenbüttel. She was the 11th child and 6th daughter of the Austrian field marshal Duke Ferdinand Albert of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. At the time of her birth, her family constituted the princely cadet line of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, but after the death of his cousin and father-in-law Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Elisabeth Ida Marie Flickenschildt (16 March 1905 – 26 October 1977) was a German actress, producer and author. She appeared in dozens of German language films and television productions between 1935–1976. Flickenschildt was born in Hamburg, and died in Guderhandviertel. A street, Elisabeth-Flickenschildt-Straße, was named for her in Spandau, Berlin. Selected filmography * ''Großreinemachen'' (1935) - Frau Paulsen * ''The Unsuspecting Angel'' (1936) - Lotte Grün * ''Du kannst nicht treu sein'' (1936) - Miss Nelly * ''Strife Over the Boy Jo'' (1937) - Hafenmädchen * ''The Broken Jug'' (1937) - Frau Brigitte * ''Tango Notturno'' (1937) - Bessie Godfrey * ''Starke Herzen'' (1937) - Ilse * '' The Muzzle'' (1938) - Dame beim Verhör * '' The Marriage Swindler'' (1938) - Frau Buschko * ' (1938) - Maruschka * ''A Girl Goes Ashore'' (1938) - Erna Quandt * ''Unsere kleine Frau'' (1938) * ''Mia moglie si diverte'' (1938) - (uncredited) * ''The False Step'' (1939) - Marietta Trip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schack Carl Rantzau
Schack Carl, '' rigsgreve'' (von) Rantzau or Carl Schack Rantzau-Ascheberg (11 March 1717, Ascheberg estate, Holstein – 21 January 1789, Menerbes, France) was a Holstein-born Danish-Norwegian officer and statesman. He was the commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army in 1766, but lost the position the next year. He is notable for his friendship with Johann Friedrich Struensee and his role in the coup which led to Struensee's fall from power in 1772. Commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army In the 1760s he befriended Claude Louis de Saint-Germain, one of the most powerful men in Denmark-Norway at the time. In 1766 he was promoted to lieutenant general, and on the initiative of Saint-Germain he was sent as Commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army, April 4 of the same year. Norway was not the right place for a man like Rantzau. He found it indescribably boring to live in the country, and in a letter he wrote; ''..this Land of the Devil, where there is not even a tree strong e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Tillmann
Fritz Tillmann (December 13, 1910 – October 30, 1986) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Hoegler's Mission'' (1950) - Fritz Rottmann * '' The Council of the Gods'' (1950) - Dr. Hans Scholz * '' Master of Life and Death'' (1955) - Dr. Peter * '' Sacred Lie'' (1955) * ''The Plot to Assassinate Hitler'' (1955) - General Henning von Tresckow * '' The Major and the Bulls'' (1955) - Major William Sunlet * ''The Girl from Flanders'' (1956) - Hauptmann Lüdemann * ''Love'' (1956) - Herr Ballard * ''The Story of Anastasia'' (1956) - Baron von Pleskau * ''Von der Liebe besiegt'' (1956) - Leo Seduc, Marios Compagnon * ''King in Shadow'' (1957) - Count Rantzau * ''...und die Liebe lacht dazu'' (1957) - Jan Dirksen * '' All Roads Lead Home'' (1957) - Dr. Jacobs * '' Doctor Crippen Lives'' (1958) - Kriminalinspektor Steen * '' Confess, Doctor Corda'' (1958) - Oberinspektor Dr. Pohlhammer * ''Es war die erste Liebe'' (1958) - Andreas Bergmann * ''Der Schinderhannes'' (1958) - Hans B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
