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Kurt Heuser
Kurt Heuser (23 November 1903 – 20 June 1975) was a German screenwriter.Rentschler p.180 Early in his career he wrote ''Schlußakkord'' (''Final Accord'' or better ''Final Chord''), a German film melodrama of the Nazi period.Sabine Hake, ''Popular Cinema of the Third Reich'', Austin: University of Texas, 2001, , p. 246, note 4: the title "refers to a musical term" whereas that of Sierck's 1939 French-language ''Accord Final'' can also mean "concluding agreement". Selected filmography * ''Love, Death and the Devil'' (1934) * ''One Too Many on Board'' (1935) * ''Schlußakkord'' (1936) * ''A Strange Guest'' (1936) * ''Condottieri'' (1937) * ''To New Shores'' (1937) * ''Red Orchids'' (1938) * ''Liberated Hands'' (1939) * ''Midsummer Night's Fire'' (1939) * ''The Three Codonas'' (1940) * ''The Girl from Fano'' (1941) * ''Rembrandt'' (1942) * ''Paracelsus'' (1943) * '' The Trial'' (1948) * ''Maresi'' (1948) * ''Bonus on Death'' (1950) * ''Call Over the Air'' (1951) * ''The Sergeant's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the European Parliament. Located at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace, it is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department. In 2019, the city proper had 287,228 inhabitants and both the Eurométropole de Strasbourg (Greater Strasbourg) and the Arrondissement of Strasbourg had 505,272 inhabitants. Strasbourg's metropolitan area had a population of 846,450 in 2018, making it the eighth-largest metro area in France and home to 14% of the Grand Est region's inhabitants. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau had a population of 958,421 inhabitants. Strasbourg is one of the ''de facto'' four main capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels, Luxembourg and Frankfurt), as it is the seat of several European insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midsummer Night's Fire
''Midsummer Night's Fire'' or ''St. John's Fire'' (german: Johannisfeuer) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Anna Dammann, Ernst von Klipstein, and Gertrud Meyen. The film is based on the play '' Fires of St. John'' by Hermann Sudermann. The title refers to Saint John's Eve. The film's art direction was by and Erich Czerwonski. Location shooting took place in Prenzlau and around Masuria in East Prussia. It was remade in 1954 as '' Love is Forever''. Plot After many years in Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ..., a man returns to his village in East Prussia to marry his intended bride. However, he finds himself drawn to another girl and contemplates running away with her. Cast References External links * Films o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André And Ursula
''André and Ursula'' is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Ivan Desny, Elisabeth Müller and Ina Peters.Bock & Bergfelder p.84 It was based on the 1937 novel of the same title by Polly Maria Höfler. The film updates the book's storyline from the First to the Second World War. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Bi and Bruno Monden. Cast * Ivan Desny as André Duval * Elisabeth Müller as Ursula Hartmann * Walter Clemens as Gaston Duval / Andrés Bruder * Ina Peters as Mimi Duval – Andrés Schwester * Mária Tasnádi Fekete as Angéle Senard – Andrés Tante * Denise Cormand as Jeanne Boulier * Ulrich Bettac as Père Dominique – Pater * Hans Henn as Henri * Hans von Morhart as Pächter Boulier – Jeannes Vater * Ernst Stankovski as Wendelin * Dieter Wieland as Georg * Ingmar Zeisberg Ingmar Zeisberg (born 17 February 1933) is a German actress. She appeared in more than th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Life For Do
''A Life for Do'' (german: Ein Leben für Do) is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Hans Söhnker, Paola Loew and Heidi Becker. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location around Lucerne and Zurich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz. Plot Do lives with her foster father on a farm in South Africa. Concerned that she is developing romantic feelings for him he sends her away to school in Switzerland. Cast *Hans Söhnker as Thomas *Paola Loew as Do *Heidi Becker as Klein Do *Charles Regnier as Maurice *Renate Schacht as Vivian *Gisela Trowe as Marguerite * Michael Cramer as Konrad *Paul Esser as Onkel Karl *Erna Haffner as Tante Anni *Brigitte Rau as Gritli *Peter Mosbacher as Kapellmeister *Maria Wimmer as Vera *Iwa Wanja Iwa Wanja (10 October 1905 – 26 June 1991) was a Bulgarian actress based in Germany. She moved to Berlin to pursue her career, appearing in around thirty G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alraune (1952 Film)
''Alraune'', later renamed ''Unnatural: The Fruit of Evil'', is a 1952 black and white West German science fiction film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt, based on the 1911 novel ''Alraune'' by German novelist Hanns Heinz Ewers, starring Hildegard Knef and Erich von Stroheim. The film involves a scientist (von Stroheim) who creates a woman (Knef) who is beautiful and yet soulless, lacking any sense of morality. Plot Medical student Frank Braun (Karlheinz Böhm) arrives at his uncle's estate, Professor Jacob ten Brinken (Erich von Stroheim), to ask for a loan in order to continue his studies to become a doctor. Instead he comes across a beautiful woman Alraune (Hildegard Knef) gazing outside on the second story of the house. Upon asking the maid ( Gardy Brombacher), she claims to not know of any guests staying at the moment and to return the next day to see his uncle. He meets with his friends Wolf Gontram (Rolf Henniger) and Count "Gerald" Geroldingen (Harry Meyen). Despera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Temptation
''The Great Temptation'' (german: Die große Versuchung) is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik and Renate Mannhardt.Hake p. 115 It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Botho Hoefer. Synopsis A successful surgeon conceals from his colleagues that he has never formally received any medical qualifications having learned his skills working as a medical orderly in a Soviet prisoner of war camp. Cast * Dieter Borsche as Richard Gerbrand * Ruth Leuwerik as Hilde * Renate Mannhardt as Sylva * Carl Wery as Medizinalrat Dr. Bosch * Paul Bildt as Dr. Riebold * Claus Biederstaedt as Famulus Huber * Ulrich Bettac as Judge * Friedrich Domin as Defense lawyer Dr. Frank * Heinrich Gretler as Bürgermeister Max Händel * as Dr. Schnetz * Harald Holberg as Alexander Rochwald * Bruno Hübner as Professor Dr. Nanken * Erich Ponto as Professor Dr. Gandolphi * Rudolf Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sergeant's Daughter
''The Sergeant's Daughter'' (german: Der große Zapfenstreich) is a 1952 West German war romance film directed by George Hurdalek and starring Johanna Matz, Jan Hendriks and Friedrich Domin.Bock & Bergfelder p. 187 It was based on a 1903 novel by Franz Adam Beyerlein which portrayed life in the army of William II. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location at historic barracks at Ingolstadt. The film's sets were designed by Robert Herlth and Kurt Herlth. Synopsis Before the outbreak of the First World War, the daughter of a sergeant in the cavalry falls in love with a junior officer, despite already being engaged to another soldier. Cast See also * ''Curfew A curfew is a government order specifying a time during which certain regulations apply. Typically, curfews order all people affected by them to ''not'' be in public places or on roads within a certain time frame, typically in the evening and ...'' (1925) References Bibliography * Hans-Michae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Over The Air
Call Over the Air (German: ''Ruf aus dem Äther'') is a 1951 Austrian drama film directed by Georg C. Klaren and Georg Wilhelm Pabst and starring Oskar Werner, Lucia Scharf and Fritz Imhoff. It was made at the Sievering Studios in Vienna with location shooting at the Dachstein in the Alps.Rentschler p.284 The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff. Although filming took place in 1948, it wasn't released for a further three years in either Austria or West Germany. Cast * Oskar Werner as Der Student * Lucia Scharf as Das Mädchen * Fritz Imhoff as Onkel Otto * Ernst Waldbrunn as Makkabi * Otto Wögerer as Der Alte * Heinz Moog as Wartanian * Ekkehard Arendt as Spitz * Fritz Berger as Maccaroni * Hermann Erhardt as Schiesser * Josef Gmeinder as Schlafmütze * Walter Ladengast as Der Geflickte * Jürg Medicus as Dechiffreur * Karl Ranninger as Kogler * Rudolf Rhomberg as Piefke * Evelyn Schroll as Regine Kogler * Toni van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonus On Death
''Bonus on Death'' (German: ''Prämien auf den Tod'') is a 1950 Austrian crime film directed by Curd Jürgens and starring Judith Holzmeister, Werner Krauss and Siegfried Breuer. One of a handful of Austrian crime films made during the post-war period, it was not particularly successful at the box office.Fritsche p.31 The film's sets were designed by Isabella Schlichting and Werner Schlichting. Synopsis Short of money, a man creates a scam where he draws life insurance policies for fake identities, then pretends they have died in order to collect the payout. Cast * Judith Holzmeister as Evelyn Biaggi * Werner Krauss as Dr. Schmidt * Siegfried Breuer as Peter Lissen - Versicherungsagent * Felix Steinboeck as Kako, Klavierspieler * Curd Jürgens as Gunarson, Operntenor * Josef Meinrad as Matrose * Gisele Wilke as Cleo, Hafenwirtin * Edith Mill as Kellnerin * Melanie Horeschowsky as Tilla, Lissens Quartierfrau * Hermann Thimig as Muschel, Hafensinspektor * Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maresi
''Maresi'' is a 1948 Austrian period drama film directed by Hans Thimig and starring Attila Hörbiger, Maria Schell and Siegfried Breuer. It was one of the box offices successes of 1948.Von Dassanowsky p.129 The film was based on the 1935 story of the same title by the Austrian writer Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897 - 1976). The film's sets were designed by the art director Julius von Borsody. Cast * Attila Hörbiger as Franz von Hübner * Maria Schell as Blanka von Steinville * Siegfried Breuer as Tabakovitsch * Helene Croy as Frau von Hübner * Franz Pfaudler as Graf Steinville * Maria Olszewska as Gräfin Steinville * Alfred Neugebauer as Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand * Anton Pointner as Der Oberst * Georg Tressler as Der Richter * Josef Albin as Kriminalinspektor Weniger * Camillo Kossuth as Der Diener Ferdinand * Max Schipper as Der Reitbursche Johann * Gretl Müller-Morelli as Madame Elektra * Hugo Lindinger as Ein dicker Fleischhauer * Eduard Loibner as Matthia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trial (1948 Film)
''The Trial'' (german: Der Prozeß, links=no) is a 1948 Austrian drama film directed by G. W. Pabst. At the 9th Venice International Film Festival, Pabst won the Award for Best Director; Ernst Deutsch won the award for Best Actor and the Volpi Cup. The story is based on the events of the Tiszaeszlár affair. Cast * Ewald Balser as Dr. Eötvös * Marianne Schönauer as Dr. Eötvös' fiancée * Ernst Deutsch as Scharf, temple servant * Rega Hafenbrödl as his wife * Albert Truby as Moritz, his son * Heinz Moog as Baron Onody * Maria Eis as Widow Solymosi * Aglaja Schmid as Esther, her daughter * Ida Russka as Bäurin Batori, Esther's employer * Iván Petrovich as Egressy, prosecutor * Gustav Diessl as Both, prosecutor * Fritz Hinz-Fabricius as Judge * Josef Meinrad Josef Meinrad (21 April 1913 – 18 February 1996) was an Austrian actor. From 1959 until his death in 1996, Meinrad held the Republic of Austria's Iffland-Ring, which passes from actor to actor — each bequeathing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paracelsus (film)
''Paracelsus'' is a 1943 German drama film directed by G. W. Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He started as an actor and theater director, before becoming one of the most influential German-language filmmakers during the Weimar Republic. ..., based on the life of Paracelsus. Cast References External links * 1943 films 1943 drama films 1940s biographical drama films 1940s German-language films German biographical drama films German black-and-white films Films of Nazi Germany Films directed by G. W. Pabst Films set in 16th-century Holy Roman Empire Cultural depictions of Swiss men Cultural depictions of physicians Cultural depictions of chemists Paracelsus 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
