|
Karin Baal
Karin Baal (born 19 September 1940), real name Karin Blauermel, is a German film actress. She has appeared in more than 90 films since 1956. Filmography Films *1956: ''Teenage Wolfpack'' *1957: '' Tired Theodore'' *1957: ' *1957: '' The Heart of St. Pauli'' *1958: ''Rosemary'' *1958: '' Iron Gustav'' *1959: ''That's No Way to Land a Man'' *1959: ' *1959: '' Jons und Erdme'' *1959: ' *1959: ''The Juvenile Judge'' *1960: ''We Cellar Children'' *1960: '' Juke Box – Urli d'amore'' *1960: '' The Young Sinner'' *1960: ' *1961: ''The Dead Eyes of London'' *1961: ' *1961: ''You Must Be Blonde on Capri'' *1961: ' *1962: ' *1962: ' *1962: ''Between Shanghai and St. Pauli'' *1962: '' Street of Temptation'' *1964: '' Mission to Venice'' *1966: ' *1968: ''The Hound of Blackwood Castle'' *1969: '' Hannibal Brooks'' *1972: ''What Have You Done to Solange?'' *1977: ' *1981: ''Lili Marleen'' *1981: '' Angels of Iron'' *1981: ''Desperado City'' *1981: ''Lola'' *1982: ' *1982: ' *1984: ' *1984: ... [...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] |
The Hound Of Blackwood Castle
''The Hound of Blackwood Castle'' (German: ''Der Hund von Blackwood Castle'') is a 1968 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Heinz Drache, Karin Baal and Horst Tappert.Bergfelder p.153 Based on a story by Edgar Wallace, it also draws inspiration from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel ''The Hound of the Baskervilles''. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Walter Kutz and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location around the city. Synopsis Scotland Yard Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater London's 32 boroughs, but not the City of London, the square mile that forms London's ... are called in to investigate a series of killings at Blackwood Castle, apparently committed by a giant animal. Cast References Bibliography * Bergfelder, Tim. ''International Adventures: German Popular Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sternensommer
''Sternensommer'' ( en, Summer Of Stars) is a German children's and youth television series that aired in 1981 on ZDF. Originally 12 episodes were planned, but, ultimately for cost reasons, only six were produced. Synopsis Jochen Feucht moved with his family in a foreign city, because his father (Rainer Hunold) is there to take up a position as manager of the local chemical plant. This work is preparing for a long time a major headache for the locals, as mysterious things going on. Increasingly there will be incidents, and especially the smog, which has its origins in a chemical plant nearby. Jochen became friends with Michael Glasuschek, the grandson of Mr. Glasuschek, who leads an antique's shop in the same city. Mr. Glasuschek recently gets a visit from a scary-looking lady, who calls herself Dr. Markward ( Nadja Tiller) and has a particular interest in the business and a doll that is actually not for sale. This doll, which can occasionally be alive is a reflection of her fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Alexanderplatz (miniseries)
''Berlin Alexanderplatz'' (), originally broadcast in 1980, is a 14-part West German crime television miniseries, set in 1920s Berlin and adapted and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder from Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel of the same name. It stars Günter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, Elisabeth Trissenaar and Gottfried John. The complete series is 15 hours (NTSC and home media releases expand the runtime by half an hour). In 1983, it was released theatrically in the United States by TeleCulture, where a theatre would show two or three parts per night. It garnered a cult following there and was eventually released on VHS and broadcast on PBS and then Bravo. In 1985, it was transmitted in the United Kingdom on Channel 4. Episodes Synopsis "The Punishment Begins" Berlin, 1928. Franz Biberkopf is released after serving four years in Tegel prison for killing his girlfriend Ida. After settling into his old apartment he visits Minna, Ida's sister, and rapes her. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrick (TV Series)
''Derrick'' is a German TV crime series produced between 1974 and 1998, starring Horst Tappert as Detective Chief Inspector (''Kriminaloberinspektor'') Stephan Derrick, and Fritz Wepper as Detective Sergeant (''Kriminalhauptmeister'') Harry Klein, his loyal assistant. They solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings (with three unsolved cases in total). It was produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF, and SRG. ''Derrick'' is considered to be one of the most successful television programmes in German television history; it was also a major international success, with the series sold in over 100 countries. It has been claimed ZDF would no longer carry reruns of the show, after Tappert was found to have been quiet about his service in the Waffen-SS in World War II. However, ZDF has denied that claim. History All 281 60-minute episodes were written by veteran screenwriter Herbert Reinecker and produced by Helmut Ringelmann. As a rule, new ''De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Kommissar (TV Series)
''Der Kommissar'' (English ''The Police Inspector'') is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad (''Mordkommission''). All 97 episodes (55 minutes each), which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert (Günther Schramm), Robert Heines (Reinhard Glemnitz), and Harry Klein (Fritz Wepper) who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother (also in real life) Erwin Klein (Elmar Wepper). History Today considered cult television, ''Der Kommissar'' had many of the ingredients of the whodunnit: a murder victim, often unidentified at first; a group of suspects who gradually emerge as the police gather all the evidence available to them; and a police detective who, by sheer reasoning, figures out all by himself who the murderer is, while he has his assistants do all the legwork. In some episod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Terrible Threesome
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Passenger – Welcome To Germany
''The Passenger – Welcome to Germany'' (german: Der Passagier – Welcome to Germany) is a 1988 German drama film directed by Thomas Brasch. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Tony Curtis – Mr. Cornfield * Katharina Thalbach – Sofie * Matthias Habich – Körner * Karin Baal – Frau Tenzer * Charles Régnier – Silbermann * Alexandra Stewart – Mrs. * George Tabori – Rabbiner * Michael Morris – Donelly * Ursula Andermatt – Rosa * Guntbert Warns – Danner * Fritz Marquardt – Herr Tenzer * Birol Ünel – Baruch * Gedeon Burkhard Gedeon Burkhard (born 3 July 1969) is a German film and television actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films and TV series in both Europe and the US, he is probably best recognised for his role as Alexander Brandtner in the Austrian/German ... – Janko References External links * 1988 films 1988 drama films German drama films West German films 1980s German-language films Films set in Berli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa Luxemburg (film)
''Rosa Luxemburg'' is a 1986 West German drama film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. The film received the 1986 German Film Award for Best Feature Film (''Bester Spielfilm''), and Barbara Sukowa won the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress Award and the German Film Award for Best Actress for her performance as Rosa Luxemburg. Plot Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg dreams about revolution during the era of German Wilhelminism. While Luxemburg campaigns relentlessly for her beliefs, getting repeatedly imprisoned in Germany as well as in Poland, she spars with lovers and comrades until Luxemburg is assassinated by Freikorps for her leadership in the Spartacist uprising after World War I in 1919. Cast * Barbara Sukowa as Rosa Luxemburg * Daniel Olbrychski as Leo Jogiches * Otto Sander as Karl Liebknecht * Adelheid Arndt as Luise Kautsky * Jürgen Holtz as Karl Kautsky * Doris Schade as Clara Zetkin * Hannes Jaenicke as Kostja Zetkin * Jan Biczycki as August Bebel * Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola (1981 Film)
''Lola'' is a 1981 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the third in his BRD Trilogy, following ''The Marriage of Maria Braun'' (1978) and ''Veronika Voss'' (1982). It is a loose adaptation of Heinrich Mann's ''Professor Unrat'' (1905), which had previously been adapted for Josef von Sternberg's ''The Blue Angel'' (1930). Plot In 1957, in the town of Coburg, as in most of West Germany, reconstruction is the watchword, and Coburg's élite all benefit: the mayor, the police chief, the bank president, the newspaper editor and above all, Schuckert, a property developer who owns the brothel the other men frequent. His favourite employee is its singer, Lola. This cosy arrangement is threatened by the arrival of the high-minded and cultured von Bohm, a refugee from East Prussia, as the new building commissioner. Divorced, he hires a woman with a young granddaughter as his housekeeper and devotes himself to his new job. One day, while he is out at work, his house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperado City
''Desperado City'' is a 1981 West German drama film written and directed by Vadim Glowna. It won the Caméra d'Or at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. The film takes place in Hamburg. Skoda ( Siemen Rühaak) is a former student from a rich family. His father is a banker. Skoda is looking for an alternative life, away from the capitalist opulence of his childhood home. He stays with Eva Buchholz, with whom he begins a love story after she buys him a taxi. The film follows Skoda on his nightly rides through the city, and though different characters come and go. He takes his taxi to St. Pauli. Here Skoda meets the girl Liane, a kindred spirit in the form of a teenage woman who finds her own home life equally difficult to shoulder, who is just as fed up with her life as he is. She just quit her hairdressing training. The two now spend the days together and dream of emigrating to America. The two outsiders are gradually attracted to each other, and they end up one night in Skoda's room t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angels Of Iron
''Angels of Iron'' (german: Engel aus Eisen) is a 1981 German crime film directed by Thomas Brasch. It was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, but did not win at Cannes. Director Thomas Brasch won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Direction. Plot The black-and-white film dramatizes the true story of a Berlin gang of thieves led by juvenile Werner Gladow during the time of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift. Likening Occupied Germany to the Prohibition era United States, writer-director Brasch paints a sympathetic portrait of organized crime in Germany facilitated by demoralization, lawlessness, and anarchy until the 1949 foundation of East and West Germany brings the old "forces of order" (as they are called by Gladow's partner in crime, Gustav Völpel, who used to hang Nazi war criminals for the Allied occupation forces) back to the forefront as former Nazis regain their pre-1945 positions in both German states. When eventually these "forces of order" come back to power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.png "Click for more on -> The Terrible Threesome")