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Kleider Machen Leute (novella)
''Kleider machen Leute'' (in English, ''Clothes make the man'') is a German-language short story or novella by Gottfried Keller. The story comes from Keller's cycle of novellas called ''The People from Seldwyla'' (Die Leute von Seldwyla) and first appeared in 1874 in the third volume of the second edition of Keller's cycle. The plot concerns Wenzel a penniless tailor of Seldwyla who - because of the luxurious suit he has made for himself - is mistaken for a young lord when arriving at the Swiss town of Goldach. The tailor is feted by the townsfolk and attracts the attention of a high-born young woman, Nettchen.Studies in short fiction 1985 - Volumes 1-20; Volume 22 - Page 465 "In fact it is because Fortune rather than Fate drives the plot of Clothes Make the Man that the tenor of Keller's Novelle is so ... of evoking a sense of wonder in the townspeople of Goldach , where he moves to from his home town of Seldwyla ." Adaptations * 1910 opera by Zemlinsky * 1921 silent film by Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller (19 July 1819 – 15 July 1890) was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature. Best known for his novel '' Green Henry'' (German: ''Der grüne Heinrich'') and his cycle of novellas called ''The People from Seldwyla'' (''Die Leute von Seldwyla''), he became one of the most popular narrators of literary realism in the late 19th century. Early life His father was Rudolf Keller (1791–1824), a lathe-worker from Glattfelden; his mother was a woman named Elisabeth Scheuchzer (1787–1864). The couple had six children, four of whom died, meaning Keller only had his sister Regula (*1822) left. After his father died of tuberculosis, Keller's family lived in constant poverty, and, because of Keller's difficulties with his teachers, in continual disagreement with school authorities. Keller later gave a good rendering of his experiences in this period in his long novel, ''Der grüne Heinrich'' (1850–55; 2nd version, 1879). His mother seems to have brought him up in as ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldach
Goldach is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Goldach is first mentioned in 789 as ''Goldaha'', though this comes from a later copy of the original document. In 847 it was mentioned as ''Coldaun''. Geography Goldach has an area, , of . Of this area, 33.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 51.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Rorschach ''Wahlkreis''. It is located on the road between Rorschach and St. Gallen and stretches from Lake Constance to the Rorschacherberg. It consists of the village sections of Ober-Goldach, Unter-Goldach and Riet. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Azure two Bars wavy Or.'' Demographics Goldach has a population (as of ) of . , about 20.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleider Machen Leute (opera)
''Kleider machen Leute'' (''Clothes make the man'' or ''Fine feathers make fine birds'') is a comic opera in a prologue and two acts by Austrian composer Alexander Zemlinsky. The libretto was written by Leo Feld, based on the 1874 novella of the same name by Gottfried Keller. Composition and performance history Zemlinsky started work on the opera in 1907, and completed a three-act version in 1909. He made revisions in 1910, reducing the number of acts to two. This first version was premiered at the Vienna Volksoper on 2 December 1910. For a revival in Prague in 1922, Zemlinsky made further revisions. This second (and final) version was premiered at the Neues Deutsches Theater in Prague on 20 April 1922. The score is published by Universal Edition Vienna. Roles Synopsis ;Prologue: On a provincial road, Wenzel Strapinski (a tailor's apprentice) is saying goodbye to two of his colleague friends. Suddenly, a magnificent carriage stops next to him. The coachman takes Wenzel to Gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clothes Make The Man (1921 Film)
''Clothes Make the Man'' (German: ''Kleider machen Leute'') is a 1921 Austrian-German silent film based on the 1874 novella by Gottfried Keller, directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Hermann Thimig, Dora Kaiser and Hugo Thimig. Cast *Hermann Thimig as Jaro Sprapinsky * Dora Kaiser as Nettchen *Hugo Thimig as Wirt zur goldenen Waage *Thea Oesey as Erika * Wilhelm Schmidt as Melchior Böhnli *Franz Kammauf as bailiff *Cornelius Kirschner as pastor *Eugen Guenther as pharmacist *Fritz Strassny as professor * Josef Moser as notary *Victor Kutschera as beggar *Hans Thimig as fool Reception Writing for the ''Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung'' E. K. commented: "Hans Steinhoff leads an excellent stylistically true and artistically extremely commendable artistic direction, which really conjures back a 'happier' Biedermeier time and knows how to find amusing and trusting motifs. It's an absolutely German game with all the familiar beauty we love about Gottfried Keller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Steinhoff
Hans Steinhoff (10 March 1882 – 20 April 1945) was a German film director, best known for the propaganda films he made in the Nazi era. Life and career Steinhoff started his career as a stage actor in the 1900s and later worked as a stage director. He directed his first silent film ''Clothes Make the Man (1921 film), Clothes Make the Man'', the adaption of a novel by Gottfried Keller, in 1921. Steinhoff was a convinced Nazi and directed many propaganda films, he sometimes even wore his Nazi party membership button on the film set. His most notable films were perhaps ''Hitlerjunge Quex (film), Hitlerjunge Quex'' (1933), an influential propaganda film for the Hitler Youth, and ''Ohm Krüger'' (1940), for which he won the Mussolini Cup at the 1941 Venice Film Festival. On April 20, 1945, during the last war days, Steinhoff tried to escape from Berlin on the last scheduled Lufthansa flight. The plane, a Junkers Ju 52, was shot down by the Soviet Union, Soviet Red Army and all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Thimig
Hermann Thimig (3 October 1890 – 7 July 1982) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967. Biography Thimig came from a famous family of actors. His father, Hugo Thimig, was an actor, director and director of the Vienna Burgtheater. His siblings Helene Thimig and Hans Thimig, with whom he trained at the theater and worked together several times in films, were accomplished actors. During his early days in elementary school and high school in Vienna, and in various land reform schools, Thimig performed with amateur theater groups and private performances. After military service as a one-year volunteer in Vienna he made his debut in December 1910 at the Meiningen Court Theatre and remained there until his contract was disrupted in 1914 by the outbreak of the First World War. In 1915 due to severe Furunculosis, (boils), was declared unfit for front. While on duty he used his home leave to the Royal Theater in Berlin to make guest ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Kaiser
Dora Kaiser (1892-1972) was an Austrian film actress of the silent era. Originally trained as a dancer, she began her career on stage before making her film debut in 1918. When Austria's leading film star Liane Haid left Wiener Kunstfilm, Kaiser replaced her in the company's films.Von Dassanowsky p.25 Selected filmography * '' The Fool and Death'' (1920) * '' Clothes Make the Man'' (1921) * '' The Woman in White'' (1921) * '' Serge Panine'' (1922) * ''The Ragpicker of Paris ''The Ragpicker of Paris'' (German: ''Der Lumpensammler von Paris'') is a 1922 Austrian silent film directed by Hans Otto and starring Dora Kaiser, Franz Herterich and Olaf Fjord.Fritz & Lachmann p.299 Cast * Dora Kaiser * Franz Herterich * O ...'' (1922) * '' The Uninvited Guest'' (1925) References Bibliography * Robert Von Dassanowsky. ''Austrian Cinema: A History''. McFarland, 2005. External links * 1892 births 1972 deaths Austrian film actresses Actresses from Vienna {{Austria-bio-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Thimig
Hugo August Thimig (16 June 1854 – 24 September 1944), although born in Germany, spent his working life in Austria as an actor, director, and director of the ''Burgtheater'' in Vienna. Biography Thimig was the founding father of one of Austria's most famous theatrical families, but was born in Dresden, the son of a shoemaker. He worked in a grocery and attended a trade school before making several appearances on stage as an amateur in his home town. He made his professional debut in October 1872 in the town theatre of Bautzen. Within only two years, via the theatres in Zittau, Kamenz and Freiberg, Saxony, and the ''Lobe-Theater'' in Breslau, he obtained an engagement at the ''Burgtheater'', and arrived in Vienna in 1874 to take it up. A week before his 20th birthday he gave his first performance there as Didier in Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer's ''Die Grille''. Thimig began as a "shy lover" type, but soon developed into both comic and serious character roles, and his career soo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleider Machen Leute (Suder)
''Kleider machen Leute'' is a 5-act German opera by Joseph Suder based on Gottfried Keller's 1874 novella of the same name set in Goldach, Switzerland. The opera was composed 1934 but not performed until June 10, 1964, at the Landestheater in Coburg. Suder had already started work on the opera when he discovered that Alexander Zemlinsky had already composed an opera on the same subject premiered in 1910. Recording *''Kleider machen Leute'' Coburn, König, Morgan, Probst, Bamberger Symphoniker The Bamberg Symphony (German: Bamberger Symphoniker – Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie) is a German orchestra based in Bamberg. It is one of the most prestigious orchestras in Germany. The orchestra was formed in 1946 mainly from German musicians e ..., Uwe Mund, Orfeo 1984C. Schaumkell in FonoForum 2 / 87:"Interessante und hörenswerte Alternative zur Zemlinsky-Vertonung der Keller-Novelle. ..Überhaupt ist das sängerische Niveau dieser Produktion bis in die Episodenpartien hinein erfreu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clothes Make The Man (1940 Film)
''Clothes Make the Man'' (german: Kleider machen Leute) is a 1940 German historical comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler and Hilde Sessak. The film is based on the Novella '' Kleider machen Leute'', published by realist author Gottfried Keller in 1874. It was shot at the Barrandov Studios in German-occupied Prague as well as at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci .... Cast Release The film was released in the USA only in 1958, in German but with no subtitles. Reception Thomas Kramer of the ''Reclams Lexikon of the German Films'' References External links * Films of Nazi Germany Films directed by Helmut Käutner Films based on Swiss novels Films based on works by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Rühmann
Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a German film legend. Rühmann is best known for playing the part of a comic ordinary citizen in film comedies such as '' Three from the Filling Station'' and '' The Punch Bowl''. During his later years, he was also a respected character actor in films such as '' The Captain from Köpenick'' and ''It Happened in Broad Daylight''. His only English-speaking movie was ''Ship of Fools'' in 1964. Biography Early life Rühmann was born in Essen as the son of a restaurateur. His father Hermann Rühmann moved to Berlin in 1915, where he probably committed suicide a little later. The exact circumstances of death could never be clarified. His son Heinz began his acting career during the early 1920s and appeared in numerous theatres in Germany during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertha Feiler
Hertha Feiler (3 August 1916, Vienna – 1 November 1970, Munich) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the comedian Heinz Rühmann with whom she starred in several films. She was of Jewish descent. Filmography * '' Darling of the Sailors'' (1937) * '' All Lies'' (1938) * ''Adresse unbekannt'' (1938) * '' Woman in the River'' (1939) * '' Men Are That Way'' (1939) * '' Escape in the Dark'' (1939) * ''Lauter Liebe'' (1940) * '' Clothes Make the Man'' (1940) * ''Happiness is the Main Thing'' (1941) * '' Rembrandt'' (1942) * ''A Salzburg Comedy'' (1943) * ''Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel'' (1944) * '' Tell the Truth'' (1946) * '' Quax in Africa'' (1947) * ''Die kupferne Hochzeit'' (1948) * ''Heimliches Rendezvous'' (1949) * ''Ich mach dich glücklich'' (1949) * '' When the White Lilacs Bloom Again'' (1953) * ''Anna Louise and Anton'' (1953) * '' The Beautiful Miller'' (1954) * ''Dein Mund verspricht mir Lieb'' (1954) * '' When the Alpine Roses Bloom '' (1955) * '' Let the Sun Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
