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Kurt Meisel
Kurt Meisel (18 August 1912 – 4 April 1994) was an Austrian actor and film director. He appeared in 65 films between 1934 and 1994. He also directed 21 films between 1949 and 1984. Meisel was married to the actress Ursula Lingen. He was born and died in Vienna, Austria, and is buried on the Vienna Zentralfriedhof. Selected filmography * ''Little Dorrit (1934 film), Little Dorrit'' (1934) - Pit, sein Sohn * ''Marriage Strike (1935 film), Marriage Strike'' (1935) - Loisl * ''Schlußakkord'' (1936) - Baron Salviany * ''The Court Concert'' (1936) - Leutnant Florian Schwälble * ''The Divine Jetta'' (1937) - Graf Eugen Opalla * ''Such Great Foolishness'' (1937) - Specht - Rundfunkansager * ''Love Can Lie'' (1937) - August Halfgreen * ''Spiel auf der Tenne'' (1937) - Andreas 'Anderl' Rössmaier * ''Another World (1937 film), Another World'' (1937) - 2. Journalist * ''Der Schimmelkrieg in der Holledau'' (1937) - Thomas, Bräubursch * ''Frau Sylvelin'' (1938) - Herr von Roedern * ''Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Time To Love And A Time To Die
''A Time to Love and a Time to Die'' is a 1958 Eastmancolor CinemaScope drama war film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring John Gavin and Liselotte Pulver. Based on the book by German author Erich Maria Remarque and set on the Eastern Front and in Nazi Germany, it tells the story of a young German soldier who is revolted by the conduct of the army in Russia and by the National Socialist German Workers Party in Germany. Plot In a German infantry unit retreating from Russia in the spring of 1944, Ernst Graeber's conscience is revolted by the execution of captured civilians. Given his first furlough for over two years, he returns to find his family home bombed and his parents gone. Calling at the house of the family doctor for information, the daughter Elizabeth tells him her father is in a concentration camp because of an unwise remark. Allied bombing continues by day and by night. An old school friend who is now the local head of the Nazi Party offers Ernst accommodation, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menschen Im Sturm
''Menschen im Sturm'' ( en, People in the Storm, link=yes, italic=yes) is a 1941 German film directed by Fritz Peter Buch. It was an anti-Serbian propaganda and part of a concerted propaganda push against Serbs, attempting to split them from the Croats. Synopsis Vera witnesses the persecution of ethnic Germans in Yugoslavia, which awakens her ethnic consciousness. Her cosmopolitan friend Alexander is arrested. Vera flirts with the Serbian commander to allow ''Volksdeutsche'' to escape to the border. When arrested, she proudly affirms that she helped her countrymen and, in an escape attempt, is shot, to die happy and heroic. Cast *Olga Chekhova * Gustav Diessl *Hannelore Schroth *Siegfried Breuer *Josef Sieber * Heinz Welzel *Kurt Meisel Production and release The film was shot on locations in Hrvatsko Zagorje, then-Independent State of Croatia, in July 1941. Its Zagreb premiere was held on 21 March 1942. Unusually, contemporary Viennese Viennese may refer to: * Vienna, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackboot Mutiny
''Jackboot Mutiny'' (german: Es geschah am 20. Juli, literally ''It Happened on 20 July'') is a 1955 German film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst about the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. It features Bernhard Wicki as Stauffenberg. Cast * Bernhard Wicki as Oberst Graf Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg * Karl Ludwig Diehl as Generaloberst a.D. Ludwig Beck * Carl Wery as Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm * Kurt Meisel as SS Obergruppenführer * Erik Frey as General Friedrich Olbricht * Albert Hehn as Major Otto Ernst Remer * Til Kiwe as Oberleutnant Werner von Haeften * Jochen Hauer as Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel * Annemarie Sauerwein as Frau Olbricht * Jaspar von Oertzen as Oberst Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim * Willy Krause as Joseph Goebbels * Lina Carstens as Frau des Küsters * Gernot Duda as Leutnant in der Wolfsschanze * Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Generalfeldmarschall Erwin von Witzleben Job Wilhelm Georg Erdmann Erwin von Witzleben (4 December 1881 – 8 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Were So Young
''They Were So Young'' (german: link=no, Mannequins für Rio) is a 1954 German-American drama film directed by Kurt Neumann (director), Kurt Neumann and written by Felix Lützkendorf, Kurt Neumann and the Hollywood blacklist, blacklisted screenwriters Dalton Trumbo and Michael Wilson (writer), Michael Wilson (both uncredited). The film stars Scott Brady, Raymond Burr and Johanna Matz and was released on January 7, 1955 by Lippert Pictures. It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios near Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Sohnle. Plot Cast *Scott Brady as Richard Lanning *Raymond Burr as Jaime Coltos *Johanna Matz as Eve Ullmann ;Uncredited (in order of appearance) *Ingrid Stenn as Connie Brewers *Gisela Fackeldey as Mme. Lansowa *Kurt Meisel as Pasquale *Katharina Mayberg as Felicia *Eduard Linkers as M. Albert *Gordon Howard as Garza *Elizabeth Tanney as Emily *Erica Beer as Elise LeFevre *Hanita Hallan as Lena *Hannelore Axman as Vincenta * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil And The Detectives (1954 Film)
''Emil and the Detectives'' (german: Emil und die Detektive) is a 1954 West German family adventure film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Heli Finkenzeller, Wolfgang Lukschy and Kurt Meisel.Hake p.111 It is a remake of the 1931 film of the same name which was based on a 1929 novel by Erich Kästner. Unlike the earlier version which was set during the Great Depression, this film was made with Eastmancolor and portrays West Berlin during the economic miracle. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location across the city. Cast * Peter Finkbeiner as Emil Tischbein - der Sohn * Heli Finkenzeller as Seine Mutter Anna Tischbein * Wolfgang Lukschy as Oberwachtmeister Jeschke * Kurt Meisel as Herr Grundeis * Ruth Nimbach as Anni Wandel * Claudia Schäfer as Pony Hütchen - Emils Cousine * Margarete Haagen as Die Grossmutter * Camilla Spira as Emils Tante Martha H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Of Death
''Arena of Death'' (german: Die Todesarena) is a 1953 Austrian-German crime film directed by Kurt Meisel and starring Richard Häussler, Katharina Mayberg, and Friedl Hardt.Fritsche p. 247 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav Abel Gustav Abel (1902–1963) was an Austrian art director.Fritsche p. 229 Selected filmography * ''The Silent Partner'' (1939) * '' Father For a Night'' (1939) * '' A Woman Has Fallen'' (1941) * '' The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * '' The Fourth Comma ... and Nino Borghi. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1953 films 1950s crime thriller films Austrian crime thriller films German crime thriller films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Kurt Meisel Circus films Motorcycling films Films about stunt performers West German films Austrian black-and-white films German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{crime-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Clues Lead To Berlin
''All Clues Lead to Berlin'' (german: Die Spur führt nach Berlin) is a 1952 West German thriller film directed by František Čáp and starring Gordon Howard, Irina Garden and Kurt Meisel. It is also known by the alternative titles ''Adventure in Berlin'' and ''International Counterfeiters''. It portrays a gang of counterfeiters with links to the former Nazi regime. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location across Berlin including at the ruins of the Reichstag building. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz. It was given a British release in 1953. Plot Berlin in the early 1950s. Two men take the elevator up the Berlin radio tower. A heated argument ensues between the two. One man asks the other, reluctantly, not to make any obstacles and to come with him. "She informed us," he says ambiguously. When the other refuses, the first pulls out a revolver. A scuffle ensues, then a shot is fired, which is drowned out by a plane flyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Until We Meet Again (1952 Film)
''Until We Meet Again'' (german: Bis wir uns wiedersehn) is a 1952 West German romantic drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Maria Schell, O. W. Fischer, and Karl Ludwig Diehl. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios and on location at Lake Como, Slough in England, Guatemala and Zweibrücken Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river. Name The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; olde .... The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1952 films West German films German romantic drama films 1952 romantic drama films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Gustav Ucicky Gloria Film films German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Göttingen Studios Films shot in Berkshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love On Ice (film)
''Love on Ice'' (german: Liebe auf Eis) is a 1950 West German romance film directed by Kurt Meisel and starring Margot Hielscher, Kurt Meisel and Hannelore Bollmann.Bock & Bergfelder p.546 It also features the ice hockey teams SC Riessersee and EV Füssen. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth, Max Mellin and Willy Schatz. Cast * Margot Hielscher as Angelika Langhoff * Kurt Meisel as Toni Staudtner * Charlotte Witthauer as Charlotte Pappke * Hannelore Bollmann as Jeanette Bergmann * Friedrich Schoenfelder as Birger Sörensen * Kurt Waitzmann as Kurt Frischauf * Hubert von Meyerinck as Hoteldirektor Schabratzky * Rudolf Schündler as Dr. Siegfried Bergmann * Gunther Philipp as Max * Heinz Erhardt as Fabrikant Meyer * Peter Wolf as Peter Langhoff * Sepp Nigg as Heini * Otto Friebel as Otto * Hans Stadtmüller Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wozzeck (film)
''Wozzeck'' is a 1947 German drama film directed by Georg C. Klaren and starring Kurt Meisel, Max Eckard, and Helga Zülch. It is based on the play ''Woyzeck'' by Georg Büchner. (The play, which was first performed in 1913, nearly 80 years after Büchner's death, had been originally billed as ''Wozzeck'' due to a misreading of Büchner's handwriting.) The film's sets were designed by Bruno Monden and Hermann Warm. It was shot at Babelsberg and the Althoff Studios in Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o .... Plot Everything in town appears calm, placid, lovely. But Woyzeck, a rifleman assigned as an orderly, hears voices—the times are out of joint, at least in his cosmos. To his captain, Woyzeck is a comic marvel: ignorant but courageous and full of energy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolberg (film)
''Kolberg'' is a 1945 Nazi German historical film directed by Veit Harlan. One of the last films of the Third Reich, it was intended as a Nazi propaganda piece to bolster the will of the German population to resist the Allies. The film is based on the autobiography of , mayor of Kolberg in Pomerania, and on a play drawn from the book by Paul Heyse. It tells the story of the defence of the besieged fortress town of Kolberg against French troops between April and July 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars. In reality, the city's defence, led by then-Lieutenant Colonel August von Gneisenau, held out until the war was ended by the Treaty of Tilsit. In the film, the French abandon the siege. Plot The film begins in 1813 after the phase of the Napoleonic Wars known in German as the ''Befreiungskriege'' (Wars of Liberation). The opening scenes show Prussian Landwehr and volunteers marching down the streets of Breslau through enthusiastic crowds. This is followed by a dialogue between K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |