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Lotte Spira
Lotte Spira (; 24 April 1883 – 17 December 1943) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in supporting roles in around seventy films. She was married to the Austrian actor Fritz Spira in 1905. In 1934 she divorced her Jewish husband under duress from the Nazi authorities. During the Second World War she signed a statement swearing Spira was not the real father of her daughter Camilla Spira, who was being held at Westerbork transit camp in the Netherlands.Baer p. 118 Shortly after Lotte Spira received news of her ex-husband's death in a concentration camp in Yugoslavia, she died of natural causes, aged 60. Her other daughter Steffie Spira, also an actress, managed to escape into exile. Selected filmography * '' Hallig Hooge'' (1923) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * ''Waltz of Love'' (1930) * '' Love's Carnival'' (1930) * ''Ash Wednesday'' (1931) * '' Impossible Love'' (1932) * ''Scandal in Budapest'' (1933) * ''Hermine and the Seven Upright Men'' (1935) * ''Lady Wind ... [...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] |
Waltz Of Love
''Waltz of Love'' (German: ''Liebeswalzer'') is a 1930 German musical film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Georg Alexander. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin on 7 February 1930. A separate English language version '' The Love Waltz'' was also produced.Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.48 Cast * Lilian Harvey as Princess Eva * Willy Fritsch as Bobby Fould * Georg Alexander as Archduke Peter Ferdinand * Julia Serda as Duchess of Lauenburg * Karl Ludwig Diehl as Marshal * Hans Junkermann as Fould * Lotte Spira as Archduchess Melany * Viktor Schwanneke as Dr. Lemke * Karl Etlinger as Dr. Popper * Marianne Winkelstern * Rudolf Biebrach * Willy Prager Willy Prager (23 May 1877 – 4 March 1956) was a German actor, writer and Kabarett Kabarett (; from French ''cabaret'' = tavern) is satirical revue, a form of cabaret whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Lie
''The Secret Lie'' (german: Die fromme Lüge) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Pola Negri, Hermann Braun, and Herbert Hübner. The film's sets were designed by the art directors and Erich Czerwonski Erich Czerwonski (1889–1940) was a German art director.Kreimeier p.73 He designed the sets for around a hundred productions during his career. He died in 1940 after being struck by a train during a blackout. Filmography * '' The Black Panther .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1938 films 1938 drama films German drama films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma Terra Film films German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mountain Calls
''The Mountain Calls'' (German: ''Der Berg ruft'') is a film directed by Luis Trenker which recreates the struggle between Edward Whymper and Jean-Antoine Carrel for the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. This German film is one of two 1938 Trenker remakes of '' Struggle for the Matterhorn'' in which Trenker acted in 1928, the other being the British '' The Challenge''. Plot The Italian mountaineer Jean-Antoine Carrel wants to be the first man to reach the summit of the Matterhorn. He meets the British mountaineer Whymper and they decide to climb together. But due to an intrigue this agreement is dropped and the two men try it on the same day with two different teams, Carrel on the Italian side and Whymper on the Swiss side. The latter will successfully reach the summit along with his six companions, Hudson, Hadow, Douglas and the guides Croz and Taugwalder father and son. Only Whymper and the guides Taugwalder will survive the descent. Cast * Luis Trenker as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystery Of Betty Bonn
''The Mystery of Betty Bonn'' (german: Das Geheimnis um Betty Bonn) is a 1938 German adventure film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Maria Andergast, Theodor Loos and Hans Nielsen.Kreimeier p. 286 The film was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Ludwig Reiber. It was made by the leading German company UFA Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital city, capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya River (Kama), Belaya and Ufa River, Ufa rivers, in the centre-n ..., based on a novel by Friedrich Lindemann. Synopsis A British attorney working on a small island wants to return home to London, but first has to solve a mysterious crime. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1938 films Films of Nazi Germany German adventure films German black-and-white films 1938 adventure films 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irresistible Man
''The Irresistible Man'' (german: Der Unwiderstehliche) is a 1937 German romantic comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Anny Ondra, Hans Söhnker, and Trude Hesterberg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler Emil Hasler (November 8, 1901 – January 15, 1986) was a German art director who worked on more than a hundred films during his career. These included a number of Weimar classics such as ''Diary of a Lost Girl, M'' and ''The Blue Angel''.Prawe ... and Arthur Schwarz. Cast References External links * Films of Nazi Germany German romantic comedy films 1937 romantic comedy films Films directed by Géza von Bolváry Terra Film films Tobis Film films Films set in Paris 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Game (1937 Film)
''Dangerous Game'' (german: Gefährliches Spiel) is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Harry Liedtke and Karl Martell.Bock & Bergfelder p. 228 The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Haacker and Hermann Warm Hermann Warm was a German art director for films. Born in 1889 (died 1976) in Berlin, Germany, Warm was an important figure in the expressionist movement of the 1920s. Warm entered the German film industry in 1912 after working on-stage for a whil .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1937 films 1937 comedy films German comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Erich Engel German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unknown (1936 Film)
''The Unknown'' (german: Die Unbekannte) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Frank Wisbar and starring Sybille Schmitz, Jean Galland and Ilse Abel.Nicolella p. 85 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Benno von Arent and Artur Günther. Location shooting took place around Berlin, Stuttgart and Dinkelsbühl in Bavaria. It was inspired by the L'Inconnue de la Seine, Unknown Woman of the Seine and based on a novel by Reinhold Conrad Muschler. Cast * Sybille Schmitz as Madeleine * Jean Galland as Thomas Bentick * Ilse Abel as Evelyn – seine Braut * Edwin Jürgensen as Ministerialrat van Altendorf * F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Gieseking – Großindustrieller * Aribert Mog as Gerhard – sein Sohn * Lotte Spira as Hausdame bei Bentick * Karl Platen as Diener bei Platen * Karel Stepanek as Manager at Regina's * Karin Luesebrink as Tanzmädchen * Herbert Spalke as Radio Mann * Charlie Kracker as Ein Dieb * Günther Polensen as Polizeioffizier * Hellmuth Passarge as Wachth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria In Dover (1936 Film)
''Victoria in Dover'' (German title: ''Mädchenjahre einer Königin'') is a 1936 German romantic comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Olga Limburg and Renée Stobrawa. It is based on a play by Geza Silberer. The film was remade in 1954 with Romy Schneider.Fritsche p.62 Synopsis After her Prime Minister Lord Melbourne arranges a marriage for her with the German Prince Albert, the young Queen Victoria decides to leave London and spend some time in Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces .... While there she meets a handsome young German and falls in love, unaware that he is her intended husband Albert. Cast References Bibliography * Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity''. Berghahn Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Windermere's Fan (1935 Film)
''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (german: Lady Windermeres Fächer) is a 1935 German comedy film directed by Heinz Hilpert and starring Lil Dagover, Walter Rilla and Aribert Wäscher.Bock & Bergfelder p. 77 It is based on the play ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' by Oscar Wilde. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Beisenherz and Ludwig Reiber Ludwig Reiber (1904–1979) was a German art director.Capua p.159 The veteran Reiber worked on film and television set design from the silent era to the early 1970s. He was employed by the Munich-based Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios. He worked .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1935 films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films based on Lady Windermere's Fan Films directed by Heinz Hilpert 1935 comedy films German comedy films Films set in London Films set in England UFA GmbH films Tobis Film films German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-comedy-film- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermine And The Seven Upright Men
''Hermine and the Seven Upright Men'' (german: Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten) is a 1935 German drama film based on the novella by Gottfried Keller. Cast * Heinrich George - Zimmermeister Frymann * Karin Hardt - Hermine, seine Tochter * Paul Henckels - Schneidermeister Hediger * Lotte Spira - Mrs. Hediger, seine Frau * Albert Lieven - Karl, deren Sohn * Karel Štěpánek - Ruckstuhl, Grundstückspekulant * Hans Henninger - Spörri * Friedrich Ettel - Gastwirt Aklin * Maria Krahn - Mrs. Aklin, seine Frau * Max Holzboer - Schmied Syfrig * Annemarie Steinsieck - Mrs. Syfrig, seine Frau * Alfred Schlageter - Tischlermeister Bürgi * Käthe Haack - Mrs. Bürgi, seine Frau * Armin Schweizer Armin Schweizer (28 April 1892 – 8 October 1968) was a Swiss actor. Schweizer was born in Zurich, Switzerland and died there at age 76 Selected filmography * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Galley Slave'' (1919) * '' The Mayor of ... - Silberschmied Kurser References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandal In Budapest
''Scandal in Budapest'' (german: Skandal in Budapest) is a 1933 German-Hungarian comedy film, filmed in Hungary in the German language and directed by Géza von Bolváry and Steve Sekely, Istvan Szekely and starring Franciska Gaal, Werner Pledath, and Lotte Spira. It was made at Budapest's Hunnia Film Studio, Hunnia Studios by the European subsidiary of Universal Pictures, headed by Joe Pasternak, which had recently left Germany in the face of Hitler's "de-Judification" of that country. A separate Hungarian-language version was also made, with a different cast, titled ''Pesti Szerelem'' (or ''Romance in Budapest''). Both versions were released in the United States by Arthur Mayer's DuWorld Pictures Inc. The film was subsequently remade in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood as ''Top Hat (film), Top Hat'', starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Cast References Bibliography * Hales, Barbara & Weinstein, Valerie. ''Rethinking Jewishness in Weimar Cinema''. Berghahn Books, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
