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Like Once Lili Marleen
''Like Once Lili Marleen'' (German: ''...wie einst Lili Marleen'') is a 1956 West German romantic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Adrian Hoven, Marianne Hold and Claus Holm.Lehrke p.128 The title refers to the popular wartime song "Lili Marleen" popularised by Lale Anderson, who performs it at a concert at the end of the film. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Hennings and Karl Weber. Synopsis Violinmaker Franz Brugger is in love with Christa. When he is conscripted during the Second World War she promises to wait for him. He fights on the Eastern Front for four years and then is held as a prisoner of war by the Soviets for a further ten. All along he is kept going by the song "Lili Marlene" and the thought of Christa. When at last he is released he returns home to Berlin and finds the world significantly changed from that which he remembers. Worse, Christa is engaged to be marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Verhoeven (German Director)
Paul Verhoeven (; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch filmmaker. His blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire is a trademark of both his Drama film, drama and science fiction films. After receiving attention for the TV series ''Floris (TV series), Floris'' in his native Netherlands, Verhoeven got his film breakthrough with romantic drama ''Turkish Delight (1973 film), Turkish Delight'' (1973), starring frequent collaborator Rutger Hauer. The film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and later received the award for Best Dutch Film of the Century at the Netherlands Film Festival. Verhoeven later directed successful Dutch films including the period drama ''Keetje Tippel'' (1975), the war film ''Soldier of Orange'' (1977), the teen drama ''Spetters'' (1980) and the psychological thriller ''The Fourth Man (1983 film), The Fourth Man'' (1983). In 1985, Verhoeven made his first Hollywood film ''Flesh and Blood (1985 film), Flesh and Blood'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Weber (art Director)
Karl Weber (1897-1965) was a German art director.Giesen p.230 He frequently worked alongside Erich Zander designing film sets. Filmography * ''Napoleon at Saint Helena'' (1929) * ''The Opera Ball'' (1931) * '' Ariane'' (1931) * '' Abenteuer im Engadin'' (1932) * '' Der Diamant des Zaren'' (1932) * '' Melo'' (1932) * '' The Dreamy Mouth'' (1932) * '' Spies at Work'' (1933) * '' The Old and the Young King'' (1935) * ''Forget Me Not'' (1935) * ''If It Were Not for Music'' (1935) * ''A Night of Change'' (1935) * ''Martha'' (1936) * ' (1936) * '' Three Girls Around Schubert'' (1936) * ''Family Parade'' (1936) * ''The Beggar Student'' (1936) * '' His Best Friend'' (1937) * '' Don't Promise Me Anything'' (1937) * ''To New Shores'' (1937) * '' Zwei Frauen'' (1938) * '' Verliebtes Abenteuer'' (1938) * '' Die kleine und die große Liebe'' (1938) * ''Red Orchids'' (1938) * '' Der Tag nach der Scheidung'' (1938) * '' I Love You'' (1938) * '' Yvette'' (1938) * '' A Hopeless Case'' (1939) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roma Bahn
Roma Bahn (1896–1975) was a German stage and film actress.Fuegi p.201 On stage she was notable for her performances as Polly in the original 1928 production of ''The Threepenny Opera''. In cinema she played supporting roles in films made during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Selected filmography * ''From Morn to Midnight'' (1920) * '' Unheimliche Geschichten'' (1932) * ''Anna and Elizabeth'' (1933) * ''Scandal at the Fledermaus'' (1936) * '' The Girl Irene'' (1936) * '' The Deruga Case'' (1938) * '' Three Fathers for Anna'' (1939) * ''Detours to Happiness'' (1939) * ''Police Report'' (1939) * ''Madame Butterfly'' (1939) * ''Diesel'' (1942) * ''The Crew of the Dora'' (1943) * ''Wild Bird'' (1943) * '' Mask in Blue'' (1943) * ''The Wedding Hotel'' (1944) * '' Amico'' (1949) * ''Turtledove General Delivery ''Turtledove General Delivery'' (german: Postlagernd Turteltaube) is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Gerhard T. Buchholz and starring Horst Niendorf, Barbara Rütting a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Englisch
Lucie Englisch (8 February 1902, in Baden bei Wien – 12 October 1965) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the actor Heinrich Fuchs. Selected filmography * ''The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929) * ''Three Days Confined to Barracks'' (1930) * ''End of the Rainbow'' (1930) * '' Rooms to Let'' (1930) * ''The Widow's Ball'' (1930) * '' The Rhineland Girl'' (1930) * '' Two People'' (1930) * ''Twice Married'' (1930) * '' Rendezvous'' (1930) * '' My Leopold'' (1931) * '' Such a Greyhound'' (1931) * '' Schubert's Dream of Spring'' (1931) * '' Hooray, It's a Boy1'' (1931) * '' The Unfaithful Eckehart'' (1931) * '' Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete'' (1931) *'' Peace of Mind'' (1931) * '' The Big Attraction'' (1931) * '' The Unknown Guest'' (1931) * '' Terror of the Garrison'' (1931) * '' Duty Is Duty'' (1931) * '' The Countess of Monte Cristo'' (1932) * '' Gretel Wins First Prize'' (1933) * ''The Sandwich Girl'' (1933) * ''The Valiant Navigator'' (1935) * ''The Fight with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Preiss
Wolfgang Preiss (27 February 1910 – 27 November 2002) was a German theatre, film and television actor. The son of a teacher, Preiss studied philosophy, German, and drama in the early 1930s. He also took private acting classes with Hans Schlenck, making his stage début in Munich in 1932. He appeared in various theatre productions in Heidelberg, Königsberg, Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart and Berlin. In 1942, he made his film début – he was specifically exempted from military service – in the UFA production ''Die grosse Liebe'' with Zarah Leander. After the end of the Second World War, Preiss returned to the theatre, and from 1949 worked extensively dubbing films into German. In 1954, he returned to film acting, appearing in Alfred Weidenmann's ''Canaris''. The following year, Preiss played the lead role of Claus von Stauffenberg in Falk Harnack's film ''The Plot to Assassinate Hitler'', which dramatised the 20 July plot. This role brought Preiss to popular attention and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Käthe Haack
Käthe Haack (born Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack; 11 August 1897 – 5 May 1986) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 200 films and 30 television productions between 1915 and 1985. Life and career Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack was born in Berlin on 11 August 1897. After finishing school education, Haack had her first engagement as an actress in Göttingen. Since 1915, she regularly appeared in Berlin theatres like Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Volksbühne and Deutsches Theater. Between 1934 and 1945, she worked at the Konzerthaus Berlin under direction of Gustaf Gründgens. She also appeared in the original production of '' The Captain of Köpenick''. Haack remained in demand as a stage actress for the rest of her life, for example as Mrs. Higgins in ''My Fair Lady'' during the 1960s. Haack started her film career as early as 1915 with the Max Mack's silent film ''Der Katzensteg''. She was initially cast as Lola-Lola in the film '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Carsten
Peter Carsten (30 April 1928 – 20 April 2012) was a German actor and film producer. He appeared in 90 films between 1953 and 1999, including in supporting roles, ''Dark of the Sun'' (1968), '' Hannibal Brooks'' (1969), ''Madame Bovary'' (1969), ''And God Said to Cain'' (1970) and ''Zeppelin'' (1971). Selected filmography * '' The Immortal Vagabond'' (1953) * ''The Beginning Was Sin'' (1954) - Marko, Knecht * '' 08/15'' (1954) - Stabsgefreiter Kowalski * ''The Song of Kaprun'' (1955) - Bertl * ' (1955) - Stabsgefreiter Kowalski * ''The Happy Village'' (1955) - Gerd Bunje, Müller * ' (1955) - Stabsgefreiter Kowalski * ''Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben'' (1956) - Erich Klein * '' Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden'' (1956) - Briefträger * ''Nina'' (1956) - Major Tubaljow * ''Like Once Lili Marleen'' (1956) - Toni Knoll * ''Love'' (1956) - Jan Hopper * ''The Story of Anastasia'' (1956) - Soldat Tschaikowski * '' Sand, Love and Salt'' (1957) - Alberto * ''Song of Nap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannelore Schroth
Hannelore Emilie Käte Grete Schroth (; 10 January 1922 – 7 July 1987) was a German film, stage, and television actress whose career spanned over five decades. Career Born in Berlin in 1922, she was the daughter of popular stage and film actors Heinrich Schroth and Käthe Haack. Her older half-brother was actor and film director Carl-Heinz Schroth (1902–1989), who was the product of Schroth's father's earlier marriage to Else Ruttersheim. Schroth began her career as a child actress, and made her film debut at the age of nine in 1931's Max Ophüls' comedy ''Dann schon lieber Lebertran'' opposite her mother. Until age sixteen she attended drama school in Lausanne, Switzerland. Her early film successes include ''Spiel im Sommerwind'' (1938), ''Weisser Flieder'' (1939) and ''Kitty and the World Conference'' (1939) - the latter of which was her first leading role. During World War II, Hannelore Schroth continued performing in films. Unlike her father, Heinrich Schroth, who was b ... [...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] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prisoner Of War
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold prisoners of war in custody for a range of legitimate and illegitimate reasons, such as isolating them from the enemy combatants still in the field (releasing and repatriating them in an orderly manner after hostilities), demonstrating military victory, punishing them, prosecuting them for war crimes, exploiting them for their labour, recruiting or even conscripting them as their own combatants, collecting military and political intelligence from them, or indoctrinating them in new political or religious beliefs. Ancient times For most of human history, depending on the culture of the victors, enemy fighters on the losing side in a battle who had surrendered and been taken as prisoners of war could expect to be either slaughtered or enslaved. Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Front (World War II)
The Eastern Front of World War II was a Theater (warfare), theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Polish Armed Forces in the East, Poland and other Allies of World War II, Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltic states, Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans) from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945. It was known as the Great Patriotic War (term), Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union – and still is in some of its successor states, while almost everywhere else it has been called the ''Eastern Front''. In present-day German and Ukrainian historiography the name German-Soviet War is typically used. The battles on the Eastern Front of the Second World War constituted the largest military confrontation in history. They were characterised by unprecedented ferocity and brutality, wholesale destruction, mass deportations, and immense loss of life due to combat, starvation, expos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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