|
List Of Swiss Films
This is a list of films produced in Switzerland. For an A-Z list see :Swiss films. 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References External links Swiss filmat the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... Swiss Film Directoryartfilm.ch Swiss Films on DVD {{Filmsbycountry * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland Film Clapperboard
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen a.o.). , coordinates = , largest_city = Zürich , official_languages = , englishmotto = "One for all, all for one" , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , religion = , demonym = , german: Schweizer/Schweizerin, french: Suisse/Suissesse, it, svizzero/svizzera or , rm, Svizzer/Svizra , government_type = Federal assembly-independent directorial republic with elements of a direct democracy , leader_title1 = Federal Council , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = , leader_name2 = Walter Thurnherr , legislature = Federal Assembly , upper_house = Council of State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Marr
Hans Marr (born Johann Julius Richter; 22 July 1878 – 21 March 1949) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' The Black Hand'' (1917) * ''The Wandering Image'' (1920) * ''The Adventure of Doctor Kircheisen'' (1920) * '' Steuermann Holk'' (1920) * ''To the Ladies' Paradise'' (1922) * ''William Tell'' (1923) * ''Paradise in the Snow'' (1923) * '' Felicitas Grolandin'' (1923) * '' The Moon of Israel'' (1924) * '' The Arsonists of Europe'' (1926) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1926) * '' The White Paradise'' (1929) * '' Seafaring Is Necessary'' (1921) * '' Grand Duchess Alexandra'' (1933) * '' Der Musikant von Eisenstadt'' (1934) * ''William Tell'' (1934) * ''Nocturne'' (1934) * ''The Immortal Song ''Amar Bhoopali'' (English: ''The Immortal Song'', French: ''Le Chant Immortel'') is a 1951 Indian film, produced and directed by V. Shantaram and written by Vishram Bedekar. It is a true story about a simple cow herder who has an innate gift o ...'' (1934) Bibliography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the highpoint of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film ''Jud Süß'' (1940) makes him controversial. While viewed critically for his ideologies, a number of critics consider him a capable director on the grounds of such work as his ''Opfergang'' (1944). Life and career Harlan was born in Berlin, the son of the writer Walter Harlan and his wife Adele, nee Boothby. His elder brother Peter was a multi-instrumentalist and musical instrument maker. After studying under Max Reinhardt, he first appeared on the stage in 1915 and, after World War I, worked in the Berlin stage. In 1934 he starred in the Berlin premiere of Eugen Ortner's tragedy '' Meier Helmbrecht'', but it was a critical disaster and he later described it as his lowest point as an actor. Shortly afterwards he directed his first play, the comedy '' Marriage on the Panke'', at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fräulein Veronika
''Fräulein Veronika'' is a 1936 Austrian-Swiss comedy film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Thekla Ahrens, Carl Esmond and Hans Moser. It is based on the play '' Veronika'' by Fritz Peter Buch. The film is sometimes known by the alternative title ''Alles für Veronika''. Main cast * Thekla Ahrens - Veronika Sonntag * Carl Esmond - Paul Schmidt * Hans Moser - Direktor Tutzinger * Theo Lingen - Abteilungschef Fuchs * Walter Janssen - Abteilungschef Wolf * Grethe Weiser - Annie Hegemann * Gretl Theimer - Lizzie * Hilde Hildebrand - Dora * Hubert von Meyerinck - Theo * Clemens Hasse - Hausdetektiv Krüger * Paul Beckers - Portier Kulicke * Ilse Fürstenberg Ilse Fürstenberg (12 December 1907, in Berlin – 16 December 1976, in Basel) was a German actress, working on stage, screen, television and as voice actress. Selected filmography * '' The Blue Angel'' (1930) - Raths Wirtschafterin / Maid * '' ... - Frau Kulicke * Georg Erich Schmidt - Pickelberg * Hilli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 In Film
The following is an overview of 1936 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1936 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 9 – Silent screen actor John Gilbert, perhaps best known for his appearances in films such as ''The Merry Widow'' and ''The Big Parade'', dies suddenly of a heart attack at his Bel Air home, aged 38. *February 15 – first Republic serial, ''Darkest Africa'', is released. *May 29 – Fritz Lang's first Hollywood film, '' Fury'', starring Spencer Tracy and Bruce Cabot, is released. *September 14 – Film producer Irving Thalberg, often referred by many as the "Boy Wonder of Hollywood", dies from pneumonia at his home in Santa Monica, aged 37. Academy Awards * Best Picture: ''The Great Ziegfeld'' – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer * Best Director: Frank Capra – ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' * Best Actor: Paul Muni – ''The St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathias Wieman
Mathias Wieman (Carl Heinrich Franz Mathias Wieman; 23 June 1902 – 3 December 1969) was a German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor. Life and career Early life Wieman was born in Osnabrück, the only son of Carl Philipp Anton Wieman and his wife Louise. Raised in Osnabrück, Wiesbaden and Berlin, where he studied four terms of philosophy, history of art and languages, Wieman wanted to actually become an airplane technical designer and flier. He started his acting career on the stage in Berlin under the direction of Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater. In the early 1920s, he was a member of the Holtorf-Truppe, a stock theater group that included future director Veit Harlan. His fellow stage actors included his future wife, Erika Meingast, Marlene Dietrich, Dora Gerson and Max Schreck (the vampire in ''Nosferatu)''. Later he began working in silent and sound films; he landed supporting roles in '' Assassination'', '' Queen Louise'' and ''Land Without Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Petersen (actor)
Pete or Peter Petersen may refer to: *Peter Petersen (footballer) (born 1981), South African footballer * Peter Christian Petersen (1791–1853), Norwegian naval officer *Peter Petersen (sport shooter) (1892–1964), Danish sports shooter *Robert E. Petersen (1926–2007), American publisher, known as Pete * Pete Petersen (politician) (born 1950), American politician * Peter J. K. Petersen (1821–1896), Norwegian businessperson * Peter Arnoldus Petersen (1851–1916), Norwegian businessperson *Peter Petersen (born 1767) (1767–1850), Norwegian mining engineer, ironworks manager and politician *Peter Petersen (musicologist) (born 1940), German musicologist *Peter Petersen (actor), stage-name for Max Paulsen (1876–1956), Austrian actor in ''The Eternal Mask'' See also *Ole Peter Petersen (1822–1901), founder of Methodism in Norway * Peter Peterson (other) *Peter Pedersen (other) Peter Pedersen may refer to: * Peter Pedersen (politician) (born 1954), Swedish po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Hochbaum
Werner Hochbaum (7 March 1899, Kiel – 15 April 1946) was a German screenwriter, film producer and film director, director. Selected filmography * ''Brothers (1929 film), Brothers'' (1929) * ''Raid in St. Pauli'' (1932) * ''Tugboat M 17'' (1933) * ''Judgment of Lake Balaton'' (Hungary/Austria, 1933) * ''Life Begins Tomorrow'' (1933) * ''Suburban Cabaret'' (Austria, 1935) * ''The Eternal Mask'' (Austria/Switzerland, 1935) * ''Light Cavalry (1935 German film), Light Cavalry (German)'' (1935), ''Light Cavalry (1935 French film), Light Cavalry (French)'' (1935) * ''Schatten der Vergangenheit'' (Austria, 1936) * ''Hannerl and Her Lovers (1936 film), Hannerl and Her Lovers'' (Austria, 1936) * ''The Empress's Favourite'' (1936) * ''Talking About Jacqueline'' (1937) * ''A Girl Goes Ashore'' (1938) * ''Drei Unteroffiziere'' (1939) Bibliography * Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eternal Mask
''The Eternal Mask'' (German: ''Die ewige Maske'') is a 1935 Cinema of Austria, Austrian-Cinema of Switzerland, Swiss drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Peter Petersen (actor), Peter Petersen, Mathias Wieman and Franz Schafheitlin. The film was amongst the best ten foreign films of the year judged by the 1937 American National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. It also ran in competition at the 3rd Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Peter Petersen (actor), Peter Petersen as Professor Tscherko * Mathias Wieman as Dr. Dumartin * Franz Schafheitlin as Monsieur Negar * Tom Kraa as Dr. Wendt * Thekla Ahrens as Sister Anna * Olga Chekhova, Olga Tschechowa as Madame Negar * Karl Skraup as Le gardien Bibliography * Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa story: a history of Germany's greatest film company, 1918-1945''. University of California Press, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Dannhoff
Erika Dannhoff (2 December 1909 – 18 June 1996) was a German actress. She played the female lead in the 1935 mountain film ''Demon of the Himalayas''. Selected filmography * ''The Model from Montparnasse'' (1929) * ''The Man with the Frog'' (1929) * ''Marriage in Name Only'' (1930) * ''Mountains on Fire'' (1931) * '' Tannenberg'' (1932) * ''Sacred Waters'' (1932) * '' The Rebel'' (1932) * ''Demon of the Himalayas'' (1935) * ''Liebesträume'' (1935) * ''The Cabbie's Song'' (1936) * '' Waldrausch'' (1939) * '' No Way Back'' (1953) * ''The Story of Anastasia ''The Story of Anastasia'' and in the UK, ''Is Anna Anderson Anastasia?'' (German: ''Anastasia, die letzte Zarentochter''), is a German film directed by Falk Harnack. The 1956 film is based on the true story of Anna Anderson, who was pulled from ...'' (1956) * '' Barbara'' (1961) Bibliography * Holt, Lee Wallace. ''Mountains, Mountaineering and Modernity: A Cultural History of German and Austrian Mountaineering, 1900-1945' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Diessl
Gustav Diessl (30 December 1899 – 20 March 1948) was an Austrian artist, and film and stage actor. Biography Diessl was born Gustav Karl Balthasar Diessl in Vienna. In 1916, he was an extra on different stages in Vienna but was soon recruited into the army for World War I. During his military service, he was held prisoner for a year. After the war, Diessl started training as a stage designer but left to pursue a professional career in acting. Meanwhile, he played for a touring company and in 1921 had his first fixed engagement at the Neue Wiener Bühne. That same year he made his film debut, appearing in ''Im Banne der Kralle'', which was produced in Austria and directed by Carl Froelich (G. W. Pabst, who would later direct Diessl in ''Vastfronten 1918'', made his only appearance as a screen actor in this film). Over the years, Diessl compiled an extensive filmography, including many romantic comedies, several of which were filmed in war-time Italy. One of his more notable r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Marton
Andrew Marton (born Endre Marton; 26 January 1904 – 7 January 1992) was a Hungarian-American film director. In his career, he directed 39 films and television programs, and worked on 16 as a second unit director, including the chariot race in '' Ben Hur'' (1959). Life and career Marton was born in Budapest, Hungary. After high-school graduation in 1922 he was taken by Alfréd Deésy to Vienna to work at Sascha-Film, mostly as an assistant editor. After a few months, he rose the attention of director Ernst Lubitsch, who convinced him to try Hollywood. Marton returned to Europe in 1927, and worked as the main editor of the Tobis company in Berlin, and later as an assistant director in Vienna. He directed his ''Two O'Clock in the Morning'', first feature film, in 1929 in Great Britain. He joined a German expedition to Tibet in 1934, where he filmed ''Demon of the Himalayas''. Marton cited that he was Jewish as a reason that the film could not be released with his name as director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |