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Lothar Firmans
Lothar Firmans (1896–1964) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.216 Selected filmography * ''Quax the Crash Pilot'' (1941) * ''Front Theatre'' (1942) * '' Aufruhr der Herzen'' (1944) * ''Quax in Africa'' (1947) * '' Marriage in the Shadows'' (1947) * '' Girls in Gingham'' (1949) * '' Hoegler's Mission'' (1950) * ''Anna Susanna ''Anna Susanna'' is an East Germany, East German drama film directed by Richard Nicolas. It was released in 1953. Plot During the Great Depression, a rich businessman named Brinkmann decides sink his ship, ''Anna Susanna'', so he would be compen ...'' (1953) References Bibliography * Giesen, Rolf. ''Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography''. McFarland & Company, 2003. External links * 1896 births 1964 deaths German male stage actors German male film actors {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohrdruf, Thuringia
Ohrdruf () is a small town in the district of Gotha in the German state of Thuringia. It lies some 30 km southwest of Erfurt at the foot of the northern slope of the Thuringian Forest. The former municipalities Crawinkel, Gräfenhain and Wölfis were merged into Ohrdruf in January 2019. History Medieval and early modern Ohrdruf was reportedly founded in 724–726 by Saint Boniface, as the site of the first monastery in Thuringia, dedicated to Saint Michael. It was the first of several religious foundations in the town, the latest of which is the Carmelite monastery Karmel St. Elija (founded 1991). In 1550, under work began on ''Schloss Ehrenstein'' at the site of the former 8th century monastery. During the 17th century, the ''Schloss'' fell to the Grafen von Hohenlohe who after 1760 made alterations to it in Baroque style. In 1695, the orphaned Johann Sebastian Bach came to live and attend school at Ohrdruf, under the care of his older brother Johann Christoph B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motors, Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day (Panama), Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit of , the first spee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Susanna
''Anna Susanna'' is an East German drama film directed by Richard Nicolas. It was released in 1953. Plot During the Great Depression, a rich businessman named Brinkmann decides sink his ship, ''Anna Susanna'', so he would be compensated by the insurance. He orders its captain, Kleiers, to sabotage it while at sea. When Kleiers carries out his instructions, several sailors and passengers notice him. In a fight that ensues, the captain is killed, but not before he manage to shipwreck ''Anna Susanna''. Only a handful of people survive the incident. After they return home, they discover that Brinkmann's insurance fraud worked and he was compensated. They sue him at court and manage to have him indicted. Cast * Günther Simon as Orje * Peter Marx as Fietje * Werner Peters as Kuddel * Harry Hindemith as Emil * Herbert Richter as Kleiers * Alfred Maack as Peer Frensen * Maly Delschaft as Kuddel's mother * Aribert Grimmer as Kuddel's father * Arno Paulsen as Jan Brödel * Werne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoegler's Mission
''Der Auftrag Höglers'' (English-language title: ''Hoegler's Mission'') is a fantasy movie directed by Gustav von Wangenheim. It was released in 1950. Plot Högler, the former director of a steel plant now in East Germany, is a rich and ruthless capitalist residing in West Germany. He wishes to lay his hands on the new technical innovations that were developed by Dr. Thelen, who now runs the factory after it has been nationalized. Högler tries to besmirch Thelen by organizing sabotage in the factory, threatening to kill innocent workers to destroy the scientist's reputation. Two trade union activists - the West German Maria and the East German Fritz - who know each other since they have both fought in the wartime anti-Fascist resistance, unite to thwart the capitalist's plans. Cast * Inge von Wangenheim as Maria Steinitz * Fritz Tillmann as Fritz Rottmann * Gotthart Portloff as Dr. Thelen * August Momber as Högler * Axel Monjé as Dr. Kayser * Alice Treff as Dr. Alice Gies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls In Gingham
''Girls in Gingham'' (german: Die Buntkarierten; literally, The Checkered Ones)—sometimes called Beaverskin—is a 1949 German drama film directed by Kurt Maetzig. Plot In 1884, Guste is born as the illegitimate daughter of a maid. She marries a worker named Paul; her mistress gives her a set of common, checkered mattresses as a wedding gift. During the First World War, Paul is called to the front, and she remains alone with their children and works in a munitions factory. When she realizes how the capital of the great industry magnates had caused the war in the first place, Guste resigns and begins cleaning houses for a living. When the Nazis take over, Paul is fired from his job for being a trade-unionist, and dies. At the Second World War, their children are killed in a bombing. Gusta's granddaughter, Christel, is the only family she has now. After the war, as Christel is about to attend university - the first member of the family to have ever done so - her grandmother sews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage In The Shadows
''Marriage in the Shadows'' (German: ''Ehe im Schatten'') is 1947 German melodrama film directed by Kurt Maetzig and starring Paul Klinger, Ilse Steppat and Alfred Balthoff. It was produced in the Soviet zone in what later became East Germany and was released by DEFA. The film was described as an "attempt to confront the German people about the morals of the past", being the first film to confront the people about the persecution of the Jews and the atrocities conducted during World War II. Plot Actor Hans Wieland refuses to divorce his actress wife, Elisabeth, who is Jewish, even as extreme pressure is applied on him by the Nazi authorities. He even takes her to a premiere of one of his films where she is unwittingly introduced to a high Nazi Party official. Upon later discovering that the charming woman at the premiere was in fact Jewish, he orders her arrest. Hans Wieland is given an ultimatum by his former friend Herbert Blohm, now a Nazi official at the Reichskulturmini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quax In Africa
''Quax in Africa'' (german: Quax in Afrika) is a German comedy adventure film produced from 1943–1944 and released in 1947, directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler, and Lothar Firmans. It is a sequel to the 1941 film ''Quax the Crash Pilot''. Plot The year is ''circa'' 1932, and the initial setting is Bavaria, Germany. The novice aviator Otto Groschenbügel, nicknamed Quax (see the previous film ''Quax the Crash Pilot''), has advanced to become a professional flying instructor at the Flying School of Bergried. Although by nature a congenial fellow, he decides to adopt an authoritarian manner when learning of his pupils' unruly womanising. However his stern lectures that women have no place on an aerodrome are undermined when his friend Marianne unexpectedly visits him, and even more so when two female trainee pilots are assigned to him. Soon, the flying school's chief instructor announces that the ''Europaflug'' contest (an air rallye from Germany v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Front Theatre
''Front Theatre'' (German: ''Fronttheater'') is a 1942 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Heli Finkenzeller, René Deltgen and Lothar Firmans. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam. Location shooting took place in occupied Bordeaux and Greece. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carlo Böhm and Willi Herrmann. Plot A woman gives up her successful acting career to support her Doctor husband. Later she takes part in entertainment for German forces during the Second World War. Cast *Heli Finkenzeller as Lena Meinhardt-Andres *René Deltgen as Dr. Paul Meinhardt * Lothar Firmans as Langhammer, director * Wilhelm Strienz as chamber singer Herrmann * as Hilde Keller * as Monika Keller *Willi Rose as Alwin Sommer *Rudolf Schündler as Walter Hülsen * Bruni Löbel as Gerda Hoffmann *Hilde von Stolz as Edith Reiß *Gerhard Dammann as Pietsch * Adolf Fischer as Otto Zielke * as Kumme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Jena, Gera and Weimar. Thuringia is bordered by Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It has been known as "the green heart of Germany" () from the late 19th century due to its broad, dense forest. Most of Thuringia is in the Saale drainage basin, a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. Thuringia is home to the Rennsteig, Germany's best-known hiking trail. Its winter resort of Oberhof makes it a well-equipped winter sports destination – half of Germany's 136 Winter Olympic gold medals had been won by Thuringian athletes as of 2014. Thuringia was favoured by or was the birthplace of three key intellectuals and leaders in the arts: Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Fried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quax The Crash Pilot
''Quax the Crash Pilot'' (german: Quax, der Bruchpilot) is a 1941 German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Karin Himboldt and Lothar Firmans. It is also sometimes translated as ''Quax the Test Pilot''.Chapman p. 192 It features the popular song " Homeland, Your Stars". The film set in the 1930s before the outbreak of the Second World War. It is based on an aviation story by Hermann Grote about an everyday man who wins a newspaper competition that offers free flying lessons. Despite initial struggles, he gradually shows himself to be a good pilot. Much of the film was shot on location in Bavaria. Interiors were shot at the Tempelhof and Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and the Bavaria Studios in Munich. It was followed by a sequel ''Quax in Africa'' which was also made during the Nazi era, but not released until 1947. Main cast *Heinz Rühmann as Otto "Quax" Groschenbügel *Karin Himboldt as Marianne Bredow *Lothar Firmans as Hansen, Fluglehrer *Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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