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Marianne Simson
Marianne Simson (July 29, 1920 – July 15, 1992) was a German dancer and film actress. She was born in Berlin as the daughter of an insurance clerk John Edward Simson. Her brother was Helmut Simson, who later served as mayor of Wolfsburg. Originally trained as a ballerina, she made her screen debut in '' Frisions in Distress'' (1935) and went on to appear in another seventeen films over the next decade, generally in supporting roles. In 1944 she informed on a Germany army major to the Gestapo for allegedly making comments supportive of the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.Barker p.182 Following the defeat of Germany, Simson was arrested by the Soviet NKVD and placed in a series of detention camps. In 1950 she was sentenced to eight years in prison, but was given an early release in 1952 and moved to West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation ... [...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] |
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 October 1990. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc. West Germany was formed as a political entity during the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II, established from eleven states formed in the three Allied zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. The FRG's provisional capital was the city of Bonn, and the Cold War era country is retrospectively designated as the Bonn Republic. At the onset of the Cold War, Europe was divided between the Western and Eastern blocs. Germany was divided into the two countries. Initially, West Germany claimed an exclusive mandate for all of Germany, representing itself as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Deaths
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Everyday Story
''An Everyday Story'' (german: Eine alltägliche Geschichte) is a 1948 drama film directed by Günther Rittau and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Marianne Simson and Karl Schönböck.Bock & Bergfelder p. 193 The film was produced in 1944, towards the end of the Second World War, but was not given a release until DEFA in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany, Soviet Zone distributed it four years later. It received its Austrian release the following year, and finally in West Germany in 1950. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte and Karl Vollbrecht. Synopsis A novelist completes what he considers to be his masterpiece, but the publisher tells him instead to write an everyday story. Cast * Gustav Fröhlich as Bernd Falkenhagen * Marianne Simson as Anneliese Schwarz * Karl Schönböck as Herbert Winkler * Margot Jahnen as Susi Liebig * Hans Brausewetter as Werner, Direktor Exzelsior-Verlag * Paul Henckels as Spaziergänger * Hans Leibelt as Annelieses Vater * Käth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage Of Affection
''Marriage of Affection'' (german: Neigungsehe) is a 1944 German historical drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Henny Porten, Elisabeth Flickenschildt and Käthe Dyckhoff.Bock & Bergfelder p. 518 It was released as a direct sequel to '' The Buchholz Family''. The film was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci .... Cast References Bibliography * Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1944 films 1940s historical drama films German historical drama films Films of Nazi Germany 1940s German-language films Films directed by Carl Froelich UFA GmbH films German sequel films Films based on German novels F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Buchholz Family
''The Buchholz Family'' (german: Familie Buchholz) is a 1944 German drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Henny Porten, Paul Westermeier, and Käthe Dyckhoff. It is a family chronicle set in late nineteenth century Berlin. It is based on an 1884 novel by Julius Stinde. It was followed by a second part ''Marriage of Affection'', released the same year.Noack p.195 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag Walter Haag (1898–1978) was a German art director. He worked on more than sixty films during his career including the 1940 historical melodrama ''The Heart of a Queen''.Hull p.179-80 Selected filmography * ''The Private Life of Louis XIV'' (19 .... Cast References Bibliography * Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016. External links * Films of Nazi Germany German historical drama films German black-and-white films 1940s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Münchhausen (film)
Münchhausen or Munchausen may refer to: *Baron Munchausen (1720–1797), a German nobleman whose adventurous life was later fictionalized in literature and film *, a German noble family *Münchhausen (surname), a German surname *Münchhausen am Christenberg, a German town * Munchhausen, Bas-Rhin, a commune in Bas-Rhin, France * 14014 Münchhausen, a main belt asteroid * ''Münchhausen'' (1943 film), a German fantasy-comedy film * ''Munchausen'' (2013 film), an American silent short horror film See also * Freiherr von Münchhausen (other) *Munchausen syndrome, a psychiatric disorder named after Baron Münchausen **Munchausen syndrome by proxy ** Munchausen by Internet *Münchhausen trilemma in epistemology * * *''Meet the Baron'', 1933 MGM comedy featuring Baron Von Munchausen *''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' is a 1988 adventure fantasy film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, and starring John Neville, Sarah Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bath In The Barn (1943 Film)
''The Bath in the Barn'' (german: Das Bad auf der Tenne) is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Volker von Collande and starring Will Dohm, Heli Finkenzeller and Richard Häussler. The film is shot in Agfacolor, one of only a few German films made in colour during the war years. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon Gabriel Pellon (1900–1975) was a German painter and art director.Shandley p.212 Pellon was born in Metz, which was then part of the German Empire having been annexed from France at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. When Metz was later annex ... and Franz F. Fürst. It was remade in 1956 under the same title.Williams p. 150 Plot Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1943 films 1940s historical comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1940s German-language films Films directed by Volker von Collande Films set in the 17th century Films set in Flanders German historical comedy films Tobis Film films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Schlüter (film)
''Andreas Schlüter'' is a 1942 German historical drama film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Heinrich George, Mila Kopp and Olga Tschechowa. It portrays the life of the eighteenth century German architect Andreas Schlüter.Aldgate p. 157–158 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hermann Asmus, Kurt Herlth and Robert Herlth. Cast * Heinrich George as Andreas Schlüter * Mila Kopp as Elisabeth Schlüter * Olga Tschechowa as Countess Vera Orlewska * Theodor Loos as Prince Friedrich III. * Dorothea Wieck as Princess Charlotte * Marianne Simson as Leonore Schlüter * Karl John as Bildhauer Martin Böhme, ihr Bräutigam * Herbert Hübner as Minister Johann von Wartenberg * Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Johann Friedrich Eosander von Göthe * Eduard von Winterstein as Naumann, ein Freund Schlüters * Emil Heß as Counsellor Dankelmann * Max Gülstorff as Geheimrat Kraut * Robert Taube as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz * Paul Dahlke as Ore Caster Johann Jacobi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two In A Big City
''Two in a Big City'' (german: Zwei in einer großen Stadt) is a 1942 German romantic comedy film directed by Volker von Collande and starring Claude Farell, Karl John and Marianne Simson. A German soldier on leave in 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 constitue ... goes looking for his pen pal who he has never met called Gisela. He meets instead a woman with the same name and falls in love with her.Hull p. 250 Cast References Bibliography * Hull, David Stewart. ''Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933–1945''. University of California Press, 1969. External links * 1942 films Films of Nazi Germany German romantic comedy films 1942 romantic comedy films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Volker von Collande Films set in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swedish Nightingale (film)
''The Swedish Nightingale'' (german: Die schwedische Nachtigall) is a 1941 German musical film directed by Peter Paul Brauer and starring Ilse Werner (singing sequences with Erna Berger's voice), Karl Ludwig Diehl, and Joachim Gottschalk.Hake p. 215 The film is based on a play by Friedrich Forster-Burggraf set in nineteenth century Copenhagen. It portrays a romance between the writer Hans Christian Andersen and the opera singer Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale" of the title. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Heinrich Weidemann. Made on a budget of around one and half million Reichsmarks, it was a major commercial success on its release across Europe. At the time when the film was made, Germany was keeping Denmark under military occupation but attempting a relatively conciliatory attitude towards the occupied Danes. Germany was also making an effort to keep good relations with the neutral Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
