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Max Knaake
Max Knaake (1886–1968) was a German art director.Greco p.186 Selected filmography * ''La Boheme'' (1923) * ''Curfew'' (1925) * '' Battle of the Sexes'' (1926) * '' The Sporck Battalion'' (1927) * ''Hurrah! I Live!'' (1928) * '' The Sinner'' (1928) * ''Taxi at Midnight'' (1929) * ''Storm of Love'' (1929) * '' Farewell'' (1930) * '' Today Is the Day'' (1933) * '' Must We Get Divorced?'' (1933) * ''At the Strasbourg'' (1934) * ''Counsel for Romance'' (1936) * ''Men, Animals and Sensations'' (1938) * '' Glück bei Frauen'' (1944) * ''Elephant Fury ''Elephant Fury'' (german: Gesprengte Gitter) is a 1953 West German drama war film directed by and starring Harry Piel.Rentschler p.283 It also features Herbert A.E. Bohme, Hans Zesch-Ballot and Dorothea Wieck. The film had a troubled production ...'' (1953) * '' Wer seine Frau lieb hat'' (1955) References Bibliography * Greco, Joseph. ''The File on Robert Siodmak in Hollywood, 1941-1951''. Universal-Publishers, 1999. External links ... [...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] |
Today Is The Day (film)
''Today Is the Day'' (German: ''Heut' kommt's drauf an'') is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Kurt Gerron and starring Hans Albers, Luise Rainer and Oskar Karlweis. It features a number of jazz interludes. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Knaake and Julius von Borsody. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin. It was shot between December 1932 and January 1933 during the final months of the Weimar Republic. Despite its popular success the incoming Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels described it as "terrible rubbish".Moeller p.65 Due to their Jewish background a number of those involved with the film, including the director Gerron and star Rainer, left Germany after the Nazi takeover. Synopsis Hannes Eckmann, the leader of a Hamburg jazz group heads for Berlin to take part in a competition. He encounters Marita Costa a leader of an all-female band and falls for her. After discovering she is short of a dancer for a performance he steps into the role a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Deaths
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being elected leader of the Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8. ** 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash: A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland, discharging 4 nuclear bombs. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wer Seine Frau Lieb Hat
''Wer seine Frau lieb hat'' is an East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ... film. It was released in 1955. External links * 1955 films East German films 1950s German-language films German comedy films 1955 comedy films German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elephant Fury
''Elephant Fury'' (german: Gesprengte Gitter) is a 1953 West German drama war film directed by and starring Harry Piel.Rentschler p.283 It also features Herbert A.E. Bohme, Hans Zesch-Ballot and Dorothea Wieck. The film had a troubled production history. Originally made between 1940 and 1943 under the title of ''Panic'', it faced censorship problems. Following the end of the Second World War, Piel recovered the negative which had fallen into the hands of the occupying Soviet forces. He re-shot some scenes, and the film was eventually released more than a decade after it had first begun shooting. Synopsis During the Second World War, an air raid on a zoo leads to the animals escaping across the city. Cast * Harry Piel as Großtierfänger Peter Volker * Herbert A.E. Böhme as Mitarbeiter Fritz Kröger * Hans Zesch-Ballot as Zoodirektor Thiele * Dorothea Wieck as Hella Thiele * Wilhelm P. Krüger as Farmer A. R. Brinkmann * Ruth Eweler as Christa Brinkmann * Fritz Hoopts as Farme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glück Bei Frauen
Glück (transliterated Glueck) (german: "luck") is the surname of: * Arie Gill-Gluck (1930–2016), Israeli Olympic runner * Alois Glück (born 1940), German politician * Bernard Glueck (other), several people with this name * Christian Friedrich von Glück (1755–1831), German jurist * Eleanor Glueck (1898–1972), American criminologist and wife of Sheldon Glueck * George Glueck (born 1950), German music producer and artist manager * Grace Glueck (1926–2022), American art journalist * Gustav Glück (1871–1952), Austrian art historian * Helen Iglauer Glueck (1907–1995), American physician * Johann Ernst Glück (1652–1705), German translator and Lutheran theologian * Larry Glueck (born 1941), American football (NFL) defensive back * Louise Glück (born 1943), American poet * Nelson Glueck (1900–1971), American rabbi, academic and archaeologist * Sheldon Glueck (1896–1980), Polish American criminologist * Wolfgang Glück (born 1929), Austrian film director and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men, Animals And Sensations
''Men, Animals and Sensations'' (German: ''Menschen, Tiere, Sensationen'') is a 1938 German drama film directed by and starring Harry Piel and also featuring Ruth Eweler and Elisabeth Wendt. It is a circus film. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Max Knaake.Klaus p.136 Location filming took place at the Sarrasani circus in Dresden. Cast * Harry Piel as Robert Hansen / Gen. Bobby / Artist * Ruth Eweler as Fedora * Elisabeth Wendt as Maja de Passy * Edith Oß as Estrella - genannt Ella * Josef Karma as Franz - Tierpfleger * Egon Brosig as Hopkins - Assistent bei Fedora * Willi Schur as Theateragent * Eugen Rex as Der Zauberkünstler * Franz Arzdorf as Gast in der Hotelbar "Astoria" * Charly Berger as Ringmeister im Varieté * Raffles Bill as Varietéartist * Gerhard Dammann as Krause, Hausmeister * Liesl Eckardt as Garderobenfrau von Fedora * Charles Francois as Ein Ober in der Bar * Knut Hartwig as Ober * Alfred Karen as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counsel For Romance
''Counsel for Romance'' (French: ''Un mauvais garçon'') is a 1936 French romantic comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and Raoul Ploquin and starring Danielle Darrieux, Henri Garat and Jean Dax. Production The film was made as a co-production between the German studio UFA and its French subsidiary ACE. It was made at UFA's Babelsberg Studios in Berlin, with location shooting taking place in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Günther and Max Knaake. The music is by Georges Van Parys. Plot A young female lawyer refuses to get married as she thinks only of her work. But soon her father sends a crook so that she dedicates herself. Gradually, she begins to love the charming swindler. Cast *Danielle Darrieux as Jacqueline Serval * Henri Garat as Pierre Meynard * André Alerme as Monsieur Serval *Marguerite Templey as Mme. Serval *Madeleine Suffel as Marie * Jean Dax as Feutrier père * Alfred Pasquali as P'tit Louis * Léon Arvel as Le juge d'i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At The Strasbourg
''At the Strasbourg'' (german: Zu Straßburg auf der Schanz) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Franz Osten and starring Hans Stüwe, Ursula Grabley, and Anna von Palen.Bock & Bergfelder p. 536 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Dürnhöfer and Max Knaake. Location filming In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ... took place in Strasbourg and Switzerland. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1934 films Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1934 comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Franz Osten German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Must We Get Divorced? (1933 Film)
''Must We Get Divorced?'' (german: Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen) is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Else Elster, Aribert Mog and Iván Petrovich. It was shot at the Emelka Studios of Bavaria Film in Munich.Klaus p.139 The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Knaake. Cast * Else Elster as Anni Lüders * Aribert Mog as Gottfried Lüders * Iván Petrovich as Edgar Radek * S.Z. Sakall as Professor Friedrich Hornung * Martha Ziegler as Irmgard * Inez Allegri as Olly Rode * Lotte Lang as Lissi Dorfmüller * Liesl Karlstadt as Wirtschafterin bei Hornung * Georg Henrich as Judge * Kurt Horwitz as Anni's Lawyer * Josef Eichheim as Gerichtsdiener Hubermann * Herbert Langhofer as Lemke * Beppo Brem as Edgar's Trainer * O.E. Hasse as Ein Friseur * Max Schreck as Kongresspräsident * Richard Ryen Richard Ryen (13 September 1885 – 22 December 1965) was a Hungarian-born actor who was expelled from Germany by the Nazis prior to World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farewell (1930 Film)
''Farewell'' (German: ''Abschied'') is a 1930 German comedy drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Brigitte Horney, Aribert Mog and Emilia Unda. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Knaake. Plot Peter Winkler and his fiancee Hella live together in Berlin, in a guesthouse called "Splendide", run by Mrs Weber. Peter and Hella seem to be the only happy people in the house, all others are misfits of various kinds. One day, Peter is offered a well paid position in Dresden. He is hoping that with greater professional success he will finally be able to marry Hella. In this joyful mood he tells the other guests about the news, but not Hella, who he wants to surprise. Unfortunately some of the guests can't keep a secret and so Hella learns of the news. She in turn doesn't tell Peter that she already had a dress and a hat reserved in a local store, without owning the required amount of money. In this diffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
