Minna Von Barnhelm
''Minna von Barnhelm or the Soldiers' Happiness'' (german: Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück, ) is a ''lustspiel'' or comedy by the German author Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. It has five acts, was begun in 1763 and completed in 1767 – its author put the year 1763 on the official title page, presumably to emphasize that the recent Seven Years' War plays a major part in the play, which is set on 22 August 1763. It is one of the most important comedies in German literature. It was first performed in 1767 by the Hamburg National Theatre, where Lessing worked as a dramaturg. Plot Wounded and dishonourably discharged from the Prussian Army and threatened by financial troubles and serious bribery allegations, Major von Tellheim waits at a Berlin hotel, with his servant, Just, for the outcome of his trial. His penniless condition is because repayment of a large sum advanced to the government during the recent war is being held up and his honor in making the loan questioned. Dur ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ulrich Matthes
Ulrich Matthes (born 9 May 1959) is a German actor, possibly best-known for having played Joseph Goebbels in the 2004 film '' Downfall''. Life and work Matthes was born in West Berlin and educated at the Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster. He studied acting in the early 1980s in Berlin under Else Bongers. In the 2004 movie '' Downfall'' he plays Joseph Goebbels. In the 2004 movie ''The Ninth Day'', he plays Fr. Henri Kremer, a Catholic priest imprisoned at Dachau. He is also the standard German voice for Kenneth Branagh along with Martin Umbach. In February 2021, Matthes came out as gay. Awards * 1985: Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf in Northrhine-Westphalia * 1999: Bavarian Film Award – Best Actor for performance in ''Rider of the Flames'' * 2003: Deutscher Hörbuchpreis * 2007: Theaterpreis Berlin * 2008: Deutscher Theaterpreis Der Faust * 2015: Goldene Kamera – Best German Actor for performances in the ''Tatort'' episode ''Im Schmerz ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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René Deltgen
Renatus Heinrich Deltgen born 30 April 1909 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; died 29 January 1979 in Cologne, West Germany) was a Luxembourgian stage and film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ..., who spent most of his career in Germany. Selected filmography External links * 1909 births 1979 deaths People from Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourgian male television actors Luxembourgian male film actors 20th-century Luxembourgian male actors German Film Award winners {{Luxembourg-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heli Finkenzeller
Heli Finkenzeller (17 November 1914Friedemann, Beyer (1992)''Die Gesichter der UFA: Starportraits einer Epoche'' München: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag. Page 46. . – 14 January 1991) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1935 and 1991. Filmography * '' Marriage Strike'' (1935) * ''The Higher Command'' (1935) * '' The Royal Waltz'' (1935) * '' Weiberregiment'' (1936) * ''Boccaccio'' (1936) * ''Dangerous Crossing'' (1937) * '' The Model Husband'' (1937) * '' Der Schimmelkrieg in der Holledau'' (1937) * '' Spiel auf der Tenne'' (1937) * ''My Son the Minister'' (1937) * '' Wie der Hase läuft'' (1937) * '' Konzert in Tirol'' (1938) * '' Diskretion - Ehrensache'' (1938) * '' Scheidungsreise'' (1938) * '' Eine kleine Nachtmusik'' (1939) * '' Opera Ball'' (1939) * '' Hochzeitsnacht'' (1941) * '' Der siebente Junge'' (1941) * '' Ehe man Ehemann wird'' (1941) * '' Alarmstufe V'' (1941) * ''Front Theatre'' (1942) * '' Kohlhiesel's Daughters'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ewald Balser
Ewald Balser (5 October 1898 – 17 April 1978) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1935 and 1975. He was born in Elberfeld, Germany and died in Vienna, Austria. Partial filmography * ''Jana, the Girl from the Bohemian Forest'' (1935) - Peter * '' The Woman at the Crossroads'' (1938) - Prof. Henrici * ''Detours to Happiness'' (1939) - Thomas Bracht * ''Die unheimlichen Wünsche'' (1939) - Pertignac, Kunsthändler, Rafaéls Freund * ''Liberated Hands'' (1939) - Professor Wolfram * ''Der Weg zu Isabel'' (1940) - Manfred Corner * '' The Masked Lover'' (1940) * ''The Girl from Barnhelm'' (1940) - Major von Telheim * ''Ehe man Ehemann wird'' (1941) - Prof. Hellwig * ''Rembrandt'' (1942) - Rembrandt * ''Der dunkle Tag'' (1943) - Wolf Burkhardt * ''Ein glücklicher Mensch'' (1943) - Professor Lorenz * '' Gabriele Dambrone'' (1943) - Georg Hollberg * ''Der Scheiterhaufen'' (1945) - Amtsricher Dr. Martin * ''Glaube an mich'' (1946) - Prof. Franz Wiesinge ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Käthe Gold
Käthe Gold (11 February 1907 – 11 October 1997) was an Austrian actress. Born in Vienna, she trained in that city as an actress and then went to Bern, Breslau (now Wrocław) and Munich. In 1932 she went to Berlin, where she remained until 1944. It was during those years that she had her greatest successes on the stage in plays such as Goethe's ''Faust'' (Gretchen), Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' (Ophelia), and Ibsen's ''A Doll's House'' (Nora). In 1944, Gold went to Zurich, and in 1947 she returned to Vienna, where she played at the Burgtheater. Gold's stage career prevented her from appearing in many movies. Of the few films in which she did act, ''Amphitryon'' (1935, playing Alkmene), ''The Girl from Barnhelm'' (1940) and, after the war, ''Rose Bernd'' (1957) and ''Karl May'' (a 1976 biopic about Karl May) are notable. On TV she played Linda opposite Heinz Rühmann in a 1968 German language version of Arthur Miller's ''Death of a Salesman''. She also had two guest appearances ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hans Schweikart
Hans Schweikart (1 October 1895 – 1 December 1975) was a German film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 28 films between 1938 and 1968. He wrote for the film ''The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi'', which was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Out of the Depths'' (1919) * ''The House on the Moon'' (1921) * ''The Infernal Power'' (1922) * ''The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning'' (1923) * '' Two Children'' (1924) * '' Hunting You'' (1929) * ''Liberated Hands'' (1939) * ''The Girl from Barnhelm'' (1940) * ''The Girl from Fano'' (1941) * '' The Comedians'' (1941 - produced) * ''The Endless Road'' (1943) * '' I Need You'' (1944) * ''Insolent and in Love'' (1948) * '' Night of the Twelve'' (1949) * ''Beloved Liar'' (1950) * ''Melody of Fate'' (1950) * ''That Can Happen to Anyone'' (1952) * '' Must We Get Divorced?'' (1953) * ''A House Full of Love'' (1954) * ''The Blue Danube'' (1955) * ''Stage Fright'' (1960) * ''Agatha, Stop T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Girl From Barnhelm
''The Girl from Barnhelm'' (german: Das Fräulein von Barnhelm) is a 1940 German historical comedy film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Käthe Gold, Ewald Balser and Fita Benkhoff. It is an adaptation of the 1767 play ''Minna von Barnhelm'' by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (, ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the developmen ....Klossner p. 150 Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1940 films Films of Nazi Germany German historical comedy films 1940s historical comedy films German films based on plays Films set in the 1760s Films set in Prussia 1940s German-language films Films directed by Hans Schweikart German black-and-white films Bavaria Film films 1940 comedy films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Theater Heilbronn
Theater Heilbronn is a theatre in Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... Theatres in Baden-Württemberg {{BadenWürttemberg-struct-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nicolas Kemmer
Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), Welsh poet * Jean Nicolas (1913–1978), French international football player * Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1799–1848), English antiquary * Paul Nicolas (1899–1959), French international football player * Robert Nicolas (1595–1667), English politician Nicolás * Adolfo Nicolás (1936–2020), Superior General of the Society of Jesus * Eduardo Nicolás (born 1972), Spanish former professional tennis player Other uses * Nicolas (wine retailer), a French chain of wine retailers * ''Le Petit Nicolas'', a series of children's books by René Goscinny See also * San Nicolás (other) * Nicholas (other) * Nicola (other) * Nikola Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Konstantin Wecker
Konstantin Alexander Wecker (born 1 June 1947, Munich) is a German singer-songwriter; he also works as a composer, author, and actor. Life and work Classically educated at the Wilhelmsgymnasium, Wecker got one of his first jobs as a songwriter at Munich's cabaret "Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft" in 1973. His breakthrough as a singer came in 1977 with the record ''Genug ist nicht genug'' ("Enough Is Not Enough"), which includes the popular talking blues "Willy," about a presumably close friend of Wecker's who was slain by drunken Nazis. Wecker has released more than forty albums, and has also composed music for film, theater, and children's musicals. In 2003, Wecker became a public opponent of the Iraq War, joining his leftist Liedermacher colleagues Hannes Wader and Reinhard Mey. In March 2006, Wecker was forced to cancel a scheduled performance in the small town of Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt. This came after the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) pressured loc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |