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Madame Pompadour (1931 Film)
''Madame Pompadour'' (german: Die Marquise von Pompadour) is a 1931 German historical musical film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Anny Ahlers, Kurt Gerron, and Walter Jankuhn. Part of the tradition of operetta films, it portrays the relationship between Madame Pompadour and Louis XV of France. The film is not based on the operetta ''Madame Pompadour'' by Leo Fall. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin while location filming took place at the Palace of Versailles.Klaus p.196-97 A separate French version '' A Caprice of Pompadour'' was also released. Cast *Anny Ahlers as Marquise von Pompadour *Kurt Gerron as Louis XV * Walter Jankuhn as Gaston de Méville *Ida Wüst as Frau von Estrade, her partner * Ernö Verebes as Marcel de Clermount, cadet *Irene Ambrus as Madelaine Biron, tutor *Fritz Odemar as Minister Maurepas * Hans Rameau as The Dauphin *Wilhelm Bendow as Mélange, Pompadour's secretary *Max Ehrlich as Cerf, court banker *Gustl Gstettenbaur Gustl Gstette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willi Wolff
Willi is a given name, nickname (often a short form or hypocorism of Wilhelm) and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-American musicologist * Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991), Austrian violinist and conductor * Willi Forst (1903–1980), born Wilhelm Anton Frohs, Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer * Willi Hennig (1913–1976), German biologist * Willi Liebherr (born 1947), German-Swiss businessman and billionaire * Willi Smith (1948–1987), African-American fashion designer * Willi Ziegler (1929–2002), German paleontologist Nickname * Willi Graf (1918–1943), member of the White Rose anti-Nazi resistance group under consideration for sainthood * Willi Münzenberg (1889–1940), German communist political activist and publisher * Willi Orbán (born 1992), German-Hungarian footballer * Willi Ostermann (1876–1936), German lyricist, composer and singer of carnival songs and songs about Colog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Fall
Leopold Fall (2 February 187316 September 1925) was an Austrian Kapellmeister and composer of operettas. Life Born in Olmütz (Olomouc), Leo (or Leopold) Fall was taught by his father Moritz Fall (1848–1922), a bandmaster and composer, who settled in Berlin. The younger Fall studied at the Vienna Conservatory before rejoining his father in Berlin. His teachers in Vienna were Robert Fuchs and Johann Nepomuk Fuchs. In 1895 he began a new career as an operetta conductor in Hamburg, and started to compose. From 1904 onwards he devoted himself to composition. While less successful than his contemporary Franz Lehár, he was nevertheless capable of producing melodious and well orchestrated work. After working in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne he settled in Vienna in 1906, where he died. He is buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery. His brothers and Richard were also composers; both were murdered by Nazi concentration camps. His best known operettas in the English-speaking world are ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Ehrlich
Max Michaelis Ehrlich (7 December 1892 – 1 October 1944) was a German actor, screenwriter, and director on the German theater, comedy and cabaret scene of the 1930s. Ehrlich began his career in the 1920s at various theatres, including leading roles in Max Reinhardt productions and revues. He appeared in 42 films, ten of which he directed, and on eight records. He wrote several books, including ''From Adelbert to Zilzer'', his best-selling humorous collection of stories and anecdotes about sixty-two of his best known show business friends and colleagues. Career in Nazi Germany In 1933, the National Socialists seized power and stopped Ehrlich and his other Jewish colleagues from working in Germany. As a result, he left for Vienna to appear with the Rudolf Nelson Revue. However, there too, Austrian anti-Semites interrupted the show with cries of "Jews, get out of Vienna." Consequently, the troupe left for The Netherlands, stopping en route for stage appearances in Switzerland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Bendow
Wilhelm Bendow (29 September 1884 – 29 May 1950) was a German film actor who appeared in many films during his career. Bendow made his debut in the 1913 film '' Aus eines Mannes Mädchenzeit''.Elsässer p.106 Selected filmography * '' Lust for Life'' (1922) * ''La Boheme'' (1923) * '' The Little Napoleon'' (1923) * ''Die Fledermaus'' (1923) * ''Wood Love'' (1925) * ''The Woman with That Certain Something'' (1925) * '' Chaste Susanne'' (1926) * ''The Brothers Schellenberg'' (1926) * ''We Belong to the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment'' (1926) * '' Roses from the South'' (1926) * '' The Divorcée'' (1926) * ''His Toughest Case'' (1926) * '' My Aunt, Your Aunt'' (1927) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * ''A Crazy Night'' (1927) * ''Carnival Magic'' (1927) * ''Her Dark Secret'' (1929) * ''German Wine'' (1929) * ''The Tender Relatives'' (1930) * ''Alraune'' (1930) * ''The Blonde Nightingale'' (1930) * ''The Emperor's Sweetheart'' (1931) * ''Madame Pompadour'' (1931) * '' Storms of Passi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dauphin Of France
Dauphin of France (, also ; french: Dauphin de France ), originally Dauphin of Viennois (''Dauphin de Viennois''), was the title given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 to 1791, and from 1824 to 1830. The word ''dauphin'' is French for dolphin. At first, the heirs were granted the County of Viennois (Dauphiné) to rule, but eventually only the title was granted. History Guigues IV, Count of Vienne, had a dolphin on his coat of arms and was nicknamed ''le Dauphin''. The title of Dauphin de Viennois descended in his family until 1349, when Humbert II sold his seigneury, called the Dauphiné, to King Philippe VI on condition that the heir of France assume the title of ''le Dauphin''. The wife of the Dauphin was known as ''la Dauphine''. The first French prince called ''le Dauphin'' was Charles the Wise, later ascending to the throne as Charles V of France. The title was roughly equivalent to the English (thence British) ''Prince of Wales'', the Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Odemar
Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar Sr. (Karl Julius Friedrich Odemar; 1858–1926). Selected filmography * '' The Merry Vineyard'' (1927) - Knuzius, Klärchens Verlobter * ''The Devious Path'' (1928) - Möller, Regierungsrat * ''The Last Fort'' (1929) - Lieutenant Brand * ''Crucified Girl'' (1929) * ''Napoleon at Saint Helena'' (1929) - Lt. Nichols * ''Scandalous Eva'' (1930) - Lämmerberg * ''The Song Is Ended'' (1930) - Der Verlager / The Editor * ' (1930) * ''The Stolen Face'' (1930) - Hempel * ''Petit officier... Adieu!'' (1930) - Teschner * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931) - Fitzke * ''Madame Pompadour'' (1931) - Minister Maurepas * '' 1914'' (1931) - Prince Lichnowsky * ''The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) * ''Three Days of Love'' (1931) * ''The Merry Wives of Vienna' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Wüst
Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA). Life and career Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discovered early the world of theater, and decided to make it her career. After attending secondary school in Frankfurt am Main, Wüst took acting lessons from Thessa Klinghammer and at the age of 16 received her first engagement at the StadtTheatre of Colmar, and further stage productions in Bromberg, and in 1904 performed extensively in Leipzig. In 1907 she became a member of the ensemble of the Lessing-Theater in Berlin, where she performed roles in ''Hosenrollen'' (roles in which women impersonate men in trousers), and comedies and became sought after actress. She befriended and married actor Bruno Kastner, with whom she began writing screenplays. The couple married in 1918, divorced in 1924, and had no children. Wüst appeared in the four- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis XV
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defined as his 13th birthday) on 15 February 1723, the kingdom was ruled by his grand-uncle Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as Regent of France. Cardinal Fleury was chief minister from 1726 until his death in 1743, at which time the king took sole control of the kingdom. His reign of almost 59 years (from 1715 to 1774) was the second longest in the history of France, exceeded only by his predecessor, Louis XIV, who had ruled for 72 years (from 1643 to 1715). In 1748, Louis returned the Austrian Netherlands, won at the Battle of Fontenoy of 1745. He ceded New France in North America to Great Britain and Spain at the conclusion of the disastrous Seven Years' War in 1763. He incorporated the territories of the Duchy of Lorr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame De Pompadour
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (, ; 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and remained influential as court favourite until her death. Pompadour took charge of the king's schedule and was a valued aide and advisor, despite her frail health and many political enemies. She secured titles of nobility for herself and her relatives, and built a network of clients and supporters. She was particularly careful not to alienate the Queen, Marie Leszczyńska. On 8 February 1756, the Marquise de Pompadour was named as the thirteenth lady-in-waiting to the queen, a position considered the most prestigious at the court, which accorded her with honors. Pompadour was a major patron of architecture and decorative arts, especially porcelain. She was a patron of the ''philosophes'' of the Enlightenment, including Voltaire. Hostile crit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Caprice Of Pompadour
''A Caprice of Pompadour'' (French: ''Un caprice de la Pompadour'') is a 1931 French historical musical film directed by Joë Hamman and Willi Wolff and starring André Baugé, Marcelle Denya and Gaston Dupray. A separate German version ''Madame Pompadour'' was also made.Bock & Bergfelder p.156 It marked the film debut of the future star Suzy Delair. Cast * André Baugé as Gaston de Méville * Marcelle Denya as La marquise de Pompadour * Gaston Dupray as Le marquis de l'Espinglette * Paulette Duvernet as Madeleine Biron * René Marjolle as Le roi Louis XV * André Marnay as Maurepas * Madyne Coquelet as Madame de l'Estrade * Jean Rousselière as Marcel de Clermont * Fernand Baer as Le baron Cerf * Max Réjean as Un cadet * Jacques Christiany as Le dauphin * Suzy Delair as Une soubrette de la Pompadour * Pierre Léaud * Théo Tony Theo is a given name and a hypocorism. Greek origin Many names beginning with the root "Theo-" derive from the Ancient Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palace Of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, under the direction of the Ministry of Culture (France), French Ministry of Culture, by the Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles. Some 15,000,000 people visit the palace, park, or gardens of Versailles every year, making it one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. Louis XIII built a simple hunting lodge on the site of the Palace of Versailles in 1623 and replaced it with a small château in 1631–34. Louis XIV expanded the château into a palace in several phases from 1661 to 1715. It was a favorite residence for both kings, and in 1682, Louis XIV moved the seat of his court and government to Versailles, making the palace the ''de facto'' capital of France. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
