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Maria Eis
Maria Eis (born Prague, 22 February 1896 - died Vienna, 18 December 1954) was an Austrian actress of stage and screen. Between 1918 and 1923 Eis performed on stage at the ''Neue Wiener Bühne'' (New Vienna stage), the ''Renaissancebühne'' (Renaissance stage) and the ''Kammerspielen''. Later, she moved to Hamburg, where she played at the Thalia Theater and at the ''Deutschen Schauspielhaus'' until 1932. When she returned to Vienna, she joined an ensemble group at the ''Burgtheatre'' (City Theatre), where she played character and tragic roles up until her death. Her performances, such as Elizabeth I, Lady Macbeth, Sappho, Medea, and Iphigenia are considered noteworthy. Eis also acted in a number of successful films after 1935. A section of road in front of the former Karl Michael Ziehrer House has been renamed "Maria Eis Gasse" in her memory. Partial filmography *''Episode'' (1935) *''Mirror of Life'' (1938) *'' Love is Duty Free'' (1941) *''The Trial'' (1948) *''Mysteriou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Theresa (film)
''Maria Theresa'' (German: ''Maria Theresia'') is a 1951 Austrian historical drama film directed by Emil E. Reinert and starring Paula Wessely, Fred Liewehr and Marianne Schönauer.Fritsche p.64 It portrays the life of the eighteenth century Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa. It was produced by star Paula Wessely's own production company. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. Some location shooting took place at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. Cast * Paula Wessely as Maria Theresia * Fred Liewehr as Franz I. * Marianne Schönauer as Maria Valeria von Aliano, spätere Fürstin Trautperg * Rosa Albach-Retty as Gräfin Fuchs * Kurti Baumgartner as Maximilian * Karl Ehmann * Maria Eis as Fürstin Gollinsky * Rudolf Fernau as Graf Kaunitz * Erik Frey as Fürst Trautperg * Harry Hardt * Franz Herterich * Attila Hörbiger as Hofkriegsratspräsident Harrach * Adrian Hoven as Leutnant Cordona * Milan von Kamare as Graf Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 member radio stations. * January 21 – The first nuclear-powered subm ... [...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] |
Actresses From Prague
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 (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian People Of German Bohemian Descent
Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ** Austria-Hungary ** Austrian Airlines (AUA) ** Austrian cuisine ** Austrian Empire ** Austrian monarchy ** Austrian German (language/dialects) ** Austrian literature ** Austrian nationality law ** Austrian Service Abroad ** Music of Austria ** Austrian School of Economics * Economists of the Austrian school of economic thought * The Austrian Attack variation of the Pirc Defence chess opening. See also * * * Austria (other) * Australian (other) * L'Autrichienne (other) is the feminine form of the French word , meaning "The Austrian". It may refer to: *A derogatory nickname for Queen Marie Antoinette of France *L'Autrichienne (film), ''L'Autrichienne'' (film), a 1990 French film on Marie Antoinette wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Stage Actresses
Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ** Austria-Hungary ** Austrian Airlines (AUA) ** Austrian cuisine ** Austrian Empire ** Austrian monarchy ** Austrian German (language/dialects) ** Austrian literature ** Austrian nationality law ** Austrian Service Abroad ** Music of Austria ** Austrian School of Economics * Economists of the Austrian school of economic thought * The Austrian Attack variation of the Pirc Defence chess opening. See also * * * Austria (other) * Australian (other) * L'Autrichienne (other) is the feminine form of the French word , meaning "The Austrian". It may refer to: *A derogatory nickname for Queen Marie Antoinette of France *L'Autrichienne (film), ''L'Autrichienne'' (film), a 1990 French film on Marie Antoinette wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eternal Waltz
''The Eternal Waltz'' (german: Ewiger Walzer, link=no) is a 1954 West German drama film dramatizing the life of Johann Strauss II.Bock & Bergfelder p. 529 The initial story was written by Hanns Marschall and Ruth Charlotte Silbermann, and the film itself was written by Alexander Lix; the adaptation was by Paul Verhoeven (German director), Paul Verhoeven who also directed the film. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and location filming, on location in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Bi and Bruno Monden. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1954 films West German films 1950s German-language films 1950s biographical films German biographical films Biographical films about musicians Films about classical music and musicians Films about composers Films directed by Paul Verhoeven (Germany) Films set in the 19th century 1950s historical films German historical films Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films shot in Vienna Cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Louise And Anton
''Annaluise and Anton'' (German: ''Pünktchen und Anton'') is a 1953 Austrian-West German comedy film directed by Thomas Engel and starring Paul Klinger, Hertha Feiler, and Heidemarie Hatheyer. It was one of the 10 most popular films released in Austria that year.Fritsche p.168 It was made at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff. It was remade in 1999. Main cast * Sabine Eggerth as Pünktchen * Peter Feldt as Anton * Paul Klinger as Herr Pogge * Hertha Feiler as Frau Eva Pogge * Heidemarie Hatheyer as Frau Gast, Anton's mother * Annie Rosar as Bertha, cook * Jane Tilden as Fräulein Andacht * Michael Janisch as Hollack, Chauffeur * Carl Möhner as Höllriegel, Rennfahrer * Claus Kaap as Klepperbein * Hugo Gottschlich as Gustav * Walter Varndal as Friseur Habekuss * Herbert Kroll as Lehrer Bremser * Maria Eis as Frau Übelmann * Carl de Groof * Hermann Erhardt as Ein Betrunkener * Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Schubert (film)
''Franz Schubert'' (original German title: ''Franz Schubert – Ein Leben in zwei Sätzen'') is a 1953 Austrian film depicting composer Franz Schubert's life and work. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna with sets designed by the art director Leo Metzenbauer. Plot Franz Schubert works as an assistant teacher in the school led by his father. In his spare time, however, the young man, who considers Ludwig van Beethoven to be his unattainable role model, devotes himself to writing music. As public acceptance is denied to him, his friends lobby at the music publisher Anton Diabelli for a public performance of Schubert's music. During a reception, at which Schubert performs his ''Ave Maria'', he gets to know singer Therese Grob. Schubert decides to quit the employment at his father's and, instead, to concentrate merely on music, and moves in his with friends, poets Franz von Schober and Moritz von Schwind and painter Johann Mayerhofer. There, he is inspired to set Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spendthrift (1953 Film)
A Spendthrift is someone who spends money prodigiously. Spendthrift or The Spendthrift may also refer to: * Spendthrift (horse) (1876–1900), American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire * ''The Spendthrift'' (1910 play) by written Porter Emerson Browne * ''Spendthrift'' (film), 1936 American film * ''The Spendthrift'' (1915 film), American silent film drama directed by Walter Edwin * ''The Spendthrift'' (1917 film), Austrian silent historical film directed by Jacob Fleck * ''The Spendthrift'' (1953 film), Austrian historical film directed by Leopold Hainisch * ''The Spendthrift'' (1964 film), Austrian historical film directed by Kurt Meisel See also * Spendthrift trust, trust that gives the trustee authority to make decisions on how the funds may be spent * Spendthrift Farm Spendthrift Farm is a thoroughbred race horse breeding farm and burial site in Lexington, Kentucky, currently owned by Eric & Tammy Gustavson. It was founded by Leslie Combs II and named for the great st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We've Just Got Married
''We've Just Got Married'' (German: ''Wir haben eben geheiratet'') is a 1949 Austrian comedy film directed by Hans Effenberger and starring Lotte Lang, Maria Eis and Hans Olden.Fritsche p.238 Cast * Lotte Lang as Didi * Maria Eis as Frau Geduldig * Hans Olden as Max * Ida Russka as Mary de la Mamarides, ehemalig. Operettendiva * Heliane Bei as Daisy * Richard Lorenz as James & Jim * Fritz Neubard as Juan * Fred Raul as Uli * Mimi Shorp as Betty Black, Soubrette * Ernst Neuhardt * Louis Stroh * Eva Symo * Hermann Wallbrück Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, Mis ... References Bibliography * Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity''. Berghahn Books, 2013. External links * 1949 films Austrian comedy f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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