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Nicolas Gessner
Nicolas Gessner (born 17 August 1931, in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian-born filmmaker who mostly worked in France. His movies are often characterized by strange, quirky atmospheres and unusual cast mixing French and international actors. Starting from the early 1980s, Gessner mostly worked for television. Filmography *'' Auskunft im Cockpit'' (1959) *'' Der Gefangene der Botschaft'' (1964, TV film) *'' Diamonds Are Brittle'' (1965) *''The Blonde from Peking'' (1967) *''The Thirteen Chairs'' (1969) *'' Someone Behind the Door'' (1971) *''The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane'' (1976) *''It Rained All Night the Day I Left'' (1980) *'' Herr Herr'' (1982, TV film) *'' Le tueur triste'' (1984, TV film) *'' Intrigues'' (1985, TV series) *''Macho'' (1986, TV film) *'' Das andere Leben'' (1987, TV film) *' (1988) *''Tennessee Waltz "Tennessee Waltz" is a popular country music song with lyrics by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King written in 1946 and first released in Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Andere Leben (1987 Film)
''The Other Life'' (German: ''Das andere Leben'') is a 1948 Austrian drama film directed by Rudolf Steinboeck and starring Aglaja Schmid, Robert Lindner and Gustav Waldau.Fritsche P.232 The sets were designed by the art director Herbert Ploberger. It is based on the 1947 novella ''Twentieth of July'' by Alexander Lernet-Holenia. Synopsis During the Nazi era, an Austrian, Elisabeth Josselin, assists Suzette, a Jewish friend, by swapping papers with her so she can get medical treatment. When Suzette dies, Elisabeth finds herself officially dead and so decides to adopt the identity of Suzette. Meanwhile, her husband Major Walter Josselin becomes involved in the July Plot against Adolf Hitler. Cast * Aglaja Schmid as Elisabeth Josselin * Robert Lindner as Major Walter Josselin * Gustav Waldau as Hofrat Buschek * Vilma Degischer as Suzette Alberti * Leopold Rudolf as Dozent Thomas Alberti * Siegfried Breuer as Bukowsky * Erik Frey as Latheit * Anton Edthofer as General Rissius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Film Directors
Hungarian may refer to: * Hungary, a country in Central Europe * Kingdom of Hungary, state of Hungary, existing between 1000 and 1946 * Hungarians, ethnic groups in Hungary * Hungarian algorithm, a polynomial time algorithm for solving the assignment problem * Hungarian language, a Finno-Ugric language spoken in Hungary and all neighbouring countries * Hungarian notation, a naming convention in computer programming * Hungarian cuisine Hungarian or Magyar cuisine is the cuisine characteristic of the nation of Hungary and its primary ethnic group, the Magyars. Traditional Hungarian dishes are primarily based on meats, seasonal vegetables, fruits, bread, and dairy products. ..., the cuisine of Hungary and the Hungarians See also * * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1931 Births
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estelle (miniseries)
Estelle may refer to: People * Estelle (given name), a female given name, including a list of people * Estelle (surname), a list of people * Estelle (musician), British singer/rapper Estelle Fanta Swaray (born 1980) * Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland Fictional characters * Estelle Blofis, a character in ''Trials of Apollo'' by Rick Riordan * Estelle Bright, a main character in the video game '' The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky'' * Estelle Costanza, on the TV series ''Seinfeld'' * Estelle Leonard, a recurring character in the ''Friends'' TV series * Estelle Green, in Diana Wynne Jones' fantasy novel ''Witch Week'' * Estellise Sidos Heurassein, a main character in the video game ''Tales of Vesperia'' * Estelle, in Jean-Paul Sartre's ''No Exit'' Places * Estelle (Arrigas), a hamlet in France * Estelle, a hamlet in France, part of the commune of Saint-Jory, Haute-Garonne * Estelle, Georgia, United States, an unincorporated community * Estelle, Louisiana, United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee Waltz (film)
''Tennessee Waltz'', also known as ''Tennessee Nights'', is a 1989 American thriller film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Julian Sands, Stacey Dash, and Ed Lauter. It was adapted for the screen by Laird Koenig from the 1984 novel ''Minnie oder Ein Fall von Geringfügigkeit'' ("Minnie, or a Case of Insignificance") by Hans Werner Kettenbach. Premise A British lawyer on holiday in Tennessee is blamed for a murder. Cast * Julian Sands as Wolfgang Leighton * Stacey Dash as Minnie * Ed Lauter as Sheriff Williams * Ned Beatty as Charlie Kiefer * Denise Crosby as Sally Lomas * Brian McNamara as Hewitt * Rod Steiger as Judge Prescott * Wallace Wilkinson as Record Producer * Johnny Cash as himself * David Hess as Hank * Gary Grubbs Gary Grubbs (born November 14, 1949) is an American character actor who has appeared in 178 credited shows and films since the 1970s and is still working steadily. He is best known as Captain Steven Wiecek in '' For Love and Honor'' (1983-198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macho (1986 Film)
Machismo (; ; ; ) is the sense of being " manly" and self-reliant, a concept associated with "a strong sense of masculine pride: an exaggerated masculinity". Machismo is a term originating in the early 1930s and 1940s best defined as having pride in one’s masculinity. It is associated with "a man's responsibility to provide for, protect, and defend his family". Machismo is strongly and consistently associated with dominance, aggression, exhibition, and nurturance. The correlation to machismo is found to be deeply rooted in family dynamics and culture. The word has a long history both in Spain and Portugal, including the Spanish and Portuguese languages. in Portuguese and Spanish is a strictly masculine term, derived from from the Latin ''mascÅlus'', which means "male". It was originally associated with the ideal societal role men were expected to play in their communities, most particularly Iberian language-speaking societies and countries. In addition, due to Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
