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Once A Greek (film)
''Once a Greek'' (german: Grieche sucht Griechin) is a 1966 West German comedy film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Heinz Rühmann, Irina Demick, and Charles Regnier. It is based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. It was made at the Munich Studios of Bavaria Film with location shooting in Greece, Offenburg, and the Swiss resort of Montreux. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Stratil Robert Stratil (1919 – 1976) was a German art director.Greco p.205 Born in Ostrava of Sudeten German heritage, he fled Czechoslovakia following World War II and settled in Munich where he worked at the Bavaria Studios. Selected filmography * ' .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1966 films 1966 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1960s German-language films Films based on works by Friedrich Dürrenmatt Films directed by Rolf Thiele Bavaria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios 1960s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Thiele
Rolf Thiele (7 March 1918 – 9 October 1994) was a German film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He directed 42 films between 1951 and 1977. He was born in Ústí nad Labem, Prödlitz, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His 1958 film ''Eva (1958 film), Eva'' was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. His 1964 film ''Tonio Kröger (film), Tonio Kröger'' was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Keepers of the Night'' (1949, dir. Harald Braun) * ''A Day Will Come (1950 film), A Day Will Come'' (1950, dir. Rudolf Jugert) * ' (1951) * ''The Day Before the Wedding'' (1952) * ''Beloved Life'' (1953) * ''His Royal Highness (1953 film), His Royal Highness'' (1953, dir. Harald Braun) * ''She (1954 film), She'' (1954) * ''The Barrings'' (1955) * ''Mamitschka'' (1955) * ''Night of Decision'' (1956, dir. Falk Harnack) * ' (1956) * ''Without You All Is Darkness'' (1956) * ''Scandal in Bad Ischl'' (1957) * ''Confessi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offenburg
Offenburg ("open borough" - coat of arms showing open gates; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemmanic: ''Offäburg'') is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With nearly 60,000 inhabitants (2019), it is the largest city and the administrative capital of the Ortenaukreis. History In recent times the remains of Roman settlements have been found within the city's territory. Offenburg was first mentioned in historical documents dating back to 1148. Offenburg had already been declared a Free Imperial City by 1240. In September 1689, the city - with the exception of two buildings - was totally destroyed by the French during the Nine Years War. Due to Napoleon's dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1803 and subsequent reorganization of the German states, Offenburg lost its status as a Free Imperial City and fell under the rule of the Grand Duchy of Baden. During the outbreak of the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states#Baden, Revolutions of 1848, the "''Offenbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Simon apple cultivar
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Ingrid may refer to: * Ingrid (given name) * Ingrid (record label), and artist collective * Ingrid Burley, rapper known mononymously as Ingrid * Tropical Storm Ingrid, various cyclones * 1026 Ingrid, an asteroid * InGrid, the grid computing project within D-Grid See also * * * In-Grid * Ingrid Marie Ingrid Marie is an apple cultivar. It was cultivated by accident around 1910 on the premises of a school in Høed on the island of Funen Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Ashbahs
Birgit is a female given name, a short form of Birgitta and ultimately a Germanic form of the Gaelic name Bridget. Notable people with the name include: * Birgit Brüel, Danish singer and actress * Birgit Collin-Langen, German politician * Birgit Cunningham, Anglo-American activist * Birgit Doll, Austrian actress and theatre director * Birgit Finnilä, Swedish opera singer * Birgit Fischer, German canoer * Birgit Friedmann (born 1960), German runner and 1980 world champion * Birgit Hogefeld, German RAF terrorist member * Birgit Kähler, German high jumper * Birgit Meyer (born 1960), Dutch religious studies scholar * Birgit Michels, German badminton player * Birgit Minichmayr, Austrian actress * Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano * Birgit Õigemeel, Estonian singer * Birgit Prinz, German football (soccer) player * Birgit Püve, Estonian photographer * Birgit Rausing, Swedish art historian * Birgit Ridderstedt, Swedish singer * Birgit Schrowange, German television presenter * Birg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Buschhoff
Walter Buschhoff (1923–2010) was a German stage, film and television actor.Goble p.462 He was married to the actress Maria Körber. Selected filmography * ''IA in Oberbayern'' (1956) - Dr. Hans von Spörling * ''Heiße Ernte'' (1956) - Oskar Blume * ''Saison in Oberbayern'' (1956) - Paul * ''Vater, unser bestes Stück'' (1957) - Ferruccio * ''Two Bavarians in the Harem'' (1957) - Halim Pascha (uncredited) * ''Der Schinderhannes'' (1958) - Iltis Jakob * ''Two Times Adam, One Time Eve'' (1959) - Matti * ''Kein Mann zum Heiraten'' (1959) - Sizilianer * ''The Miracle of Father Malachia'' (1961) - Cop Pohl * ''Life Begins at Eight'' (1962) - Willibald Barthels * ''Dicke Luft'' (1962) - Prokurist * ''Die endlose Nacht'' (1963) - Ernst Kramer * ''The House in Karp Lane'' (1965) - Krauthammer * ''Die schwedische Jungfrau'' (1965) - Georg * ''Who Wants to Sleep?'' (1965) - Doctor * ''Die Liebesquelle'' (1966) - Wirt, the Innkeeper * ''Once a Greek'' (1966) - Dolder * '' Scarabea: How M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balduin Baas
Balduin Baas (9 June 1922 – 22 May 2006) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1956 and 2002. Partial filmography * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1956) - Ostpreußischer Grenadier * ' (1956) - Knecht Tiest * ''Three Birch Trees on the Heath'' (1956) - Plaskude * ''Die verpfuschte Hochzeitsnacht'' (1957) - Schaffner / Conductor * '' Tired Theodore'' (1957) - Hoteldiener Anton * '' The Man Who Couldn't Say No'' (1958) * '' The Rest Is Silence'' (1959) - Sekretär Werner Osfried * ' (1960) - Bambino * ' (1961) - Karusellbetreiber (uncredited) * ''Mörderspiel'' (1961) - Diener Arthur * '' The Liar'' (1961) - Wiedemayer * ''Genosse Münchhausen'' (1962) - Herr Biese * ''Lausbubengeschichten'' (1964) - Privatlehrer * ''DM-Killer'' (1965) - Parson Behrendt * '' The Gentlemen'' (1965) - Meyberg * '' Who Wants to Sleep?'' (1965) * ''Die Liebesquelle'' (1966) - Druggist * '' I Am Looking for a Man'' (1966) - Artist Pauli * ''Once a Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Steckel
Leonard Steckel (18 January 1901 – 9 February 1971) was a German-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 actor and director of stage and screen. Steckel was born as Leonhard Steckel in Knihinin, a Galician town that is today a district of the city Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. He began his career as a stage actor and spent the duration of World War II in exile in Zürich, Switzerland, where he had gone to work at the Schauspielhaus Zürich. It was during this time that he began to direct. Steckel was killed in a major rail accident on 9 February 1971 in Aitrang, Germany. Partial filmography * ''Phantoms of Happiness'' (1930) - Gefängnisarzt * '' M'' (1931) - Man (uncredited) * ''The Adventurer of Tunis'' (1931) - Ferrero * ''The Daredevil'' (1931) - Barini, Inhaber American Hippodrom * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) - Krakauer, ein Trödler * ''Secret Agent'' (1932) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Rhomberg
Rudolf Rhomberg (1 February 1920 - 6 June 1968) was an Austrian film actor. Partial filmography * ''Two Times Lotte'' (1950) - Photograph * ''Call Over the Air'' (1951) - Piefke * ''Eva im Frack'' (1951) * ''Wienerinnen'' (1952) * ''Abenteuer im Schloss'' (1952) - Karl * ''Die Venus vom Tivoli'' (1953) - Leopold Gerzner * '' 08/15'' (1954) - Unteroffizier Rumpler * '' Hello, My Name Is Cox'' (1955) - Barbesitzer Wilkie * '' Love's Carnival'' (1955) - Wirt * ' (1955) - Ortsgruppenführer (uncredited) * ''Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben'' (1956) - Felix Gruber * ''Viele kamen vorbei'' (1956) - Bullig * '' Kitty and the Great Big World'' (1956) - Bistrowirt * '' The Girl and the Legend'' (1957) - Sam * '' Marriages Forbidden'' (1957) - Schorsch Mittnacht * ''Der Bauerndoktor von Bayrischzell'' (1957) - Wachtmeister (uncredited) * ''Ein Amerikaner in Salzburg'' (1958) * '' A Woman Who Knows What She Wants'' (1958) - Lyzeumsdirektor Dr. Kladde * ''Resurrection'' (1958) - Smje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Kutschera (actor)
Franz Kutschera (22 February 1904 – 1 February 1944) was an Austrian Nazi Party politician and '' SS-Brigadeführer''. He was a member of the '' Großdeutscher Reichstag'' and served as the Acting ''Gauleiter'' of Carinthia from 1939 to 1941. In 1943, Kutschera was appointed the SS and Police Leader in German-occupied Warsaw. Due to his crimes against Poles, including Polish Jews, the Polish resistance Home Army, in agreement with the Polish government in exile, targeted him for assassination. He was gunned down in front of the SS headquarters in Warsaw in a special operation by Kedyw, a dedicated Polish resistance special operations unit. In reprisal, the Germans executed 300 Polish civilians. Life Kutschera was born in Oberwaltersdorf, Lower Austria (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) and was the son of a professional gardener and minor civil servant. After primary school he served as a cabin boy in the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1918–19 and later attended a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Rilla
Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent. Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), pg. 213 He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1977. He was born in Neunkirchen, Germany and died in Rosenheim, Germany. Career Having debuted on the stage, Rilla began his film in career in Germany during the silent era. This included an early role for him in Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's ''The Grand Duke's Finances'' in 1924. Following the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933, he emigrated to Britain and became a regular performer in British films often in villainous or aristocratic roles. Both during and after the Second World War he played Nazi officers or agents. From the 1950s onwards he returned to West Germany to appear in films and on television, alternating this with continued roles in British cinema. He was the father of film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanne Wieder
Hanne Wieder (May 8, 1925 – May 11, 1990) was a German television and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Rosemary'' (1958) * '' Heiße Ware'' (1959) * ''Labyrinth'' (1959) * '' Marili'' (1959) * '' The Haunted Castle'' (1960) * ' (1961) * ' (1961) * ''Snow White and the Seven Jugglers'' (1962) * '' The House in Montevideo'' (1963) * ' (1966, TV miniseries) * ''Once a Greek'' (1966) * ''Count Bobby, The Terror of The Wild West'' (1966) * ' (1970) * ''Rosemary's Daughter ''Rosemary's Daughter'' (german: Rosemaries Tochter) is a 1976 West German sex comedy film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Lillian Müller, Béla Ernyey, and Werner Pochath. It is based on the story of Rosemarie Nitribitt, which Thiele h ...'' (1976) * ' (1986) External links * 1925 births 1990 deaths German film actresses German television actresses People from Hann. Münden 20th-century German actresses {{Germany-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannes Messemer
Hannes Messemer (17 May 1924 – 2 November 1991) was a German actor from Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria. Biography World War II Messemer served on the Eastern Front of World War II and was eventually captured by Soviet soldiers. He managed to escape and make it back to Germany on foot. Acting career After the war, Messemer tried his hand at several jobs, before falling into acting in 1946. With only his natural talent and no training, he successfully secured roles with several major theatre companies in Tübingen, Hamburg, Munich and Berlin in the following ten years. His big break in films came with a role in ''Rose Bernd'' in 1956. He was then cast in the major role of Colonel Rossdorf in the production of ''The Devil Strikes at Night'' the following year - a role which saw him awarded a Best Actor accolade. A series of successful roles followed, including ''The Doctor of Stalingrad'', '' Der Transport'' (Destination Death), '' Die Brücke des Schicksals'' and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
