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Opera Ball (1956 Film)
''Opera Ball'' (German: ''Opernball'') is a 1956 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Johannes Heesters, Hertha Feiler and Josef Meinrad. Based on the 1898 operetta ''Der Opernball'', it is part of the operetta film tradition. A previous film version had been made in 1939.Waldman p.284 The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff. It was shot using Agfacolor. Cast * Johannes Heesters as Georg Dannhauser * Hertha Feiler as Elisabeth, seine Frau * Josef Meinrad as Paul Hollinger * Sonja Ziemann as Helene Hollinger, seine Frau * Adrian Hoven as Richard Stelzer * Rudolf Vogel as Eduard von Lamberg * Fita Benkhoff as Hermine, seine Frau * Theo Lingen Theo Lingen (; 10 June 1903 – 10 November 1978), born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960. Life and c ... as Philipp, Die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Marischka
Ernst Marischka (2 January 1893 – 12 May 1963) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 90 films between 1913 and 1962. He also directed 29 films between 1915 and 1962. He wrote and directed the Sissi trilogy - '' Sissi'' (1955), '' Sissi - The Young Empress'' (1956) and '' Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin'' (1957). The films were based on the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. He was the brother of Hubert Marischka. He was named for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1946, for '' A Song to Remember'' (1945). Selected filmography * ''The Orlov'', directed by Luise Fleck and Jacob Fleck (Germany, 1927, based on the operetta ''Der Orlow'') * ', directed by Max Neufeld (Germany, 1932, based on the operetta ''Der Orlow'') * ''The Queen's Affair'', directed by Herbert Wilcox (UK, 1934, based on the operetta ''Die Königin'') * ''Waltzes from Vienna'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock (UK, 1934, based on ''Walzer aus Wien'') * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff
Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff (1908–1993) was an Austrian art directorDassanowsky p.130 who worked on more than a hundred films during his career. Jüptner-Jonstorff was one of the leading figures in his field in Europe, designing sets for films such as '' Victoria in Dover'' (1954) and '' Sissi'' (1955). Selected filmography * ''The Heart Must Be Silent'' (1944) * ''The Immortal Face'' (1947) * '' Anni'' (1948) * '' Fregola'' (1948) * ''Ulli and Marei'' (1948) * '' Queen of the Landstrasse'' (1948) * ''The Heavenly Waltz'' (1948) * ''Mountain Crystal'' (1949) * ''Lambert Feels Threatened'' (1949) * ''Theodore the Goalkeeper'' (1950) * ''A Tale of Five Cities'' (1951) * ''Call Over the Air'' (1951) * '' Gateway to Peace'' (1951) * ''Adventure in Vienna'' (1952) * ''Knall and Fall as Imposters '' (1952) * ''Anna Louise and Anton'' (1953) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1953) * ''To Be Without Worries'' (1953) * '' Victoria in Dover'' (1954) * '' Sissi'' (1955) * ''Marriage Sanitari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s German-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Historical Musical Films
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 with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Historical Musical Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Films
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Moser (actor)
Hans Moser (6 August 1880 – 19 June 1964) was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the ''Wiener Film''. Moser appeared in over 150 films. Biography Born Johann Julier in Vienna, Moser very often portrayed the man in the street, typically someone else's subordinate – servant, waiter, porter, shopkeeper, coachman, petty bureaucrat, etc. Also always he played honest, moral and well-intentioned people who, unable to keep cool and think clearly in crucial situations, get themselves and everyone around them into trouble. As the father of a beautiful daughter – often widowed – he was the stubborn one who realizes only at the end of the movie, when all cases of mistaken identity have been cleared up and all secrets are revealed, that he has been terribly wrong all the time. Moser was particularly known for mumbling indistinctly for comic effect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Martin
(Mary Anne) Frances Martin (November 4, 1829 – March 13, 1922) was a British educationist and author. She founded and ran what became the Frances Martin College for Working Women in London until 1966. Life Martin was born in Richmond in 1829. Her father had a private income from houses and investments he owned. She was one of four children born to Matilda Caroline and Edward Curtiss Martin. Her future changed when she became one of the first students at Queen's College, Harley Street when she was about twenty. The college's founder was the theologian F. D. Maurice and his aim was to ensure that governesses were better educated. She was a supporter of Maurice and she chose to lead the new ladies' college at Bedford Square when it started in 1852. She was assisted by Jane Benson who was Martin's life-long friend. The whole purpose of the educational facility was to prepare girls to attend Bedford College and Martin proved an inspirational teacher. However, the college's council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorit Kreysler
Dorit Kreysler (1909–1999) was an Austrian film actress.Goble p.338 Filmography * ''Enjoy Yourselves'' (1934) * ''Mr. Kobin Seeks Adventure'' (1934) * ''Jungfrau gegen Mönch'' (1934) * '' Fresh Wind from Canada'' (1935) * ''A Night on the Danube'' (1935) * '' Peter spielt mit dem Feuer'' (1938) * '' Die kluge Schwiegermutter'' (1939) * '' Woman Without a Past'' (1939) * ''Roses in Tyrol'' (1940) * '' Woman Made to Measure '' (1940) * '' My Daughter Lives in Vienna'' (1940) * ''Commissioner Eyck'' (1940) * '' Herz ohne Heimat'' (1940) * '' Liebesschule'' (1940) * '' Vienna Blood'' (1942) * ''Karneval der Liebe'' (1943) * ''Die Wirtin zum Weißen Röß'l'' (1943) * '' Beloved Darling'' (1943) * ''The Master Detective'' (1944) * ''Die Fledermaus'' (1946) * ''Artists' Blood'' (1949) * ''Nothing But Coincidence'' (1949) * ''Ich mach dich glücklich'' (1949) * '' Twelve Hearts for Charly'' (1949) * '' Wedding with Erika'' (1950) * '' Czardas der Herzen'' (1951) * ''Sensation in San R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Lingen
Theo Lingen (; 10 June 1903 – 10 November 1978), born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960. Life and career Lingen was born the son of a lawyer in the city of Hanover, and grew up there. He attended the Royal Goethe Gymnasium – the predecessor of the Goethe School – in Hanover, but left before taking the Abitur (final exams). His theatrical talent was discovered during rehearsals for a school performance at the ''Schauburg'' boulevard theatre. Beginning his professional stage career, the young actor adopted as a stage name his middle name together with that of the birthplace of his father, Lingen in the North German Emsland region. As "Theo Lingen" he performed at theatres at Hanover, Halberstadt, Münster and Frankfurt; in plays like ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' he very quickly earned a reputation as a superb character comedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fita Benkhoff
Fita Benkhoff (1 November 1901 – 26 October 1967) was a German actress. Life Benkhoff was born in 1901. In the 1920s the actress Louise Dumont separated from her husband. Dumont was attached to a number of young actresses including Benkhoff, Hanni Hoessrich and Luise Rainer. It has been presumed that Dumont was bisexual.omedy_[film_directed_by_Arthur_Maria_Rabenalt_and_starring_Ellen_Schwa_...''_(1948) *_''The_Time_with_You">ilm_directed_by_Arthur_Maria_Rabenalt">ilm.html"_;"title="omedy_[film">omedy_[film_directed_by_Arthur_Maria_Rabenalt_and_starring_Ellen_Schwa_...''_(1948) *_''The_Time_with_You''_(1948) *_''Trouble_Backstairs_(1949_film).html" ;"title="The_Time_with_You.html" ;"title="ilm directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt">ilm.html" ;"title="omedy omedy_[film_directed_by_Arthur_Maria_Rabenalt_and_starring_Ellen_Schwa_...''_(1948) *_''The_Time_with_You">ilm_directed_by_Arthur_Maria_Rabenalt">ilm.html"_;"title="omedy_[film">omedy_[film_directed_by_Arthur_Maria_Rabenalt_an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Vogel
Rudolf Vogel (born 10 November 1900, Planegg – died 9 August 1967, Munich) was a German film and television actor. He was the father of Peter Vogel, the father-in-law of Austrian actress Gertraud Jesserer and the grandfather of actor-journalist Nikolas Vogel. Died from cancer. Selected filmography * ''Venus on Trial'' (1941) - Dr. Gerhard Hümmelmann * ''The Little Residence'' (1942) - Mierke * ''Einmal der liebe Herrgott sein'' (1942) - Fernandez * '' Between Yesterday and Tomorrow'' (1947) * ' (1948) - Kanzleirat * '' The Lost Face'' (1948) - Professor Kersten * '' The Original Sin'' (1948) * ''Hans im Glück'' (1949) * ''Zwei in einem Anzug'' (1950) - Gerichtsvollzieher * '' The Disturbed Wedding Night'' (1950) - Bürovorsteher * ''Czardas der Herzen'' (1951) * ''Maya of the Seven Veils'' (1951) * ''Decision Before Dawn'' (1951) - Volkssturmmann (uncredited) * ''Der blaue Stern des Südens'' (1951) * ''Monks, Girls and Hungarian Soldiers'' (1952) - Stops, Hofnarr * ''Fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
