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Otto Treßler
Otto Treßler, also Otto Tressler, (13 April 1871 – 27 April 1965) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1915 and 1962. He was born in Stuttgart, Germany and died in Vienna, Austria. He was a close friend to Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria. Partial filmography * ''The Story of a Maid'' (1921) - Leopold * '' Frau Dorothys Bekenntnis'' (1921) * ''Das Weib des Irren'' (1921) - Graf * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921, part 1, 2) - Schiffskapitän Pool * ''Die Narrenkappe der Liebe'' (1921) - Spieler * ''Pflicht und Ehre'' (1924) * ''Le fauteuil 47'' (1926) - Le baron Lebret * '' The Crimson Circle'' (1929) - Ministerpräsident * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931) - Gerichtsvorsitzender * ''Gently My Songs Entreat'' (1933) - Graf Esterhaazy * ''The Racokzi March'' (1933) - Der Regimentsarzt * '' When You're Young, the World Belongs to You'' (1934) - Rossani * '' The Island'' (1934) - Der Botschafter * ''Abenteuer eines jungen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Stuttgart has a population of 635,911, making it the sixth largest city in Germany. 2.8 million people live in the city's administrative region and 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living; innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities in its Innovation Cities Index; and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status global city in their 2020 survey. Stuttgart was one of the host cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am Sebastian Ott
''I Am Sebastian Ott'' (german: Ich bin Sebastian Ott) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Gustav Diessl and Trude Marlen.Von Dassanowsky p. 60 Some of the film was shot by the assistant director Viktor Becker. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Herlth and Werner Schlichting. It was shot partly at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. The plot revolves around art fraud with Forst playing the dual role of twins, one honest and the other corrupt. Cast * Willi Forst as Sebastian Ott / Ludwig Ott * Gustav Diessl as Strobl * Trude Marlen as Erika * Paul Hörbiger as Kriminalrat Baumann * Ady Berber as Meinhardt, Ganove * Lorenz Corvinus as Geheimrat bei der Ausstellung * Felix Dombrowsky as Kriminalkommissar * Richard Eybner as Schmiedl * Pepi Glöckner-Kramer as Marie, Mädchen bei Holzapfel * Hanns Hitzinger as Justizrat Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna, City Of My Dreams (1957 Film)
''Vienna, City of My Dreams'' (German: ''Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume'') is a 1957 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Willi Forst and starring Adrian Hoven, Erika Remberg and Hertha Feiler.Reimer & Reimer p.44 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Isabella Schlichting and Werner Schlichting. Cast * Adrian Hoven as Peter Lehnert, Musikprofessor * Erika Remberg as Sandra, Prinzessin von Alanien * Hertha Feiler as Elisabeth Seyboldt * Hans Holt as Alexander I., König von Alanien * Paul Hörbiger as Vater Lehnert * Alma Seidler as Mutter Lehnert * Oskar Sima as von Trotum - Gesandter * Jane Tilden as Klara von Trotum * Richard Romanowsky as Katzelseder - Sektionschef * Lilly Stepanek as Frau von Waldegg * Erwin Strahl as Mirko, ein alanischer Emissär * Hannes Schiel as Oberstleutnant Morosos * Peter Brand as Chauffeur der Gesandtschaft * Alfred Böhm as Polizist * Otto Fassler as Konzertmeister * Peter Fröhlich as Reporter * Peter Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissi – The Young Empress
''Sissi – The Young Empress'' (german: Sissi – Die junge Kaiserin) is a 1956 Austrian film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz, Gustav Knuth, Vilma Degischer and Josef Meinrad. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. It is the second film in the ''Sissi'' trilogy, following '' Sissi'' and preceding ''Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress''. This movie in three parts tells the famous story of the Empress of Austria best known as Sissi. Plot Sissi slowly adapts to life as empress of Austria, but her mother-in-law is hard to live with. Archduchess Sophie adheres to the long-established rules protocol and etiquette, and constantly interferes not only with the emperor's government of the empire but in his family life as well. When Sissi's first child is born, the Archduchess Sophie insists on taking away the child to raise her, because she feels Sissi is too young and unqualified to do so. Sophie also feels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissi (film)
''Sissi'' is a 1955 Austrian film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz, Gustav Knuth, Vilma Degischer and Josef Meinrad. ''Sissi'' is the first installment in the trilogy of films about Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who was known to her family as "Sisi". It was followed by '' The Young Empress'' and '' Fateful Years of an Empress''. Plot Princess Elisabeth, nicknamed "Sissi", is the second oldest daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She is a carefree, impulsive and nature-loving child. She is raised with her seven siblings at the family seat Possenhofen Castle on the shores of Lake Starnberg in Bavaria. She has a happy childhood free of constraints associated with her royal status. With her mother and her demure older sister Helene (called "Néné"), 16-year-old Sissi travels from Possenhofen to the spa town of Bad Ischl in Upper Austria. Ludovika's sister, Archduchess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria In Dover (1954 Film)
''Victoria in Dover'' (aka ''The Story of Vickie'') (German title: ') is a 1954 Austrian historical romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Adrian Hoven and Magda Schneider.Fritsche p. 62 It is a remake of the 1936 Erich Engel film '' Victoria in Dover'', which was based on a 1932 play by Sil-Vara. Romy Schneider's performance as a spirited young royal was a lead-in to her best known role in '' Sissi'' and its sequels, although Marischka had originally intended to cast Sonja Ziemann as Victoria. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff. Synopsis After her Prime Minister Lord Melbourne arranges a marriage for her with the German Prince Albert, the young Queen Victoria decides to leave London and spend some time in Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the ... [...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] |
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] |
On Resonant Shores
''On Resonant Shores'' (German: ''An klingenden Ufern'') is a 1948 Austrian drama film directed by Hans Unterkircher and starring Marianne Schönauer, Curd Jürgens and Otto Tressler. The screenplay was by Alexander Lernet-Holenia who also wrote a novella based on the story. It was shot on location in the Austrian state of Carinthia including at Gurk Cathedral and around Lake Ossiach. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Rampak. It was praised by Austrian film critics.Von Dassanowsky p.129 Synopsis During the Second World War Maria Burg working as an auxiliary nurse meets a soldier in hospital, Stefan, who in civilian life was a painter. They fall in love but he is called away to the Eastern Front where is reported killed. A distraught Maria is then courted by and marries Alex, a composer, and settles with him in the Carinthian countryside. When, unexpectedly, Stefan returns from the war alive he finds Maria no longer living in her old home, now a bombed- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlberg Express
''Arlberg Express'' (German: ''Arlberg-Express'') is a 1948 Austrian thriller film directed by Eduard von Borsody and starring Paul Hubschmid, Elfe Gerhart and Iván Petrovich.Fritsche p.232 The film's sets were designed by the art director Julius von Borsody. Synopsis After returning to Vienna following three years as a prisoner of war, Hans Leitner becomes mixed up a suitcase of stolen jewels and a gang of criminals. Eventually he attempts to escape on the Orient Express. Cast * Paul Hubschmid as Hans Leitner * Elfe Gerhart as Christl Andermann * Iván Petrovich as Barna * Hans Putz as Flori Reutner * Hugo Gottschlich as Toni * Otto Treßler as Tschurtschrntaler * Alma Seidler as Lissy * Liesl Andergast as Frau Steindl * Melanie Horeschowsky Melanie Horeschowsky (1901–1983) was an Austrian stage, film and television actress.Giesen p.228 Selected filmography * '' The Prodigal Son'' (1934) * '' Der Kaiser von Kalifornien'' (1936) * '' Another World'' (1937) * ''Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opfergang
''Opfergang'' (''The Great Sacrifice'' or ''Rite of Sacrifice'') is a 1944 German film directed by Veit Harlan. It is based on Rudolf G. Binding's work of the same title, with alterations for propaganda purposes. Synopsis Albrecht Froben, though married to Octavia, falls in love with his neighbor, Äls Flodéen. She, however, is slowly dying from a debilitating disease. During an epidemic, Albrecht goes to bring her daughter to safety but he catches typhoid and is quarantined in hospital. Octavia, realising the love match, and hearing that Äls is now bedridden and dying, dresses up as him and rides by her gates every day to keep her spirits up—her bed is next to the window. Albrecht returns. Äls has a dream in which she talks to her projection of Albrecht and concludes that she does not wish to take part in this union and accepts death. Albrecht is reconciled with his wife. Cast * Kristina Söderbaum as Äls Flodéen * Irene von Meyendorff as Octavia Froben * Carl Radda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Robe (film)
''The Black Robe'' (german: Die schwarze Robe) is a 1944 German drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Lotte Koch, Richard Häussler, and Kirsten Heiberg.Hake p. 199 An ambitious public prosecutor A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal tria ... neglects her husband to pursue her career, but has to change when her husband is caught up in a court case. Cast References Bibliography * External links * ''Die schwarze Robe''Full movie at Deutsche Filmothek 1944 films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1944 drama films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Fritz Peter Buch German black-and-white films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
