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Peter Elsholtz
Peter Ludwig Wilhelm Elsholtz (20 October 1907 – 30 August 1977) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.193 Selected filmography * ''The Castle in Flanders'' (1936) * ''Truxa'' (1937) * '' The Ruler'' (1937) * ''Ride to Freedom'' (1937) * '' The Citadel of Warsaw'' (1937) * ''The Mountain Calls'' (1938) * '' The Woman at the Crossroads'' (1938) * ''By a Silken Thread'' (1938) * ''Shadows Over St. Pauli'' (1938) * ''Maria Ilona'' (1939) * ''Robert Koch'' (1939) * ''The Fox of Glenarvon'' (1940) * ''Counterfeiters'' (1940) * ''The Three Codonas'' (1940) * ''Venus on Trial'' (1941) * ''Above All Else in the World'' (1941) * ''Alarm'' (1941) * ''Riding for Germany'' (1941) * ''Andreas Schlüter'' (1942) * ''Attack on Baku'' (1942) * '' When the Young Wine Blossoms'' (1943) * ''Melody of a Great City'' (1943) * ''Titanic'' (1943) * '' Street Acquaintances'' (1948) * ''Cuba Cabana ''Cuba Cabana'' is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Zarah L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fox Of Glenarvon
''The Fox of Glenarvon'' (German: ''Der Fuchs von Glenarvon'') is a German propaganda film from the Nazi era portraying the years of the Irish fight for independence during World War I. It was produced in 1940 by Max W. Kimmich and starred Olga Tschechowa, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Ferdinand Marian and others. The screenplay was written by Wolf Neumeister and Hans Bertram after a novel of the same title by Nicola Rhon (Maria von Kirchbach) that had been published at Ullstein publishing house in 1937. It was made at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin, with sets designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Otto Erdmann. The shoot lasted from December 1939 to February 1940. It passed censorship on 22 April 1940 and had its debut in Berlin's Ufa-Palast am Zoo two days later. Synopsis Set in 1921, the film takes place in the fictional Irish county of Glenarvon, somewhere in the northwest of Galway, and tells the story of Gloria Grandison, an Irish wife of the local British magistrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba Cabana
''Cuba Cabana'' is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Zarah Leander, O.W. Fischer and Paul Hartmann. It was the second film of an early 1950s comeback for Leander, who had been a major star during the Nazi era.Marshall & Stillwell p.84 The film was based on a story by Tibor Yost. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on locarion in Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla and Malga. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Bruno Monden and Hermann Warm. Cast * Zarah Leander as Arabella * O.W. Fischer as Robby Tomsen * Paul Hartmann as Gouverneur * Hans Richter as Billy * Eduard Linkers as Honneg * Karl Meixner as Pandulkar * Nicolas Koline as Jose * Werner Lieven as Pedro * Peter Elsholtz as Polizeikommissar * John Pauls-Harding as Adjutant * Hans Holten as Gomez * Harald Mannl as Chefredakteur * Karl Kreuzer as Inspizient * Karl-Heinz Peters as Kriminalbeamter * Heinz Kargus as Filippo * Willy Rösner as Kapitän * Gérard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Acquaintances (1948 Film)
''Street Acquaintances'' (german: Straßenbekanntschaft) is a 1948 German drama film directed by Peter Pewas and starring Gisela Trowe, Alice Treff and Ursula Voß. It was made by the Communist-controlled DEFA studios in the Soviet Zone of Germany Released in both the future West and East Germany it was a popular hit and sold 6,469,626 tickets. While it can be regarded as using a style that resembled the Italian neorealist films of the era, it has also been suggested that it returns to the more traditional style of the Weimar era.Moeller p. 23 It portrays the dangers of spreading venereal disease. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilhelm Depenau. Cast * Gisela Trowe as Erika * Alice Treff as Annemie * Ursula Voß as Marion * Siegmar Schneider as Walter Helbig * Harry Hindemith as Herbert Petzoldt * Hans Klering as Peter * Ursula Friese as Else * Arno Paulsen as Elses Freund * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titanic (1943 Film)
''Titanic'' is a 1943 German propaganda film made during World War II in Berlin by Tobis Productions for UFA, depicting the catastrophic sinking of in 1912. Despite the fact that there already was a German silent film produced in 1912 just four weeks after the sinking and a British company had released a German-language film about the disaster in 1929, the film was commissioned by Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels with the intent of showing not only the superiority of German filmmaking, but also as a propaganda vehicle which would depict British and American capitalism as being responsible for the disaster. The addition of an entirely fictional heroic German officer to the ship's crew was intended to demonstrate the superior bravery and selflessness of German men as compared to the British officers. The film's original director, Herbert Selpin, was arrested during production after making disparaging comments about the German army and the war in the east. He was found h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melody Of A Great City
''Melody of a Great City'' (German: ''Großstadtmelodie'') is a 1943 musical drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Hilde Krahl, Werner Hinz and Karl John. A young woman moves to Berlin to work as a press photographer. Cast * Hilde Krahl as Renate Heiberg *Werner Hinz as Dr. Rolf Bergmann, Berichterstatter * Karl John as Klaus Nolte *Paul Henckels as Direktor Heinze, Verlagsleiter *Will Dohm as Dr. Pauske, Bildredakteur vom Dienst * Curt Ackermann as Der Direktor der Revue *Günther Ballier as Ein Berliner an der Strassenbahnhaltestelle *Heinz Baur as Velten, Mitarbeiter Dr. Werners *Fritz Berghof as Eine unnahbare ausländische Persönlichkeit *Elfie Beyer as Vroni Huber, Renates Cousine * Erwin Biegel as Der Intendant der Revue *Marlies Bieneck as Lotti Brandt, Dr. Pauskes Sekretärin *Käte Bierkowsky as Frau Stirner * Beppo Brem as Geldbriefträger *Heinz Brilloff as Ein Reporter, der im See baden geht * Vera Complojer as Frau Moo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Young Wine Blossoms (1943 Film)
''When the Young Wine Blossoms'' (german: Wenn der junge Wein blüht) is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Henny Porten, Otto Gebühr and René Deltgen.Bock & Bergfelder p. 150 It was based on a play by the Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson which had previously been adapted into a 1927 German silent film of the same title. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Lutz. It was shot in various locations across Germany including the Seddiner See and the city of Hamburg. Synopsis An interfering mother plans husbands for her three daughters as they come of marriageable age. However she pays no attention to her daughters own feeling until the eventual intervention of her husband manages to bring things to a happy conclusion. Cast * Henny Porten as Elisa Arvik * Otto Gebühr as Wilhelm Arvik * René Deltgen as Kapitän Tonning * Marina von Ditmar as Marna Arvik * Geraldine Katt as Alberta Arvik * Else von Möllendor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attack On Baku
''Attack on Baku'' (german: Anschlag auf Baku) is a 1942 German thriller film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Willy Fritsch, René Deltgen, and Fritz Kampers. The film was intended as anti-British propaganda during the Second World War. It is noted for its set designs by Otto Hunte, who showed a fascination for modern technology in his depiction of the oil town. The film was shot on location in German-allied Romania, and at Babelsberg Studio in Berlin. Synopsis Azerbaijan, 1919. The British hope to secure control of the vast oil fields around Baku by launching a series of terrorist Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ... attacks on them. Hans Romberg, a German who is working as a security officer, battles with the British chief agent Captain Forbes and his asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Schlüter (film)
''Andreas Schlüter'' is a 1942 German historical drama film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Heinrich George, Mila Kopp and Olga Tschechowa. It portrays the life of the eighteenth century German architect Andreas Schlüter.Aldgate p. 157–158 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hermann Asmus, Kurt Herlth and Robert Herlth. Cast * Heinrich George as Andreas Schlüter * Mila Kopp as Elisabeth Schlüter * Olga Tschechowa as Countess Vera Orlewska * Theodor Loos as Prince Friedrich III. * Dorothea Wieck as Princess Charlotte * Marianne Simson as Leonore Schlüter * Karl John as Bildhauer Martin Böhme, ihr Bräutigam * Herbert Hübner as Minister Johann von Wartenberg * Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Johann Friedrich Eosander von Göthe * Eduard von Winterstein as Naumann, ein Freund Schlüters * Emil Heß as Counsellor Dankelmann * Max Gülstorff as Geheimrat Kraut * Robert Taube as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz * Paul Dahlke as Ore Caster Johann Jacobi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riding For Germany
''Riding for Germany'' (german: Reitet für Deutschland) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Willy Birgel, Gertrud Eysoldt and Gerhild Weber. A German cavalry officer, badly injured during the First World War, emerges as a leading competitor in post-war equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: * Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ... events. Cast References External links * Films of Nazi Germany German sports drama films 1940s sports drama films Films about horses Horse sports in film Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt Films set in 1918 Films set in the 1920s UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1941 drama films 1940s German-language films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alarm (1941 Film)
''Alarm'' is a 1941 German crime film directed by Herbert B. Fredersdorf and starring Karl Martell, Maria von Tasnady and Paul Klinger.Davidson & Hake p. 59 The production was made by the independent Aco-Film rather than one of Germany's major film companies. It was shot at the Althoff Studios and various locations around Berlin including Tempelhof Airport and the Karstadt Department Store. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bruno Lutz. Cast * Karl Martell as Kriminalkommissar Petersen * Maria von Tasnady as Sekretärin Vera Kaufmann * Paul Klinger as Herbert Flügger * Rolf Weih as Werkpilot Werner Blennemann * Hilde Sessak as Platzanweiserin Helene Hoesch * Hilde Hildebrand as Pensionsinhaberin Frau Anders * Lotte Rausch as Dienstmädchen Meta * Theodor Loos as Rentner Ophagen * Fritz Rasp as Feinmechaniker Stülken * Alexander Engel as Barpianist Ölkers * Gerhard Bienert as Kriminalkommissar Dr. Dittmann * Albert Venohr as Kriminaloberassistent Schneider * Rudo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Above All Else In The World
''Above All Else in the World'' (german: link=no, Über alles in der Welt) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Paul Hartmann, Hannes Stelzer and Fritz Kampers.Kreimeier p. 312 The title refers to the second line of the German national anthem. It was made as a propaganda film designed to promote Nazi Germany's war aims in the Second World War. Synopsis Following the outbreak of war, Germans abroad face persecution from the British and French authorities. Cast * Paul Hartmann as Otl. Steinhart * Hannes Stelzer as Hans Wiegand * Fritz Kampers as Fritz Möbius * Carl Raddatz as Carl Wiegand * Oskar Sima as Leo Samek * Maria Bard as Madeleine LaRoche * Berta Drews as Anna Möbius * Carsta Löck as Erika Möbius * Marina von Ditmar as Brigitte * Joachim Brennecke as Willy Möbius * Karl John as Olt. Hassencamp * Josef Dahmen as Uffz. Weber * Georg Thomalla as Uffz. Krause * Herbert A.E. Böhme as Kapitän Hansen * Wilhelm König as Funker Boysen * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
