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Paul Mederow
Paul Friedrich Wolfgang Mederow (30 June 1887 – 17 December 1974) was a German stage and film actor. Mederow was born in Stralsund, in the Prussian province of Pomerania and died at age 87 in Brissago, Ticino, Switzerland. Partial filmography * ''Der verführte Heilige'' (1919) * ''Panic in the House of Ardon'' (1920) as Alfons Ardon ventuell ist dies der Chemiker* ''Der siebente Tag'' (1920) * ''Die Tophar-Mumie'' (1920) * ''Tyrannei des Todes'' (1920) as Sanitätsrat Burow * ''Fire in the Opera House'' (1930) as Munk * ''1914'' (1931) as Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon * '' M'' (1931) (uncredited) * ''In the Employ of the Secret Service'' (1931) * ''Typhoon'' (1933) as the president * '' Ripening Youth'' (1933) as Dr. Stahnke, Lehrer * ''Des jungen Dessauers große Liebe'' (1933) as Oberst Hall * ''Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten'' (1935) * ''Hundred Days'' (1935) as Grouchy * '' The Bird Seller'' (1935) * ''Artist Love'' (1935) as Professor Bergland * ''Ansch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stralsund
Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg and Greifswald, and the second-largest city in the Pomeranian part of the state. It is located at the southern coast of the Strelasund, a sound of the Baltic Sea separating the island of Rügen from the Pomeranian mainland.'' Britannica Online Encyclopedia'', "Stralsund" (city), 2007, webpageEB-Stralsund The Strelasund Crossing with its two bridges and several ferry services connects Stralsund with Rügen, the largest island of Germany and Pomerania. The Western Pomeranian city is the seat of the Vorpommern-Rügen district and, together with Greifswald, Stralsund forms one of four high-level urban centres of the region. The city's name as well as that of the Strelasund are compounds of the Slavic ( Polabian) ''stral'' and ''s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhoon (1933 Film)
''Typhoon'' (german: link=no, Taifun) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Liane Haid, Viktor de Kowa and Valéry Inkijinoff. It was based on the 1911 play ''Typhoon'' by the Hungarian writer Melchior Lengyel. It was the last German film made by Wiene, who had been a leading director of German silent cinema. Synopsis A Japanese doctor, on a secret mission to Paris for his country, becomes romantically involved with a cabaret singer at a Parisian nightclub. His entire mission is put at risk when he kills a rival for her love, a French journalist and blackmailer. Production and release The film was produced by Wiene's own independent production company and shot at the Marienfelde Studios of Terra Film in Berlin. It was made around the time of the changeover from the Weimar Republic to Nazi Germany. In Germany the film was banned for several reasons, particularly what was perceived as the unflattering portrayal of Europeans in contrast to the noble A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fire Devil
''The Fire Devil'' (German: ''Der Feuerteufel'') is a 1940 German historical adventure film directed by and starring Luis Trenker. It also featured Judith Holzmeister, Bertl Schultes and Hilde von Stolz. The title is sometimes translated as ''The Arsonist''. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Grave and Ludwig Reiber. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Location shooting took place in Mittenwald, Schwäbisch Hall and North Tyrol. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. Costing over a million reichsmarks to make, it easily recouped its production costs at the box office and was a considerable popular success. It is set during the Tyrolean Rebellion against Napoleon, about which Trenker had previously made another film '' The Rebel'' in 1932. However Adolf Hitler, who had been an admirer of the previous film, was apparently displeased feeling that the parallels between Napoleon and the Third Reich meant that the film glorified and potentially i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passion (1940 Film)
''Passion'' (german: Leidenschaft) is a 1940 German drama film directed by Walter Janssen and starring Olga Tschechowa, Hans Stüwe and Paul Otto.Bock & Bergfelder p. 150 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter. It was partly shot on location in Tyrol. Cast * Olga Tschechowa as Gerda * Hans Stüwe as Hans Strobel * Paul Otto as Graf Hubert * Hilde Körber as Leni * Traudl Stark as Angelika * Fritz Rasp as Boddin * Hubert von Meyerinck as Graf Christian * Otto Gebühr as Dr. Myrbach * Hans Junkermann as Dr. Hermann * Ilse Abel * Lina Carstens * Will Dugal * Karl Etlinger * Hilde Larsen * Paul Mederow * Hellmuth Passarge * Paul Rehkopf * Georg H. Schnell * F.W. Schröder-Schrom * Bruno Ziener Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 February 1941) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in over 100 films between 1913 and 1941. He also directed 28 silent films such as '' The Flight into Death'' (1921).Grange p. 95 Selec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Name Of The People (1939 Film)
''In the Name of the People'' (german: Im Namen des Volkes) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Rudolf Fernau, Fritz Kampers, and Rolf Weih.Bock & Bergfelder p. 536 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. Synopsis A dangerous criminal, just released from jail in England, goes on a violent spree robbing motorists on the roads of Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1939 films Films of Nazi Germany German crime films 1939 crime films 1930s German-language films Terra Film films Films directed by Erich Engels Films shot at Babelsberg Studios Films set in Bavaria 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If We All Were Angels (1936 Film)
''If We All Were Angels'' (german: Wenn wir alle Engel wären) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach and Lotte Rausch. The overall plot was similar to that of ''The Virtuous Sinner'' (1931) which Rühmann had also appeared in.Hake p. 95–97 It was made at the former National Studios in Berlin while location filming took place around Cologne. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. It was re-released in 1950 by Herzog Film. Synopsis A respectable member of provincial German society nearly becomes involved in a scandal following a series of misunderstandings. Cast * Heinz Rühmann as Christian Kempenich * Leny Marenbach as Hedwig - seine Frau * Elsa Dalands as Selma Kempenich - die Tante * Lotte Rausch as Maria, the maid * Harald Paulsen as Enrico Falotti - Gesangslehrer * Hanns August Herten as Bügermeister * Charlotte Krause-Walter as Else * Carl de Vogt as Hotel Porter 'Waldfrieden' * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662–1736) was a German master builder and architect who helped to rebuild Dresden after the fire of 1685. His most famous work is the Zwinger Palace. Life Pöppelmann was born in Herford in Westphalia on 3 May 1662 the son of a shopkeeper. In 1680 he began working on an unpaid basis as a building designer in the court of Dresden Castle. As court architect for the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, Augustus II the Strong, he designed the grandiose Zwinger palace in Dresden. He was also in charge of major works at Dresden Castle, Pillnitz Castle and he designed the Vineyard Church (''Weinbergkirche'') in Pillnitz. Pöppelmann, together with Johann Christoph Naumann, developed an urban plan for a portion of the city of Warsaw, Poland, which was only partially realized, including the Saxon Axis and other important streetscapes. He died in Dresden on 17 January 1736. He is buried in the Matthauskirche in Dresden. He was the grandfather of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus The Strong (film)
''Augustus the Strong'' (german: August der Starke) is a 1936 German-Polish biographical film directed by Paul Wegener and starring Michael Bohnen, Lil Dagover, and Marieluise Claudius. The film depicts the life of Augustus the Strong, the Eighteenth Century ruler of Saxony and Poland. It was partly shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Machus and Ludwig Reiber. Production A multiple-language version was made in Polish, directed by Stanisław Wasylewski and featuring a Polish cast. Another Polish-German co-production ''Adventure in Warsaw'' was produced the following year. Cast See also *''The King's Prisoner ''The King's Prisoner'' (german: Der Gefangene des Königs) is a 1935 German historical comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Michael Bohnen, Paul Kemp, and Susi Lanner. It is based around the development of Meissen porcelain durin ...'' (1935) References Bibliography * * Bock, Hans-Michael . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trouble Backstairs (1935 Film)
''Trouble Backstairs'' (German: ''Krach im Hinterhaus'') is a 1935 German romantic comedy film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Henny Porten, Else Elster and Rotraut Richter. It marked the directoral debut of Harlan, who had previously worked as an actor, and quickly developed as a leading director of Nazi Germany.Wistrich p.97 It was based on a play by Maximilian Böttcher, and was remade in 1949. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bruno Lutz and Hermann Warm Hermann Warm was a German art director for films. Born in 1889 (died 1976) in Berlin, Germany, Warm was an important figure in the expressionist movement of the 1920s. Warm entered the German film industry in 1912 after working on-stage for a w ... Cast References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artist Love
''Artist Love'' (german: Künstlerliebe) is a 1935 German historical drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring , Wolfgang Liebeneiner and Olga Chekhova. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. Synopsis In 1887 in Munich, a rising artist paints a portrait of a dancer. The success of it during an exhibition leads to him being awarded a major commission in Rome, and he begins to move in high society. By the time he returns home he has almost forgotten about her. Cast * as Toni *Wolfgang Liebeneiner as Peter *Olga Chekhova as Olivia Vanderhagen *Hans Brausewetter as Stupps * Harald Paulsen as Count Hohenstein *Genia Nikolaieva as Mizzi *Ilse Fürstenberg as Frau Heller *Otto Sauter-Sarto as Herr Sedlmair *Josefine Dora as Frau Sedlmair *Paul Mederow as Professor Bergland * F. W. Schröder-Schrom as Prince regent * Klaus Pohl as ballet master * Albert von Kersten as von Reedern *Kurt Keller-Nebri as Intendant *Paul Rehkopf as Artist love *Vale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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