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Prinzessin Turandot
''Princess Turandot'' (German: ''Prinzessin Turandot'') is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Käthe von Nagy and Willy Fritsch. A separate French-language version ''Turandot, Princess of China'' was also released. The script, by Thea von Harbou, includes elements of Puccini's opera ''Turandot'' and Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of Carlo Gozzi's 1762 play ''Turandot''. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. The music was by Franz Doelle with song lyrics by Bruno Balz and C. Amberg (including the opening ''Turandot, bezaubernde Turandot'' - 'enchanting Turandot'), recorded by |
Gerhard Lamprecht
Gerhard Lamprecht (6 October 1897 – 4 May 1974) was a German film director, screenwriter and film historian. He directed 63 films between 1920 and 1958. He also wrote for 26 films between 1918 and 1958. Life and career Lamprecht was fascinated by cinema since his childhood and started to work as a film projectionist at age twelve. He studied theatre and art history in Berlin. He also took drama lessons with Paul Bildt and appeared as a stage actor under the name of "Gerhard Otto" in some minor productions.Gerhard Lamprecht at the Deutsches Filmportal Lamprecht got drafted by the German army in 1917 and was wounded in 1918. Lamprecht had sold his first film manuscript as early as 1914. With the end of |
Carlo Gozzi
__NOTOC__ Carlo, Count Gozzi (; 13 December 1720 – 4 April 1806) was an Italian ( Venetian) playwright and champion of Commedia dell'arte. Early life Gozzi was born and died in Venice; he came from a family of minor Venetian aristocracy, the Tiepolos. At a young age, his parents were no longer able to support him financially, so he joined the army in Dalmatia. Three years later, he had returned to Venice and joined the Granelleschi Society. This society was dedicated to the pursuit of preservation of Tuscan literature from the influence of foreign culture; it was particularly interested in saving traditional Italian comedy such as Commedia dell'arte. Works Pietro Chiari and Carlo Goldoni, two Venetian writers, were moving away from the old style of Italian theatre, which threatened the work of the Granelleschi Society. In 1757 Gozzi defended Commedia dell'arte by publishing a satirical poem, ''La tartana degli influssi per l'anno 1756''; and in 1761, in his comedy based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kemp (actor)
Paul Kemp (20 May 1896 – 13 August 1953) was a German stage and film actor. Kemp worked as a piano accompaniest for silent films, and then served as an ambulance driver on the Western Front during the First World War. Post-war he moved into acting on the stage in Düsseldorf and Hamburg. His career really took off when he moved to Berlin in 1929, appearing in the hit stage version of the novel ''Menschen im Hotel'' by Vicki Baum. He made his film debut in 1930, shortly after the introduction of sound film. He appeared prolifically in German and Austrian films until his death in 1953. Selected filmography * ''Cyanide'' (1930) - Kuckuck * ' (1930) - Aufnahmeleiter * '' The King of Paris'' (1930) * ''Rag Ball'' (1930) - Priem * ''The Great Longing'' (1930) - Regieassistent Mopp * ''Dolly Gets Ahead'' (1930) - Jack * ''The Blonde Nightingale'' (1930) - Hirschfield * ''The Threepenny Opera'' (1931) - Mackie Messers Platte * ''Seitensprünge'' (1931) - Anton Schiller * '' M'' (1931) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inge List
Inge List (1916–2003) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Von Dassanowsky p.394 Selected filmography * '' Grand Duchess Alexandra'' (1933) * '' Princess Turandot'' (1934) * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1934) * ''Mazurka'' (1935) * ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (1936) * ''A Wedding Dream'' (1936) * ''Signal in the Night'' (1937) * '' Thirteen Chairs'' (1938) * ''Late Love ''Late Love'' (German: ''Späte Liebe'') is a 1943 German historical drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Paula Wessely, Attila Hörbiger and Inge List. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. It was s ...'' (1943) References Bibliography * Von Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Screening Transcendence: Film Under Austrofascism and the Hollywood Hope, 1933-1938''. Indiana University Press, 2018 External links * 1916 births 2003 deaths Actors from Salzburg Austrian film actresses Austrian stage actresses {{Austria-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldine Konstantin
Leopoldine Konstantin (born Leopoldine Eugenie Amelie Konstanti; 12 March 1886 – 14 December 1965) was an Austria, Austrian actress. She played in Frank Wedekind's ''Spring Awakening'' (1907), Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1907), ''A Winter's Tale'' (1908), and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1910). Early life Leopoldine Konstantin was born as Leopoldine Eugenie Amelie Konstanti on 12 March 1886 in Moravia, Austria-Hungary. She made her debut in the Deutsches Theater (Berlin), Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1907. From 1911 she was to be found at the Kammerspiele in Berlin and became known in the Berlin salons. She moved to Vienna in 1916 and by 1924 she was playing the title role in Friedrich Schiller's ''Mary Stuart''. Career Starting in 1912 she also played in silent films, initially in title roles. She turned away from this medium when, after the First World War, she was offered increasingly minor parts. In 1923 she had a house built in Westerland for herself and her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willi Schaeffers
Willi Schaeffers (1884–1962) was a German film actor and cabaret performer.Jelavich p.246 Selected filmography * '' The Blue Mouse'' (1913) * '' A Blackmailer's Trick'' (1921) * '' Nameless Woman'' (1927) * ''The Street Song'' (1931) * '' Kiki'' (1932) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1932) * ''The Black Whale'' (1934) * '' Princess Turandot'' (1934) * '' Playing with Fire'' (1934) * ''The Daring Swimmer'' (1934) * ''What Am I Without You'' (1934) * ''If It Were Not for Music'' (1935) * ''The Valiant Navigator'' (1935) * '' Every Day Isn't Sunday'' (1935) * ''All Because of the Dog'' (1935) * ''The Castle in Flanders'' (1936) * ''Family Parade'' (1936) * ''Diamonds'' (1937) * ''Men Without a Fatherland'' (1937) * '' Monika'' (1938) * ''The Mystery of Betty Bonn'' (1938) * '' The Deruga Case'' (1938) * ''Red Orchids'' (1938) * ''I'll Never Forget That Night'' (1949) * ''Hit Parade'' (1953) * ''Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine ''Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine'' (german: Rote Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Ernst Groh
Herbert Ernst Groh (27 May 190528 July 1982) was a Swiss tenor. Groh was born in Lucerne and subsequently studied in Zurich and Milan. One of his teachers was Carl Beines, who also taught Richard Tauber. He began his operatic singing career in Darmstadt in 1926, with engagements following in Frankfurt and Cologne and a successful tour of Italy in 1927, where he also began to make his first recordings using the name of Ernesto Groh. He then started to appear on German radio and devoted himself to developing a career as a recording artist - also making films, but soon giving up the stage - a career that lasted well into the LP era of the 1950s. He died in 1982 at Norderstedt, near Hamburg. Critical appreciation Like Marcel Wittrisch, Groh is inevitably compared to his contemporary Richard Tauber. According to Alan Blyth Geoffrey Alan Blyth (27 July 1929 – 14 August 2007) was an English music critic, author, and musicologist who was particularly known for his writings withi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Balz
Bruno Balz (6 October 1902, in Berlin – 14 March 1988, in Bad Wiessee) was a German songwriter and schlager writer. From the time he wrote the music for the first German sound film until his retirement in the 1960s, Balz was responsible for the lyrics to over a thousand popular hits. Much of his output was in conjunction with the composer Michael Jary; their songs helped make the singer Zarah Leander popular. Balz was arrested several times for homosexuality. In 1936 he spent several months in prison, and was released under an agreement that mandated that his name was no longer to appear in public. To maintain the appearance of propriety he entered a "lavender marriage" with a woman named Selma. He was rearrested in 1941 by the Gestapo and was kept in the Gestapo headquarters in Prinz-Albrecht-Straße. He was released from imprisonment by the intervention of Jary, who persuaded officials that he could produce songs that would aid the war effort. Within a day of his release, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Röhrig
Walter Röhrig (13 April 1897 – 1945) was a German art director.Stephens p.163 Selected filmography * '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920) * ''Masks'' (1920) * ''Parisian Women'' (1921) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * ''Miss Julie'' (1922) * ''Kaddish'' (1924) * ''Luther'' (1928) * ''The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930) * '' Hocuspocus'' (1930) * '' The Immortal Vagabond'' (1930) * ''Calais-Dover'' (1931) * ''In the Employ of the Secret Service'' (1931) * '' The Countess of Monte Cristo'' (1932) * ''Congress Dances'' (1932) * ''Waltz War'' (1933) * ''Refugees'' (1933) * ''Court Waltzes'' (1933) * ''The Empress and I'' (1933) * ''Season in Cairo'' (1933) * ''Night in May'' (1934) * ''The Young Baron Neuhaus'' (1934) * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1934) * '' The Royal Waltz'' (1935) * ''Savoy Hotel 217'' (1936) * ''Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) * ''Diamonds'' (1937) * ''My Son the Minister'' (1937) * ''Rembrandt'' (1942) * ''A Salzburg Comedy ''A Salzburg Comedy'' or '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Herlth
Robert Herlth (2 May 1893 – 6 January 1962) was a German art director. He was one of the leading designers of German film sets during the 1920s and 1930s.Reimer & Reimer p.146 Filmography * ''Masks'' (1920) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * '' The Secret of Bombay'' (1921) * ''The Devil's Chains'' (1921) * ''Destiny'' (1921) * '' Playing with Fire'' (1921) * ''Wandering Souls'' (1921) * ''Parisian Women'' (1921) * ''Miss Julie'' (1922) * ''Madame de La Pommeraye's Intrigues'' (1922) * '' Luise Millerin'' (1922) * '' The Earl of Essex'' (1922) * '' The Treasure'' (1923) * '' Comedy of the Heart'' (1924) * '' The Last Laugh'' (1924) * '' The Chronicles of the Gray House'' (1925) * ''Tartuffe'' (1926) * ''Faust'' (1926) * ''Luther'' (1928) * ''Looping the Loop'' (1928) * ''Whirl of Youth'' (1928) * '' Four Devils'' (1928) * ''Asphalt'' (1929) * ''The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna'' (1929) * '' Manolescu'' (1929) * ''The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930) * ''The Temporary Widow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it visual communication, communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style (visual arts), style(s) to use, and when to use motion graphic design, motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
