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Richard Münch (actor)
Richard Heinrich Ludwig Münch (10 January 1916 – 6 June 1987) was a German actor, best known for portraying Alfred Jodl in ''Patton'' (1970). He also portrayed General Erich Marcks in '' The Longest Day'' (1962). Selected filmography * ''Der Verlorene'' (1951) - Criminal Inspector No. 1 (uncredited) * ''Zwei blaue Augen'' (1955) - Schneider, Ingenieur * ''Doctor Crippen Lives'' (1958) - Reverend Bennet * '' Nasser Asphalt'' (1958) - Dr. Wolf * '' Restless Night'' (1958) - Kriegsgerichtsrat * ' (1959) - Herr Wegner, Director of the "Imperial" * '' Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?'' (1959) - Oberstleutnant Kesselbach * '' Crime After School'' (1959) - Oberst Dr. König * ''Heaven, Love and Twine'' (1960) - Major Knorr * ' (1961) * ''The Miracle of Father Malachia'' (1961) - Dr. Erwin Glass * '' Redhead'' (1962) - Joachim * '' The Longest Day'' (1962) - Gen. Erich Marcks * '' The Inn on the River'' (1962) - Dr. Collins * ''Waiting Room to the Beyond'' (1964) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giessen
Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (), is a town in the German state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 university students. The name comes from ''Giezzen'', as it was first referred to in 1197, which refers to the position of the town between several rivers, lakes and streams. The largest river in Giessen is the Lahn, which divides the town in two parts (west and east), roughly north of Frankfurt am Main. Giessen is also home to the University of Giessen. In 1969, the town hosted the ninth ''Hessentag'' state festival. History Giessen came into being as a moated castle in 1152 built by Count Wilhelm von Gleiberg, although the history of the community in the northeast and in today's suburb called "Wieseck" dates back to 775. The town became part of Hesse-Marburg in 1567, passing to Hesse-Darmstadt in 1604. The University of Giessen was founded i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven, Love And Twine
''Heaven, Love and Twine'' (German: ''Himmel, Amor und Zwirn'') is a 1960 West German comedy film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Hartmut Reck, Ann Smyrner and Hannelore Schroth. It is based on the 1952 novel of the same title by Thomas Westa.Goble p.793 Cast * Hartmut Reck as Friedrich Himmel * Ann Smyrner as Gerti * Grit Boettcher as Susanne Himmel * Hannelore Schroth as Madame Riffi * Elke Sommer as Eva * Ursula Grabley as Frau Kronberg * Romana Rombach as Frau Haberstein * Richard Münch as Major Knorr * Heinrich Gretler as Feller Hansi * Lutz Moik as Erich Hofmann * Gisela von Collande as Frau Knorr * Thomas Braut as Oberleutnant Allgeier * Ursula Herwig as Frau Allgeier * Albert Rueprecht as Leutnant Kosmehl * Joost Siedhoff Joost () was an Internet TV service, created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (founders of Skype and Kazaa). During 2007–2008 Joost used peer-to-peer TV (P2PTV) technology to distribute content to their Mozilla-based desktop player; in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trap Snaps Shut At Midnight
''The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight'' (german: Um Null Uhr schnappt die Falle zu) is a 1966 West German thriller film directed by Harald Philipp and starring George Nader, Horst Frank and Heinz Weiss. It was the fourth film in the Jerry Cotton series.Blake, Deal, p.20f Plot A delivery truck of nitroglycerin is turned away from a mining area when an accident occurs. Two criminals, Lew Hutton and Fat Krusky, are waiting at a local diner to steal the truck, believing it to be empty. Hutton pulls over because the truck is driving sluggishly, and when the find the canisters of nitroglycerin, Krusky runs off. Later, Hutton uses the truck in Manhattan for a bogus accident which is a cover for a jewelry store robbery, committed by his accomplice, Maureen. The NYPD cordons off the area because of the warning notices on the truck, but when the head of the chemical company that owns the truck, Dr. Smeat, arrives, they discover the 20 canisters of nitroglycerin have been removed. The NYPD decide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer's Carnival
''Killer's Carnival'' (french: Carnaval des barbouzes, german: Gern hab' ich die Frauen gekillt, it, Spie contro il mondo) is a 1966 crime film directed by Alberto Cardone and starring Stewart Granger. Plot A murderer takes refuge in a doctor's home, and the doctor tells him three stories in an attempt to convince him that crime doesn't pay. Cast * Stewart Granger as David Porter (Vienna segment) * Lex Barker as Glenn Cassidy (San Francisco segment) * Pierre Brice as Agent Brice (Rome segment) * Karin Dor as Denise (San Francisco segment) * Pascale Petit as Lotty (Vienna segment) * Margaret Lee as Agent Linda (Rome segment) * Walter Giller as Karl (Vienna segment) * Johanna Matz as Monique Carrar (Vienna segment) * Klaus Kinski as Gomez (San Francisco segment) * Agnès Spaak as Nelly Small (San Francisco segment) * Peter Vogel as Wendt, Suspected girls' killer * Richard Münch as Professor Alden (Frame story) * Carmen Cervera as Joana (San Francisco segment) (as Tita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Rechnung – Eiskalt Serviert
''Die Rechnung – eiskalt serviert'' (English title: ''Tip Not Included'') is a 1966 German thriller film directed by Helmut Ashley and starring George Nader, Yvonne Monlaur, and Heinz Weiss. It was the fourth film in the Jerry Cotton Jerry Cotton is the fictional character in a series of pulp magazine-type crime novels. The novels have been written by many different writers in German-speaking countries and in Finland over the course of several decades. Overview The novel ... series. Plot An elaborate bank robbery takes place and the gangsters succeed although the FBI had been warned. The bank president dies of a heart attack. Jerry Cotton, who is considered accountable for this major failure, loses his badge over this. Being the man he is, Cotton doesn't let the evil-doers forget that he has unfinished business with them. He catches even the last one although he must jump onto a flying helicopter in order to get him. Cast Bibliography * References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hocuspocus (1966 Film)
''Hocuspocus'' (german: Hokuspokus) is a 1966 West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Liselotte Pulver, and Fritz Tillmann.Bock & Bergfelder p. 208 It is based on the 1926 play by Curt Goetz, which had previously been adapted into several film versions, Hocuspocus (1930 film) (with a parallel version in English), and Hocuspocus (1953 film) with Goetz himself. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Pischinger. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1966 films 1966 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Kurt Hoffmann German films based on plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tread Softly (1965 Film)
''Tready Softly''/''The Violin Case Murders'' (German title:''Schüsse aus dem Geigenkasten'') is a 1965 German thriller film directed by Fritz Umgelter and starring George Nader, Heinz Weiss and Sylvia Pascal. It is the first in the Jerry Cotton series of films.Blake, Deal, p.178f Plot A group of men murder two people in Pasadena, then rob a safe of a large amount of cash. Later the same men arrive at an isolated farm house near Chicago, kill the occupants, and retrieve a stash of (very light) gold bars. As the same gun was used in both cases, FBI director John High ( Richard Münch) takes over the investigation, and assigns it to agents Jerry Cotton (George Nader) and his sidekick Phil Decker (Heinz Weiss). High reveals that he had received phone calls from a woman calling herself Mary Springfield, who was concerned that her sister was involved with a gangster. The movements of the sister match well with the two crimes and High believes there is a connection. Cotton locates M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Wants To Sleep?
''Who Wants to Sleep?'' (german: Das Liebeskarussell) is a 1965 Austrian-West German comedy film directed by Rolf Thiele, Axel von Ambesser and Alfred Weidenmann and starring Curd Jürgens, Anita Ekberg, and Catherine Deneuve. It consists of a series of episodic tales about the relationships of the characters. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST .... The film's sets were designed by the art director Herta Hareiter. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1965 comedy films Austrian comedy films German comedy films West German films German anthology films Films directed by Rolf Thiele Films shot at Sievering Studios Constantin Film films 1960s German-language films 1960s German films {{1960s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Night Of Murder
''Manhattan Night of Murder'' (german: Mordnacht in Manhattan) is a 1965 German thriller film directed by Harald Philipp and starring George Nader, Heinz Weiss and Monika Grimm. It was the second of the Jerry Cotton series of films, depicting the adventures of an FBI agent.Blake, Deal, p.146f Plot A gang of extortionists murder owners of small businesses in case the refuse to pay for protection. After they have killed one of their victims Jerry Cotton hunts gets assigned to take care of this matter. Cast * George Nader as Jerry Cotton * Heinz Weiss as Phil Decker * Richard Münch as Mr. High * Monika Grimm as Sally * Slobodan Dimitrijevic as Alec Korsky * Silvia Solar as Wilma de Loy * Peter Kuiper as Bob * Siegurd Fitzek as Patrick * Allen Pinson as Jenkins * Elke Neidhardt as Sophie Latimore * Henri Cogan as Bruce * Willy Semmelrogge as Doc * Paul Muller as Dewey * Uwe Reichmeister Uwe or UWE may refer to * Uwe (given name) * University of the West of England, Bristol * UM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Train (1964 Film)
''The Train'' is a 1964 war film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield and Jeanne Moreau. The picture's screenplay—written by Franklin Coen, Frank Davis, and Walter Bernstein—is loosely based on the non-fiction book ''Le front de l'art'' by Rose Valland, who documented the works of art placed in storage that had been looted by the Germans from museums and private art collections. Arthur Penn was ''The Train'' original director, but was replaced by Frankenheimer three days after filming had begun. Set in August 1944 during World War II, it pits French Resistance-member Paul Labiche (Lancaster) against German Colonel Franz von Waldheim (Scofield), who is attempting to move stolen art masterpieces by train to Germany. Inspiration for the scenes of the train's interception came from the real-life events surrounding train No. 40,044 as it was seized and examined by Lt. Alexandre Rosenberg of the Free French forces outside Paris. Plot In August 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Visit (1964 Film)
''The Visit'' is a 1964 French, Italian, German and American international co-production film distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Bernhard Wicki and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and Julien Derode. The film's stars Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn also served as coproducers. The screenplay was written by Ben Barzman and adapted by Maurice Valency based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1956 play ''Der Besuch der alten Dame'' (literally, ''The Visit of the Old Lady''). At the film's end, protagonist Serge Miller's life is spared, but in the original play, the character (named Alfred Ill) is killed. Along with Bergman and Quinn, the cast includes Irina Demick, Paolo Stoppa, Hans Christian Blech, Romolo Valli, Valentina Cortese, Claude Dauphin and Eduardo Ciannelli. Bergman and Quinn would later costar again in the 1970 romantic melodrama ''A Walk in the Spring Rain''. Plot Karla Zachanassian, a fabulously wealthy woman, returns to a decaying village that she had been fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waiting Room To The Beyond
''Waiting Room to the Beyond'' (german: Wartezimmer zum Jenseits and also known as ''Mark of the Tortoise'') is a 1964 German thriller film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Hildegard Knef. Cast * Hildegard Knef as Lorelli * Götz George as Donald 'Don' Micklem * Richard Münch as Mario Orlandi di Alsconi * Heinz Reincke as Inspektor Dickes * Carl Lange as Crantor * Pinkas Braun as Felix * Adelheid Seeck as Lady Helen Bradley * Hans Paetsch as Sir Cyrus Bradley * Jan Hendriks as Carlos * Klaus Kinski as Shapiro * Hans Clarin Hans Clarin (14 September 1929 – 28 August 2005) was a German actor. He became a well-known voice actor of characters in children audio plays, particularly the kobold ''Pumuckl'' (including its TV and cinematic film adaptations), the German voic ... as Harry Mason References External links * 1964 films 1960s crime thriller films German crime thriller films West German films 1960s German-language films German black-and-white films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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