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Robert Heymann
Robert Heymann (1879–1946) was a German screenwriter and film director active during the silent era. He began as a playwright in 1901 and also wrote novels. He worked with the Berlin-based production company Luna Film. For them he directed the four-part '' Satan's Memoirs'', the second most expensive German film made during the First World War. The 1931 film '' Panic in Chicago'' was adapted from his novel of the same title.Jung & Schatzberg p.222 Of Jewish heritage he had to leave Germany following the Nazi takeover. Selected filmography * ''Lola Montez'' (1918) * '' Cain'' (1918) * '' Victim of Society'' (1919) * '' The Secret of the Scaffold'' (1919) * '' The Black Forest Girl'' (1920) * ''The Haunting of Castle Kitay'' (1920) * '' Colonel Chabert'' (1920) * ''The Deerslayer and Chingachgook'' (1920) * ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1920) * ''Circus People'' (1922) * '' In the Ecstasy of Billions'' (1922) * '' Time Is Money'' (1923) * '' The Emperor's Old Clothes'' (1923) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by population, third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 11th-largest city in the European Union. The Munich Metropolitan Region, city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Northern Limestone Alps, Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the population density, most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km2). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialects, Bavarian dialect area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of The Scaffold
''The Secret of the Scaffold'' (German: ''Das Geheimnis des Schafotts'') is a 1919 German silent historical drama film directed by Eugen Burg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mathieu Oostermann. Main cast * Eugen Burg * Oskar Marion Oskar Marion (2 April 1896 – March 1986) was an Austrian film actor. Life Born as Oskar Viktor Lepka in Brno on 2 April 1896. His parents were physician Antonín Lepka and Žofie Lepková (née Müller). Marion went to study medicine to Vienn ... * Wanda Treumann References External links * 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Eugen Burg German crime drama films 1919 crime drama films German black-and-white films Films based on short fiction German historical drama films 1910s historical drama films Silent crime drama films 1910s German films Adaptations of works by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam {{1910s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Deaths
Events January * January 6 - The first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westminster in London. * January 19 ** The Bell XS-1 is test flown for the first time (unpowered), with Bell's chief test pilot Jack Woolams at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1879 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War. * January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins. * January 22 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Isandlwana: A force of 1,200 British soldiers is wiped out by over 20,000 Zulu warriors. * January 23 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Rorke's Drift: Following the previous day's defeat, a smaller British force of 140 successfully repels an attack by 4,000 Zulus. * February 3 – Mosley Street in Newcastle upon Tyne (England) becomes the world's first public highway to be lit by the electric incandescent light bulb invented by Joseph Swan. * February 8 – At a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute, engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposes the global adoption of standard time. * March 3 – United States Geological Survey is founded. * March 11 – Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tragedy Of The Dishonoured
''The Tragedy of the Dishonoured'' (german: Die Tragödie der Entehrten) is a 1924 German silent film directed by Josef Berger and starring Cläre Lotto, Albert Steinrück, and Clementine Plessner.Gerhard Lamprecht. ''Deutsche Stummfilme, Volume 8'' p. 426 The film's art direction was by Karl Machus Karl Machus (1884–1944) was a German art director. Along with Erich Zander he designed the sets for most of the films made by director Veit Harlan during the Nazi era.Noack p.145 Selected filmography * '' Prince Cuckoo'' (1919) * '' Blonde P .... Cast References External links * 1924 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Josef Berger German silent feature films German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blame
''The Blame'' (german: Die Schuld) is a 1924 German silent film directed by Josef Berger.Gerhard Lamprecht. ''Deutsche Stummfilme, Volume 8'' p. 405 The film's art direction was by Karl Machus Karl Machus (1884–1944) was a German art director. Along with Erich Zander he designed the sets for most of the films made by director Veit Harlan during the Nazi era.Noack p.145 Selected filmography * '' Prince Cuckoo'' (1919) * '' Blonde P .... Cast In alphabetical order References External links * 1924 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Josef Berger German silent feature films German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Emperor's Old Clothes
''The Emperor's Old Clothes'' (german: Des Kaisers alte Kleider) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Dary Holm, Ernst Rückert and Fritz Greiner.Krautz p. 195 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Dürnhöfer and Karl Machus. Cast * Dary Holm * Ernst Rückert * Fritz Greiner * Rudolf Basil * Lili Dominici * Frau Thoma * Max Weydner Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1 ... References Bibliography * Alfred Krautz. ''International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4''. Saur, 1984. External links * 1923 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Franz Seitz German black-and-white films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Is Money (film)
''Time Is Money'' is a 1923 German silent film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Grete Reinwald, Colette Corder and Fritz Rasp.Bock & Bergfelder p. 384 The film was released in Germany with its title in English. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Lederer. Cast * Grete Reinwald as Irene Arven * Colette Corder as Colette * Alfred Gerasch as Georg de Gobert * Fritz Rasp as François * Hermann Picha as Glanden * Harry Berber as Mac Collin * Heinz Salfner as Marc Arven * C.W. Tetting as William * Philipp Manning Philipp Manning (23 November 1869 – 9 April 1951) was a British-born German actor. He was born in Lewisham to a British father and a German mother. He was sent to Germany for his education and settled there. He often played British characters i ... References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Ecstasy Of Billions (1922 Film)
''In the Ecstasy of Billions'' (german: Im Rausche der Milliarden) is a 1922 German silent film directed by Josef Berger and starring Dary Holm Dary Holm (born Anna Maria Dorothea Meyer; 16 April 1897 – 29 August 1960) was a German actress. She married film star Harry Piel in 1927. Holm starred alongside Piel in several films, such as ''Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932).Grange p.389 Select ....Bock & Bergfelder p. 104 Cast In alphabetical order References Bibliography * External links * 1922 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Josef Berger German silent feature films German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus People
''Circus People'' (German: ''Die vom Zirkus'') is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by William Kahn and starring Anita Berber, Charles Willy Kayser and Eduard von Winterstein.Grange p.119 The film's sets were designed by the art director August Rinaldi. Cast * Anita Berber as Die Zirkusdiva * Charles Willy Kayser * Eduard von Winterstein * Eugen Burg * Rudolf Del Zopp * Toni Ebärg * Karl Harbacher * Ernst Hofmann * Helena Makowska * Julius Markow * Heinrich Peer * Ernst Pittschau Ernst Pittschau (5 October 1883 – 2 June 1951) was a German stage and film actor. Biography Pittschau, whose father's name was also named Ernst Pittschau, a stage actor, received an education in business and had a brief career selling dental p ... * Heddy Sven References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. * Töteberg, Michael . ''Das Ufa-Buch''. Zweitausendeins, 1992. External links * 1922 films Films of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Of The Mohicans (1920 German Film)
''The Last of the Mohicans'' (german: Der letzte der Mohikaner) is the feature-length second part of the 1920 German silent Western film ''Lederstrumpf'' (''Leatherstocking'') directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Bela Lugosi and Emil Mamalock. It is based on James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 novel of the same name. The first part is ''The Deerslayer and Chingachgook'' (''Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook''). A print of ''Lederstrumpf'', in its heavily edited shortened U.S. version titled ''The Deerslayer'', was discovered in the 1990s, but the original full-length German film is lost. Bela Lugosi played the Indian Chingachgook, one of his most unusual roles, and Emil Mamalock played Hawkeye, the Deerslayer. Cast In alphabetical order * Charles Barley as Harry * Edward Eyseneck as Worley * Herta Heden as Judith Hutter * Gottfried Kraus as Tom Hutter * Bela Lugosi as Chingachgook, an Indian brave * Emil Mamelok as the Deerslayer (aka Hawkeye) * Erna Rehberger as Heddy Hutter * Kurt R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deerslayer And Chingachgook
''The Deerslayer and Chingachgook'' (german: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook) is the feature-length first part of the two-part 1920 German silent Western film ''Lederstrumpf'' (''Leatherstocking''), directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Bela Lugosi. It is based on the 1841 novel ''The Deerslayer'' by James Fenimore Cooper. The second part is called ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (''Der Letzte der Mohikaner''). Cast * Emil Mamelok as Deerslayer * Herta Heden as Judith Hutter * Bela Lugosi as Chingachgook * Gottfried Kraus as Tom Hutter * Edward Eyseneck as Worley * Margot Sokolowska as Wah-ta-Wah * Frau Rehberger as Judith Hutter * Willy Schroeder as Hartherz * Herr Söhnlein as Col. Munro * Heddy Sven as Cora Munro * Frau Wenkhaus as Alice Munro See also * Bela Lugosi filmography * List of rediscovered films This is a list of rediscovered films that, once thought lost, have since been discovered, in whole or in part. See List of incomplete or partially lost films and List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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