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Robert Hoffmann
Robert Hoffmann (30 August 1939 – 4 July 2022) was an Austrian actor, best known to British audiences for his title role performance in ''The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'' (1964). Hoffmann was born in Salzburg. ''Crusoe'' was his screen debut, but he later worked in film (including a number of giallo horror-thrillers) and TV throughout Europe, in Germany, Italy, France the UK, and appeared in films by directors such as Marcel Carné, Antonio Pietrangeli, Robert Siodmak, and Robert Enrico. In 1997, he was interviewed by the BBC for TV and radio when the ''Robinson Crusoe'' series was first released on video. Selected filmography * ''The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'' (1964, TV miniseries) * ''Angélique, Marquise des Anges'' (1964) * ''Marvelous Angelique'' (1965) * ''Up from the Beach'' (1965) * '' I Knew Her Well'' (1965) * ''Three Rooms in Manhattan'' (1965) * ''Neues vom Hexer'' (1965) * '' The Gentlemen'' (1965) * ''Wake Up and Die'' (1966) * ''How I Learned to Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spasmo
''Spasmo'' is a 1974 Italian ''giallo'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Robert Hoffmann and Suzy Kendall. Plot A young couple on their nightly hormonal romp decide to go to the beach, where they first meet a mysterious man who is parked there. After asking for a light, the couple make their way to some nearby ruins, where in the midst of their passion, they discover a hanging woman. Upon investigation, it turns out to be a brutalized mannequin. The mysterious man peels off in his car before they can ask him questions. Exit couple number two, Christian and a first girlfriend, who also decide the beach is a good place for a little afternoon delight. They too come upon a woman's body - this time face down, just above the surf. However, it turns out she is a real person, who is in fact not dead. Introducing herself as Barbara and not really explaining how she got there, she quickly disappears while Christian is distracted. Despite seemingly being involved with the girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wake Up And Die
''Wake Up and Die'' (Italian: ''Svegliati e uccidi''), also known as ''Wake Up and Kill'' and ''I Kill for Kicks'', is a 1966 Italian crime drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani, based on the real life of Luciano Lutring, an Italian criminal known as "the machine-gun soloist" ("il solista del mitra"). For this film Lisa Gastoni was awarded with a Silver Ribbon for Best Actress. Cast *Robert Hoffmann as Luciano Lutring *Lisa Gastoni as Yvonne Lutring * Gian Maria Volonté as Inspector Moroni *Claudio Camaso as Franco Magni *Ottavio Fanfani as Inspector Julien *Corrado Olmi as Bobino References External links * Cultural depictions of Italian men Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.T ... 1966 films Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films directed by Carlo Lizzani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubertus Castle (1973 Film)
''Hubertus Castle'' is a 1973 German drama film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Robert Hoffmann, Carl Lange and Karlheinz Böhm. It is an adaptation of the 1895 novel '' Hubertus Castle'' by Ludwig Ganghofer Ludwig Ganghofer (7 July 1855 – 24 July 1920) was a German writer who became famous for his homeland novels. Biography He was born in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, the son of forestry official August Ganghofer (1827–1900). His younger sister Ida (186 .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1973 films 1973 drama films German drama films 1970s German-language films Films based on works by Ludwig Ganghofer Films based on German novels Films directed by Harald Reinl West German films Films about hunters Remakes of German films Films set in Bavaria Films set in the Alps Films set in castles Constantin Film films 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Carries A Cane
''Death Carries a Cane'' (Italian title: ''Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio''/ ''Dance Steps on the Edge of a Razor''), is a 1973 Italian giallo film directed by Maurizio Pradeaux. It starred Robert Hoffmann, Nieves Navarro and Luciano Rossi. The film was later released on video as ''The Tormentor'', ''Maniac at Large'', ''The Night of the Rolling Heads'' and ''Devil Blade''. (Pradeaux went on to direct another giallo, the 1977 ''Death Steps in the Dark''.) Plot Kitty (Susan Scott) is vactioning in Italy with her parents to again meet with her boyfriend Alberto (Robert Hoffmann). She tries the coin-operated binoculars and scans the city's buildings, when she sees an attack through a window. A woman is killed in her apartment by being stabbed to death by a killer in a black hat, glasses, and overcoat. She unfortunately runs out of time for the scope, so she tries again with anothet coin. She can only catch the house number, a peanut vendor, and a cleaning woman on the street wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naked Girl Killed In The Park
''Naked Girl Killed in the Park'' ( it, Ragazza tutta nuda assassinata nel parco, es, Joven de buena familia sospechosa de asesinato) is a 1972 giallo film directed by Alfonso Brescia, co-written by Gianni Martucci and starring Robert Hoffmann and Adolfo Celli. Plot In World War II Berlin, a mother and a son are tied up at their chateau, while a Nazi soldier assembles a clock bomb. A young woman with a distinctive ring watches the whole ordeal. Once the bomb is started, the Nazi walks the woman out, leaving the family behind. The mother tries to escape, but she knows she can't, and timer keeps ticking. She shuffles her son into a back corner of the room, positioning him behind a chair, while she sits right next to him to block him with her body. The bomb explodes as the war keeps raging with blasts throughout the city. In present day Madrid, a Tunnel of Horrors theme park attraction holds a tram car with aristocrat Johannes Wallenberger, who's dead with a gunshot to the head. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnal Circuit
''Carnal Circuit'' ( it, Femmine insaziabili, german: Mord im schwarzen Cadillac, also known as ''The Insatiables'' and ''Beverly Hills'') is a 1969 Italian-German giallo written and directed by Alberto De Martino. Plot A man hides his best friend from the criminals out to get him and suffers a violent beating. His friend gets killed, and he tries to find out why. Cast *Dorothy Malone as Vanessa Brighton *Robert Hoffmann as Paolo Vittori *Luciana Paluzzi as Mary Sullivan * Frank Wolff as Frank Donovan *John Ireland as Walter Salinger *Roger Fritz as Giulio Lamberti *Romina Power as Gloria Brighton *Nicoletta Machiavelli as Luisa Lamberti * Ini Assmann as Salinger's secretary *Rosemarie Lindt as Patty *Elena Persiani as Claire *Rainer Basedow as Donovan's henchman *John Karlsen as Fletcher * Rod Dana as Charlie Production ''Carnal Circuit'' was shot in Rome between February 12, 1968, and February 1969. During an underwater scene the camera operator unexpectedly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diary Of A Telephone Operator
''Certo certissimo... anzi probabile'' (''Certain, Very Certain, As a Matter of Fact... Probable''; English title ''Diary of a Telephone Operator'') is a 1969 Italian film based on the story of the same title by Dacia Maraini. It stars Claudia Cardinale and Catherine Spaak. Plot Marta works as a telephone operator for a telephone company. She lives with her friend Nanda in Nanda's flat but Nanda's priority is above anything else to find a husband. When she feels she has found the right man she doesn't want Marta any longer in her flat. But while Nanda's relationship fails, Marta meets and marries a man named Pietro. Only then it turns out her husband has an old friend. The man, a foreigner, moves in with the two of them. Marta tries to pair off the foreigner with her single friend Nanda. Both women think this might work out. But Pietro's friend has bought a boat in order to sail around the world with Pietro and when the friend announces to do this alone, Marta's husband has a break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampf Um Rom
''Kampf um Rom'' (English language title: ''The Last Roman'') is a West German-Italian historical drama film starring Laurence Harvey, Orson Welles, Sylva Koscina and Honor Blackman. It was produced by Artur Brauner and was the last film to be directed by Robert Siodmak. It was originally released in two parts (''Kampf um Rom 1. Teil'' and ''Kampf um Rom 2. Teil: Der Verrat'') in 1968 and 1969 as a late installment of the sword-and-sandal genre. ''Kampf um Rom'' shows the 6th-century power struggle between Byzantine emperor Justinian, the descendants of the Western Roman Empire and the Ostrogoths. The film is based on a novel by Felix Dahn. Plot In the 6th century AD, the Roman Empire has been shattered by Germanic invasions. Italy is ruled as an independent kingdom by the Ostrogoths, while the surviving, eastern remnant of Roman civilization is fast taking on a new identity as the Byzantine Empire. The aristocracy of Rome, led by the crafty and arrogant Cethegus Caesarius, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Black Veil For Lisa
''A Black Veil for Lisa'' ( it, La morte non ha sesso, lit. "Death has no sex") is a 1968 thriller film directed by Massimo Dallamano. Plot When a narcotics detective finds out that his beautiful wife (who is an ex-criminal) is cheating on him, he hires a professional hitman to bump her off. However, things don't go quite according to plan. Instead of killing the woman, the hitman ends up sleeping with her, and they begin an affair. Cast Production ''A Black Veil for Lisa'' was shot in 1968 in Hamburg under the title ''Vicolo cieco''. Curti described the style of the film as "remarkably different" from the Italian thrillers of the period, and closer to Anglo-Saxon and German models of the style. Release ''A Black Veil for Lisa'' was released in Italy in September 1968. was shown in Germany as ''Das Geheimnis der jungen Witwe'' (translation: ''Mystery of the Young Widow''). in this country, it was promoted as being part of the Edgar Wallace series. It was also released as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tevye And His Seven Daughters
''Tevye and His Seven Daughters'' ( he, טוביה ושבע בנותיו, translit. Tuvia Vesheva Benotav) is a 1968 Israeli drama film directed by Menahem Golan. Based on stories by Sholem Aleichem, which were also the basis for the stage musical and 1971 film, both titled ''Fiddler on the Roof''. Plot The film is about a poor Russian Jew named Tevye who tries to make a living. When he slowly lands money, he attempts to get his daughters married. Cast * Shmuel Rodensky as Tevye * Betty Segal as Golda, his wife * Ninet Dinar as Zeitl * Avital Paz as Hodl * Judith Solé as Sprinza * Tikva Mor as Chava * Mira-Gan-Mor as Bailke * Robert Hoffmann as Fyodor * Peter van Eyck as Priest * Wolfgang Kieling as Poperilli * as Menahem-Mendl Release The film was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 Hours In The Life Of A Woman (1968 Film)
''24 Hours in the Life of a Woman'' (french: Vingt-Quatre Heures de la vie d'une femme) is a 1968 French-West German drama film directed by Dominique Delouche, based on the novella ''Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman'' by Stefan Zweig. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France. The book on which the film is based had previously been adapted as ''24 Hours of a Woman's Life'' in 1952, and was later adapted as '' 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman'' in 2002. Plot In Monte Carlo, the 42-year-old widow Alice observes a young man with a frightening passion for gambling, who completely ruins himself in the casino. She saves Thomas from suicide and spends a night in a hotel with him in a frenzy of helpful pity. In the morning, Alice reacts with shame and horror. Anxious to bring the matter to a good conclusion, she meets again during the day with the young man, who now, with overflowing gratitude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assignment K
''Assignment K'' is a 1968 British neo noir thriller film directed by Val Guest in Techniscope and starring Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave, Leo McKern, Robert Hoffmann and Jeremy Kemp. The film was based on the 1964 novel '' Department K'' by Hartley Howard. Plot A British spy has his cover blown, leading to the East German Stasi kidnapping his girlfriend to try to extract information about his double agents' activities. Cast * Stephen Boyd as Philip Scott * Camilla Sparv as Toni Peters * Michael Redgrave as Harris * Leo McKern as Smith * Robert Hoffmann as Paul Spiegler * Jeremy Kemp as Hal * Jane Merrow as Martine * Carl Möhner as Inspector (as Carl Moehner) * Vivi Bach as Erika Herschel * Werner Peters as Kramer * Dieter Geissler as Kurt * John Alderton as George * Jan Werich as Dr. Spiegler * David Healy as David * Ursula Howells as Estelle * Basil Dignam as Howlett * Geoffrey Bayldon as The Boffin * Joachim Hansen as Heinrich Herschel See also * List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |