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Rose Lichtenstein
Rose Liechtenstein (26 March 1887 – 22 December 1955) was a German theater and film actress during the silent film era. She was also credited as Rose Lichtenstein. Life Rose Liechtenstein was born in West Prussia in 1887. She received training at the Marie Seebach School before going to Meiningen in 1909 where her career has started. Engagements in Düsseldorf, Mannheim, Berlin and New York followed. Since 1915, Liechtenstein played in theaters in German-occupied territories in Belgium and France. Since 1916 she was also active in film business. Career Among Liechtenstein’s first films should be mentioned “Arme Eva Maria” (1916), “Der eiserne Wille” (1917), “Don Juans letztes Abenteuer” (1918), “ Die Japanerin” (1919) and “ Das Herz des Casanova” (1919). In the 1920s she appeared in many productions, the most well-known among them are: "Dämmernde Nächte" (1920), "Moral" (1920), "Wie das Mädchen aus der Ackerstrasse die Heimat fand" (1921), " Die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorzów Wielkopolski
Gorzów Wielkopolski (; german: Landsberg an der Warthe) often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 120,087 inhabitants (December 2021) and one of its two capitals with a seat of a voivode, with the other being Zielona Góra. Around Gorzów, there are two large forest areas: Gorzów Woods to the north, where the Barlinek-Gorzów Landscape Park is situated, and Noteć Woods to the southeast. The biggest oil fields in Poland are located near Gorzów. Etymology The pre-1945 German name ''Landsberg an der Warthe'', dating back to 1257, derived from the German words ''land'' or 'state' and ''berg'' or 'mountain' combined with ''Warthe''the German name for the river Warta. The Polish name Gorzów, written as Gorzew, is known from Polish maps and historical books dating back to the 19th century or perhaps earlier.Henryk M. Wozniak, Gazeta Zachodnia "Gorzów tak - Wie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which Hitler and the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945 after just 12 years when the Allies defeated Germany, ending World War II in Europe. On 30 January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the head of gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – The United States Seventh Flee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. ** British emigrant ship ''Kapunda'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors. * January 21 ** The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed in the United States. ** Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of (a record for any Australian capital city). * January 24 – Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians. * January 28 ** In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are wide and thick. ** Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. * February 2 – The first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. * February 4 – The Interstate Commerce Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M (1931)
''M'' is a 1931 German mystery suspense thriller film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre in his breakthrough role as Hans Beckert, a serial killer of children. An early example of a procedural drama, the film centers on the manhunt for Lorre's character, conducted by both the police and the criminal underworld. The film's screenplay was written by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou and was the director's first sound film. It features many cinematic innovations, including the use of long, fluid tracking shots, and a musical ''leitmotif'' in the form of " In the Hall of the Mountain King" whistled by Lorre's character. Now considered a timeless classic, the film was deemed by Lang to be his magnum opus. It is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time, and an indispensable influence on modern crime and thriller fiction. Plot In Berlin, a group of children are playing an elimination game in the courtyard of an apartment building, using a chant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Nibelungen
''Die Nibelungen'' ("The Nibelungs") is a two-part series of silent fantasy films created by Austrian director Fritz Lang in 1924, consisting of ''Die Nibelungen: Siegfried'' and ''Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge''. The scenarios for both films were co-written by Lang's then-wife Thea von Harbou, based upon the epic poem ''Nibelungenlied'' written around AD 1200. ''Die Nibelungen'' received its UK premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in London, where it played for 40 performances between 29 April and 20 June 1924. ''Siegfried'' was released in the United States on 23 August 1925, premiering at the Century Theatre in New York City in the short-lived Phonofilm sound-on-film process. ''Kriemhild's Revenge'' was released in the U.S. in 1928. Plot summary ''Die Nibelungen: Siegfried's Death'' The title character Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, masters the art of forging a sword at the shop of Mime. Siegfried hears the tales of the kingdom of Burgundy, the kings who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Passenger In The Straitjacket
''The Passenger in the Straitjacket'' (German:''Der Passagier in der Zwangsjacke'') is a 1922 German silent film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein.Weniger p.306 It was one of two German films released that year featuring the private detective character Nick Carter. Cast * Bruno Eichgrün as Nick Carter * Karl Falkenberg as Bruns * Rose Lichtenstein as Frau Bruns * Willi Allan as Lidhi * Arthur Bergen as Baron Mottek * Alfred Graening as Graf Haugk * Fritz Kampers Fritz Kampers (14 July 1891 – 1 September 1950) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1950. Early life Fritz Kampers was the son of a Munich hotel owner, spent his early childhood in Garmisch-Partenk ... as Mr. Hudson * Grete Sorbeck as Zofe bei Bruns References Bibliography * Weniger, Kay. Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben ...' Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945''. ACABUS Verlag, 2011. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World By The Throat
''World by the Throat'' (German: ''Der Würger der Welt'') is a 1920 German silent crime film directed by E. A. Dupont and starring Max Landa, Hanni Weisse and Ernst Rückert. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich. Cast *Max Landa as detective *Hanni Weisse as Sonja *Leo Connard as Professor Georg Melville *Ernst Rückert as Mc Lean, his Assistant *Rosa Liechtenstein as Eugenie, his daughter * Arthur Bergen as Iwan Nedela, A Russian student *Edmund Löwe as Boris Alschkin, a nihilist *Leopold von Ledebur Leopold von Ledebur (18 May 1876 – 22 August 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Carmen'' (1918) * ''The Serenyi'' (1918) * ''Midnight'' (1918) * ''The Foolish Heart'' (1919) * ''The Golden Lie'' (1919) * '' Th ... as Algernon Selkirk, the American sugar mogul *Erich Waldow as Barnes, mate of the detective References External links * Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by E. A. Dupont German s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Japanese Woman
''The Japanese Woman'' (German: ''Die Japanerin'') is a 1919 German silent mystery film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Max Landa, Tzwetta Tzatschewa and Conrad Veidt.Soister p.62 The film's sets were designed by the Hungarian art director Eugen Stolzer. Cast * Max Landa as Detektiv * Conrad Veidt as The Secretary * Leopold von Ledebur as Robert Raymond * Helene Voß as Lieschen * Tzwetta Tzatschewa as Mau-Fo * Bernhard Goetzke as Arabischer Diener im Hause Raymonds * Ria Jende as Mary * Rose Lichtenstein as Stubenmädchen * Camilo Sacchetto as Henry Clavering * Marie Grimm-Einödshofer * Karl Platen Karl Platen (6 March 1877 – 4 July 1952) was a German actor and cinematographer known for '' Girl in the Moon'' (1929) and '' M'' (1931). Biography Karl Platen was born as Carl Platen on March 6, 1877 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He died ... * Loni Pyrmont References Bibliography * John T. Soister. ''Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bodega Of Los Cuerros
''The Bodega of Los Cuerros'' (german: Die Bodega von Los Cuerros) is a 1919 German silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ... directed by Erik Lund.Bock & Bergfelder p. 74 Cast In alphabetical order References Bibliography * External links * 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Erik Lund German black-and-white films 1910s German films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egon Erwin Kisch
Egon Erwin Kisch (29 April 1885 – 31 March 1948) was an Austrian and Czechoslovak writer and journalist, who wrote in German. He styled himself ''Der Rasende Reporter'' (The Raging Reporter) for his countless travels to the far corners of the globe and his equally numerous articles produced in a relatively short time (''Hetzjagd durch die Zeit'', 1925), Kisch was noted for his development of literary reportage, his opposition to Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime, and his Communism. Biography Kisch was born into a wealthy, German-speaking Sephardi Jewish family in Prague, at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and began his journalistic career as a reporter for ''Bohemia'', a Prague German-language newspaper, in 1906. In 1910, Bohemia began publishing a weekly column of Kisch's essays. “Prague Forays” ran for more than a year and, along with several books containing reprinted and original material, made Kisch a local celebrity. These feuilletons, which consisted of he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of The American Docks
''The Secret of the American Docks'' (German: ''Das Geheimnis des Amerika-Docks'') Is a 1919 German silent mystery film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Max Landa, Gustav Botz, and Reinhold Schünzel. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich. Cast *Max Landa as detective *Gustav Botz as James Mistoll * Reinhold Schünzel as Corbett, adventurer *Carl Grünwald as Robert Hatt, Owner of the firm Hatt & Mistoll *Leonhard Haskel as old patch cobber *Ria Jende as Vera *Max Laurence as C. Dale, independent scholar *Rose Lichtenstein as Gertie Mistoll *Albert Paul as Dr. Vaneel, alienist *Karl Platen as Williams, factory worker * Fritz Schulz as Barnes, detective's assistant *Fritz Sterler as Clarence Mistoll *Helene Voß as Lieschen, detective's economist *Max Zilzer Max Zilzer (23 November 1868, in Budapest – 1943, in Berlin) was a Hungarian-born German stage and film actor. Zilzer was Jewish and died under interrogation by the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
