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Roda Roda
Alexander Friedrich Ladislaus Roda Roda (13 April 1872 – 20 August 1945) was an Austrian writer and satirist. Biography Roda Roda was born as Šandor Friedrich Rosenfeld in Drnowitz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Drnovice, Czech Republic). His sister was the physician Gisela Januszewska. As a child, he moved with his family to Slavonia. He Germanized his name from Šandor to Alexander, and his surname from Rosenfeld to Roda Roda. Roda is the Croatian word for stork. He chose his new surname because storks nested on the chimney of his house in Esseg (today Osijek). In 1894, Roda Roda converted from Judaism to Catholicism.Kaiser, Max: "Roda Roda (bis 1899 Rosenfeld, 1899–1906 Roda), Alexande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moravia
Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The medieval and early modern Margraviate of Moravia was a crown land of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown from 1348 to 1918, an imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1004 to 1806, a crown land of the Austrian Empire from 1804 to 1867, and a part of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918. Moravia was one of the five lands of Czechoslovakia founded in 1918. In 1928 it was merged with Czech Silesia, and then dissolved in 1949 during the abolition of the land system following the communist coup d'état. Its area of 22,623.41 km2 is home to more than 3 million people. The people are historically named Moravians, a subgroup of Czechs, the other group being called Bohemians. Moravia also had been home of a large German-speaking populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feuerhalle Simmering
Feuerhalle Simmering is a crematorium with attached urn burial ground in the Simmering (Vienna), Simmering district of Vienna, Austria. It lies at the end of an alley, directly opposite Vienna Central Cemetery's main gate. Description Opened on 17 December 1922 by Vienna's mayor Jakob Reumann, ''Feuerhalle Simmering'' was the first crematorium in Austria. It also constituted an element of the social and health services policy of Red Vienna. Advocates of cremation, especially from the labour movement – such as the ''Workers' Cremation Association "The Flame"'' –, had been campaigning for decades for crematoria in Austria, but applications were always rejected by the authorities. In 1921, Vienna's City Council, now under Social Democratic Party of Austria, Social Democrat rule, approved the construction of a crematorium in Vienna. Reumann had to defend this decision at the Constitutional Court (Austria), Austrian Constitutional Court as he had granted building permission for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Fantl
Thomas Fantl (9 December 1928 – 20 July 2001) was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 23 films between 1964 and 1986. His 1964 film ''Time of the Innocent'' was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography * ''Time of the Innocent'' (1964) — based on a play by Siegfried Lenz * ''Das Rendezvous'' (1965, TV film) — screenplay by Gabriele Wohmann * ''Das Haus der sieben Balkone'' (1965, TV film) — based on the play ''La casa de los siete balcones'' by Alejandro Casona * ''Wovon die Menschen leben'' (1965, TV film) — based on Leo Tolstoy's short story '' What Men Live By'' * ''Die Gefährtin'' (1967, TV film) — based on a play by Jean-Louis Curtis * ''Stunde der Nachtigallen'' (1967, TV film) — based on a play by James Parish * ''In aller Stille'' (1967, TV film) * ''Interpol: ... geborene Lipowski'' (1967, TV series episode) * ''Das ausgefüllte Leben des Alexander Dubronski'' (1967, TV film) — screenplay by * ''Nachtca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Marischka
Ernst Marischka (2 January 1893 – 12 May 1963) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 90 films between 1913 and 1962. He also directed 29 films between 1915 and 1962. He wrote and directed the Sissi trilogy - '' Sissi'' (1955), '' Sissi - The Young Empress'' (1956) and '' Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin'' (1957). The films were based on the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. He was the brother of Hubert Marischka. He was named for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1946, for '' A Song to Remember'' (1945). Selected filmography * ''The Orlov'', directed by Luise Fleck and Jacob Fleck (Germany, 1927, based on the operetta ''Der Orlow'') * ', directed by Max Neufeld (Germany, 1932, based on the operetta ''Der Orlow'') * ''The Queen's Affair'', directed by Herbert Wilcox (UK, 1934, based on the operetta ''Die Königin'') * ''Waltzes from Vienna'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock (UK, 1934, based on ''Walzer aus Wien'') * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandstand For General Staff (1953 Film)
''Grandstand for General Staff'' (German: ''Der Feldherrnhügel'') is a 1953 Austrian comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Annemarie Düringer, Adrienne Gessner and Hans Holt. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff. Cast *Annemarie Düringer as Countess Julia Kopsch-Grantignan *Adrienne Gessner as Countess Kopsch-Grantignan, her mother *Hans Holt as First lieutenant Geza von Hajos *Harry Hardt as Captain von Mirkowitsch *Susi Nicoletti as Mrs. von Mirkowitsch *Paul Hörbiger as Colonel von Leuckfeld *Loni Heuser as his wife *Fred Liewehr as Erzherzog Karl Viktor *Wolfgang Lukschy as aide-de-camp von Lützelburg *Rolf Möbius as Duke Karl Eberhard *Alfred Neugebauer as Excellency von Hechendorf *Svet Petrovich as Colonel Esterhazy * Karl Schwetter as First lieutenant Riedl, Adjutant *Franz Böheim as Ulan Nepalek *Heinz Conrads as Ulan Lamatsch *Ernst Waldbrunn as Ula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen Thiele
Eugen Thiele (1897–1938) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. Of Jewish backgroundPrawer p.213 he was the younger brother of Wilhelm Thiele. After a spell as an actor he established himself as a director in the Cinema of Germany, Germany film industry of the early 1930s during the final years of the Weimar Republic. The Nazi seizure of power in 1933 brought an effective end to the career of the Jewish Thiele, who went into exile in Prague where he wrote the screenplay for one German-language film ''The Happiness of Grinzing'', and may have also contributed to a German version of the Czech film ''Romance from the Tatra Mountains''. He then returned to his native Austria, living in Baden bei Wien. He died the same year of the Anschluss which brought Austria under Nazi control. Selected filmography * ''Susanne Cleans Up'' (1930) * ''A Woman Branded'' (1931) * ''My Heart Longs for Love'' (1931) * ''Durand Versus Durand'' (1931) * ''Three from the Unemployment Office'' (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandstand For General Staff (1932 Film)
''Grandstand for General Staff'' (german: Der Feldherrnhügel) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Eugen Thiele and starring Iván Petrovich, Elga Brink, and Betty Bird. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber Ludwig Reiber (1904–1979) was a German art director.Capua p.159 The veteran Reiber worked on film and television set design from the silent era to the early 1970s. He was employed by the Munich-based Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios. He wor .... Cast See also *'' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1926) *'' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1953) References Bibliography * External links * 1932 films 1932 comedy films German comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films Films directed by Eugen Thiele German films based on plays Films set in the 1900s Films set in Austria Military humor in film Remakes of Austrian films Remakes of German films Sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Schönfelder
Erich Schönfelder (1885–1933) was a German screenwriter, actor, and film director of the silent film, silent and early sound film, sound eras. Early in his career he worked frequently with Ernst Lubitsch. Selected filmography Writer * ''Shoe Palace Pinkus'' (1916) * ''When Four Do the Same'' (1917) * ''My Wife, the Movie Star'' (1919) * ''Meyer from Berlin'' (1919) * ''Love at the Wheel'' (1921) Actor * ''The Golem and the Dancing Girl'' (1917) *''The Toboggan Cavalier'' (1918) * ''Ruth's Two Husbands'' (1919) * ''Hunted Men'' (1924) * ''Struggle for the Soil'' (1925) * ''Fight of the Tertia (1929 film), Fight of the Tertia'' (1929) * ''The Copper (1930 film), The Copper'' (1930) Director * ''The Bull of Olivera'' (1921) * ''Miss Rockefeller Is Filming'' (1922) * ''In the Name of the King (1924 film), In the Name of the King'' (1924) * ''Women of Luxury'' (1925) * ''The Woman with That Certain Something'' (1925) * ''Princess Trulala'' (1926) * ''Grandstand for General Staff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Otto Löwenstein
Hans Otto Löwenstein (1881–1931) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter of the silent era.Zipes p.169 Selected filmography * '' Emperor Charles'' (1921) * '' The Ragpicker of Paris'' (1922) * ''Modern Marriages'' (1924) * ''Colonel Redl'' (1925) * '' Kissing Is No Sin'' (1926) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1926) * ''The Life of Beethoven'' (1927) * ''Madame Dares an Escapade ''Madame Dares an Escapade'' (German: ''Madame wagt einen Seitensprung'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Hans Otto and starring Xenia Desni, Livio Pavanelli and Carmen Cartellieri.Bock & Bergfelder p.474 It was shot in Vienna. Cast ...'' (1927) * '' Endangered Girls'' (1928) References Bibliography * Zipes, Jack. ''The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films''. Routledge, 2011. External links * 1881 births 1931 deaths Austrian film directors Austrian male screenwriters 20th-century Austrian screenwriters 20th-century Austrian male writers { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandstand For General Staff (1926 Film)
''Grandstand for General Staff'' (German: ''Der Feldherrnhügel'') is a 1926 Austrian-German silent comedy film directed by Hans Otto and Erich Schönfelder and starring Alexander Roda Roda, Harry Liedtke and Olga Tschechowa. It is based on a play of the same name. Cast *Alexander Roda Roda as Korpskomandant *Robert Valberg as Erzherzog *Frederick Schrecker as Regimentsarzt *Harry Liedtke as Rittmeister Jennewein *Maria Mindzenty as Komptesse Lilly *Olga Tschechowa as Gräfin Landieren *Hansi Niese as Frau Oberst von Leukfeld *Karl Forest as Feldmarschalleutnant * Hans Moser as Regimentsschneider *Iván Petrovich as Colonel Esterhazy *Hans Marr *Mizzi Zwerenz *Hans Junkermann *Lupu Pick Lupu Pick (2 January 1886 – 7 March 1931) was a German actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 50 films between 1910 and 1928. Born in Romania, Pick's father was a Jewish Austrian,Hans Morgenst ... See also *'' Grandstand for Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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