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Savoy Hotel 217
''Savoy Hotel 217'' (German: ''Savoy-Hotel 217'') is a 1936 German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Hans Albers, Brigitte Horney and Alexander Engel. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. The costumes were by Herbert Ploberger. It premiered at Berlin's UFA-Palast am Zoo. Cast Reception Writing for ''The Spectator'' in 1936, Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ... gave the film a positive review, characterizing it as an "agreeably ..slow, good-humoured murder-story". Praising Engel's acting as particularly vivid, Greene summarized the film, claiming: "melodramatic passions are given a pleasantly realistic setting by a very competent director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Ucicky
Gustav Ucicky (6 July 1899 – 27 April 1961) was an Austrians, Austrian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s. His work covered a wide variety of genres, but he is most acclaimed for his work in romantic drama and drama films. accessed 26 July 2012 Biography Born in Vienna, Ucicky is often stated to have been the illegitimate son of painter Gustav Klimt for whom his mother Marie Učická from Prague worked and modeled, although this paternity is unconfirmed. He had begun an apprenticeship as a graphic designer, when he entered the film industry at the age of 17.Selected filmography References |
Herbert Ploberger
Herbert Ploberger (1902–1977) was an Austrian costume designer and art director active in German and Austrian cinema.Fritsche p.232 Selected filmography * ''Savoy Hotel 217'' (1936) * ''Condottieri'' (1937) * ''Kora Terry'' (1940) * '' The Other Life'' (1948) * '' Dear Friend'' (1949) * ''Hula-Hopp, Conny ''Hula-Hopp, Conny'' is a 1959 West German musical comedy film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Cornelia Froboess, Rudolf Vogel and Susi Nicoletti.Bock & Berfelder p.137 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designe ...'' (1959) References Bibliography * Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men In Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity ''. Berghahn Books, 2013. External links * 1902 births 1977 deaths Costume designers Austrian art directors People from Wels {{Austria-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bildt
Paul Hermann Bildt (19 May 1885 – 13 March 1957) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Devil in Silk'' (1956) * ''Ich suche Dich'' (1956) * ''The Plot to Assassinate Hitler'' (1955) * '' The Dark Star'' (1955) * '' Reaching for the Stars'' (1955) * ''Ludwig II'' (1955) * ''Sky Without Stars'' (1955) * ''Son Without a Home'' (1955) * ''Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben'' (1954) * ''The Missing Miniature'' (1954) * ''The Angel with the Flaming Sword'' (1954) * '' As Long as You're Near Me'' (1953) * ''The Stronger Woman'' (1953) * '' Must We Get Divorced?'' (1953) * ''Toxi'' (1952) * '' No Greater Love'' (1952) * ''All Clues Lead to Berlin'' (1952) * ''The Great Temptation'' (1952) * ''Father Needs a Wife'' (1952) * '' Heart of Stone'' (1950) * ''The Council of the Gods'' (1950) * ''Don't Dream, Annette'' (1949) * ''The Beaver Coat'' (1949) * '' Blum Affair'' (1948) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellmuth Bergmann
Hellmuth is both a masculine German given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: * Hellmuth Heye (1895–1970), German admiral and politician * Hellmuth Hirth (1886–1938), German engineer who founded engine manufacturing companies * Hellmuth Karasek (1934–2015), German journalist, literary critic, novelist and author * Hellmuth Mäder (1908–1984), German general * Hellmuth von Mücke (1881–1957), German Navy officer, pacifist writer * Hellmuth Reymann (1892–1988), German Army officer * Hellmuth Walter (1900–1980), German engineer who pioneered research into rocket engines and gas turbines * Hellmuth Wolff (organ builder) (1937–2013), Canadian organ builder Surname: * Isaac Hellmuth (1819–1901), founder of Huron University College and the University of Western Ontario * Otto Hellmuth (1896–1968), member of the Nazi party * Phil Hellmuth (born 1964), American poker player Companies * Gert Hellmuth GmbH, designer and manufacturer of je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Berghof
Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridolin and, less commonly, Francis. Fritz (Fryc) was also a name given to German troops by the Entente powers equivalent to the derogative Tommy. Other common bases for which the name Fritz was used include the surnames Fritsche, Fritzsche, Fritsch, Frisch(e) and Frycz. Below is a list of notable people with the name "Fritz." Surname *Amanda Fritz (born 1958), retired registered psychiatric nurse and politician from Oregon *Al Fritz (1924–2013), American businessman *Ben Fritz (born 1981), American baseball coach *Betty Jane Fritz (1924–1994), one of the original players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League *Clemens Fritz (born 1980), German footballer *Edmund Fritz (before 1918–after 1932), Austrian actor, film director, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Auen
Carl Theodor Auen (16 February 1892 – 23 June 1972) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1938. Auen was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and also a member of the Advisory Council (Präsidialrat) of the president of the Reichsfilmkammer.Ernst Klee: ''Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945''. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, S. 21. Selected filmography * ''Die geheimnisvolle Villa'' (1914) * '' The Dagger of Malaya'' (1919) * ''The Panther Bride'' (1919) * ''The Swabian Maiden'' (1919) * '' The Howling Wolf'' (1919) * '' The Sins of the Mother'' (1921) * '' The Shadow of Gaby Leed'' (1921) * '' The Diadem of the Czarina'' (1922) * '' The Cigarette Countess'' (1922) * '' The Unwritten Law'' (1922) * ''Lyda Ssanin'' (1923) * ''The Men of Sybill'' (1923) * '' The Girl from Hell'' (1923) * '' Set Me Free'' (1924) * '' The Game of Love'' (1924) * ''The Old Ballroom'' (1925) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Westermeier
Paul Westermeier (9 July 1892 – 17 October 1972) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (1917) * ''Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors'' (1918) * ''About the Son'' (1921) * '' Memoirs of a Film Actress'' (1921) * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921) * '' The Big Shot'' (1922) * '' The Enchantress'' (1924) * ''Annemarie and Her Cavalryman'' (1926) * ''The Pride of the Company'' (1926) * ''Circus Romanelli'' (1926) * ''We'll Meet Again in the Heimat'' (1926) * ''A Crazy Night'' (1927) * ''The Long Intermission'' (1927) * ''Always Be True and Faithful'' (1927) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * '' Dyckerpotts' Heirs'' (1928) * '' Dear Homeland'' (1929) * ''Retreat on the Rhine'' (1930) * '' Josef the Chaste'' (1930) * ''Alraune'' (1930) * ''The Little Escapade'' (1931) *'' Errant Husbands'' (1931) * '' A Crafty Youth'' (1931) * '' Everyone Asks for Erika'' (1931) * ''The Beggar Student'' (1931) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * ''The Soaring Maid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Leibelt
Hans Leibelt (11 March 1885 in Leipzig, German Empire – 3 December 1974 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Heimliche Sünder'' (1926) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * ''The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) as Adamowski * ''The Street Song'' (1931) as the inspector * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) as Man at the advertising column * ''You Don't Forget Such a Girl'' (1932) as Hahnen Sr. * ''Night Convoy'' (1932) * ''The Magic Top Hat'' (1932) as the stage director * ''Love at First Sight'' (1932) as Count Prillwitz * ''Contest'' (1932) as Brandt, Mercedes team manager * '' Morgenrot'' (1933) as Bürgermeister von Meerskirchen * ''Konjunkturritter'' (1934) * ''Zimmermädchen... Dreimal klingeln'' (1934) as Otto Ruhland * ''The Girlfriend of a Big Man'' (1934) as Reider the banker * ''My Heart Calls You'' (1934) * ''A Man Wants to Get to Germany'' (1934) as Morron, Manuela's advisor * '' The Island'' (1934) as Bank Director * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aribert Wäscher
Aribert Wäscher (1 December 1895 – 14 December 1961) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Black Tulip Festival'' (1920) * ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * ''Slums of Berlin'' (1925) * ''The Hanseatics'' (1925) * '' The Woman's Crusade'' (1926) * ''People to Each Other'' (1926) * ''Princess Olala'' (1928) * '' The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (1928) * ''The Lady and the Chauffeur'' (1928) * '' Katharina Knie'' (1929) * ''The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930) * '' Different Morals'' (1931) * '' Under False Flag'' (1932) * ''A City Upside Down'' (1933) * ''Viktor und Viktoria'' (1933) * '' Love, Death and the Devil'' (1934) * '' The Island'' (1934) * '' Paganini'' (1934) * '' Playing with Fire'' (1934) * ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1935) * ''Fresh Wind from Canada'' (1935) * ''Stradivari'' (1935) * ''The Higher Command'' (1935) * ''The Private Life of Louis XIV'' (1935) * ''City of Anatol'' (1936) * ''Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) * '' Stronger Than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Tiedtke
Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955. Selected filmography * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918 film), The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * ''The Doll (1919 film), The Doll'' (1919) * ''The Galley Slave (1919 film), The Galley Slave'' (1919) * ''A Drive into the Blue'' (1919) * ''Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920 film), Kohlhiesel's Daughters'' (1920) * ''Sumurun'' (1920) * ''Romeo and Juliet in the Snow'' (1920) * ''Kohlhiesels Töchter (1920 film), Kohlhiesels Töchter'' (1920) * ''Love at the Wheel'' (1921) * ''Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1921 film), Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1921) * ''The Stream (film), The Stream'' (1922) * ''Sins of Yesterday'' (1922) * ''Maciste and the Chinese Chest'' (1923) * ''The Expulsion (film), The Expulsion'' (1923) * ''The Ancient Law'' (1923) * ''The Little Napoleon'' (1923) * ''Carousel (1923 film), Carousel'' (1923) * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Käthe Dorsch
Katharina "Käthe" Dorsch (, 29 December 1890 – 25 December 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Biography Katharina Dorsch was born on 29 December 1890 at 5:30 P.M. in the Bavarian town of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, the daughter of Christoph Dorsch (died 1901), a bakery helper, and Magdalena Dorsch (née Lindl).Geburtsurkunde Nr. 229, eingesehen im Stadtarchiv der Stadt Neumarkt 15 February 2010.Lutz Weltmann: ''Käthe Dorsch. Ein Frauen- und Rampenprofil.'' Horen Verlag, Berlin-Grunewald, 1929, S. 23. Her family moved to Nuremberg when she was three years old. Dorsch attended a trade school, took piano lessons, and had her first engagement aged 15 as a choir singer at the Staatstheater, performing Wagner's ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg''. Later, she also performed in Hanau and Mannheim, mainly participating in operettas. Dorsch's first major role was as Ännchen in the Max Halbe drama ''Youth'', being the substitute for a sick colleague. Despite Dorsch's neg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gusti Huber
Auguste "Gusti" Huber (July 27, 1914 – July 12, 1993) was an Austrian-American actress. She had a successful career on Broadway and was critically acclaimed as Edith Frank Edith Frank (; 16 January 1900 – 6 January 1945) was the mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank, and her older sister Margot. After the family were discovered in hiding in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation, she was transported to Auschwitz- ... in the 1956 production of ''The Diary of Anne Frank (play), The Diary of Anne Frank''. Early life and career Huber was born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, in 1914. She received training as an actress from :de:Rudolph Beer, who later arranged her stage debut in Zurich. She had her first film role in 1935 in ''Tanzmusik'', followed by ''Savoy-Hotel 217'' (1936). One year later she achieved her career breakthrough in the film adaptation of ''Unentschuldigte Stunde''. Her better-known films include ' (1937), ''Land of Love'' (1937), ''Kleiner Mann – ganz gross!'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
