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Secrets Of The City
''Secrets of the City'' (German: ''Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse'') is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Fritz Kortner and starring Annemarie Düringer, Erich Schellow and Walther Süssenguth.Bock & Bergfelder p.519 It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dieter Bartels and Herbert Kirchhoff. Cast * Annemarie Düringer as Annie Lauer * Erich Schellow as Rudolf Thomas, Engineer * Walther Süssenguth as Böhnke * Margot Trooger as Paula * Paul Hörbiger as Herbert Klein * Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Christl Lauer, Telephone Operator * Bruni Löbel as Susi Ecker * Adrian Hoven as Gerhard Scholz * Grethe Weiser as Frieda Binder * Karl Ludwig Diehl as Prof. Siebrecht * Lucie Mannheim as Karina * Werner Fuetterer as Dr. Gunther * Carl-Heinz Schroth * Charles Regnier as Morton * Wilfried Seyferth as Ein Fremder * Georg Thomalla as Paul Martinek * Rudolf Vogel Rudolf Vogel (born 10 November 1900, Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Kortner
Fritz Kortner (born Fritz Nathan Kohn; 12 May 1892 – 22 July 1970) was an Austrian stage and film actor and theatre director. Life and career Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn into a Jewish family. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After graduating, he joined Max Reinhardt in Berlin in 1911 and then Leopold Jessner in 1916. After his breakthrough performance in Ernst Toller's ''Transfiguration'' in 1919, he became one of Germany's best-known character actors and the nation's foremost performer of Expressionist works. He also appeared in over ninety films beginning in 1916. His specialty was in playing sinister and threatening roles, although he also appeared in the title role of '' Dreyfus'' (1930). He originally gained attention for his explosive energy on stage and his powerful voice, but as the 1920s progressed his work began to incorporate greater realism as he opted for a more controlled delivery and greater use of gestures. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Kirchhoff
Herbert Kirchhoff (1911–1988) was a German art director. Selected filmography * ''Nora's Ark'' (1948) * ''My Wife's Friends'' (1949) * '' The Last Night'' (1949) * ''Second Hand Destiny'' (1949) * ''Third from the Right'' (1950) * ''Harbour Melody'' (1950) * ''The Man in Search of Himself'' (1950) * ''Maya of the Seven Veils'' (1951) * ''Poison in the Zoo'' (1952) * ''Dancing Stars'' (1952) * ''Under the Thousand Lanterns'' (1952) * ''The Singing Hotel'' (1953) * ''Not Afraid of Big Animals'' (1953) * '' The Flower of Hawaii'' (1953) * ''Dancing in the Sun'' (1954) * ''Money from the Air'' (1954) * ''Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel'' (1954) * ''How Do I Become a Film Star?'' (1955) * ''Operation Sleeping Bag'' (1955) * ''Secrets of the City'' (1955) * '' Ball at the Savoy'' (1955) * ''The False Adam'' (1955) * '' Music in the Blood'' (1955) * '' A Heart Returns Home'' (1956) * ''Between Time and Eternity'' (1956) * '' Heart Without Mercy '' (1958) * ''The Woman by the Dark Windo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Thomalla
Georg Thomalla (14 February 1915 – 25 August 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles. Thomalla was well known in Germany as a voiceover artist, dubbing particularly comedians, such as Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau in the ''Pink Panther'' movies, and he was the standard German dubbing voice of Jack Lemmon from 1955 to 1998. Thomalla dubbed Lemmon as the second musician in ''Some Like It Hot'', after having himself played the same role in the German comedy ''Fanfares of Love'' (1951), the direct predecessor to ''Some Like It Hot''. Thomalla met Lemmon at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival, where he gave a speech in Lemmon's honor. He was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit in 1985. Selected filmography * ''Her First Experience'' (1939) - Otto * '' Der Kleinstadtpoet'' (1941) - Siegfried, Angestellter bei Emil * ''Above Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfried Seyferth
Wilfried Seyferth (21 April 1908 – 9 October 1954) was a German actor, perhaps best known for ''Decision Before Dawn''. He was married four times, to four actresses, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Tatjana Iwanow, Irene Naef and Lu Säuberlich. He died in a traffic accident on 9 October 1954 in Wiesbaden, Hesse. Partial filmography * ''Tugboat M 17'' (1933) - Jakob * '' Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) - Pop, Matrose * ''Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen'' (1938) - Rettich - sein Freund * ''Skandal um den Hahn'' (1938) - Franz Langmann * ''Der Tag nach der Scheidung'' (1938) - Max Pleschke, Angestellter bei Romberg * '' By a Silken Thread'' (1938) - Verkäufer der Firma Hellwerth * '' In the Name of the People'' (1939) - Sohn des bayerischen Holzschnitzers * ''Salonwagen E 417'' (1939) - Willy Fetthenne * '' The Star of Rio'' (1940) - Journalist, Assistent von Herrn Hadrian * ''Der Kleinstadtpoet'' (1940) - Emil Kurz, Friseur * '' The Swedish Nightingale'' (1941) - Hofjunker (China-Märchen) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Regnier
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl-Heinz Schroth
Carl-Heinz Schroth (29 June 1902 – 19 July 1989) was a German actor and film director. He appeared in 60 films between 1931 and 1989. He also directed seven films between 1953 and 1963. He was born in Innsbruck, Austria, to Else Ruttersheim and film and stage actor Heinrich Schroth and died in Munich, Germany. His younger half-sister was actress Hannelore Schroth, from his father's marriage to actress Käthe Haack. He was married to the actress Karin Jacobsen. Selected filmography Director * ''Men at a Dangerous Age'' (1954) * ''The Telephone Operator (1954 film), The Telephone Operator'' (1954) * ''The Missing Miniature'' (1954) * ''Reaching for the Stars (film), Reaching for the Stars'' (1955) Actor * ''Der Kongreß tanzt'' (1931) * ''The Coral Princess'' (1937) * ''Crooks in Tails (1937 film), Crooks in Tails'' (1937) * ''Somewhere in Berlin'' (1946) * ''Morituri (1948 film), Morituri'' (1948) * ''Derby (1949 film), Derby'' (1949) * ''My Wife's Friends'' (1949) * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Fuetterer
Werner Fuetterer (10 January 1907 in Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – 7 February 1991 in Benidorm, Province of Alicante, Spain) was a German film actor. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1925 and 1967. In his early film career, Fuetterer often played young romantic lovers, but never managed the breakthrough to stardom. He later turned to character and supporting roles, often as the main characters best friend. Fuetterer remains perhaps best known for his role as the Archangel in F. W. Murnau's silent film classic ''Faust'' (1926). He later retired from acting and managed a camping facility in Spain, where he died in 1991 at age 84. Selected filmography * ''The Flying Dutchman'' (1925) - Sven * ''The Brothers Schellenberg'' (1926) - Georg Weidenbach * ''The Wiskottens'' (1926) - Ewald - der 'Maler', Sohn * '' I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' (1926) - Rudolf - sein Sohn * ''Kubinke the Barber'' (1926) - Kubinke, der Barbier * ''Faust'' (1926) - Erzengel / Archangel * '' Unea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Mannheim
Lucie Mannheim (30 April 1899 – 17 July 1976) was a German singer and actress. Life and career Mannheim was born in Köpenick, Berlin, where she studied drama and quickly became a popular figure appearing on stage in plays and musicals. Among other roles, she played Nora in Ibsen's ''A Doll's House'', Marie in Büchner's ''Woyzeck'', and Juliet in Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet''. She also began a film career in 1923, appearing in several silent and sound films including '' Atlantik'' (1929) – the first of many versions of the story of the ill-fated RMS ''Titanic''. The composer Walter Goetze wrote his operetta ''Die göttliche Jette'' (1931) especially for Mannheim. However, as a Jew she was forced from acting in 1933, when her contract at the State Theatre was cancelled. She promptly left Germany, first going to Czechoslovakia, then to the UK. She appeared in several films there, including her role as the doomed spy Annabella Smith in Alfred Hitchcock's version of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Karl Ludwig Diehl (14 August 1896 – 8 March 1958) was a German film actor. He appeared in 66 films between 1924 and 1957. His father was Karl Diehl, the German professor of Anarchism. Filmography * ''Die Tragödie der Entehrten'' (1924) * ''The Blame'' (1924) * ''Waltz of Love'' (1930) - Marshal * ''Masks'' (1930) - Stuart Webbs * ''Zärtlichkeit'' (1930) - Kerten * '' The Love Waltz'' (1930) - Lord Chamberlain * '' Love's Carnival'' (1930) - Oberleutnant Ferndinand von Grobitzsch * '' The Copper'' (1930) - Snorry (German Version) * ''Ash Wednesday'' (1931) - Hauptmann von Rochow * '' Queen of the Night'' (1931) - Adjudant * '' Circus Life'' (1931) - Luftakrobat * ''Täter gesucht'' (1931) - Dr. Gregor, Redakteur * '' The Squeaker'' (1931) - Captain Leslie * ''In the Employ of the Secret Service'' (1931) - Wasiljeff, kaptajn * ''Rasputin, Demon with Women'' (1932) - Fürst Jussupoff * ''Two in a Car'' (1932) - Lord Kingsdale * '' A Shot at Dawn'' (1932) - Petersen * ''Sca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grethe Weiser
Grethe Weiser (; 27 February 1903 – 2 October 1970) was a German actress. Biography Born in Hanover, she spent her childhood in Dresden. She escaped from her dominant and sometimes violent father by marrying a Jewish confectionery manufacturer in 1920. Her only child, a son, was born in 1922. Quite quickly she established herself in the cabaret scene in Berlin, especially after her husband became a leaseholder of a nightclub on the Kurfürstendamm. Her film debut came soon after in 1927. Weiser had a lifelong relationship with Hermann Schwerin, a UFA film producer, which began in 1934, but the couple were not married until 1958. Her previous marriage had been dissolved in 1934. Weiser avoided becoming a member of the Nazi Party. She managed to finance and arrange for her previous husband and her son to survive the Nazi years in Switzerland, as well as at the same time continue her career in Germany. She died after a road traffic accident, aged 67, in Untersteinbach near Bad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Hoven
Adrian Hoven (18 May 1922 – 28 April 1981) was an Austrian actor, producer and film director. He appeared in 100 films between 1947 and 1981. He was born in Wöllersdorf, Austria as ''Wilhelm Arpad Hofkirchner'' and died in Tegernsee, Germany. Selected filmography Actor * ''Quax in Africa'' (1947) - Statist (uncredited) * ''King of Hearts'' (1947) * '' Tromba'' (1949) - Rudy Walheim, Sportstudent * ''The Prisoner'' (1949) - Victor * ''Der Dorfmonarch'' (1950) - Stefan Wimpflinger - der Sohn * ''Who Is This That I Love?'' (1950) - Franz * ''The Orplid Mystery'' (1950) - (uncredited) * '' The White Hell of Pitz Palu'' (1950) - Peter Hofkirchner * ''Dr. Holl'' (1951) - Tonio / Gardener * ''Das seltsame Leben des Herrn Bruggs'' (1951) - Rupert - sein Sohn * ''Maria Theresa'' (1951) - Leutnant Cordona * ''Heimat, deine Sterne'' (1951) - Jagerloisl * ''Captive Soul'' (1952) * ''The White Adventure'' (1952) - Dr. Peter Wiedemann * ''I Can't Marry Them All'' (1952) - Fredi * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruni Löbel
Bruni Löbel (born ''Brunhilde Melitta Löbel''; 20 December 1920 – 27 September 2006) was a German stage, film and television actress.Palmer p.10 She was married to the composer Gerhard Bronner and the actor Holger Hagen. Löbel appeared in a number of television serials, including '' Timm Thaler'', ''Storm of Love'' and ''Forsthaus Falkenau''. Selected filmography * ''Front Theatre'' (1942) * ''Love Letters'' (1944) * ''Quax in Africa'' (1947) * ''No Place for Love'' (1947) * '' Trouble Backstairs'' (1949) * ''Don't Play with Love'' (1949) * '' Unknown Sender'' (1950) * ''The Big Lift'' (1950) * ''Father Needs a Wife'' (1952) * ''Irene in Trouble'' (1953) * ''Secrets of the City'' (1955) * ''Beloved Enemy'' (1955) * '' Special Delivery'' (1955) * ''The Crammer'' (1958) * '' The Beautiful Adventure'' (1959) * ''Almost Angels'' (1962) * ''Kurzer Prozess'' (1967) * ''Polizeiinspektion 1'' (1977–1988, TV series) * '' Timm Thaler'' (1979, TV miniseries) * ''Ich heirate eine Famili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
