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Strauss Is Playing Today
''Strauss Is Playing Today'' (german: Heut' spielt der Strauss) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Alfred Abel, Hermine Sterler and Imre Ráday. The film was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999. p. 219. . It portrays the relationship between the father and son Austrian composers Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II. Cast *Alfred Abel as Johann Strauss father *Hermine Sterler as Anna, his wife *Imre Ráday as Johann Strauss son *Antonie Jaeckel as Deisinger's wife *Willy Schmieder as Deisinger * Lilian Ellis as Liesl *Ferdinand Bonn as Drechsler *Trude Hesterberg as Trampusch *Jakob Tiedtke as Wieß *Paul Hörbiger as Lamperlhirsch *Eugen Neufeld as Grand Duke *John Mylong John Mylong (September 27, 1892 – September 8, 1975), also known as Jack Mylong-Münz, born Adolf Heinrich Münz, was an Austrian actor who later settled in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Wiene
Conrad Wiene (3 February 1878 – after May 1934) was an actor, screenwriter, film producer and director of Austrian and German silent films. He was the younger brother of German film director Robert Wiene. Biography Conrad Wiene was born in Vienna, younger son of the successful actor Carl Wiene, in whose footsteps Conrad initially followed as a stage and screen actor. He co-directed his first films with his elder brother Robert, and later made almost twenty feature films, mostly silent. On most of them he also wrote the screenplays. He worked in Berlin, Prague and Breslau (Wrocław) and above all in Vienna, where several of his silent films were shot in the Schönbrunn Studios (''Schönbrunn-Ateliers''). His name was connected with the first proposal in 1930 in Vienna to film Lion Feuchtwanger's 1925 historical novel ''Jud Süß'' ("Jew Süss"), but the project never reached the production stage. With the arrival and dominance of sound film, Wiene worked in Germany. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempelhof Studios
The Tempelhof Studios are a film studio located in Tempelhof in the German capital of Berlin. They were founded in 1912, during the silent era, by German film pioneer Alfred Duskes, who built a glass-roofed studio on the site with financial backing from the French company Pathé. The producer Paul Davidson's PAGU then took control and constructed a grander structure. The First World War propaganda drama '' The Yellow Passport'', the historical comedy ''Madame DuBarry'' and the expressionist 1920 silent film '' The Golem'' were made there by PAGU. During the 1920s the site came into the hands of the dominant German company UFA which also controlled the Babelsberg and Staaken Studios in the city. It was used for several of the company's major productions during the Weimar Republic including '' The Last Laugh''. It was partly used by Terra Film during the Nazi era. In 1945 the studios were captured by Soviet Army troops during the Battle of Berlin while the shooting of the comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Of The Weimar Republic
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Waltz By Strauss (1931 Film)
''A Waltz by Strauss'' or ''As Long as Strauss Waltzes are Heard'' (German: ''So lang' noch ein Walzer vom Strauß erklingt'') is a 1931 German historical drama, historical musical film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Hans Junkermann (actor), Hans Junkermann, Gustav Fröhlich and Julia Serda. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willy Schiller.In the United Kingdom it was released as ''Johann Strauss''. Cast *Hans Junkermann (actor), Hans Junkermann as Johann Strauss I *Gustav Fröhlich as Johann Strauss II *Julia Serda as Strauss's mother *Maria Paudler as Lisl Deisinger *Fritz Spira as Der Lamperl-Hirsch - Hofrat *Ferdinand Bonn as Drechsler, cathedral organist *Alexander Murski as Grand Duke Sergej *Valerie Boothby as Jelisaweta, his daughter *Irma Godau as Die Trampusch - Prima-Ballerina at the Theater am Kärntnertor *Fritz Greiner as Deisinger, chief baker *Nora Hofmann as Deisinger's wife *Edmund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mylong
John Mylong (September 27, 1892 – September 8, 1975), also known as Jack Mylong-Münz, born Adolf Heinrich Münz, was an Austrian actor who later settled in the United States. Selected filmography * ''Der heilige Hass, 1. Teil'' (1921) - Rabob * ''Der heilige Hass, 2. Teil - Die Flucht vor dem Tode'' (1921) - Rabob * ''Die Schlucht des Grauens'' (1921) * ''Die Satansfratze'' (1921) * ''Die Nacht der tausend Seelen'' (1921) * ''Das Wirtshaus im Spessart'' (1923) * ''Die Bestie'' (1923) * ''The Tragedy of a Night of Passion'' (1924) * '' The Malay Junk'' (1924) * ''The Terror of the Sea'' (1924) * ''The Four Last Seconds of Quidam Uhl'' (1924) - Heinrich, Magdalensa Bruder * ''Die Tragödie der Entehrten'' (1924) * ''The Pearls of Doctor Talmadge'' (1925) * ''A Song from Days of Youth'' (1925) - Jürg Asmussen * '' Written in the Stars'' (1925) - Horst Raabe * ''Mrs Worrington's Perfume'' (1925) - Dr. Harry Edwards * '' The Adventurous Wedding'' (1925) - Fergus * ''Venetian Lover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen Neufeld
Eugen Neufeld (6 December 1882 in Göding – 18 October 1950 in Vienna) was an Austrian-Jewish film actor. He was the older brother of actor and director Max Neufeld. Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 Selected filmography * '' The Priest from Kirchfeld'' (1914) * ''The Ancestress'' (1919) * '' Light of His Life'' (1921) * '' The Woman in White'' (1921) * ''The Dead Wedding Guest'' (1922) * '' East and West'' (1923) * '' The Iron King'' (1923) * ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (1923) * '' The City Without Jews'' (1924) * '' Gulliver's Travels'' (1924) * ''Colonel Redl'' (1925) * '' A Waltz by Strauss'' (1925) * '' Sons in Law'' (1926) * '' The Arsonists of Europe'' (1926) * '' Her Highness Dances the Waltz'' (1926) * '' Alpine Tragedy'' (1927) * ''The Bordello in Rio'' (1927) * '' German Women - German Faithfulness'' (1927) * '' The Beloved of His Highness'' (1928) * '' At Ruedeshei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hörbiger
Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrian theatre and film actor. Life and work Paul Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of the ''Welteislehre'' cosmological concept, and elder brother of actor Attila Hörbiger. In 1902, the family returned to Vienna, while Paul attended the '' gymnasium'' (high school) at St. Paul's Abbey in Carinthia. Having obtained his ''Matura'' degree, he served in a mountain artillery regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I, discharged in 1918 with the rank of an ''Oberleutnant''. After the war, Hörbiger took drama lessons and began his acting career in 1919 at the city theatre of Reichenberg (Liberec). From 1920, he performed at the New German Theatre in Prague. His fame grew when in 1926 he was employed by director Max Reinhardt at the ensemble of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, reaching a high point with his appointmen ... [...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] |
Trude Hesterberg
Trude Hesterberg (2 May 1892 – 31 August 1967) was a German film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1917 and 1964. Selected filmography * '' The Rosentopf Case'' (1918) * ''The Story of a Maid'' (1921) * ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922) * ''The Woman with That Certain Something'' (1925) * ''Upstairs and Downstairs'' (1925) * ''Circus Romanelli'' (1926) * '' Maytime'' (1926) * '' White Slave Traffic'' (1926) * '' Madame Wants No Children'' (1926) * '' The Queen Was in the Parlour'' (1927) * ''The Vice of Humanity'' (1927) * ''The Lorelei'' (1927) * ''The Imaginary Baron'' (1927) * ''Two Under the Stars'' (1927) * ''Two Red Roses'' (1928) * ''Honeymoon'' (1928) * ''Strauss Is Playing Today'' (1928) * '' When the Mother and the Daughter'' (1928) * ''The Great Adventuress'' (1928) * ''The Little Slave'' (1928) * ''Revolt in the Batchelor's House'' (1929) * ''The Convict from Istanbul'' (1929) * ''Poor as a Church Mouse'' (1931) * '' The Night of Decision'' (1931) * '' Storms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Bonn
Ferdinand Bonn (20 December 1861 – 24 September 1933) was a German stage and film actor. Bonn was born in Donauwörth, Bavaria, Germany and died at age 71 in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''Svengali'' (1914) * '' The Silent Mill'' (1914) * '' Laugh Bajazzo'' (1915) * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1915) * ''Tales of Hoffmann'' (1916) * '' Professor Erichsons Rivale'' (1916) * '' The Spy'' (1917) *''The Mexican'' (1918) * ''Prostitution'' (1919) * '' The Moon of Israel'' (1924) * '' The Curse'' (1924) * '' Rags and Silk'' (1925) * '' The Golden Butterfly'' (1926) * ''The Bank Crash of Unter den Linden'' (1926) * '' The Woman in Gold'' (1926) * ''When I Came Back'' (1926) * ''The White Horse Inn'' (1926) * ''The Gypsy Baron'' (1927) * ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927) * ''A Crazy Night'' (1927) * ''Always Be True and Faithful'' (1927) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * ''You Walk So Softly'' (1928) * '' Strauss Is Playing Today'' (1928) * '' Rasputins Liebesabenteuer'' (1928) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilian Ellis
Lilian Ellis (25 May 1907 – 21 February 1951) was a Danish actress. She was born as Ellis Stampe Bendix. Selected filmography * ''Strauss Is Playing Today'' (1928) * '' Lieutenant of His Majesty'' (1929) * '' Wiener Herzen'' (1930) * '' 1000 Worte deutsch'' (1930) *''Errant Husbands'' (1931) * ''The Merry Wives of Vienna'' (1931) * '' A Storm Over Zakopane'' (1931) * ''The Woman They Talk About'' (1931) * ''The Theft of the Mona Lisa'' (1931) * '' En melodi om våren'' (1943) * '' Elly Petersen'' (1944) * ''De kloge og vi gale ''De kloge og vi gale'' is a 1945 Danish film directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks. Cast * Poul Reumert - Jørgen Rhoders * Anna Borg - Irene * Poul Reichhardt - Per * Lily Weiding - Ulla * Lilian Ellis - Lily Lund * Petrine ...'' (1945) Bibliography * Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999. References External links * 1907 births 1951 deaths Danish film actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Strauss II
Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as "The Waltz King", and was largely responsible for the popularity of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century. Some of Johann Strauss's most famous works include "The Blue Danube", "Kaiser-Walzer" (Emperor Waltz), "Tales from the Vienna Woods", "Frühlingsstimmen", and the "Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka". Among his operettas, ''Die Fledermaus'' and ''Der Zigeunerbaron'' are the best known. Strauss was the son of Johann Strauss I and his first wife Maria Anna Streim. Two younger brothers, Josef and Eduard Strauss, also became composers of light music, although they were never as well known as their brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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