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The Adventures Of Count Bobby
''The Adventures of Count Bobby'' (German: ''Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby'') is a 1961 Austrian comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Peter Alexander, Vivi Bach and Gunther Philipp. It was the first in a trilogy of films featuring the character Count Bobby.von Dassanowsky p.190 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Alexander Sawczynski. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. Cast * Peter Alexander as Graf Bobby von Pinelski * Vivi Bach as Mary Piper * Gunther Philipp as Baron Mucki von Kalk * Susi Nicoletti as Mrs. Evelyn Piper * Bill Ramsey as Bill, der Kellner * Hubert von Meyerinck as Mr. Cower * Adrienne Gessner as Gräfin Henriette von Ratzeberg * Oskar Sima as Mr. Donald Piper * Fritz Muliar as Josef Powidel, Wiener Gangster * Rolf Olsen as Direktor Eisenbauer * Sieglinde Thomas as Telefonistin in einem Wiener Hotel * Alma Seidler as Madame Lussac * C.W. Fernbach as Dr. Kajetan * Boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza Von Cziffra
Géza von Cziffra (; 19 December 1900 – 28 April 1989) was a Hungarian and Austrian film director and screenwriter. Life Cziffra was a Banat German in origin, born in 1900 in Arad in the Banat region, at that date in the Kingdom of Hungary, now in Romania. Cziffra made films from the 1930s onwards, at first in Hungary, and from 1936 in Germany as well, where he was initially more active as a screenwriter. In 1945, in Prague, then occupied by the Germans, he made the film ''Leuchtende Schatten'' ("Glowing Shadows"). As adviser for the criminal police, he was assigned SS- Sturmbannführer Eweler, a member of the SD and brother of the actress Ruth Eweler. After some time, Cziffra banned Eweler from the studios for excessive and obstructive criticism. Shortly afterwards, he was arrested and taken to the Prague Gestapo Headquarters in the Pecec Palace, where he was accused of having eaten several times in the Czech restaurant "Neumann" without using ration stamps. He was ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sievering Studios
Sievering Studios were film production studios located in Sievering, a suburb of the Austrian capital Vienna. The studios were established in 1916 by the film pioneer Alexander Kolowrat for use by his Sascha-Film. After the First World War they functioned as the largest film studios of the new Austrian Republic and a number of major productions were made there during a boom period for the country's film industry during the silent era of the 1920s. Directors such as Michael Curtiz and Alexander Korda worked there during the decade. Following the Anschluss of 1938, Sievering was incorporated as part of the new company Wien Film by the Nazi authorities. After the Second World War it was located in the American Sector of Occupied Vienna. Control of the property of the former Wien Film, including the Sievering Studios, were placed under the control of director Karl Hartl. In 1949 the studio facilities were used for the production of the British film ''The Third Man'' by Carol Reed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Renée Roth
A rose is either a woody perennial plant, perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred Rose species, species and Garden roses, tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp Thorns, spines, and prickles, prickles. Their flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwestern Africa. Species, cultivars and hybrid (biology), hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Roses have acquired cultural significance in many societies. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach seven meters in height. Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raoul Retzer
Raoul Retzer (1919–1974) was an Austrian actor. Retzer was a prolific film actor appearing in more than a hundred and forty productions between 1952 and 1975 generally in small or supporting roles. He appeared in the 1955 film '' The Last Ten Days''.Silberman p.243 Selected filmography * '' The Mine Foreman'' (1952) * ''Ideal Woman Sought'' (1952) * ''Marriage Sanitarium'' (1955) * '' The Doctor's Secret'' (1955) * '' The Blue Danube'' (1955) * '' The Congress Dances'' (1955) * '' The Last Ten Days'' (1955) * ''Mozart'' (1955) * ''Emperor's Ball'' (1956) * ''Scandal in Bad Ischl'' (1957) * '' The Winemaker of Langenlois'' (1957) * '' Love, Girls and Soldiers'' (1958) * '' Endangered Girls'' (1958) * '' The Street'' (1958) * ''Mikosch of the Secret Service'' (1959) * ''Girls for the Mambo-Bar'' (1959) * ''Twelve Girls and One Man'' (1959) * '' Crime Tango'' (1960) * ''I'm Marrying the Director'' (1960) * '' The White Horse Inn'' (1960) * ''The Adventures of Count Bobby'' (1961) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boy Gobert
Boy Gobert (5 June 1925 – 30 May 1986) was a German film and television actor. Partial filmography * '' Island of the Dead'' (1955) – Schiffs-Steward * ''A Heart Full of Music'' (1955) – Granito Bubiblanca * ''Meine Kinder und ich'' (1955) – Charlie Scheller – Manager * ''Pulverschnee nach Übersee'' (1956) – Bob Webster * '' The Model Husband'' (1956) – Freddy Evans * ''Uns gefällt die Welt'' (1956) – Regisseur im Revuetheater * '' Imperial and Royal Field Marshal'' (1956) – Manfred von Pisewitz * '' Victor and Victoria'' (1957) – Lacoste * ''Tolle Nacht'' (1957) – Hotelbesitzer Ernst Castell * ''Dort in der Wachau'' (1957) – Emil Bayerl * '' Love From Paris'' (1957) – Monpti (old) * '' The Daring Swimmer'' (1957) – Fritz Hohebirke * ' (1957) – Rombach, Kunsthändler * ''Europas neue Musikparade 1958'' (1957) – Karl * ''A Piece of Heaven'' (1957) – Sir Jackie Taft-Holery * ''Schwarzwälder Kirsch'' (1958) – Freddy Weller * ' (1958) – Carl v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Seidler
Alma Seidler (1 June 1899 – 8 December 1977) was an Austrian actress. She was member of the Burgtheater for over 50 years. Biography Alma Seidler was born in Leoben, the daughter of Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg. The later Burgtheater director Albert Heine was her teacher and sponsor. From 1918 to 1977, she was actress at the Burgtheater and made her debut in Ibsen's ''Wildente'' in 1919. Since 1960, she was honorary member of the Burgtheater. She also performed at the Salzburg Festival. Seidler was married to the Burgtheater actor and director , with whom she had a son. She died in Vienna on 8 December 1977 and is buried in a grave of honor at the Vienna Central Cemetery. Awards Source: * Kammerschauspielerin (February 1928); * Decoration of Honour in Gold of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (1955); * (1959); * for Mrs. Dowey in ''Die Medaillen der alten Dame'' (Barry/Koval) (1959); * Honorary member Burgtheater (1960); * Austrian Decoration for Sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sieglinde Thomas
Sieglinde is a Germanic feminine given name. It is derived from two German words or elements. Those being: "sigu" for victory and "lind" for soft, tender, flexible. The diminutive version is "Sigi" or "Siggie". It is also seen in German mythology. In the saga ''Nibelungenlied'', Sieglinde was the mother of Siegfried. Those with the name may refer to: * Erda Sieglinde Walsh (born 1952), German-born Canadian politician * Sieglinde Ahrens (born 1936), German organist and composer * Sieglinde Ammann (born 1946), Swiss Olympic pentathlete * Sieglinde Cadusch (born 1967), Swiss high jumper * Sieglinde Gstöhl (born 1964), writer from Liechtenstein * Sieglinde Hartmann (born 1954), German medievalist * Sieglinde Hofmann (born 1945), German militant * Sieglinde Wagner (1921–2003), Austrian operatic contralto Fictional characters * Signy, the name of two heroines in two connected legends from Scandinavian mythology * Sieglinde, a central character in ''Die Walküre'', the second o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Olsen (actor)
Rolf Olsen (26 December 1919 – 3 April 1998) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director. He appeared in 60 films between 1949 and 1990. He also wrote for 51 films and directed a further 33 between 1947 and 1990. He was born in Vienna, Austria and died in Munich, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Three from the Filling Station'' (1955 – actor) * '' My Aunt, Your Aunt'' (1956) * '' Bonjour Kathrin'' (1956 – actor) * ''Emperor's Ball'' (1956 – actor) * '' War of the Maidens'' (1957) * ''Love, Girls and Soldiers'' (1958) * '' Girls for the Mambo-Bar'' (1959) * '' Mikosch, the Pride of the Company'' (1959 – actor) * ''Crime Tango'' (1960) * ''Big Request Concert'' (1960 – writer, actor) * ''Queen of the Pirates'' (1960 – writer) * '' Our Crazy Aunts'' (1961) * '' The Turkish Cucumbers'' (1962) * '' No Kissing Under Water'' (1962) * '' The Sweet Life of Count Bobby'' (1962) * ''Our Crazy Nieces'' (1963) * ''Our Crazy Aunts in the South Seas'' (1964) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Muliar
Fritz Muliar, born as Friedrich Ludwig Stand (December 12, 1919 – May 4, 2009), was an Austrian actor who, due to his huge popularity, is often referred to by his countrymen as ''Volksschauspieler''. Biography Born in Neubau, Vienna as the stepson of a jeweller, Muliar became a cabaret artist in the late 1930s. He was a Boy Scout in his youth. After serving in the Second World War, he was imprisoned by the Nazis in 1942 and spent seven months in solitary confinement for ''Betätigung zur Wiederherstellung eines freien Österreich'' (activities to restore Austrian independence—see Anschluss). After the war, Muliar started his career as a stage actor. Of small build, he once said that his ambitions had never included playing parts such as that of Othello. Rather, he had always preferred comic roles and traditional Austrian fare (Johann Nestroy, Ferdinand Raimund). Muliar also excelled in imitating various accents, in particular those used by Czech and Yiddish speake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Sima
Oskar Sima (31 July 1896 – 24 June 1969) was an Austrian actor who is best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Born in Hohenau an der March, Lower Austria, Sima attended high school in Vienna. After a brief tour in the army during World War I, he began acting in various theatrical productions in Berlin, Vienna, and other cities in Central Europe. He began his film career in 1921, and appeared in a number of German silent films early on. Sima was frequently cast as the comic villain whose machinations get everyone into trouble, although often his villainous stature was used to more chilling effect. In 1929, Sima married actress Lina Woiwode. The couple remained married until Sima's death. Along with Friedl Czepa, Fred Hennings and Leni Riefenstahl he was identified as being an active supporter of the Nazi Party. After World War II, Sima was a frequent character actor, causing one biographer to write, "... there w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Gessner
Adrienne Gessner (23 July 1896 – 23 June 1987) was an Austrian actress. Gessner appeared in over fifty film and television shows during her career, including the 1955 costume film '. Gessner appeared in a mixture of German and Austrian films during her career. Following the Anchluss of 1938 she fled with her Jewish husband Ernst Lothar to the United States, returning after the Second World War.Vansart p.18 Selected filmography * ''Catherine the Last'' (1936) * '' After the Storm'' (1948) * '' The Angel with the Trumpet'' (1948) * ''Vagabonds'' (1949) * '' No Time for Flowers'' (1952) * ''Adventure in Vienna'' (1952) * '' Voices of Spring'' (1952) * '' Stolen Identity'' (1953) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1953) * '' The Witch'' (1954) * ' (1955) * '' Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love'' (1955) * '' I Often Think of Piroschka'' (1955) * '' Marriage Sanitarium'' (1955) * ''The Blue Danube'' (1955) * '' The Golden Bridge'' (1956) * '' Salzburg Stories'' (1957) * '' The Schimec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Von Meyerinck
Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970. Biography Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858–1928), Hauptmann (Captain) in the Prussian Army. He grew up at his family's estates in the Province of Posen and attended the gymnasium secondary school in Godeberg. Having passed his Abitur exams, he was called up for military service as a cadet in World War I, but soon was dismissed due to a pulmonary disease. In 1917 he gave his debut as a theatre actor at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin and from 1918 to 1920 continued his career at the Hamburg Kammerspiele. Back in Berlin he performed in avant-garde plays by Carl Sternheim, as well as in several revue entertainments and kabarett venues. Later he returned to classical theatre with engagements at the Deutsches Theater and the Lessing Theater, performing as ''The Imaginary Invalid'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
