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The Circus Of Life
''The Circus of Life'' (German: ''Die Flucht in den Zirkus'') is a 1926 German silent film directed by Mario Bonnard and Guido Parish and starring Marcella Albani, Vladimir Gajdarov and Fritz Kampers.Bock & Bergfelder p.90 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin.The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew, Karl Görge and August Rinaldi. The film was screened in the United Kingdom in 1928, with a reviewer for the ''Derby Daily Telegraph'' calling it "one of the best Russian films seen for some time". Plot A young nobleman marries a poor peasant girl, who is falsely accused of murder and transported to Siberia. She eventually escapes with her lover. Cast * Marcella Albani as Mistress Wera * Vladimir Gajdarov as Officer Wladimir Bobrikoff * Fritz Kampers as Iwanoff - Anarchist * Henry Bender * Eugen Burg * William Dieterle as Cossack * Olga Engl as Mother of Wladimir * Karl Harbacher * Leopold von Ledebur * Hans Mierendorff * Hermann Picha * Louis Ral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Bonnard
Mario Bonnard (24 December 1889 – 22 March 1965) was an Italian actor and film director. Bonnard was born and died in Rome. He began his cinematic career as an actor becoming a popular romantic lead in numerous silent films made before World War I. In 1917 he ventured into film directing for the first time. Before the arrival of sound films he worked for a period in Germany in films directed by Luis Trenker. Back in Italy in 1932, he became a prolific director working with the major stars of the time as: Assia Noris, Elsa Merlini, Amedeo Nazzari, Luisa Ferida, Henry Viarisio. ''Il feroce Saladino'' (1937) was the most popular of his films of the 1930s. During the war he continued to work. In the post World War II period his films, ranging from comedies to period dramas enjoyed much success. However, today he's no longer well known. One of his last films was '' The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1959). An illness made him leave production early, so the film was completed by Sergio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Görge
Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoeira Della Vedova Júnior, Brazilian footballer In myth * Karl (mythology), in Norse mythology, a son of Rig and considered the progenitor of peasants (churl) * ''Karl'', giant in Icelandic myth, associated with Drangey island Vehicles * Opel Karl, a car * ST ''Karl'', Swedish tugboat requisitioned during the Second World War as ST ''Empire Henchman'' Other uses * Karl, Germany, municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * '' Karl-Gerät'', AKA Mörser Karl, 600mm German mortar used in the Second World War * KARL project, an open source knowledge management system * Korean Amateur Radio League, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in South Korea * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Films
The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1926 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February – The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called ''The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' (''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed''). *August 5 – Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, ''Don Juan''. The Vitaphone system uses multiple rpm gramophone records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back music and sound effects synchronized with film. *August 23 – Rudolph Valentino, whose film '' The Son of the Sheik'' was currently playing, dies at the age of 31 in New York. Riots occur at the funeral parlor as thousands of people try to see his body. *October 7 – Warner Brothers release the second Vitaphone film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Ritterband
Gerhard Ritterband (1904–1959) was a German film actor.Hardt p.223 Selected filmography * '' The Doll'' (1919) * '' The Princess of the Nile'' (1920) * '' Va banque'' (1920) * '' A Day on Mars'' (1921) * '' Four Around a Woman'' (1921) * '' The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (1921) * ''Evelyn's Love Adventures'' (1921) * ''The Moneylender's Daughter'' (1922) * ''Girl of the Berlin Streets'' (1922) * '' Your Valet'' (1922) * ''The Romance of a Poor Sinner'' (1922) * '' Maciste and the Silver King's Daughter'' (1922) * '' Maciste and the Chinese Chest'' (1923) * '' Niniche'' (1925) * ''The Motorist Bride'' (1925) * '' Old Mamsell's Secret'' (1925) * '' The Dice Game of Life'' (1925) * ''The Salesgirl from the Fashion Store'' (1925) * '' Love's Finale'' (1925) * '' The Captain from Koepenick'' (1926) * ''The Circus of Life'' (1926) * '' The Mill at Sanssouci'' (1926) * '' The Bank Crash of Unter den Linden'' (1926) * ''Annemarie and Her Cavalryman'' (1926) * '' Darling, Count the Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frida Richard
Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress. Selected filmography * '' The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Love Letter'' (1916) * '' The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach'' (1917) * ''The Diamond Foundation'' (1917) * ''The Ringwall Family'' (1918) * '' Waves of Fate'' (1918) * ''The Ghost Hunt'' (1918) * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' Intoxication'' (1919) * ''Baccarat'' (1919) * '' The Dancer'' (1919) * '' Superstition'' (1919) * '' The Teahouse of the Ten Lotus Flowers'' (1919) * '' Temperamental Artist'' (1920) * '' The Black Count'' (1920) * ''Christian Wahnschaffe'' (1920) * '' Judith Trachtenberg'' (1920) * '' The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * '' The Last Witness'' (1921) * '' The Hunt for the Truth'' (1921) * '' The New Paradise'' (1921) * '' The Stranger from Alster Street'' (1921) * '' About the Son'' (1921) * '' Alfred von Ingelheim's Dramatic Life'' (1921) * ''Wandering Souls'' (1921) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Ralph
Louis Ralph (born Ludwig Josef Musik; 17 August 1878 – September 1952) was an Austrian film actor and director. He was born Ludwig Musik in Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), and died in Berlin at age 68. Selected filmography * ''Die Vila der Narenta'' (1919) * ''Der Schatzgräber von Blagaj'' (1919) * ''Diamonds'' (1920) * '' Lady Hamilton'' (1921) * '' The Golden Plague'' (1921) * '' The Lodging House for Gentleman'' (1922) * '' The Inheritance'' (1922) * '' The Unknown Tomorrow'' (1923) * ''The Green Manuela'' (1923) * '' The Love of a Queen'' (1923) * '' The Final Mask'' (1924) * '' The Voice of the Heart'' (1924) * '' Tragedy in the House of Habsburg'' (1924) * '' Orient'' (1924) * '' The Humble Man and the Chanteuse'' (1925) * '' The Elegant Bunch'' (1925) * '' Our Emden'' (1926) * ''The Circus of Life'' (1926) * '' The Queen Was in the Parlour'' (1927) * ''Ghost Train'' (1927) * '' Alpine Tragedy'' (1927) * ''The Little Slave ''The Little Slave'' (German: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Picha
Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting roles during his career. He played the title role in the 1920 film '' Wibbel the Tailor'', directed by Manfred Noa. He appeared in Fritz Lang's ''Destiny''.Kreimeier p.73 Selected filmography * '' The Armoured Vault'' (1914) * '' Hilde Warren und der Tod'' (1917) * '' The Princess of Neutralia'' (1917) * '' Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (1917) * '' The Beggar Countess'' (1918) * '' Five Minutes Too Late'' (1918) * '' The Rat'' (1918) * ''Your Big Secret'' (1918) * '' The Commandment of Love'' (1919) * '' Veritas Vincit'' (1919) * '' The Derby'' (1919) * '' State Attorney Jordan'' (1919) * '' The Golden Lie'' (1919) * '' The Woman at the Crossroads'' (1919) * '' Irrlicht'' (1919) * '' The Platonic Marriage'' (1919) * '' The Bodega of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Mierendorff
Hans Mierendorff (born Johannes Reingold Mierendorff; 30 June 1882 – 26 December 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' A Night of Horror'' (1916) * '' Vengeance Is Mine'' (1916) * '' Hilde Warren und der Tod'' (1917) *'' The Sacrifice'' (1918) * ''The Mistress of the World'' (1919) * ''Whitechapel'' (1920) * '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1920) * '' The White Peacock'' (1920) * '' Night and No Morning'' (1921) * '' The Conspiracy in Genoa'' (1921) * '' Children of Darkness'' (1921) * '' The Sleeping Volcano'' (1922) * '' The Black Star'' (1922) * '' Man Against Man'' (1924) * ''Girls You Don't Marry'' (1924) * '' The Enchantress'' (1924) * ''Debit and Credit'' (1924) * '' The Second Mother'' (1925) * ''The Motorist Bride'' (1925) * '' Old Mamsell's Secret'' (1925) * '' Hussar Fever'' (1925) * '' Cock of the Roost'' (1925) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days'' (1925) * '' The Man Who Sold Himself'' (1925) * ''The Dealer from Amsterdam'' (1925) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Von Ledebur
Leopold von Ledebur (18 May 1876 – 22 August 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Carmen'' (1918) * ''The Serenyi'' (1918) * ''Midnight'' (1918) * ''The Foolish Heart'' (1919) * '' The Golden Lie'' (1919) * '' The Gambler'' (1919) * ''The Japanese Woman'' (1919) * '' The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919) * '' State Attorney Jordan'' (1919) * '' The Bodega of Los Cuerros'' (1919) * '' All Souls'' (1919) * ''Devoted Artists'' (1919) * ''The Carousel of Life'' (1919) * '' Only a Servant'' (1919) * ''The Last Sun Son'' (1919) * ''The Fairy of Saint Ménard'' (1919) * '' The Enchanted Princess'' (1919) * ''Die Spieler'' (1920) * '' Christian Wahnschaffe'' (1920) * ''In the Whirl of Life'' (1920) * ''World by the Throat'' (1920) * ''The Skull of Pharaoh's Daughter'' (1920) * '' Waves of Life and Love'' (1921) * ''The Adventure of Doctor Kircheisen'' (1921) * '' Count Varenne's Lover'' (1921) * ''The Maharaja's Favourite Wife'' (1921) * '' The House on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Harbacher
Karl Harbacher (1879–1943) was an Austrian actor. Selected filmography * '' Miss Piccolo'' (1914) * '' No Sin on the Alpine Pastures'' (1915) * ''Fanny Elssler'' (1920) * '' Das blaue Duell'' (1920) * '' The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * '' The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (1921) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1921) * '' Circus People'' (1922) * '' Yvette, the Fashion Princesss'' (1922) * '' The Blonde Geisha'' (1923) * '' Old Heidelberg'' (1923) * '' The Woman on the Panther'' (1923) * ''Debit and Credit'' (1924) * '' New Year's Eve'' (1924) * '' By Order of Pompadour'' (1924) * '' The Venus of Montmartre'' (1925) * '' The Old Ballroom'' (1925) * ''The Salesgirl from the Fashion Store'' (1925) * '' Cock of the Roost'' (1925) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days'' (1925) * '' Struggle for the Soil'' (1925) * '' Golden Boy'' (1925) * '' The Woman with That Certain Something'' (1925) * '' Darling, Count the Cash'' (1926) * '' The Bank Crash of Unter den Linden'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Engl
Olga Engl (30 May 1871 – 21 September 1946) was an Austrian-German stage and motion picture actress who appeared in nearly 200 films. Biography Engl was privately educated in an Ursuline monastery and began her acting career at the Prague Conservatory. In August 1887 she made her stage début as Bertha in the play ''Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua'' in her home town. In 1888, she moved to the city of Danzig and performed in the theatre from 1889 to 1892 then briefly moved to Berlin. From 1892 to 1895 she performed with the court theatre in Munich and from 1895 to 1897 in Hamburg at the Thalia Theater, and from 1897 in Hanover. Engl made her film debut in the 1911 British silent film ''The Adoptive Child'' then returned to Germany and began appearing in German film productions. Her first major role was in the 1913 Carl Froelich-directed biopic ''Richard Wagner''. She would work continually throughout the 1910s and appear in a variety of roles for such directors as U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dieterle
William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his career, becoming a United States citizen in 1937. He moved back to Germany in the late 1950s. His best-known films include ''The Story of Louis Pasteur'' (1936), ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film), The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1939) and ''The Devil and Daniel Webster (film), The Devil and Daniel Webster'' (1941). His film ''The Life of Emile Zola'' (1937) won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the second biographical feature to do so. Early life and career He was born Wilhelm Dieterle in Ludwigshafen, the youngest child of nine, to factory worker Jacob and Berthe (Doerr) Dieterle. As a child, he lived in considerable poverty and earned money by various means, including carpentry and as a scrap dealer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
