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The Copper (1958 Film)
''The Copper'' also translated as ''The Grasper'' (german: Der Greifer) is a 1958 West German crime film directed by Eugen York and starring Hans Albers, Hansjörg Felmy and Susanne Cramer. It is a remake of the 1930 film '' The Copper'' which Albers had also starred in.Hake p.228 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin as well as on location in Hamburg and Essen. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Theo Zwierski. Synopsis Otto Friedrich Dennert a veteran of the Essen police force is known as "The Grabber" for his unconventional methods. While investigating a series of killings of women he reaches retirement age. The case is taken over by a new team, including Dennert's son Harry. Convinced that they have arrested the wrong person, Dennert begins investigating by himself with assistance from the criminal underworld. Cast * Hans Albers as Otto Friedrich Dennert * Hansjörg Felmy as Harry Dennert * Susanne Cramer as Ursula Bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen York
Eugen York (26 November 1912 – 18 November 1991) was a German film director. He directed 35 films between 1938 and 1984. He was born in Rybinsk, Russian Empire and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography Film * '' Morituri'' (1948) * '' The Last Night'' (1949) * '' Shadows in the Night'' (1950) * '' Blondes for Export'' (1950) * ' (1950) * ''The Allure of Danger'' (1950) * ''Das Fräulein von Scuderi'' (1955) * '' A Heart Returns Home'' (1956) * '' The Heart of St. Pauli'' (1957) * '' The Copper'' (1958) * '' Man in the River'' (1958) * ' (1958) * '' Murderer in the Fog'' (1964) * ' (1977) Television * ''Das Sparschwein'' (1952) * ''Aufruhr'' (1960) — based on the play ''Disturbance'' by Hugh Forbes * ''Polly liebt nur Kapitäne'' (1963) * ''Haus der Schönheit'' (1963) — based on the play ''Pariser Platz 13'' by Vicki Baum * ' (1964–1966, TV series, 26 episodes) * ''Sechs Stunden Angst'' (1964) — based on the novel ''Six heures d'angoisse'' by * ' (1966) â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Location Shooting
Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior. The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for example, scenes in the film ''The Interpreter'' were set and shot inside the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan), or it may stand in for a different locale (the films ''Amadeus'' and '' The Illusionist'' were primarily set in Vienna, but were filmed in Prague). Most films feature a combination of location and studio shoots; often, interior scenes will be shot on a soundstage while exterior scenes will be shot on location. Second unit photography is not generally considered a location shoot. Before filming, the locations are generally surveyed in pre-production, a process known as location scouting and recce. Pros and cons Location shooting has several advantages over filming on a studio set. First and foremost, the expense can often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Reinhard Kolldehoff (29 April 1914 – 18 November 1995) was a German film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1941 and 1988. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Gasman'' (1941) - Polizeibeamter (uncredited) * ''Blum Affair'' (1949) - Max Tischbein - Lehrer * ''Das Mädchen Christine'' (1949) - 1.Leutnant * '' Quartet of Five'' (1949) - Patient * '' Martina'' (1949) * ''Rotation'' (1949) - Rudi Wille * ''Unser täglich Brot'' (1949) * ''Hoegler's Mission'' (1950) - Fichte * '' Bürgermeister Anna'' (1950) - Jupp Ucker * ''The Orplid Mystery'' (1950) - Funker * ''Melody of Fate'' (1950) * ''A Tale of Five Cities'' (1951) - Nazi (uncredited) * ''The Last Year'' (1951) - Kommissar * ''Turtledove General Delivery'' (1952) * ' (1952) - Hartner (segment "Je suis un tendre") * '' I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' (1952) - Kapitän Reimann * '' The Merry Vineyard'' (1952) - Küfer * ''When the Heath Dreams at Night'' (1952) * '' We'll Talk About ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Wagner (actor)
Fritz Wagner (19 March 1915 - 19 January 1982) was a German actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1939 to 1976. Filmography References External links * 1915 births 1982 deaths German male film actors {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegfried Lowitz
Siegfried Lowitz (22 September 1914 – 27 June 1999) was a German actor. Born in Berlin, he played the Hauptkommissar ''Erwin Köster'' in the German television drama '' Der Alte''. Prior to his tenure as Hauptkommissar, he played a killer in the popular German police series ''Derrick''. He died at Munich in 1999. Filmography Film * ''Meines Vaters Pferde, 2. Teil: Seine dritte Frau'' (1954) - Zeisig, Bursche des Oberleutnant Michael Godeysen (uncredited) * ''The Angel with the Flaming Sword'' (1954) - Krüger * '' Hello, My Name is Cox'' (1955) - Gauner Anton Kraczyk * ''Jackboot Mutiny'' (1955) * ''Solang' es hübsche Mädchen gibt'' (1955) * '' Hanussen'' (1955) - Prosecutor * ''The Fisherman from Heiligensee'' (1955) - Gilchert * ''Sky Without Stars'' (1955) - Hüske * ''Regine'' (1956) - Direktor Gisevius * ''Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben'' (1956) - Arzt des Krankenhauses * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1956) - Stadtkämmerer Rosenkranz * '' My Father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Windeck
Agnes Windeck (; 27 March 1888 – 28 September 1975) was a German theatre and film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1939 and 1973. She was born in Hamburg and started her career at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in 1904. She later worked as a teacher at the drama school of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. In the 1930s she began to play minor roles in several films but it was not until she was in her seventies when she became a popular character actress A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrieved 7 August 2014, "..a breed of actor who has the ability to be ... of West German cinema and television. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Windeck, Agnes 1888 births 1975 deaths German film actresses German stage actresses German television actresses Actresses from Hamburg 20th-century German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Frank
Horst Frank (28 May 1929 – 25 May 1999) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1955 and 1999. He was born in Lübeck, Germany and died in Heidelberg, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Der Stern von Afrika'' (1957) – Albin Droste * ' (1957) – Heyne * '' The Copper'' (1958) – Josef Schmitz * ''Rosemary'' (1958) – Student Michael Runge * ''Blitzmädels an die Front'' (1958) – Gaston, ein Franzose * '' The Girl from the Marsh Croft'' (1958) – Jan Lindgren * ''Schwarze Nylons – Heiße Nächte'' (1958) – Sabri * ''My Ninety Nine Brides'' (1958) – Jonny der Husar * '' Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?'' (1959) – Feldwebel Böse * ''Wolves of the Deep'' (1959) – Lo Sposino * '' The Head'' (1959) – Dr. Brandt – alias Dr. Ood * '' Rebel Flight to Cuba'' (1959) – Richard Marshall * ''The Cat Shows Her Claws'' (1960) – Le Major Von Hollwitz * ' (''Bumerang'') (1960) – Willy Schneider * ''Kein Engel ist so rein'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mady Rahl
Mady Rahl (3 January 1915 – 29 August 2009) was a German stage and film actress. Born Edith Gertrud Meta Raschke in Neukölln, now part of Berlin, Rahl trained as an actress and dancer. In 1935 she made her stage debut in Leipzig under the direction of Douglas Sirk and started her film career in 1936 with the movie ''The Mysterious Mister X''. With her role in the circus drama ''Truxa'' ( 1937), Rahl became known to a wider audience. After the war, she sang with her friend Elfreide Datzig for the USO. She ultimately appeared in approximately 90 movies, several of them for UFA. In later years, she appeared frequently on television, while also pursuing her career in the theatre. She was also the German voice of many cartoon characters and of Lucille Ball. Rahl's first marriage was to financier Theodor Reimers, her second was to producer Wilhem Sperber, and her third was to architect Werner Bürkle. All three marriages ended in divorce, and she had no children. Late in life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Peters
Werner Peters (7 July 1918 Р30 March 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1947 and 1971. Biography Peters was born in Werlitzsch, Kreis Delitzsch, Prussian Saxony, and died of a heart attack on a promotion tour for his latest film in Wiesbaden, Germany. His film career started with the lead in Wolfgang Staudte's ''Der Untertan'', produced in the young German Democratic Republic. Peters then worked in West Germany, appearing mostly in supporting roles in popular movies. He also established himself in the European and international film industry by frequently playing sinister German or Nazi characters. Peters appeared in two episodes of the 1966 American television espionage drama ''Blue Light''. These were edited together with two other episodes to create the theatrical film ''I Deal in Danger'', released in December 1966, which included his role. Selected filmography * ''The Beaver Coat'' (1949), as Eberhard Schulz * ''Der Kahn der fr̦hlic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Zwierski
Theo Zwierski (1911–1989) was a German art director who designed the sets on a number of West German films and television productions.Meier p.336 Selected filmography * ''Uncle Kruger'' (1941) * ''After the Rain Comes Sunshine'' (1949) * ''The Girl from the South Seas'' (1950) * ''Das gestohlene Jahr'' (1951) * ''Falschmünzer am Werk'' (1951) * '' Salto Mortale'' (1953) * ''Man on a Tightrope'' (1953) * ''Carnival Story'' (1954) * ''Ten on Every Finger'' (1954) * '' The Phantom of the Big Tent'' (1954) * ''Operation Edelweiss'' (1954) * '' Night People'' (1954) * ''Circus of Love ''Circus of Love'' (german: link=no, Rummelplatz der Liebe) is a 1954 drama film directed by Kurt Neumann (director), Kurt Neumann and starring Eva Bartok, Curd Jürgens and Bernhard Wicki.Hayes p.152 It was made as a co-production (film), co-prod ...'' (1954) * '' Love's Carnival'' (1955) * ''Von der Liebe besiegt'' (1956) * '' The Legs of Dolores'' (1957) * ''Mein ganzes Herz ist voll Musik'' (1959 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Pellon
Gabriel Pellon (1900–1975) was a German painter and art director.Shandley p.212 Pellon was born in Metz, which was then part of the German Empire having been annexed from France at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. When Metz was later annexed by France, Pellon settled in Germany where he established himself as a leading designer of film sets. Selected filmography * '' The Merry Wives of Vienna'' (1931) * ''The Night Without Pause'' (1931) * '' A City Upside Down'' (1933) * '' The Man Who Couldn't Say No'' (1938) * ''Little County Court'' (1938) * '' The Unfaithful Eckehart'' (1940) * '' The Bath in the Barn'' (1943) * '' Martina'' (1949) * '' One Night Apart'' (1950) * ''The Woman from Last Night'' (1950) * '' The Black Forest Girl'' (1950) * '' Don't Ask My Heart'' (1952) * '' Three Days of Fear'' (1952) * '' Have Sunshine in Your Heart'' (1953) * '' Everything for Father'' (1953) * '' Diary of a Married Woman'' (1953) * '' We'll Talk About Love Later'' (1953) * '' My Siste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
