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The Curse Of The Hidden Vault
''The Curse of the Hidden Vault'' (german: Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloß) is a 1964 black and white West German crime film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Harald Leipnitz, Eddi Arent, Siegfried Schürenberg and Klaus Kinski. It is based on the 1908 novel '' Angel Esquire'' by Edgar Wallace, previously made into a British silent film.. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Vorwerg and Walter Kutz. Cast * Harald Leipnitz as Jimmy Flynn * Judith Dornys as Kathleen Kent * Rudolf Forster as Real * Werner Peters as Spedding * Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Connor * Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John * Harry Meyen as Inspector Angel * Vera Tschechowa as Feder-Lissy * Ilse Steppat as Margaret * Harry Wüstenhagen as Goyle * as Cyril * Klaus Kinski as George * Eddi Arent Gebhardt Georg Arendt (5 May 1925 – 28 May 2013) was a German actor, caba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Josef Gottlieb
Franz Josef Gottlieb (1 November 1930 – 23 July 2006) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1959 and 2005. He also directed the children's series ''Ravioli'' in 1983; it aired on ZDF in 1984. He was born in Semmering, Austria and died in Verden an der Aller, Germany of a brain tumor, at age 75. Selected filmography * '' Mikosch of the Secret Service'' (co-director Franz Marischka, 1959) * '' My Niece Doesn't Do That'' (1960) * '' Season in Salzburg'' (1961) * '' The Forester's Daughter'' (1962) * ''The Curse of the Yellow Snake'' (1963) * '' The Black Abbot'' (1963) * ''The Secret of the Black Widow'' (1963) * ''The Seventh Victim'' (1964) * ''The Curse of the Hidden Vault'' (1964) * ''The Phantom of Soho'' (1964) * ' (1965) * ' (1965) * ''A Holiday with Piroschka'' (1965) * ''Spy Today, Die Tomorrow'' (1967) * '' When You're With Me'' (1970) * ''When the Mad Aunts Arrive'' (1970) * '' Aunt Trude from Buxtehude'' (1971) * '' The Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Esquire
''Angel Esquire'' is a 1919 British silent crime film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Aurelio Sidney, Gertrude McCoy and Dick Webb. It is based on the 1908 novel '' Angel Esquire'' by Edgar Wallace, which was later turned into a 1964 German film ''The Curse of the Hidden Vault''. Premise A millionaire leaves his fortune to whoever can discover the combination to unlock his safe. Cast * Aurelio Sidney as Jimmy * Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy (born Gertrude Lyon; June 30, 1890 – July 17, 1967) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 160 films between 1911 and 1926. McCoy was born in Rome, Georgia, on June 30, 1896, and she atte ... as Kathleen Kent * Dick Webb as Angel * W.T. Ellwanger as Spedding * George Traill as Connor * Cecil del Gue as Reale * Florence Nelson as Mrs. Reale References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. 1919 films 1919 crime fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilse Steppat
Ilse Paula Steppat (30 November 1917 – 21 December 1969) was a German actress. Her husband was noted actor and director Max Nosseck. Biography She began her cinematic career at the age of 15 playing Joan of Arc. Steppat appeared regularly on the German stage, and starred in more than forty movies. In the 1960s, she appeared frequently in crime movies based on the work of author Edgar Wallace, such as ''Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloss'', ''Der unheimliche Mönch'' and ''Die blaue Hand'', which brought her great fame in Germany. In her only English language role, Steppat played Blofeld's assistant and henchwoman ''Irma Bunt'' in the James Bond movie ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service''. In the first English language conversation between Steppat and the movie's producer, Albert R. Broccoli, she confused the word ''verlobt'' (engaged) with ''engagiert'' (involved). Despite this, however, she was awarded the role of Irma Bunt. Steppat was unable to capitalise on her new fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Tschechowa
Vera Wilhelmowna Rust (born 22 July 1940), known as Vera Tschechowa, is a German producer, director, screenwriter, and retired actress, of Russian descent. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1957 and 1996. She was widely known as Elvis Presley's companion, particularly in connection with his Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine (OPV) public booster-advocacy and which they both undertook during Presley's first year in Germany with the U.S. Army (1959). Her mother, Ada Tschechowa, was the daughter of Michael Chekhov and Olga Chekhova. Vera herself appeared, on 6 June 1971, as one of 28 women under the banner " We've had abortions!" ("Wir haben abgetrieben!") on the cover page of the West German magazine, '' Stern''. In that issue, 374 women publicly stated that they had had pregnancies terminated, which at that time was illegal. Selected filmography * '' Widower with Five Daughters'' (1957) * '' The Doctor of Stalingrad'' (1958), as Tamara * '' Angel in a Taxi'' (1958), as Cami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Meyen
Harry Meyen (born Harald Haubenstock; 31 August 1924 – 15 April 1979) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films and television productions between 1948 and 1975. In the 1960s he also worked as a theatre director in West Germany. Personal life Meyen was born in Hamburg, the son of a Jewish merchant who was deported to a concentration camp during the Nazi regime. The 18-year-old Meyen himself was incarcerated as a ''Mischling'' and survived the Neuengamme concentration camp. After the war, he began his career with Willy Maertens at the Hamburg Thalia Theater. From 1952 he performed at the Theater Aachen and from 1955 moved to Berlin. Also starring in films directed by Helmut Käutner, Falk Harnack and Wolfgang Staudte, he played the role of a young ''Luftwaffe'' officer in the 1955 movie ''Des Teufels General'' side by side with Curd Jürgens. He also worked as a dubbing actor giving his voice to Dirk Bogarde, Robert Mitchum, Michel Piccoli, Peter Seller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (27 July 1900 – 30 October 1988) was a German film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1933 and 1983. He was born in Brunswick, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Die große und die kleine Welt'' (1936) * ''Street Music'' (1936) - Geschäftsführer im Café 'Dorado' * ''Dinner Is Served'' (1936) - Charles * ''Du bist mein Glück'' (1936) * ''Truxa'' (1937) - Garvin * ''Ein Volksfeind'' (1937) - Ministerialrat * ''The Stars Shine'' (1938) - Hans Holger * ''Dreizehn Mann und eine Kanone'' (1938) * '' Water for Canitoga'' (1939) - Sheriff von Canitoga * ''Fasching'' (1939) - Direktor Peter Wendland * ''Der singende Tor'' (1939) - Defense lawyer * ' (1939) - Lorenzo Perelli * ''The Fire Devil'' (1940) - Prince von Metternich * '' The Girl from Barnhelm'' (1940) - Von Schornow * '' Carl Peters'' (1941) - Count Wehr-Bandelin * '' Venus on Trial'' (1941) - Paul Dreysing, Zeichner * ''Kameraden'' (1941) -Count Saint Marsan * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Peters
Werner Peters (7 July 1918 – 30 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 fröh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Kutz
Walter Kutz (1904 – 1983) was a German art director.Langford p.223 Selected filmography * '' Nora'' (1944) * '' Dreaming'' (1944) * '' The Silent Guest'' (1945) * '' And the Heavens Above Us'' (1947) * '' Nights on the Nile'' (1949) * '' The Chaste Libertine'' (1952) * '' When the Heath Dreams at Night'' (1952) * '' The Colourful Dream'' (1952) * '' You Only Live Once'' (1952) * '' The Prince of Pappenheim'' (1952) * '' The Stronger Woman'' (1953) * ''The Dancing Heart'' (1953) * '' The Uncle from America'' (1953) * '' A Life for Do'' (1954) * '' Bon Voyage'' (1954) * ''Consul Strotthoff'' (1954) * ''The Witch'' (1954) * '' Girl with a Future'' (1954) * '' Before God and Man'' (1955) * '' The Girl from Flanders'' (1956) * ''The Beautiful Master'' (1956) * '' Victor and Victoria'' (1957) * '' Voyage to Italy, Complete with Love'' (1958) * '' Here I Am, Here I Stay'' (1959) * '' The Death Ship'' (1959) * ''What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime'' (1959) * ''The Red Hand'' (1960) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Vorwerg
Wilhelm Vorwerg (1899–1990) was a German art director who designed the sets for over fifty films including a number of Rialto Film's series of Edgar Wallace adaptations in the 1960s.Bergfelder p.256 Selected filmography * '' In the Name of the People'' (1939) * ''Target in the Clouds'' (1939) * '' The Leghorn Hat'' (1939) * '' Venus on Trial'' (1941) * '' Love Letters'' (1944) * '' Summer Nights'' (1944) * ''1-2-3 Corona'' (1948) * '' The Cuckoos'' (1949) * ''How Do We Tell Our Children?'' (1949) * '' Life Begins at Seventeen'' (1953) * '' Anna Susanna'' (1953) * '' Annie from Tharau'' (1954) * '' The Perfect Couple'' (1954) * '' Heroism after Hours'' (1955) * '' Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' (1955) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1955) * ''My Father, the Actor'' (1956) * ''Stresemann'' (1957) * ''The Fox of Paris'' (1957) * ''Two Hearts in May'' (1958) * '' The Shadows Grow Longer'' (1961) * ''World in My Pocket'' (1961) * ''Café Oriental'' (1962) * '' The Indian Scarf'' (1963) * ''The Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style(s) to use, and when to use motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas and inconsistenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city#National capitals, Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national Government of the United Kingdom, government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the Counties of England, counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
