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The Emperor's Candlesticks (1936 Film)
''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (German: ''Die Leuchter des Kaisers'') is a 1936 Austrian historical adventure film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Sybille Schmitz, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Friedl Czepa. It is an adaptation of the 1899 novel ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' by Baroness Orczy. A Hollywood film version of the story ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' was released the following year. It was shot at Sascha Film's Sievering Studios and Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth, Werner Schlichting and Emil Stepanek. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin, and a month later in Vienna. Cast * Sybille Schmitz as Anna Demidow * Karl Ludwig Diehl as Georg Wolenski * Friedl Czepa as Maria * Inge List as Zofe bei Anna Demidow * Anton Edthofer as Erzherzog Ludwig * Max Gülstorff as Graf Surowkin * Johannes Heesters as Grossfürst Peter Alexandrowitsch * Fritz Rasp as Stanislaus * Heinrich Schroth as Der Führer der Ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hartl
Karl Hartl (10 May 1899 – 29 August 1978) was an Austrian film director. Life Born in Vienna, Hartl began his film career at the Austrian Sascha-Film company of Alexander Kolowrat and from 1919 was assistant to the Hungarian director Alexander Korda. As a production manager, he in the 1920s accompanied Korda to Berlin, until in 1926 he returned to Vienna to work for his former class-mate director Gustav Ucicky. From 1930 he worked for Universum Film AG (UFA) and debuted as director of ''Ein Burschenlied aus Heidelberg'' ("A Fraternity Song from Heidelberg") starring Hans Brausewetter and Willi Forst, with young Billy Wilder as a screenwriter. Together with Luis Trenker he directed the ''Gebirgsjäger'' drama ''Berge in Flammen'' ("Mountains in Flames") in 1931. He then experimented with other genres, for example the comedy ''Die Gräfin von Monte Cristo'' ("The Countess of Monte Cristo") (1932) with Brigitte Helm and Gustaf Gründgens, and in the same year achieved his final b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroness Orczy
Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci) (; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published) or to her family and friends as Emmuska Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save French aristocrats from "Madame Guillotine" during the French Revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" in popular culture. Opening in London's West End on 5 January 1905, ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' became a favourite of British audiences. Some of Orczy's paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. During World War I, she formed the Women of England's Active Service League, an unofficial organisation aimed at encouraging women to persuade men to v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inge List
Inge List (1916–2003) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Von Dassanowsky p.394 Selected filmography * '' Grand Duchess Alexandra'' (1933) * '' Princess Turandot'' (1934) * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1934) * ''Mazurka'' (1935) * ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (1936) * ''A Wedding Dream'' (1936) * ''Signal in the Night'' (1937) * '' Thirteen Chairs'' (1938) * ''Late Love ''Late Love'' (German: ''Späte Liebe'') is a 1943 German historical drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Paula Wessely, Attila Hörbiger and Inge List. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. It was s ...'' (1943) References Bibliography * Von Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Screening Transcendence: Film Under Austrofascism and the Hollywood Hope, 1933-1938''. Indiana University Press, 2018 External links * 1916 births 2003 deaths Actors from Salzburg Austrian film actresses Austrian stage actresses {{Austria-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria-Palast
The Gloria-Palast was a German cinema located on the Kurfürstendamm in the German capital Berlin. It was constructed in 1924 and replaced the existing neo-Baroque Romanischen Hauses designed by Franz Heinrich Schwechten. It became a common location for Berlin premieres of new films. In 1930 the hit ''The Blue Angel'' first screened at the Palast. In 1943 the cinema was gutted by a fire caused by an Allied bombing raid during the Second World War. After the war, the cinema was refurbished and reopened in what was now West Berlin during the Cold War. Other prestige cinemas were located in the area including the Marmorhaus The Marmorhaus (English: Marble House) is a former cinema located on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. Opened in 1913, it takes its name from a large marble façade. Designed by the architect Hugo Pál, the walls of the foyer and auditorium were dec ....Zitzlsperger p.266 In 2017 the redevelopment of the cinema was approved and it was demolished the following ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Stepanek
Emil Stepanek (21 February 1895 – 12 April 1945) was an Austrian set designer and film architect. Biography Stepanek was born in Vienna, the son of a carpenter, and received a training in stage set construction, in which he worked for several years. Between 1916 and 1918 he had to perform military service. After the end of World War I he returned to his work in theatres. In 1919 he had his first contact with the film industry. In the years that followed he often worked with the renowned film architects Julius von Borsody, Artur Berger and Alexander Ferenczy, particularly on the epic films of Sascha-Film directed by Alexander Korda and Michael Curtiz: ''Prinz und Bettelknabe'' (1920), ''Sodom und Gomorrha'' (1922), ''Die Sklavenkönigin'' (1924) and ''Salammbô'' (1924). Stepanek remained in film set construction up to 1936, after which he worked in the area of executive film production. In 1944 he became director of the whole of set construction in the Rosenhügel Film Stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Schlichting
Werner Schlichting (1904–1996) was a German art director who worked on over a hundred films during a lengthy career. He worked on a number of Austrian films including '' The Congress Dances'' and ''The Last Ten Days'' (1955).Fritsche p.253 Selected filmography * ''Luther'' (1928) * '' The Flame of Love'' (1930) * ''Calais-Dover'' (1931) * ''No More Love'' (1931) * ''Two Hearts Beat as One'' (1932) * ''The Song of Night'' (1932) * ''How Shall I Tell My Husband?'' (1932) * '' All for Love'' (1933) * ''What Men Know'' (1933) * ''A Song for You'' (1933) * ''My Heart Calls You'' (1934) * ''So Ended a Great Love'' (1934) * ''My Heart Is Calling You'' (1934) * ''Victoria'' (1935) * ''Artist Love'' (1935) * '' Casta Diva'' (1935) * ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (1936) * '' Court Theatre'' (1936) * ''Serenade'' (1937) * ''Capers'' (1937) * '' A Mother's Love'' (1939) * ''Bel Ami'' (1939) * ''Destiny'' (1942) * '' The Secret Countess'' (1942) * ''Late Love'' (1943) * ''Archduke Johann's G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Herlth
Kurt Herlth (1896–1966) was a German art director known for his designs of film sets. His brother Robert Herlth was also an art director active in the German film industry, and the two men worked together a number of times.Bock & Bergfelder p.194 Selected filmography * '' My Heart Calls You'' (1934) * ''My Heart Is Calling You'' (1934) * ''Victoria'' (1935) * ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (1936) * '' Court Theatre'' (1936) * '' Capers'' (1937) * ''Ride to Freedom'' (1937) * '' Serenade'' (1937) * '' A Mother's Love'' (1939) * ''I Am Sebastian Ott'' (1939) * ''Andreas Schlüter'' (1942) * ''Destiny'' (1942) * ''Melusine'' (1944) * ''Marriage in the Shadows'' (1947) * '' No Place for Love'' (1947) * ''The Adventures of Fridolin'' (1948) * ''Artists' Blood'' (1949) * ''Don't Dream, Annette'' (1949) * ''The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan'' (1949) * '' The Merry Wives of Windsor'' (1950) * ''The White Horse Inn'' (1952) * '' The Sergeant's Daughter'' (1952) * ''The Empress of China'' ... [...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 industry, 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 visual communication, communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style (visual arts), style(s) to use, and when to use motion graphic design, 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 col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
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Rosenhügel Studios
The Rosenhügel Studios are film studios located in the Austrian capital Vienna. They were opened in 1923 and originally owned by the Vita-Film production company. After the company's bankruptcy the following year the studios were taken over by Sascha Film, the largest of the Austrian companies of the era. In the early 1930s Sascha formed a partnership with the German outfit Tobis Film to renovate the studios for production of sound films. A number of Austrian hit films were produced there during the remainder of the decade. Following the Anschluss of 1938, the Austrian film industry was incorporated into that of Nazi Germany. Rosenhügel was taken over by the German-controlled Wien-Film under Karl Hartl. During the Soviet Occupation of East Vienna between 1945 and 1955, the studios were used for a mixture of entertainment films and Communist propaganda works. After the Soviet withdrawal the studios passed into the hands of democratic Austria, and it functioned as the country's ... [...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] |
