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The Grey House
''The Grey House'' (German: ''Das graue Haus'') is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Friedrich Feher and starring Magda Sonja, Erna Morena and Werner Krauss.Bock & Bergfelder p.262 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Kunz. Cast * Magda Sonja as Maria * Erna Morena as Hochstaplerin * Werner Krauss as Vater * Gretl Dupont as Die Spitzbübin * Angelo Ferrari as Hochstapler * Alf Blütecher as Herzog * Lotte Lorring as Die Herzogin * Gustav Adolf Semler as Arzt * Julia Serda as Mutter * Georg John as Der Henker * Eva Speyer Eva Speyer also known as Eva Speyer-Stoeckel and Eva Ebert (24 August 1882 – 13 August 1975) was a German actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1911 to 1932. Selected filmography References External links * * * 1882 ... as Die Kranke References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encycl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Feher
Friedrich Feher (born Friedrich Weiß, 16 March 1889 – 30 September 1950) was an Austrian actor and film director. He first entered the film business in 1913, starting out as an actor but quickly gravitated toward directing. He is perhaps best remembered as Francis, the protagonist of '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920). He directed ''The House Without Windows'' that same year (based on a book by Thea von Harbou), in which his art directors mimicked the Expressionist set designs of ''Caligari''; it is now considered a lost film. Feher died in 1950 in Stuttgart at age 61. Selected filmography Actor * ''Kabale und Liebe'' (1913) * ''Emilia Galotti'' (1913) - Odoardo * ''Die Räuber'' (1913) - Karl Moor * ''Die Ehe der jungen Felicitas'' (1913) * ''Stürme'' (1913) * ''Die Befreiung der Schweiz und die Sage vom Wilhelm Tell'' (1913) - Hermann Gessler * ''Theodor Körner'' (1914) - Theodor Körner * ''Alexandra'' (1915) - Graf Erwin * '' The Robber Bride'' (1916, Short) * ... [...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] |
German Silent Feature Films
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Films Directed By Friedrich Feher
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Of The Weimar Republic
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...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] |
Eva Speyer
Eva Speyer also known as Eva Speyer-Stoeckel and Eva Ebert (24 August 1882 – 13 August 1975) was a German actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1911 to 1932. Selected filmography References External links * * * 1882 births 1975 deaths German film actresses German silent film actresses 20th-century German actresses Actresses from Berlin {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg John
Georg John (born Georg Jacobsohn; 23 July 1879 – 18 November 1941) was a German stage and film actor. Early life Georg Jacobsohn was born into a Jewish household in Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany. Career John began his career around 1900 in smaller stages and traveling theatres. In 1904, he was engaged at the Theater of Wilhelmshaven, followed by appearances at Stolp in 1905, Altona, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Bochum and Göttingen. In 1914, John worked as an actor and producer for Vaterländische Schauspiele in Vienna. In 1917, John first appeared in silent movies, playing a Tibetan monk in ''Die Fremde'' (''The Stranger''), and Death in ''Hilde Warren und der Tod'' (''Hilde Warren and Death''). These roles were typical of the kinds of parts he would become known for, even if, at first, he was more often seen as a father, husband or dignitary. Beginning in the 1920s, John appeared in the films of notable German filmmakers, where he often played bizarre, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Serda
Julia Serda (6 April 1875 – 3 December 1965) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Grange p.120 She was married to the actor Hans Junkermann. Biography Julia Serda was born on 6 April 1875 in Vienna. She became fascinated by the stage at an early age, taking singing lessons from Pauline Lucca and studying acting at the Vienna Conservatory. Serda made her debut in 1895 at the theater in Breslau, after which she went to Köningsberg for three years. In 1899 she followed a call to the Dresden Court Theater, to which she remained connected until 1908 and was awarded the title of "Royal Saxon Court Actress". During this time, she also made her Berlin debut in 1902, appeared at the Vienna Burgtheater in 1907, and in 1908 at the Meinhard-Bernauer-Bühnen. Serda was most successful for playing the naive and sentimental heroine, for example with the title role in Franz Grillparzer's tragedy ''The Jewess of Toledo'', as Oscar Wilde's '' Salome'', or as a cricket in ''Johannisfeuer' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Adolf Semler
Gustav Adolf Semler (14 March 1885 – 24 February 1968) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 41 films between 1918 and 1929. Selected filmography * ''Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne'' (1918) * ''Lola Montez'' (1919) * '' The Duty to Live'' (1919) * '' Colombine'' (1920) * '' The Yellow Death'' (1920) * '' The Haunting of Castle Kitay'' (1920) * '' The Black Count'' (1920) * '' Love and Passion'' (1921) * '' Gloria Fatalis'' (1922) * ''Mignon'' (1922) * '' The Violin King'' (1923) * '' The Other Woman'' (1924) * ''People in Need'' (1925) * '' The Violet Eater'' (1926) * ''The Good Reputation'' (1926) * ''Watch on the Rhine A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is designed to be worn around the wrist, attached by ...'' (1926) * '' The Eleven Schill Officers'' (1926) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotte Lorring
Lotte Lorring (born Erna Else Charlotte Budzinski; 6 December 1893 – 20 March 1939) was a German stage actor, stage and film actress and operetta singer.Chandler p.272 Death Lorring died on 20 March 1939, aged 45, in Berlin, Germany. Filmography * ''Um der Liebe Willen'' (1920) * ''Er bleibt in der Familie'' (1920) * ''Der Verfluchte'' (1921) * ''The Hurricane on the Mountain'' (1922) * ''Die Dame in Grau'' (1922) * ''Accommodations for Marriage'' (1926) * ''Department Store Princess'' (1926) * ''The Girl on a Swing (1926 film), The Girl on a Swing'' (1926) * ''Unmarried Daughters'' (1926) * ''The Grey House'' (1926) * ''The Uncle from the Provinces'' (1926) * ''The Lorelei'' (1927) * ''Ehekonflikte'' (1927) * ''Todessturz im Zirkus Cesarelli'' (1927) * ''Queen Louise (1927 film), Queen Louise'' (1927) * ''His Greatest Bluff'' (1927) * ''When the Young Wine Blossoms (1927 film), When the Young Wine Blossoms'' (1927) * ''A Modern Dubarry'' (1927) * ''Miss Chauffeur'' (1928) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Blütecher
Alf Blütecher (7 February 1880 – 5 March 1959) was a Norwegian actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1913 to 1930. Selected filmography References External links * 1880 births 1959 deaths People from Tokke Norwegian male silent film actors Norwegian male stage actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors {{Norway-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
