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The Last Chance (1945 Film)
''The Last Chance'' (german: Die letzte Chance) is a 1945 Swiss war film directed by Leopold Lindtberg. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prize of the Festival (the Golden Palm). The film was selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Plot In 1943, the Allies have landed in southern Italy, so Allied prisoners of war are transported north by train. When the train is bombed from the air at night, some of the prisoners escape. Englishman Lieutenant Halliday and American Sergeant Braddock stumble across each other in the dark and team up. The next day, they are given a ride in a cart carrying sacks of wheat. The driver manages to talk Italian soldiers out of inspecting his cargo, before letting his passengers off in the countryside. When they reach a river, they split up to search for a boat. The Englishman encounters a pretty young woman washing clothes. The two men get a boat and start rowing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Lindtberg
Leopold Lindtberg (born in Vienna on 1 June 1902; died in Sils im Engadin/Segl on 18 April 1984) was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director. He fled Austria due to the Machtergreifung in Germany and ultimately settled in Switzerland. His sister Hedwig was married to the Austrian/American musicologist Felix Salzer. Awards * 1941 Coppa Mussolini for ''Die Missbrauchten Liebesbriefe'' (The abused love letters) * 1946 Golden Globe for ''The Last Chance'' * 1946 International Film Festival of Cannes 1946: Grand Prix and International Peace Prize for ''The Last Chance'' * 1951 One of four inaugural Golden Bears at the Berlinale 1951 for ''Four in a Jeep'' * 1953 Bronze Bear for ''Unser Dorf'' (Our Village) at the Berlinale 1953 * 1953 Silver laurel of David O. Selznick Award for ''Unser Dorf'' (Our Village) * 1956 Josef Kainz Medal * 1958 Member of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts * 1958 Price of Zurich for ''Unser Dorf'' (Our Village) * 1959 Film of the City of Zurich f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luisa Rossi
Luisa Rossi (26 January 1925 – 23 May 1984) was an Italian actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1941 and 1978. Born in Milan, Rossi debuted at young age in a significant role in Mario Mattoli's ''Ho tanta voglia di cantare'' (1943). In 1945 Rossi obtained a large critical appreciation with Leopold Lindtberg's ''The Last Chance (1945 film), The Last Chance'', but she failed to capitalize on her early success and her following parts were mainly supporting roles in often modest productions. Unsatisfied with her film career, since mid-1950s Rossi focused her career on television and especially on stage, in which she worked with, among others, Luchino Visconti, Giorgio Strehler and Dario Fo. Selected filmography *''The King of England Will Not Pay'' (1941) * ''Anything for a Song'' (1943) * ''The Last Chance (1945 film), The Last Chance'' (1945) * ''The Wolf of the Sila'' (1949) * ''Il monello della strada'' (1951) * ''Rapture (1950 film), Rapture'' (1950) * ''Redemption (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthe Sakhnowsky
Saint Bertha or Saint Aldeberge (c. 565 – d. in or after 601) was the queen of Kent whose influence led to the Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England. She was canonized as a saint for her role in its establishment during that period of English history. Life Bertha was a Frankish princess, the daughter of Charibert I and his wife Ingoberga, granddaughter of the reigning King Chlothar I and great-granddaughter of Clovis I and Saint Clotilde. Her father died in 567, her mother in 589. Bertha had been raised near Tours.Taylor, Martin. ''The Cradle of English Christianity'' Her marriage to the |
Germaine Tournier
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Emil Gerber
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Sigfrit Steiner
Sigfrit Steiner (31 October 1906 – 21 March 1988) was a Swiss actor. His first stage performance was in 1928 in Gera. He performed in more than one hundred films. He was married to journalist and author Anne Rose Katz. Selected filmography * ''Fusilier Wipf'' (1938) - Oberleutnant * ''Constable Studer'' (1939) - Untersuchungsricher Steffen * ''Dilemma'' (1940) - Prosecutor * ''Das Menschlein Matthias'' (1941) - Gemperle * ''Bieder der Flieger'' (1941) - Schwarzhausen * ''Steinbruch'' (1942) - Näppi - Dorfidiot * ''Menschen, die vorüberziehen'' (1943) - Gendarme * '' The Last Chance'' (1945) - Military Doctor * ''Madness Rules'' (1947) - Kommissar * ''Nach dem Sturm'' (1948) * ''Land der Sehnsucht'' (1950) * '' Palace Hotel'' (1952) - Gloor * '' The Village'' (1953) - Heinrich Meile * '' On Trial'' (1954) - Geôlier (uncredited) * ''Uli the Tenant'' (1955) - Gegenanwalt * ''Polizischt Wäckerli'' (1956) - Arzt * '' Kitty and the Great Big World'' (1956) - Polizeibeamter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tino Erler
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The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Schwarz (actor)
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Robert Schwarz may refer to: *Robert Schwarz Strauss (1918-2014), American politician * Robert Schwarz (translator) (1932–2003), Albanian translator also known as Robert Shvarc *Bob Schwarz, American television director *K. Robert Schwarz (1957–1999), American freelance music journalist on Radio Rewrite See also *Robert Schwartz (other) Robert Schwartz may refer to: * Robert Schwartz (water polo) (born 1939), South African Olympic water polo player * Robert A. Schwartz (born 1947), American physician * Bobby Schwartz (Robert Benjamin Schwartz, born 1956), American motorcycle spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Therese Giehse
Therese Giehse (; 6 March 1898 – 3 March 1975), born Therese Gift, was a German actress. Born in Munich to German-Jews, Jewish parents, she first appeared on the stage in 1920. She became a major star on stage, in films, and in political cabaret. In the late 1920s through 1933, she was a leading actress at the Munich Kammerspiele. Early career When the Nazism, Nazis came to power in 1933, Giehse left Germany for Zürich, Switzerland, where she continued to act in exile, playing leading roles in Zürich, including in Erika Mann's acclaimed political cabaret, (which was itself also an exile, having been transported from Munich to Zürich in 1933 as well). During her exile, she traveled throughout central Europe with . On 20 May 1936, she married the homosexual English writer John Hampson (novelist), John Hampson to obtain a British passport and avoid capture by the Nazis. She returned to Germany after World War II, and performed in theaters on both sides of the Iron Curtain, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Biberti
Leopold Biberti (1894–1969) was a Swiss actor. Born as French, he got the Swiss citizens rights in 1920. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Biberti, Leopold 1894 births 1960 deaths French emigrants to Switzerland French expatriates in Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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