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The Prisoner (1949 Film)
''The Prisoner'' (german: Der Bagnosträfling) is a 1949 West German historical film, historical adventure film directed by Gustav Fröhlich and starring Paul Dahlke (actor), Paul Dahlke, Richard Häussler, and Käthe Dorsch. It is based a novel by the French writer Honoré de Balzac. It was made at the Bendestorf Studios outside Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1949 films 1940s historical adventure films German historical adventure films West German films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Gustav Fröhlich Films set in France Films based on French novels Films based on works by Honoré de Balzac Films set in the 19th century German black-and-white films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Fröhlich
Gustav Fröhlich (21 March 1902 – 22 December 1987) was a German actor and film director. He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film ''Metropolis''. He remained a popular film star in Germany until the 1950s. Biography Early life and Weimar Republic Gustav Fröhlich was born an illegitimate child in Hanover and was raised by foster parents. Before becoming an actor, he worked for a short time as an editor of a provincial newspaper and as the author of popular novels. During World War I, he also volunteered for duty in occupied Brussels as a press supervisor. Gustav Fröhlich began his stage career in the early 1920s at minor theatres in Germany. He quickly achieved more important roles and appeared as '' The Prince of Homburg'' at the Deutsche Theater under the direction of Max Reinhardt. One of Fröhlich's first film roles was composer Franz Liszt in ''Paganini'' in 1922 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udo Loeptin
Udo is a masculine given name. It may refer to: People Medieval era *Udo of Neustria, 9th century nobleman *Udo (Obotrite prince) (died 1028) *Udo (archbishop of Trier) (c. 1030 – 1078) *Lothair Udo II, Margrave of the Nordmark (c. 1025 – 1082) Modern era *Udo Anneken (1917–1997), German Wehrmacht officer in World War II, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross *Udo Beyer (born 1955), East German shot putter *Udo Bölts (born 1966), German retired racing cyclist *Udo Bullmann (born 1956), German politician *Udo Cordes (1921-2007), German Luftwaffe officer in World War II, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross *Udo Dahmen (born 1951), German drummer and author *Udo Di Fabio (born 1954), German jurist *Udo Dirkschneider (born 1952), German heavy metal vocalist who formed the band U.D.O. *Udo Dziersk (born 1961), German painter *Udo Fortune (born 1988), Nigerian soccer player *Udo Gelhausen (born 1956), West German shot putter *Udo Hempel (born 1946), Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s Historical Adventure Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 Films
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1949 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 26–June 21 – Ealing comedies ''Passport to Pimlico'', '' Whisky Galore!'' and ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' are released in the UK, leading to 1949 being remembered as one of the peak years of the Ealing comedies. *November 15 – Following the prior year's Supreme Court decision in ''United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.'', Paramount Pictures is split into two separate companies with the creation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for production-distribution and United Paramount Theaters for the theater operations. *December 21 – Cecil B. DeMille's ''Samson and Delilah'', starring Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, and Henry Wilcoxon, receives its televised world premiere at the Paramount and Rivoli theatres in New York City. The film opens in Los Angeles on Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmuth Rudolph
Helmuth Rudolph (1900–1971) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''So Ended a Great Love'' (1934) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1934) * '' Blum Affair'' (1948) * '' Blocked Signals'' (1948) * ''Love '47'' (1949) * ''The Prisoner'' (1949) * ''Don't Dream, Annette'' (1949) * '' Amico'' (1949) * ''Good Fortune in Ohio'' (1950) * ''The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice'' (1950) * ''The Dubarry'' (1951) * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1951) * ''The Lost One'' (1951) * ''I Can't Marry Them All'' (1952) * '' Fight of the Tertia'' (1952) * '' It Was Always So Nice With You'' (1954) * '' The Telephone Operator'' (1954) * ''Alibi'' (1955) * ''The Story of Anastasia'' (1956) * ''Devil in Silk'' (1956) * '' My Father, the Actor'' (1956) * ''Charley's Aunt'' (1956) * ''Wir Wunderkinder'' (1958) * ''Murderers Club of Brooklyn ''Murderers Club of Brooklyn'' (german: Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn) is a 1967 German thriller film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring George Nader, Heinz Weiss, and Karel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Gebühr
Otto Gebühr (29 May 1877 – 13 March 1954) was a German theatre and film actor, who appeared in 102 films released between 1917 and 1954. He is noted for his performance as the Prussian king Frederick the Great in numerous films. Early life Born in Kettwig (today part of Essen) in the Rhine Province, the son of a merchant, Gebühr attended the '' gymnasium'' secondary school in Cologne and completed a commercial training. Alongside he took drama lessons and began his acting career at the Görlitz city theatre. In 1898 he joined the ensemble of the Königliches Hoftheater Dresden and from 1908 performed at the Lessing Theater in Berlin. As a World War I volunteer he achieved the rank of a Lieutenant in the German Army. Film career After the war he worked with director Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. At the same time he obtained his first film performances with the help of his colleague Paul Wegener. He found the role of his lifetime in 1919, acting as King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl-Heinz Peters
Karl-Heinz Peters (1903–1990) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Alarm at Station III'' (1939) * ''Men Are That Way'' (1939) * '' The Governor'' (1939) * ''Enemies'' (1940) * '' Mein Leben für Irland'' (1940) * ''Between Hamburg and Haiti'' (1940) * ''The Three Codonas'' (1940) * '' The Fire Devil'' (1940) * ''Commissioner Eyck'' (1940) * '' Bismarck'' (1940) * ''Much Ado About Nixi'' (1942) * ''Diesel'' (1942) * ''Derby'' (1949) * ''The Prisoner'' (1949) * '' Amico'' (1949) * ''The Girl from the South Seas'' (1950) * ''Only One Night'' (1950) * ''Scandal at the Embassy'' (1950) * ''Harbour Melody'' (1950) * '' Crown Jewels'' (1950) * '' We're Dancing on the Rainbow'' (1952) * ''Cuba Cabana'' (1952) * ''Monks, Girls and Hungarian Soldiers'' (1952) * ''Jonny Saves Nebrador'' (1953) * ''Elephant Fury'' (1953) * '' The Poacher'' (1953) * ''The Missing Miniature'' (1954) * ''The Angel with the Flaming Sword'' (1954) * ''Conchita and the Engineer'' (1954) * '' Island o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Offenbach
Joseph Offenbach (born ''Joseph Ziegler''; 28 December 1904 – 15 October 1971) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1942 to 1969. Selected filmography References External links * * 1904 births 1971 deaths German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Mosbacher
Peter Mosbacher (1912–1977) was a German stage, film and television actor.Goble p.252 Selected filmography * ''Melody of a Great City'' (1943) * '' The Last Night'' (1949) * ''The Prisoner'' (1949) * ''Two Times Lotte'' (1950) * ''Harbour Melody'' (1950) * ''The Girl from the South Seas'' (1950) * '' Dark Eyes'' (1951) * ''The Sinful Border'' (1951) * ''Not Without Gisela'' (1951) * ''Homesick for You'' (1952) * '' Pension Schöller'' (1952) * '' Josef the Chaste'' (1953) * '' Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine'' (1953) * '' We'll Talk About Love Later'' (1953) * '' The Village Under the Sky'' (1953) * '' Canaris'' (1954) * ''A Life for Do'' (1954) * '' The Perfect Couple'' (1954) * ''Hotel Adlon'' (1955) * ''Liane, Jungle Goddess'' (1956) * '' Salzburg Stories'' (1957) * '' The Last Ones Shall Be First'' (1957) * '' The Fox of Paris'' (1957) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1958) * ''Peter Voss, Hero of the Day'' (1959) * ''Homesick for St. Pauli'' (1963) * ''The Face of Fu Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Hoven
Adrian Hoven (18 May 1922 – 28 April 1981) was an Austrian actor, producer and film director. He appeared in 100 films between 1947 and 1981. He was born in Wöllersdorf, Austria as ''Wilhelm Arpad Hofkirchner'' and died in Tegernsee, Germany. Selected filmography Actor * ''Quax in Africa'' (1947) - Statist (uncredited) * ''King of Hearts'' (1947) * '' Tromba'' (1949) - Rudy Walheim, Sportstudent * ''The Prisoner'' (1949) - Victor * ''Der Dorfmonarch'' (1950) - Stefan Wimpflinger - der Sohn * ''Who Is This That I Love?'' (1950) - Franz * ''The Orplid Mystery'' (1950) - (uncredited) * '' The White Hell of Pitz Palu'' (1950) - Peter Hofkirchner * ''Dr. Holl'' (1951) - Tonio / Gardener * ''Das seltsame Leben des Herrn Bruggs'' (1951) - Rupert - sein Sohn * ''Maria Theresa'' (1951) - Leutnant Cordona * ''Heimat, deine Sterne'' (1951) - Jagerloisl * ''Captive Soul'' (1952) * ''The White Adventure'' (1952) - Dr. Peter Wiedemann * ''I Can't Marry Them All'' (1952) - Fredi * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Florath
Albert Peter Adam Florath (7 December 1888, Bielefeld – 11 March 1957, Gaildorf) was a German stage and film actor. Early life and education Born to Joseph Florath, a locksmith, and his wife Matilda, née Burkart, he attended school in Brakel and the Realgymnasium in Paderborn. He was bailiff candidate in Delbrück, where he was active in the welfare, church and school department and the police administration. Acting career Florath gained first stage experience in amateur dramatic groups of local clubs in Delbrück. In 1908, Florath gave up his career in office and went to Munich-Schwabing, to devote himself entirely to acting. He debuted in 1908 as a stage actor at the court theater in Munich. He took acting lessons with Alois Wohlmut and, as a sideline, wrote feuilleton contributions. When the First World War began, Florath interrupted his artistic career, volunteering as a reserve lieutenant and serving as an instructor of recruits. His wartime experiences caused him t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jester Naefe
Jester Naefe (1924–1967) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Fritsche p.256 She became a leading star of German cinema in the 1950s, but was forced to retire at the height of her fame due to illness. Selected filmography * ''The Prisoner'' (1949) * ''I'll Never Forget That Night'' (1949) * ''Who Is This That I Love?'' (1950) * ''The Little Town Will Go to Sleep'' (1954) * ''The Confession of Ina Kahr'' (1954) * '' The Hunter's Cross'' (1954) * '' The Congress Dances'' (1955) * '' The Star of Rio'' (1955) * '' The Spanish Fly'' (1955) * '' Mamitschka'' (1955) * '' Your Life Guards'' (1955) * ''The Golden Bridge ''The Golden Bridge'' (german: Die goldene Brücke) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Curd Jürgens and Paul Hubschmid.Bock & Bergfelder p.282 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Th ...'' (1956) * '' Sand, Love and Salt'' (1957) References Bibliography * Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men in Postwar Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |