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The Red Terror (film)
''The Red Terror'' (german: GPU) is a 1942 Nazi propaganda film directed by Karl Ritter. Released after the breakdown of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, it is noteworthy for its depiction of Communists.Erwin Leiser, ''Nazi Cinema'' pp 44–45 Plot Olga Feodorovna, a Baltic German, saw her family massacred by the GPU. She joins it in order to track down the murderers. After avenging the deaths, she commits suicide. Cast *Laura Solari as Olga Feodorowna *Will Quadflieg as Peter Aßmuss *Marina von Ditmar as Irina *Andrews Engelmann as Nikolai Bokscha *Karl Haubenreißer as Jakob Frunse *Hans Stiebner as inquiry judge *Maria Bard as head of women's league * Helene von Schmithberg as Tante (Aunt) Ljuba *Albert Lippert as hotel director in Kovno (Kaunas) *Lale Andersen as singer in bar in Göteborg * Wladimir Majer as GPU chief *Nico Turoff as Frunse's assistant *Theo Shall as saboteur with Bokscha *Horst Winter as singer: 1st variation on " Limehouse Blues" * Ivo Veit as Soviet d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Ritter (director)
Karl Ritter (7 November 1888 – 7 April 1977) was a German film producer and director responsible for many Nazi propaganda films. He had previously been one of the first German military pilots. He spent most of his later life in Argentina. Early life Ritter was born in Würzburg. His father was a professor at the conservatoire; his mother was an opera singer.Rolf Giesen, ''Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography'', Jefferson, North Carolina/London: McFarland, 2003, p. 256"Karl Ritter" ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema'', ed. Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder, Film Europa 1, New York: Berghahn, 2009, , p. 399. He was a career officer in the German military, built his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Haubenreißer
Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoeira Della Vedova Júnior, Brazilian footballer In myth * Karl (mythology), in Norse mythology, a son of Rig and considered the progenitor of peasants (churl) * ''Karl'', giant in Icelandic myth, associated with Drangey island Vehicles * Opel Karl, a car * ST ''Karl'', Swedish tugboat requisitioned during the Second World War as ST ''Empire Henchman'' Other uses * Karl, Germany, municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * ''Karl-Gerät'', AKA Mörser Karl, 600mm German mortar used in the Second World War * KARL project, an open source knowledge management system * Korean Amateur Radio League, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in South Korea * KAR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Veit
Ivo is a masculine given name, in use in various European languages. The name used in western European languages originates as a Normannic name recorded since the High Middle Ages, and the French name Yves is a variant of it. The unrelated South Slavic name is a variant of the name Ivan (John). Origins The name is recorded from the High Middle Ages among the Normans of France and England (Yvo of Chartres, born c. 1040). The name's etymology may be either Germanic or Celtic, in either case deriving from a given name with a first element meaning "yew" (Gaulish ''Ivo-'', Germanic ''Iwa-'').Campbell, MikIvo(Behind the Name: The Etymology and History of First Names) The name may have been spread by the cult of Saint Ivo (d. 1303), patron saint of Brittany. The Slavic name is a hypocorism, like its variant ''Ivica''. Variations Ivo has the genitive form of "Ives" in the place name St Ives. In France, the usual variation of the name is Yves. In the Hispanic countries of Lati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limehouse Blues (song)
"Limehouse Blues" is a popular British song written by the London-based duo of Douglas Furber (lyrics) and Philip Braham (music). Evoking the Limehouse district, which pre-World War II was considered the Chinatown of London – with Chinese references heard in both the lyrics and the melody – the song premiered in the 1921 West End revue ''A to Z'' being sung by Teddie Gerard in a wordless melodramatic number featuring Gerard as a hostess in a Limehouse dance-hall fronting a brothel. A piano rendition was recorded for Ampico piano rolls by Ferde Grofé in June, 1922, as well as a Recording for the HMV label by the Queen's Dance Orchestra (with a young Jack Hylton on piano). Gertrude Lawrence, recruited to replace an ailing Beatrice Lillie in ''A to Z'', was reassigned the "Limehouse Blues" number which Lawrence encored when she made her 1924 Broadway debut in ''André Charlot's Revue''. Lawrence's Broadway performance of the "Limehouse Blues" number proved to be a "showstoppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Winter
Harry Winter (24 September 1914 - 3 December 2001), born Horst Winter, was a German-Austrian singer, musician and band director. Biography Born in Beuthen, Upper Silesia (present-day Bytom, Poland), his family moved to Berlin after the Silesian Uprisings in 1921. He studied violin and clarinet at the Academy of Music and played in jazz and swing dance orchestras to earn a living, later becoming a bandleader. During the Nazi era, Winter adjusted to the regulations given by the ''Reichsmusikkammer'' and concentrated on singing and light dance music. As a Wehrmacht soldier, he was taken prisoner by American forces in late World War II. Released from captivity after the war he proceeded to Vienna, where he first performed at the Konzerthaus and founded his own dance orchestra in 1946. His swing concerts became increasingly popular in Allied-occupied Austria. Winter could sign a recording contract and his orchestra was a guest in several Austrian radio shows. In 1948 he recorded t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Shall
Theo Shall (1896–1955) was a German stage and film actor.Goble p. 330 He was born in Metz when it was part of the German Empire but left following its occupation by France following the First World War. Selected filmography * ''Das Spielzeug von Paris'' (1925) * ''Anna Christie'' (1930) as Matt Burke * '' The Adventurer of Tunis'' (1931) as René * ''Five from the Jazz Band'' (1932) as Martin * ''Rasputin, Demon with Women'' (1932) as Lieutenant Suschkoff * '' Shadows of Paris'' (1932) * '' Spring in the Air'' (1934) as Paul * '' Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden'' (1935) as Theo * '' Ten Minute Alibi'' (1935) as Phillip Sevilla * ''Tango Notturno'' (1937) as Officer Phillip * '' The Grey Lady'' (1937) as Harry Morrel * '' The Tiger of Eschnapur'' (1938) as the manager of the Crystal Palace * ''Pour le Mérite'' (1937) as Capitain Cecil Wood * '' Cadets'' (1939) as Capitain Jupow * ''Escape in the Dark'' (1939) as René Laroche * '' The Rothschilds'' (1940) as Selfridge * '' Happi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Turoff
Nico Turoff (Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...: Ніко Турофф; 6 December 1899 – 22 June 1978) was a Ukrainian boxer and actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1926 to 1979. Selected filmography References External links * 1899 births 1978 deaths Ukrainian male film actors Ukrainian male silent film actors People from Kremenchuk Soviet emigrants to Germany {{Ukraine-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wladimir Majer
Wladimir is a masculine given name. It is an alternative spelling of the name Vladimir. Notable people with the name include: * Wladimir Brunet de Presle (1809–1875), French historian * Wladimir de Schoenefeld (1816–1875), German-French botanist * Wladimir Guedroitz (1873–1941), Russian chamberlain * Wladimir Aïtoff (1879–1963), French rugby player * Wladimir Burliuk (1886–1919), Ukrainian artist * Wladimir d'Ormesson (1888–1973), French essayist and writer * Wladimir von Pawlowski (1891–1961), Austrian lawyer * Wladimir Vogel (1896–1984), Russian composer * Wladimir Seidel (1907–1981), Russian mathematician * Wladimir A. Smirnoff (1917–2000), Soviet entomologist * Wladimir Zwalf (1932–2002), British sanskritist and Buddhist expert * Wladimir Jan Kochanski (1935–2015), American pianist * Wladimir Wertelecki (born 1936), Polish-American pediatrician * Wladimir Troubetzkoy (1942–2009), French literary historian * Wladimir Yordanoff (1954–2020), French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Göteborg
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 590,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. Gothenburg was founded as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony, by royal charter in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus. In addition to the generous privileges (e.g. tax relaxation) given to his Dutch allies from the ongoing Thirty Years' War, the king also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the western coast. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the Göta älv, where Scandinavia's largest drainage basin enters the sea, the Port of Gothenburg is now the largest port in the Nordic countries. Gothenburg is home to many students, as the city includes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lale Andersen
Lale Andersen (23 March 1905 – 29 August 1972) was a German chanson singer-songwriter and actress born in Lehe (now part of Bremerhaven). She is best known for her interpretation of the song ''Lili Marleen'' in 1939, which by 1941 transcended the conflict to become World War II's biggest international hit. Popular with both the Axis and the Allies, Andersen's original recording spawned versions, by the end of the War, in most of the major languages of Europe, and by some of the most popular artists in their respective countries. Biography Early life Andersen was born in Lehe and baptized Elisabeth Carlotta Helena Berta Bunnenberg,Lehrke, G.: ''Wie einst Lili Marleen—Das Leben der Lale Andersen'', Henschel Verlag, 2002; . In German. but known informally as 'Liese-Lotte'—a diminutive of her first two names—to friends and family; this continued after her first marriage when she was known as 'Liselotte Wilke'. In 1922, aged 17, she married German Impressionist painter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. During the interwar period, it served as the temporary capital of Lithuania, when Vilnius was seized and controlled by Poland between 1920 and 1939. During that period Kaunas was celebrated for its rich cultural and academic life, fashion, construction of countless Art Deco and Lithuanian National Romanticism architectural-style buildings as well as popular furniture, the interior design of the time, and a widespread café culture. The city interwar architecture is regarded as among the finest examples of European Art Deco and has received the European Heritage Label. It contributed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Lippert
Albert Lippert (1901-1978) was a German stage, television and film actor. He was the manager of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus between 1948 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' Cruiser Emden'' (1932) * '' A Prussian Love Story'' (1938) * '' Liberated Hands'' (1939) * ''Police Report'' (1939) * ''Alarm at Station III'' (1939) * ''Twilight'' (1940) * '' The Rothschilds'' (1940) * ''The Girl from Barnhelm'' (1940) * '' The Red Terror'' (1942) * ''Doctor Crippen'' (1942) * '' Tonelli'' (1943) * ''Orient Express The ''Orient Express'' was a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by the Belgian company ''Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits'' (CIWL) that operated until 2009. The train traveled the length of continental Europe and int ...'' (1944) External links * 1901 births 1978 deaths German male film actors German male stage actors German male television actors People from Oldenburg (city) 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-screen-actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
