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The Strange Countess
''The Strange Countess'' (german: Die seltsame Gräfin) is a 1961 West German crime film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Lil Dagover, Joachim Fuchsberger and Marianne Hoppe. It is based on Edgar Wallace's 1925 novel of the same title, and is part of a long-running series of Wallace adaptations produced by Rialto Film. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place at the Schloss Ahrensburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Helmut Nentwig. Cast * Lil Dagover as Lady Leonora Moron (title role) * Joachim Fuchsberger as inspector Michael 'Mike' Dorn * Brigitte Grothum as Margaret Lois Reedle * Marianne Hoppe as Mary Pinder * Rudolf Fernau as Dr. Tappatt * Richard Häussler as Chesney Praye * Edith Hancke as Lizzy Smith * Eddi Arent as Lord Selwyn 'Selly' Moron * Fritz Rasp as solicitor Shaddle * Reinhard Kolldehoff as Oliver Frank aka John Addams * Alexander Engel as patient * Klaus Kinski as Bresset * Albert Bessler as prison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Von Báky , a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments
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Location Shooting
Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior. The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for example, scenes in the film ''The Interpreter'' were set and shot inside the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan), or it may stand in for a different locale (the films ''Amadeus'' and '' The Illusionist'' were primarily set in Vienna, but were filmed in Prague). Most films feature a combination of location and studio shoots; often, interior scenes will be shot on a soundstage while exterior scenes will be shot on location. Second unit photography is not generally considered a location shoot. Before filming, the locations are generally surveyed in pre-production, a process known as location scouting and recce. Pros and cons Location shooting has several advantages over filming on a studio set. First and foremost, the expense can often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Bessler
Albert Bessler (15 February 1905 – 4 December 1975) was a German film actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1942 and 1975. He was born in Hamburg, Germany and died in West Berlin, West Germany. Partial filmography * ''Front Theatre'' (1942) - Ein Offizier (uncredited) * ''Berliner Ballade'' (1948) - (uncredited) * ''The Blue Swords'' (1949) - Finanzminister * '' The Perfect Couple'' (1954) * ''Confess, Doctor Corda'' (1958) - Dr. Dollheubel * '' Restless Night'' (1958) * ''Majestät auf Abwegen'' (1958) - Filmdirektor * ''Aus dem Tagebuch eines Frauenarztes'' (1959) - Landgerichtsdirektor * ''Menschen im Hotel'' (1959) - Dr. Altendorfer (uncredited) * ''The Death Ship'' (1959) - US-Konsul * '' The High Life'' (1960) - Monsieur Onyx * '' Sweetheart of the Gods'' (1960) - Ministerialrat * '' The Avenger'' (1960) - Zeitungsmann * '' Brainwashed'' (1960) - Scientist * ''The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse'' (1960) - Hotel-Ingenieur * ''Carnival Confession'' (1960) - Dr. Classen * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski (, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor, equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality. He appeared in over 130 film roles in a career that spanned 40 years, from 1948 to 1988. He played leading parts in five films directed by Werner Herzog (''Aguirre, the Wrath of God'', 1972; ''Nosferatu the Vampyre'', 1979; ''Woyzeck'', also 1979; ''Fitzcarraldo'', 1982; ''Cobra Verde'', 1987), who later chronicled their tumultuous relationship in the documentary ''My Best Fiend'' (1999). Kinski's roles spanned multiple genres, languages, and nationalities, including many Spaghetti Westerns (such as '' For a Few Dollars More'', 1965; '' A Bullet for the General'', 1966; ''The Great Silence'', 1968; ''And God Said to Cain'', 1970), horror films, war movies, dramas, and Edgar Wallace ''krimi'' pictures. His infamy was elevated by a number of eccentric creative endeavors, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Engel
Alexander Engel, birth name: Kurt Engel (4 June 1902 – 25 July 1968) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1932 and 1968. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Saarbrücken, West Germany. He chose the stage name "Alexander", to prevent confusion with the popular musician Kurt Engel. Selected filmography * '' Playing with Fire'' (1921) * ''The Love Express'' (1931) * ''Venetian Nights'' (1931) * ''Hasenklein kann nichts dafür'' (1932) - Fritz - Bürodiener * ''A Prince's Young Love'' (1933) - Kandidat Schmitt * '' Music in the Blood'' (1934) - Klinkermann, erster Geiger * '' Princess Turandot'' (1934) * '' One Too Many on Board'' (1935) - Ingenieur Sparkuhl * ''Savoy Hotel 217'' (1936) - Fedor Fedorovich Daschenko * ''Schlußakkord'' (1936) - Mr. Smith * ''Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) - Theater director * '' White Slaves'' (1937) - Turbin * ''Madame Bovary'' (1937) - Homais, Apoteker * ''The Yellow Flag'' (1937) - Dr. Martinez - Arzt - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Reinhard Kolldehoff (29 April 1914 – 18 November 1995) was a German film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1941 and 1988. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Gasman'' (1941) - Polizeibeamter (uncredited) * ''Blum Affair'' (1949) - Max Tischbein - Lehrer * ''Das Mädchen Christine'' (1949) - 1.Leutnant * '' Quartet of Five'' (1949) - Patient * '' Martina'' (1949) * ''Rotation'' (1949) - Rudi Wille * ''Unser täglich Brot'' (1949) * ''Hoegler's Mission'' (1950) - Fichte * '' Bürgermeister Anna'' (1950) - Jupp Ucker * ''The Orplid Mystery'' (1950) - Funker * ''Melody of Fate'' (1950) * ''A Tale of Five Cities'' (1951) - Nazi (uncredited) * ''The Last Year'' (1951) - Kommissar * ''Turtledove General Delivery'' (1952) * ' (1952) - Hartner (segment "Je suis un tendre") * '' I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' (1952) - Kapitän Reimann * '' The Merry Vineyard'' (1952) - Küfer * ''When the Heath Dreams at Night'' (1952) * '' We'll Talk About ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Rasp
Fritz Heinrich Rasp (13 May 1891 – 30 November 1976) was a German film actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1916 and 1976. His obituary in '' Der Spiegel'' described Rasp as "the German film villain in service, for over 60 years." Life and career Fritz Heinrich Rasp was the thirteenth child of a county surveyor. He was educated from 1908–1909 at the Theaterschule Otto Königin in Munich. He made his stage debut in 1909, after he successfully overcame a speech impediment. During his long career, the character actor appeared in some of the most famous theatres in Germany, working with acclaimed directors such as Bertolt Brecht and Max Reinhardt and famous actors such as Albert Bassermann, Joseph Schildkraut and Werner Krauss. Rasp made an early film debut in 1916 and appeared in some early films by his friend, director Ernst Lubitsch. With his "gaunt, ascetic looks", Rasp played numerous scoundrels or shady characters during the Golden Age of German cinema in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddi Arent
Gebhardt Georg Arendt (5 May 1925 – 28 May 2013) was a German actor, cabaret artist and comedian. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1956 and 2002. He was born in Danzig, Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) and died in Munich, Germany, aged 88 from Alzheimer's disease. Partial filmography * '' It Was Always So Nice With You'' (1954) - Peters Begleiter in Hafenbar (uncredited) * '' The Model Husband'' (1956) * ''The Doctor of Stalingrad'' (1958) - Lagerinsasse * ''Das haut einen Seemann doch nicht um'' (1958) * ''Der Sündenbock von Spatzenhausen'' (1958) - Leopold Lugauer * ''Kleine Leute mal ganz groß'' (1958) - Alois Knopf * ''Mikosch of the Secret Service'' (1959) - Major Claus Dieter Graf Schnackewitz * ''Paprika'' (1959) * ''Der Frosch mit der Maske'' (1959) - James * ''A Summer You Will Never Forget'' (1959) - Ruprecht * '' The Crimson Circle'' (1960) - Sgt. Haggett * ''Schlagerparade 1960'' (1960) - Dixi Dolant * '' The Terrible People'' (1960) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Hancke
Edith Hancke (; 14 October 1928 – 4 June 2015) was a German stage, film and television actress. Life and career Edith Hancke, daughter of a bank clerk, grew up in Berlin-Charlottenburg. She received an education at the Lettehaus and, at the age of 20, attended Marlise Ludwig's acting school at Wilmersdorfer Wilhelmsaue. She received her first engagements at Berlin theaters beginning in 1948. She made guest appearances at the Renaissance Theater, the Deutsches Theater, the Schlosspark Theater, the Schillertheater, the Theater am Kurfürstendamm and the Berliner Komödie, among others. Her real profession remained the theater. Several times she received the Golden Curtain, the award for the most popular actress in Berlin. Edith Hancke also performed for two years as a member of the cabaret Die Stachelschweine. She appeared in 150 episodes of the popular radio entertainment series Pension Spreewitz on RIAS. Even at the age of 72, she starred in the play Fenster zum Flur for one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Häussler
Richard Häussler (26 October 1908 – 28 September 1964) was a German actor and film director. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1936 and 1964. He also directed seven films between 1951 and 1957. He was born in Munich, Germany and died in Grünwald, Bavaria, Grünwald, Germany. Selected filmography * ''The Unsuspecting Angel'' (1936) * ''Die große und die kleine Welt'' (1936) * ''Spiel auf der Tenne'' (1937) - Martin Jöchler * ''Der Schimmelkrieg in der Holledau'' (1939) * ''Sensationsprozess Casilla'' (1939) - Adams, öffentlicher Ankläger * ''Maria Ilona'' (1939) - Ludwig Kossuth * ''Verdacht auf Ursula'' (1939) - Bankangestellter Kißling * ''The Fox of Glenarvon'' (1940) - Major McKenney * ''The Girl at the Reception'' (1940) - Dr. Groner * ''Was wird hier gespielt?'' (1940) * ''Im Schatten des Berges'' (1940) - Aloys Zumtobel * ''The Comedians (1941 film), The Comedians'' (1941) - Armin von Perckhammer * ''Her Other Self'' (1941) - Ingenieur Partzke * ''Gehe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Fernau
Rudolf Fernau (7 January 1898 – 4 November 1985) was a German film actor. He appeared in 53 films between 1936 and 1982. He was born and died in Munich, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Traitor'' (1936) - Fritz Brockau * '' In the Name of the People'' (1939) - Alfred Hübner * ''The Curtain Falls'' (1939) - Rodegger * ' (1939) - Pedro de Alvarado * ''Der Weg zu Isabel'' (1940) - Vicomte Victor * '' Counterfeiters'' (1940) - Gaston de Frossard, Kopf der Fälscherbande * '' Goodbye, Franziska'' (1941) - Dr. Christoph Leitner * ''Kameraden'' (1941) - Graf Kerski * ''Giungla'' (1942) - Il dottor Jack Bennett * ''Vom Schicksal verweht'' (1942) - Dr. Jack Bennett * ''Doctor Crippen'' (1942) - Dr. Crippen * ''Der Verteidiger hat das Wort'' (1944) - Günther Fabian * ''The Roedern Affair'' (1944) - Graf Wengen * ''The Silent Guest'' (1945) - Oskar Kampmann * '' Night of the Twelve'' (1949) - Rohrbach, Kriminalrat * ''The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan'' (1949) - Tropenarzt Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Grothum
Brigitte Grothum (born 26 February 1935) is a German film actress. She has appeared in 50 films since 1955. She was born in Dessau, Germany. Selected filmography *'' Ripening Youth'' (1955), as Dora *''The First Day of Spring'' (1956), as Trixi *''Das Mädchen Marion'' (1956), as Marion von Hoff *''The Last Ones Shall Be First'' (1957), as Irene Darrandt *'' Lemke's Widow'' (1957), as Lore * ''Two Times Adam, One Time Eve'' (1959), as Silja *''The Miracle of Father Malachia'' (1961), as Gussy *''The Strange Countess'' (1961), as Margaret Reedle *'' Her Most Beautiful Day'' (1962), as Inge *'' Der rote Rausch'' (1962), as Katrin * ''The Happy Years of the Thorwalds'' (1962) as Helga Thorwald *''The Inn on the River'' (1962), as Leila Smith *'' The Curse of the Yellow Snake'' (1963), as Joan Bray *' (1968, TV miniseries), as Jane Conway *''Einer spinnt immer'' (1971), as Liane *''Grete Minde'' (1977), as Emerentz Zernitz *''Drei Damen vom Grill'' (1977–1992, TV series, 140 epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
