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The Three Codonas
''The Three Codonas'' (german: Die drei Codonas) is a 1940 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring René Deltgen, Ernst von Klipstein and Josef Sieber. It is based on the life of the circus performer Alfredo Codona. It was made by Tobis Film, one of the largest German production companies. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. It premiered in Hamburg, twelve days before its first Berlin screening at the UFA-Palast am Zoo The Ufa-Palast am Zoo, located near Berlin Zoological Garden in the New West area of Charlottenburg, was a major Berlin cinema owned by Universum Film AG, or Ufa. Opened in 1919 and enlarged in 1925, it was the largest cinema in Germany until 19 .... Cast References Bibliography * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1940''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. External links * 1940s biographical drama films German biographical drama films Films of Nazi Germany Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Arthur Maria Rabenalt (25 June 1905 – 26 February 1993) was an Austrian film director, writer, and author. He directed more than 90 films between 1934 and 1978. His 1958 film ''That Won't Keep a Sailor Down'' was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Two years later, his 1960 film ''Big Request Concert'' was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. His career encompassed both Nazi cinema and West German productions. He also wrote several books on the 1930s and 1940s wave of German cinema. Career In his early teens, Rabenalt began his stage career directing operas at theatres in Darmstadt, Berlin and Gera. From then on to the mid-1920s he worked (though uncredited) as a production assistant on several films such including G. W. Pabst's ''Joyless Street'' (1925). After Nazi's rise to power, Rabenalt made his feature film debut directing the musical comedy, ''What Am I Without You'' (1934), which was then shortly followed with the releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armin Schweizer
Armin Schweizer (28 April 1892 – 8 October 1968) was a Swiss actor. Schweizer was born in Zurich, Switzerland and died there at age 76 Selected filmography * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Galley Slave'' (1919) * ''The Mayor of Zalamea'' (1920) * ''Stradivari'' (1935) * '' August der Starke'' (1936) * ''Der Kaiser von Kalifornien'' (1936) * ''Kleine Scheidegg'' (1937) * ''The Mountain Calls'' (1938) * '' Nanon'' (1938) * ''Bachelor's Paradise'' (1939) * ''Constable Studer'' (1939) * '' Who's Kissing Madeleine?'' (1939) * ''The Three Codonas'' (1940) * ''Jakko'' (1941) * ''Riding for Germany'' (1941) * '' Münchhausen'' (1943) * '' Young Hearts'' (1944) * ''Madness Rules'' (1947) * ''An Everyday Story'' (1948) * '' After the Storm'' (1948) * ''Heidi'' (1952) * ''Bandits of the Autobahn'' (1955) * '' Bäckerei Zürrer'' (1957) * ''William Tell William Tell (german: Wilhelm Tell, ; french: Guillaume Tell; it, Guglielmo Tell; rm, Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Samson-Körner
Paul Samson-Körner (13 November 1887 – 25 August 1942) was a German heavyweight boxer. After retiring he became a stage and film actor.Lyon p.51 Selected filmography * ''Annemarie and Her Cavalryman'' (1926) * '' The Duty to Remain Silent'' (1928) * '' Number 17'' (1928) * '' Dive'' (1929) * '' Sin and Morality'' (1929) * ''Love in the Ring'' (1930) * '' Three Days of Love'' (1931) * ''The Testament of Cornelius Gulden'' (1932) * '' Knockout'' (1935) * '' Ninety Minute Stopover'' (1936) * ''The Three Codonas ''The Three Codonas'' (german: Die drei Codonas) is a 1940 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring René Deltgen, Ernst von Klipstein and Josef Sieber. It is based on the life of the circus performer Alfredo Codona. I ...'' (1940) References Bibliography * James K. Lyon. ''Brecht Unbound''. University of Delaware Press, 1995. External links * 1887 births 1942 deaths German male film actors German male silent film actors 20th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Böttger
Fritz Böttger (1902–1981) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director.Reid p.96 Selected filmography Actor * '' Escape in the Dark'' (1939) * '' Men Are That Way'' (1939) * ''The Three Codonas'' (1940) * ''Love Premiere'' (1943) * '' My Wife Theresa'' (1943) * ''Titanic'' (1943) * ''Nights on the Nile'' (1949) * '' When Men Cheat'' (1950) Writer * ''The Orplid Mystery'' (1950) * '' The Forester's Daughter'' (1952) * '' Pension Schöller'' (1952) * ''Lavender'' (1953) * '' Mask in Blue'' (1953) * '' Love and Trumpets'' (1954) * ''Father's Day'' (1955) * ''The Beautiful Master'' (1956) * ''The Hunter from Roteck'' (1956) * ''The Beggar Student'' (1956) * '' The Count of Luxemburg'' (1957) * '' Just Once a Great Lady'' (1957) * ''The Blue Sea and You'' (1959) * ''Hula-Hopp, Conny'' (1959) * '' The Forester's Daughter'' (1962) Director * ''The Bachelor Trap'' (1953) * ''Horrors of Spider Island ''Horrors of Spider Island'' (german: Ein Toter hing im Netz, "A Corpse Hung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Birr
Horst Birr (17 February 1912 – 8 October 1943) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1934 and 1941. Birr was a member of the Nazi Party. There are different accounts about his death. Some sources state that he committed suicide with his wife Hertha Jische (Jicha, 1912–1943) once it became known he was half-Jewish. . ''Steffi-line.de''. Selected filmography * '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1934) * '' Playing with Fire'' (1934) * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Verhoeven (German Director)
Paul Verhoeven (; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch filmmaker. His blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire is a trademark of both his Drama film, drama and science fiction films. After receiving attention for the TV series ''Floris (TV series), Floris'' in his native Netherlands, Verhoeven got his film breakthrough with romantic drama ''Turkish Delight (1973 film), Turkish Delight'' (1973), starring frequent collaborator Rutger Hauer. The film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and later received the award for Best Dutch Film of the Century at the Netherlands Film Festival. Verhoeven later directed successful Dutch films including the period drama ''Keetje Tippel'' (1975), the war film ''Soldier of Orange'' (1977), the teen drama ''Spetters'' (1980) and the psychological thriller ''The Fourth Man (1983 film), The Fourth Man'' (1983). In 1985, Verhoeven made his first Hollywood film ''Flesh and Blood (1985 film), Flesh and Blood'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Elsholtz
Peter Ludwig Wilhelm Elsholtz (20 October 1907 – 30 August 1977) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.193 Selected filmography * ''The Castle in Flanders'' (1936) * ''Truxa'' (1937) * '' The Ruler'' (1937) * ''Ride to Freedom'' (1937) * '' The Citadel of Warsaw'' (1937) * ''The Mountain Calls'' (1938) * '' The Woman at the Crossroads'' (1938) * ''By a Silken Thread'' (1938) * ''Shadows Over St. Pauli'' (1938) * ''Maria Ilona'' (1939) * ''Robert Koch'' (1939) * ''The Fox of Glenarvon'' (1940) * ''Counterfeiters'' (1940) * ''The Three Codonas'' (1940) * ''Venus on Trial'' (1941) * ''Above All Else in the World'' (1941) * ''Alarm'' (1941) * ''Riding for Germany'' (1941) * ''Andreas Schlüter'' (1942) * ''Attack on Baku'' (1942) * '' When the Young Wine Blossoms'' (1943) * ''Melody of a Great City'' (1943) * ''Titanic'' (1943) * '' Street Acquaintances'' (1948) * ''Cuba Cabana ''Cuba Cabana'' is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Zarah L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Pointner
Anton Pointner (8 December 1894 in Salzburg – 8 September 1949 in Hintersee) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Pointner's career began on the stages of Austria and performed in both silent and sound films in his native Austria, as well as in Germany and the United States. Selected filmography * ''Martyr of His Heart'' (1918) * ''Lady Hamilton'' (1921) * ''The Love Affairs of Hector Dalmore'' (1921) * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * ''Frauenmoral'' (1923) * '' The Second Shot'' (1923) * '' Earth Spirit'' (1923) * '' The Curse'' (1924) * '' The Sailor Perugino'' (1924) * '' Nelly, the Bride Without a Husband'' (1924) * ''Marionettes of the Princess'' (1924) * ''Flight Around the World'' (1925) * ''Old Mamsell's Secret'' (1925) * ''The Dealer from Amsterdam'' (1925) * ''A Free People'' (1925) * ''Circus Romanelli'' (1926) * ''When I Came Back'' (1926) * ''The Bank Crash of Unter den Linden'' (1926) * ''The Third Squadron'' (1926) * ''The Three Mannequins'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel Reschke
Ethel Reschke (24 April 1911 – 5 June 1992) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1931 and 1977. Selected filmography * ''Mädchen in Uniform'' (1931) * ''Paul and Pauline'' (1936) * ''By a Silken Thread'' (1938) * '' Who's Kissing Madeleine?'' (1939) * '' In the Name of the People'' (1939) * ''The Three Codonas'' (1940) * '' The Unfaithful Eckehart'' (1940) * ''Romance in a Minor Key'' (1943) * '' Große Freiheit Nr. 7'' (1944) * '' Don't Play with Love'' (1949) * '' Queen of the Night'' (1951) * '' Don't Ask My Heart'' (1952) * '' My Wife Is Being Stupid'' (1952) * '' Three Days of Fear'' (1952) * ''The Colourful Dream'' (1952) * '' The Chaste Libertine'' (1952) * '' The Rose of Stamboul'' (1953) * ''The Uncle from America'' (1953) * '' Christina'' (1953) * '' Dutch Girl'' (1953) * '' The Golden Plague'' (1954) * '' My Aunt, Your Aunt'' (1956) * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1956) * '' Between Munich and St. Pauli'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Von Ledebur
Leopold von Ledebur (18 May 1876 – 22 August 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Carmen'' (1918) * ''The Serenyi'' (1918) * ''Midnight'' (1918) * ''The Foolish Heart'' (1919) * ''The Golden Lie'' (1919) * '' The Gambler'' (1919) * ''The Japanese Woman'' (1919) * ''The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919) * '' State Attorney Jordan'' (1919) * ''The Bodega of Los Cuerros'' (1919) * '' All Souls'' (1919) * ''Devoted Artists'' (1919) * ''The Carousel of Life'' (1919) * ''Only a Servant'' (1919) * ''The Last Sun Son'' (1919) * ''The Fairy of Saint Ménard'' (1919) * '' The Enchanted Princess'' (1919) * '' Die Spieler'' (1920) * ''Christian Wahnschaffe'' (1920) * ''In the Whirl of Life'' (1920) * '' World by the Throat'' (1920) * ''The Skull of Pharaoh's Daughter'' (1920) * ''Waves of Life and Love'' (1921) * ''The Adventure of Doctor Kircheisen'' (1921) * ''Count Varenne's Lover'' (1921) * '' The Maharaja's Favourite Wife'' (1921) * '' The House on the Moo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Paulsen
Harald Paulsen (26 August 1895 – 4 August 1954) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in 125 films between 1920 and 1954. Career Paulsen first appeared on stage at age sixteen. He then studied under from Leopold Jessner, who was then senior director at Hamburg's Thalia Theater. He made his debut at the Hamburg Stadttheater in 1913. From 1915 until 1917, he served in the German Army during World War I. in 1917–18 he played at the Fronttheater in Mitau. In 1919 he was brought to the Deutsches Theater in Berlin by Max Reinhardt. From his extensive theatrical work, his role as "Mackie Messer" ("Mack the Knife") in the world premiere of Bertolt Brecht's ''The Threepenny Opera'' is particularly noteworthy. This performance took place on 31 August 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. At that time, Paulsen was considered a Brecht admirer. In 1938 Harald Paulsen became director of the Theater am Nollendorfplatz in Berlin, where mainly operettas were perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
