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Toxi
''Toxi'' is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Elfie Fiegert, Paul Bildt and Johanna Hofer. The film's release came as the first wave of children born to black Allied servicemen and white German mothers entered school. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. Elfie Fiegert was selected to play Toxi after a mass audition held in Munich. Publicity for the film emphasised the similarities between her own story and that of Toxi. The film was the eighth most popular release at the West German box office in 1952. The name Toxi became widely used as shorthand in the German media when referring to Afro-Germans and their social circumstances. Plot The melodrama, film begins with a young Afro-German girl being left at the doorsteps of the Rose family—white middle-class Germans—assembled for a birthday party. Initially, most family members treat the young girl with relatively welcome arms as they believe she is only giving a performance a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elfie Fiegert
Elfie (Elfriede) Fiegert (born 1946) is an Afro-German film actor who became famous as a child actor for playing the lead role in the film ''Toxi'' (1952) filmed when she was five years old. This was followed in 1955 with the film '' The Dark Star'' which has erroneously been described as sequel. At the age of seventeen she had a small role in '' The House in Montevideo'' (1963). Toxi Elfie did not receive a credit for a role in ''Toxi''. She was described as playing herself. The publicity for the film suggested that the story of the film reflected Elfie's own origins, and she came to use the stage name Toxi. The name also Toxi became widely used as shorthand in the German media when referring to Afro-Germans and their social condition. Later career Reflecting upon Elfie's career as an example of racial stereotyping, Heide Fehrenbach suggests that whilst as a child actor, Elfie was typecast as a black child of the US occupation of Germany post 1945; the onset of puberty meant th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wandsbek Studios
The Wandsbek Studios are film production and television studios located in Wandsbek, a district of the German city of Hamburg. The complex was established in 1948 when Real Film, set up the previous year, acquired a site in Wandsbek for construction of a studio. Real Film was one of the first German companies to receive a production licence in the wake of the Second World War. The studios were located in the British Zone of Occupation which in 1949 became part of West Germany. Historically the film industry had been centered in Berlin, but as much of this was now under Communist East German control, West German production shifted to Hamburg and the Bavaria Studios in Munich. While Wandsbek was primarily the base of Real Film, it also rented out space to other companies for their productions, such as the 1952 hit ''Toxi'' (1952). Real Film was a leading film producer of popular cinema during the 1950s producing films such as '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1956). However, the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Oberberg
Igor Oberberg (1907–1996) was a Russian Empire-born German cinematographer.Fenner p.134 His younger sister Ira Oberberg became a film editor. Life and career Oberberg came to Germany in 1919. From 1926 to 1927 he completed a photographic education at the Photoshule Lette club. In 1927 he began to work as a clutter assistant for the movie. After that he became a camera assistant and worked in this function at numerous productions. Since 1939 he was chief cameraman and mostly participated in entertainment films, but also on propaganda films like submarines westward! and GPU. Selected filmography * ''Congo Express'' (1939) * '' The Red Terror'' (1942) * ''Under the Bridges'' (1946) * ''In Those Days'' (1947) * ''The Prisoner'' (1949) * '' This Man Belongs to Me'' (1950) * ''The Beautiful Galatea'' (1950) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1950) * ''The Sinful Border'' (1951) * ''Toxi'' (1952) * ''Homesick for You'' (1952) * '' Queen of the Arena'' (1952) * ''The Dancing Heart'' (1953) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Von Der Osten-Sacken
Maria von der Osten-Sacken (1901–1985) was a German screenwriter and film producer.Fenner p.124 Selected filmography * '' A Man with Principles?'' (1943) * ''The Time with You'' (1948) * '' The Disturbed Wedding Night'' (1950) * '' White Shadows'' (1951) * ''Toxi'' (1952) * ''Anna Louise and Anton'' (1953) * ''Stars Over Colombo'' (1953) * ''The Prisoner of the Maharaja'' (1954) * ''Maxie'' (1954) * ''The Silent Angel'' (1954) * ''Rose-Girl Resli'' (1954) * '' Reaching for the Stars'' (1955) * '' The Dark Star'' (1955) * ''Mandolins and Moonlight'' (1959) * ''You Must Be Blonde on Capri ''You Must Be Blonde on Capri'' (German: ''Blond muß man sein auf Capri'') is a 1961 West German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Karin Baal, Helmuth Lohner and Maurizio Arena. Schildt & Siegfried p.151-52 It was shot at Wes ...'' (1961) References Bibliography * Fenner, Angelica. ''Race Under Reconstruction in German Cinema: Robert Stemmle's Toxi''. University of Toron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Francke
Peter Francke (1897-1978) was a German screenwriter. He wrote the screenplay for ''The Girl from Barnhelm'' (1940), an adaptation of a play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.Klossner p.150 Selected filmography * ''Happy Days in Aranjuez'' (1933) * '' The Voice of Love'' (1934) * '' Holiday From Myself'' (1934) * ''The Saint and Her Fool'' (1935) * ''Miracle of Flight'' (1935) * '' The Monastery's Hunter'' (1935) * ''City of Anatol'' (1936) * ''Wells in Flames'' (1937) * ''Comrades at Sea'' (1938) * ''Water for Canitoga'' (1939) * '' The Governor'' (1939) * '' A Woman Like You'' (1939) * ''The Girl from Barnhelm'' (1940) * ''What Does Brigitte Want?'' (1941) * ''Beloved World'' (1942) * '' I Need You'' (1944) * ''A Man Like Maximilian'' (1945) * ''Maresi'' (1948) * '' The Disturbed Wedding Night'' (1950) * ''Regimental Music'' (1950) * ''Toxi'' (1952) * ''Carnival in White'' (1952) * '' Holiday From Myself'' (1952) * ''Stars Over Colombo'' (1953) * '' The Country Schoolmaster'' (1954) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carola Höhn
Carola Höhn (30 January 1910 – 8 November 2005) was a German stage and movie actress. Selected filmography Film * ''The Weekend Bride'' (1928) * '' Don Juan in a Girls' School'' (1928) * '' From a Bachelor's Diary'' (1929) * '' Youthful Indiscretion'' (1929) * '' The Living Corpse'' (1929) * ''Charley's Aunt'' (1934) * '' Holiday From Myself'' (1934) * '' Just Once a Great Lady'' (1934) * '' April, April!'' (1935) * '' Every Day Isn't Sunday'' (1935) * '' The Old and the Young King'' (1935) * '' The Royal Waltz'' (1935) * ''The Beggar Student'' (1936) * '' To New Shores'' (1937) * '' Comrades at Sea'' (1938) * ''Hurrah! I'm a Father'' (1939) * ''The Green Emperor'' (1939) * '' We Danced Around the World'' (1939) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1941) * '' Why Are You Lying, Elisabeth?'' (1944) * ''The Rabanser Case'' (1950) * '' Toxi'' (1952) * '' The Exchange'' (1952) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1952) * '' Such a Charade'' (1953) * '' The Country Schoolmaster'' (1954) * ''Sun Over the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfried Seyferth
Wilfried Seyferth (21 April 1908 – 9 October 1954) was a German actor, perhaps best known for ''Decision Before Dawn''. He was married four times, to four actresses, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Tatjana Iwanow, Irene Naef and Lu Säuberlich. He died in a traffic accident on 9 October 1954 in Wiesbaden, Hesse. Partial filmography * ''Tugboat M 17'' (1933) - Jakob * '' Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) - Pop, Matrose * ''Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen'' (1938) - Rettich - sein Freund * ''Skandal um den Hahn'' (1938) - Franz Langmann * ''Der Tag nach der Scheidung'' (1938) - Max Pleschke, Angestellter bei Romberg * '' By a Silken Thread'' (1938) - Verkäufer der Firma Hellwerth * '' In the Name of the People'' (1939) - Sohn des bayerischen Holzschnitzers * ''Salonwagen E 417'' (1939) - Willy Fetthenne * '' The Star of Rio'' (1940) - Journalist, Assistent von Herrn Hadrian * ''Der Kleinstadtpoet'' (1940) - Emil Kurz, Friseur * '' The Swedish Nightingale'' (1941) - Hofjunker (China-Märchen) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Elisabeth Ida Marie Flickenschildt (16 March 1905 – 26 October 1977) was a German actress, producer and author. She appeared in dozens of German language films and television productions between 1935–1976. Flickenschildt was born in Hamburg, and died in Guderhandviertel. A street, Elisabeth-Flickenschildt-Straße, was named for her in Spandau, Berlin. Selected filmography * ''Großreinemachen'' (1935) - Frau Paulsen * ''The Unsuspecting Angel'' (1936) - Lotte Grün * ''Du kannst nicht treu sein'' (1936) - Miss Nelly * ''Strife Over the Boy Jo'' (1937) - Hafenmädchen * ''The Broken Jug'' (1937) - Frau Brigitte * ''Tango Notturno'' (1937) - Bessie Godfrey * ''Starke Herzen'' (1937) - Ilse * '' The Muzzle'' (1938) - Dame beim Verhör * '' The Marriage Swindler'' (1938) - Frau Buschko * ' (1938) - Maruschka * ''A Girl Goes Ashore'' (1938) - Erna Quandt * ''Unsere kleine Frau'' (1938) * ''Mia moglie si diverte'' (1938) - (uncredited) * ''The False Step'' (1939) - Marietta Trip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainer Penkert
Rainer Penkert (23 June 1921 – 11 April 2012, in Munich) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Our Miss Doctor'' (1940) - Bierlinger, Primaner * ''Menschen in Gottes Hand'' (1948) - Karl Renken * ''Anonymous Letters'' (1949) - Axel Brackmann * '' The Cuckoos'' (1949) - Hanno Gersdorf * ''Der fallende Stern'' (1950) - von Aster * ''Die Sehnsucht des Herzens'' (1951) - Richard Sturm * ''Toxi'' (1952) - Robert Peters * '' Ein Herz spielt falsch'' (1953) - Dr. Neumeister * '' 08/15'' (1954) - Leutnant Weldermann * ' (1955) - Oberleutnant Weldermann * ''Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' (1955) - Sanitätsgefreiter Hagen * ''We're All Necessary'' (1956) * '' Kitty und die große Welt'' (1956) - Hopkins * ''Embajadores en el infierno'' (1956) - Obermayer * ' (1957) - Leutnant Hans Dierkens * ' (1957) - Funker * '' Stefanie'' (1958) - Hannes Gonthar * ''Wir Wunderkinder'' (1958) - Cabaret artist (uncredited) * ''Der Rest ist Schweigen'' (1959) - Major Horace * ''Kapetan Lesi'' (1960) - Ahmet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Waldow
Ernst Waldow (22 August 1893 – 5 June 1964) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Rübezahl's Wedding'' (1916) * '' Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' (1929) *''The Green Domino'' (1935) * '' Inkognito'' (1936) * ''Boccaccio'' (1936) * ''The Court Concert'' (1936) * ''When the Cock Crows'' (1936) * ''Game on Board'' (1936) * '' If We All Were Angels'' (1936) * '' The Dreamer'' (1936) * ''The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes'' (1937) * ''Signal in the Night'' (1937) * ''The Beaver Coat'' (1937) * '' Togger'' (1937) * ''The Divine Jetta'' (1937) * ''When Women Keep Silent'' (1937) * '' Beate's Mystery'' (1938) * '' The Girl of Last Night'' (1938) * '' The Woman at the Crossroads'' (1938) * ''Women for Golden Hill'' (1938) * ''Who's Kissing Madeleine?'' (1939) * '' The Scoundrel'' (1939) * ''Wedding in Barenhof'' (1942) * ''Doctor Crippen'' (1942) * ''Circus Renz'' (1943) * '' A Man With Principles?'' (1943) * ''Beloved Darling'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Ludwig
Alice Ludwig (or Alice Ludwig-Rasch) (15 January 1910 – 2 November 1973) was a German film editor who worked on many films and television series between 1932 and 1973. After first entering the film industry during the Weimar Republic, she worked continuously during the Nazi era. Following the Second World War she edited ''Marriage in the Shadows'' (1947), an anti-Nazi work of the rubble film period.Shandley p.216 Much of her later film work was in popular melodramas such as ''Gabriela'' (1950). From the 1960s onwards she switched to working in television, her final employment being the editing over fifty episodes of the crime series ''Hamburg Transit''. Selected filmography * '' Ship Without a Harbour'' (1932) * ''Spell of the Looking Glass'' (1932) * ''Hans Westmar'' (1933) * ''Anna and Elizabeth'' (1933) * '' Last Stop'' (1935) * '' The Valley of Love'' (1935) * '' The Muzzle'' (1938) * ''Midsummer Night's Fire'' (1939) * '' Opera Ball'' (1939) * ''Central Rio'' (1939) * ''Vien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Jary
Michael Jary (born 'Maximilian Michael Andreas Jarczyk'; 24 September 1906 in Laurahütte, Siemianowitz (today Siemianowice Śląskie) – 12 July 1988 in Munich) was a German composer. Early years Jary's father worked at the Königshütte (Chorzów today) iron works and his mother was a tailor. He planned to become a missionary and went to school at the monastery of the Steyl Missionaries near Neisse (Nysa today), where he discovered his love of music. At the age of 18 he moved to the conservatory at Beuthen (Bytom today). He conducted the church choir and started to write his first chamber music works that were transmitted on the radio Gliwice. The city theatre of Neisse and Plauen gave him a position as a second concert master. In 1929 Jary was accepted at the Staatliche Akademische Musikhochschule at Berlin, meanwhile he made money playing as a pianist at cafés or movies. In 1931 he received the Beethoven-prize of Berlin. During the Nazi years When Jary deliv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
