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Trouble Backstairs (1935 Film)
''Trouble Backstairs'' (German: ''Krach im Hinterhaus'') is a 1935 German romantic comedy film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Henny Porten, Else Elster and Rotraut Richter. It marked the directoral debut of Harlan, who had previously worked as an actor, and quickly developed as a leading director of Nazi Germany.Wistrich p.97 It was based on a play by Maximilian Böttcher, and was remade in 1949. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bruno Lutz and Hermann Warm Hermann Warm was a German art director for films. Born in 1889 (died 1976) in Berlin, Germany, Warm was an important figure in the expressionist movement of the 1920s. Warm entered the German film industry in 1912 after working on-stage for a w ... Cast References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the highpoint of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film ''Jud Süß'' (1940) makes him controversial. While viewed critically for his ideologies, a number of critics consider him a capable director on the grounds of such work as his ''Opfergang'' (1944). Life and career Harlan was born in Berlin, the son of the writer Walter Harlan and his wife Adele, nee Boothby. His elder brother Peter was a multi-instrumentalist and musical instrument maker. After studying under Max Reinhardt, he first appeared on the stage in 1915 and, after World War I, worked in the Berlin stage. In 1934 he starred in the Berlin premiere of Eugen Ortner's tragedy '' Meier Helmbrecht'', but it was a critical disaster and he later described it as his lowest point as an actor. Shortly afterwards he directed his first play, the comedy '' Marriage on the Panke'', at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which Hitler and the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945 after just 12 years when the Allies defeated Germany, ending World War II in Europe. On 30 January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the head of gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthold Ebbecke
Berthold Ebbecke (1906–1969) was a German actor and screenwriter. He collaborated with Ludwig Metzger.Noack p. 272 Selected filmography Actor * '' Trouble Backstairs'' (1935) * ''The Court Concert'' (1936) * ''The Beggar Student'' (1936) * ''Ride to Freedom'' (1937) * '' Secret Code LB 17'' (1938) * '' Nanon'' (1939) * '' In the Name of the People'' (1939) * ''The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan'' (1949) * ''The Trip to Marrakesh'' (1949) * ''Theodore the Goalkeeper'' (1950) Writer * '' Secret Code LB 17'' (1938) * ''Central Rio ''Central Rio'' (German: ''Zentrale Rio'') is a 1939 German crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Leny Marenbach, Camilla Horn and Ita Rina.Noack p.157 The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann. It was shot at th ...'' (1939) References Bibliography * Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016. * Tegel, Susan. ''Jew Suss: Life, Legend, Fiction, Film''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Mederow
Paul Friedrich Wolfgang Mederow (30 June 1887 – 17 December 1974) was a German stage and film actor. Mederow was born in Stralsund, in the Prussian province of Pomerania and died at age 87 in Brissago, Ticino, Switzerland. Partial filmography * ''Der verführte Heilige'' (1919) * ''Panic in the House of Ardon'' (1920) as Alfons Ardon ventuell ist dies der Chemiker* ''Der siebente Tag'' (1920) * ''Die Tophar-Mumie'' (1920) * ''Tyrannei des Todes'' (1920) as Sanitätsrat Burow * ''Fire in the Opera House'' (1930) as Munk * ''1914'' (1931) as Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon * '' M'' (1931) (uncredited) * ''In the Employ of the Secret Service'' (1931) * ''Typhoon'' (1933) as the president * '' Ripening Youth'' (1933) as Dr. Stahnke, Lehrer * ''Des jungen Dessauers große Liebe'' (1933) as Oberst Hall * ''Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten'' (1935) * ''Hundred Days'' (1935) as Grouchy * '' The Bird Seller'' (1935) * ''Artist Love'' (1935) as Professor Bergland * ''Ansch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Bienert
Gerhard Max Richard Bienert (8 January 1898 – 23 December 1986) was a German stage and film actor. Gerhard Bienert was born in Berlin, Germany and died in the same city in 1986 at age 88. Selected filmography * ''Duke Ferrante's End'' (1922) * ''Man by the Wayside'' (1923) * ''The Man with the Frog'' (1929) * '' Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness'' (1929) - Untermieter * ''Ludwig II, King of Bavaria'' (1930) - Hesselschwerdt * ''The Blue Angel'' (1930) - Polizist / Policeman * ''Her Majesty the Barmaid'' (1931) - Werkmeister * ''The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) - Policeman * '' Feind im Blut'' (1931) - Mechaniker * '' Inquest'' (1931) - Baumann, Kriminalkommissar * '' M'' (1931) - Criminal Secretary * ''Checkmate'' (1931) - 2. Kommissar * ''Panik in Chicago'' (1931) - Tom * '' The Battle of Bademunde'' (1931) - Feldwebel * '' Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) - Klempner-Karl * '' Peace of Mind'' (1931) - Unteroffizier Krause * '' Kameradschaft'' (1931) - Deutscher Genda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerda Kuffner
Gerda is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: A *Gerda Ahlm (1869–1956), Swedish-born American painter and art conservator * Gerda Alexander (1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist * Gerda Antti (born 1929), Swedish writer B * Gerda Becker, Dutch table tennis player *Gerda Bengtsson (1900–1995), Danish textile artist * Gerda Blees (born 1985), Dutch writer * Gerda Blumenthal (1923–2004), German-American literary scholar * Gerda Boyesen (born 1922), Norwegian psychotherapist * Gerda Bredgaard (1908–1996), Danish swimmer * Gerda Bryłka (born 1941), Polish gymnast * Gerda Bülow, (1904–1990), Danish violinist C *Gerda Charles, pseudonym of the British novelist Edna Lipson (1915–1996) * Gerda Christian (1913–1997), German private secretary of Adolf Hitler *Gerda Christophersen (1870–1947), Danish actress *Gerda Claeskens (fl. 2000s), Belgian statistician D * Gerda Daumerlang (1920–2006), German diver *Gerda Dendooven (born 1962), Belg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhold Bernt
Reinhold Bernt (19 December 1902 – 26 October 1981) was a German film actor. Bernt was born Reinhold Bienert in Berlin and died in West Berlin. Career Bernt's acting career began in Stuttgart with a theater debut. Soon after, he traveled to Berlin. There, he founded a troupe known as the "Group of Young Actors" with his brother, Gerhard Bernt. He performed across Berlin and entered the film industry in the 1930s. he was not only an actor, but also an assistant director and screenwriter. He appeared in some Nationalist Socialist propaganda films, such as ''Im Namen des Volkes'' (In the Name of the People). After World War II, he performed at the Schillertheater and in Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA). It became harder to obtain large roles, so he began to act increasingly as supporting characters. eventually, he moved on to voicing radio plays, performing a total of 320 roles. He passed away on October 26, 1981 in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''The Blue Angel'' (1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilde Sessak
Hilde Sessak (27 July 1915 – 17 April 2003) was a German actress who appeared in more than ninety film and television series during her career. She appeared in a number of films during the Nazi era including ''Quax the Crash Pilot'' (1941).Reimer p. 97 Selected filmography * '' Trouble Backstairs'' (1935) * ''City of Anatol'' (1936) * '' Orders Are Orders'' (1936) * '' The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (1936) * ''When Women Keep Silent'' (1937) * '' The Coral Princess'' (1937) * ''Water for Canitoga'' (1939) * ''The Curtain Falls'' (1939) * '' Left of the Isar, Right of the Spree'' (1940) * '' Kleider machen Leute'' (1940) * '' A Man Astray'' (1940) * ''Quax the Crash Pilot'' (1941) * ''Alarm'' (1941) * ''Happiness is the Main Thing'' (1941) * ''Luisa Sanfelice'' (1942) * ''Paracelsus'' (1943) * ''A Salzburg Comedy'' (1943) * ''Orient Express'' (1944) * ''Die Feuerzangenbowle'' (1944) * ''Who Drove the Grey Ford?'' (1950) * ''The Woman from Last Night'' (1950) * ''Not Without ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilse Fürstenberg
Ilse Fürstenberg (12 December 1907, in Berlin – 16 December 1976, in Basel) was a German actress, working on stage, screen, television and as voice actress. Selected filmography * ''The Blue Angel'' (1930) - Raths Wirtschafterin / Maid * '' M'' (1931) - (uncredited) * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) - Marie Hoprecht * ''Girls to Marry'' (1932) * '' The Beautiful Adventure'' (1932) * '' Unheimliche Geschichten'' (1932) - Frau in der Irrenanstalt * ''The Testament of Cornelius Gulden'' (1932) - Frau Giesicke * ''Hanneles Himmelfahrt'' (1934) - Wirtin * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1934) - Mädi vom Chantant * ''Jede Frau hat ein Geheimnis'' (1934) * ''Glückspilze'' (1935) - Frau Roeder * ''Hermine and the Seven Upright Men'' (1935) - Frau Kuser * ''Forget Me Not'' (1935) * ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1935) - Duchess of Barwick * ''Artist Love'' (1935) - Frau Heller * ''Frisians in Peril'' (1935) - Dörte Niegebüll * '' Trouble Backstairs'' (1935) - Frau Irma Schulze * ''Kat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Warm
Hermann Warm was a German art director for films. Born in 1889 (died 1976) in Berlin, Germany, Warm was an important figure in the expressionist movement of the 1920s. Warm entered the German film industry in 1912 after working on-stage for a while. As well as doing set work on films such as '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' and Fritz Lang's ''Destiny'', Warm also worked with Danish film director Carl Theodor Dreyer on films including ''The Passion of Joan of Arc'' and ''Vampyr''. During World War II, Warm lived in Switzerland and returned to Germany in 1947. Selected filmography * '' The Silent Mill'' (1914) * '' The Tunnel'' (1915) * '' The Dance of Death'' (1919) * ''The Mayor of Zalamea'' (1920) * '' The Eternal Curse'' (1921) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * ''Circus of Life'' (1921) * ''The Last Battle'' (1923) * ''Countess Donelli'' (1924) * ''Darling of the King'' (1924) * '' Love Story'' (1925) * ''The Flight in the Night'' (1926) * '' Intoxicated Love'' (1927) * '' Namel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Lutz
Bruno Lutz (7 June 1889 – 5 March 1964) was a German art director.Kester p.294 Selected filmography * ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927) * '' The Lady in Black'' (1928) * '' The Beaver Coat'' (1928) * ''Two Good Comrades'' (1933) * ''Bashful Felix'' (1934) * '' The Big Chance'' (1934) * ''The Champion of Pontresina'' (1934) * '' The Riders of German East Africa'' (1934) * '' D III 88'' (1939) * ''Alarm'' (1941) * ''Beloved Darling'' (1943) * '' When the Young Wine Blossoms'' (1943) * '' A Man Like Maximilian'' (1945) * ''In the Temple of Venus'' (1948) * '' Stars Over Colombo'' (1954) * ''The Maharajah's Blonde ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...'' (1962) References Bibliography * Bernadette Kester. ''Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it visual communication, communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style (visual arts), style(s) to use, and when to use motion graphic design, motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |