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The Circle Of Death
''The Circle of Death'' (German: ''Der Todesreigen'') is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by William Karfiol and starring Johannes Riemann, Olga Tschechowa and Albert Steinrück.Grange p.116 The film's sets were designed by the art director Siegfried Wroblewsky. Cast * Johannes Riemann as ''Leonid Lowitsch Rumin'' * Olga Tschechowa as ''Olga Petrowna'' * Albert Steinrück as ''Lebedow, Reitknecht'' * Hans Adalbert Schlettow as ''Konstantin Chrenow'' * Fritz Kampers as ''Leo Maximow'' * Rudolf Del Zopp * Lilly Eisenlohr * Olga Engl * Ida Fane * Maria Forescu * Eduard Koffler * Robert Leffler * Clementine Plessner * Paul Rehkopf Paul Anton Heinrich Rehkopf (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1949) was a German actor. He was born in Braunschweig and died in Braunschweig, Germany Selected filmography * ''Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * ''Film Kathi'' (1918) * ''Lorenzo Burghardt'' ... * Robert C. Rohde * Hedwig Schröder * Sylvia Torf References Bibliography * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Karfiol
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Engl
Olga Engl (30 May 1871 – 21 September 1946) was an Austrian-German stage and motion picture actress who appeared in nearly 200 films. Biography Engl was privately educated in an Ursuline monastery and began her acting career at the Prague Conservatory. In August 1887 she made her stage début as Bertha in the play ''Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua'' in her home town. In 1888, she moved to the city of Danzig and performed in the theatre from 1889 to 1892 then briefly moved to Berlin. From 1892 to 1895 she performed with the court theatre in Munich and from 1895 to 1897 in Hamburg at the Thalia Theater, and from 1897 in Hanover. Engl made her film debut in the 1911 British silent film ''The Adoptive Child'' then returned to Germany and began appearing in German film productions. Her first major role was in the 1913 Carl Froelich-directed biopic ''Richard Wagner''. She would work continually throughout the 1910s and appear in a variety of roles for such directors as Ur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By William Karfiol
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Of The Weimar Republic
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 Films
The following is an overview of 1922 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top nine films released in 1922 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events * June 11 – United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's ''Nanook of the North'', the first commercially successful feature length documentary film. * November 26 – '' The Toll of the Sea'', starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (''The Gulf Between'' was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed). Notable films released in 1922 United States unless stated A *''At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern'' (lost), directed by Lloyd Ingraham, based on the 1905 novel by Myrtle Reed B *''The Bachelor Daddy'' (lost), directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Thomas Meighan *''The Beautiful and Damned'' (lost), directed by William A. Seiter, starring Marie Prevost * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarecrow Press
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an independent publishing house founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the academic market, as well as trade books. The company also owns the book distributing company National Book Network based in Lanham, Maryland. History The current company took shape when University Press of America acquired Rowman & Littlefield in 1988 and took the Rowman & Littlefield name for the parent company. Since 2013, there has also been an affiliated company based in London called Rowman & Littlefield International. It is editorially independent and publishes only academic books in Philosophy, Politics & International Relations and Cultural Studies. The company sponsors the Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching, the only national teaching award in political science given in the United States. It is awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for people whose innovations have advance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Torf
Sylvia may refer to: People *Sylvia (given name) *Sylvia (singer), American country music and country pop singer and songwriter *Sylvia Robinson, American singer, record producer, and record label executive * Sylvia Vrethammar, Swedish singer credited as "Sylvia" in Australia and the UK * Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial arts fighter * Colin Sylvia, Australian football player Places * Mount Sylvia, a former name of Xueshan on Taiwan Island *Mount Sylvia, Queensland, Australia * Sylvia, Kansas, a town in Kansas, United States * Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem, New York City, New York, United States Art, entertainment, and media Comics * ''Sylvia'' (comic strip), a long-running comic strip by cartoonist Nicole Hollander Films * ''Sylvia'' (1961 film), an Australian television play * ''Sylvia'' (1965 film), an American drama film * ''Sylvia'' (1985 film), a New Zealand film about New Zealand educator Sylvia Ashton-Warner, * ''Sylvia'' (2003 film), a British biographical drama film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedwig Schröder
Hedwig may refer to: People and fictional characters * Hedwig (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Grzegorz Hedwig (born 1988), Polish slalom canoeist * Johann Hedwig, (1730–1799), German botanist * Romanus Adolf Hedwig (1772–1806), German botanist, son of Johann Hedwig * Hedwig Jagiellon (other), a list of princesses Other uses * Hedwig Fountain, a fountain in Zürich, Switzerland * Hedwig glass, a type of glass * Hedwig, code name of Red Hat Linux version 6.0, released in 1999 * 476 Hedwig, a main-belt asteroid See also * Hedwig Village, Texas, United States, a city * St. Hedwig (other) St. Hedwig refers to Hedwig of Silesia (1174–1243), Catholic saint and Duchess of Silesia and of Greater Poland. St. Hedwig or St. Hedwig's may also refer to: __NOTOC__ Roman Catholic parishes in the United States * St. Hedwig Parish, Union City ... {{disambiguation, surname de:Hedwig it:Edvige hu:Hedvig no:Hedvig sk:Hedviga sv: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert C
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Rehkopf
Paul Anton Heinrich Rehkopf (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1949) was a German actor. He was born in Braunschweig and died in Braunschweig, Germany Selected filmography * '' Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * '' Film Kathi'' (1918) * '' Lorenzo Burghardt'' (1918) * '' Der Mädchenhirt'' (1919) * ''President Barrada'' (1920) * ''The Dancer of Jaipur'' (1920) * ''Four Around a Woman'' (1921) * ''Destiny'' (1921) * ''Night and No Morning'' (1921) * '' The Red Masquerade Ball'' (1921) * ''The Man in the Background'' (1922) * ''The Circle of Death'' (1922) * '' The Sleeping Volcano'' (1922) * ''The Love Story of Cesare Ubaldi'' (1922) * '' Rose of the Asphalt Streets'' (1922) * '' Madame Golvery'' (1923) * '' Tatjana'' (1923) * '' I Had a Comrade'' (1923) * '' His Wife, The Unknown'' (1923) * '' The Secret of the Duchess'' (1923) * ''Horrido'' (1924) * ''Playing with Destiny'' (1924) * '' Man Against Man'' (1924) * ''Varieté'' (1925) * ''A Free People'' (1925) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Studen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clementine Plessner
Clementine Plessner (7 December 1855 – 27 February 1943) was an Austrian stage and film actress. Plessner worked in the German film industry and appeared in over sixty films, mostly during the silent era. Plessner featured in Richard Oswald's enlightenment film ''Different from the Others'' and F.W. Murnau's ''Journey into the Night''.Eisner p.275 Following the Nazi rise to power, the Jewish actress left Germany for neighbouring Austria. Later, after the Anchluss, she was arrested by the Nazi authorities and died in Theresienstadt concentration camp. Selected filmography * '' Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * ''The Story of Dida Ibsen'' (1918) * '' Henriette Jacoby'' (1918) * ''Different from the Others'' (1919) * '' Nocturne of Love'' (1919) * '' The Tragedy of a Great'' (1920) * '' Humanity Unleashed'' (1920) * ''Lady Hamilton'' (1921) * ''Journey into the Night'' (1921) * '' The Shadow of Gaby Leed'' (1921) * ''The Circle of Death'' (1922) * ''Bigamy'' (1922) * '' Lucrezia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Leffler
Robert Leffler (9 January 1866 – 15 March 1940) was a German actor, film director and opera singer (bass). Selected filmography * '' The Haunted Castle'' (1921) * ''The Fear of Women'' (1921) * '' Rose of the Asphalt Streets'' (1922) * ''A Dying Nation'' (1922) * ''The Circle of Death'' (1922) * '' The Man of Steel'' (1922) * '' The Expulsion'' (1923) * '' The Secret of Brinkenhof'' (1923) * '' The Comedian's Child'' (1923) * ''Friedrich Schiller'' (1923) * ''Wilhelm Tell'' (1923) * '' Comedy of the Heart'' (1924) * ''By Order of Pompadour'' (1924) * ''Horrido'' (1924) * ''A Free People'' (1925) * ''The Island of Dreams'' (1925) * '' Bismarck'' (1925) * ''Comedians'' (1925) * ''The Blackguard'' (1925) * '' Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand'' (1925) * ''The Good Reputation'' (1926) * ''Derby'' (1926) * ''The Clever Fox'' (1926) * ''Only a Dancing Girl'' (1926) * ''Watch on the Rhine'' (1926) * ''Two and a Lady'' (1926) * '' The Adventurers'' (1926) * ''Sister Veronika'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
