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The Eleven Schill Officers (1926 Film)
''The Eleven Schill Officers'' (german: Die elf Schill'schen Offiziere) is a 1926 Cinema of Germany, German silent film, silent historical film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Meinert, Gustav Adolf Semler, Grete Reinwald, and Leopold von Ledebur. The film depicts the failed 1809 uprising of Prussian soldiers led by Ferdinand von Schill against the occupying French during the Napoleonic War. The film received poor reviews from critics, but earned enough at the box office to offset its production costs. According to IMDB, it was released in the USA as "Eleven Who Were Loyal" in 1929. A NY Times review which also covers several other movies of that same date is available online dated from May 20, 1929. It was part of the cycle of Prussian films. The film was remade by Meinert as a sound film ''The Eleven Schill Officers (1932 film), The Eleven Schill Officers'' in 1932 with Carl de Vogt cast as Schill. Cast References Bibliography * * External links * 1926 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Meinert
Rudolf Meinert (1882–6 March 1943) was an Austrian screenwriter, film producer and film director, director. Meinert was born Rudolf Bürstein in Vienna, but worked for most of his career in the Cinema of Germany, German film industry. He became well-established as the producer/director of silent film, silent crime films. In the immediate post-First World War period, Meinert was head of production at the German studio Decla after his own production unit Meinert-Film was taken over by the larger outfit. Meinert, rather than Erich Pommer, is sometimes credited as the producer behind Decla's revolutionary ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920). Following the Nazi takeover of power in Germany, Meinert, who was Jewish, went into exile in the Netherlands, however he returned to Austria. He moved to France in 1937 and live there until he was caught, sent to Drancy internment camp and transported to Majdanek concentration camp on 6 March 1943, where he died. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl De Vogt
Carl de Vogt (14 September 1885 – 16 February 1970) was a German film actor who starred in four of Fritz Lang's early films. He attended the acting school in Cologne, Germany. Together with acting he was also active as a singer and recorded several discs. His greatest hit was "Der Fremdenlegionär". An extremely successful actor in his early career, he died in relative obscurity in 1970. In 1919 and 1920, de Vogt starred in director Fritz Lang's two-part ''Spiders'' films opposite actresses Lil Dagover and Ressel Orla. In 1932, in the early sound era, he played the Prussian hero Major Schill in the big-budget historical film '' The Eleven Schill Officers''. De Vogt was married to the German film actress Cläre Lotto, and the couple had a son Karl Franz de Vogt (born 14 May 1917). He was a member of the NSDAP and the Sturmabteilung. Selected filmography * ''Schwert und Herd'' (1916) as Schmied Wilhelm Trautmann * ''Friedrich Werders Sendung'' (1916) as Friedrich Werder * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Immler
Ferdinand "Fred" Immler (10 December 1880 –20 February 1965) was a German stage and film actor. Life Born in Coburg, as a young adult he worked from 1900 to 1902 at Deutsche Bank in Berlin and from 1902 to 1904 at Dresdner Bank. 1905 he returned to Coburg as an actor-in-training and from 1906 to 1908 he performed at the local court theatre. From 1908 to 1909, he worked at the Residence Theater Hanover, 1909 at the Summer Theatre in Posen and from 1909 to 1910 at the court theatre in Gera. 1910, he played at the Liebich Theatre and at the Victoria Theatre in Breslau. In 1912, Immler made the transition to the medium of motion pictures and appeared opposite the Danish actress Asta Nielsen in several roles between 1912 and 1915, all directed by Nielsen's husband Urban Gad. At the outbreak of World War I, he enlisted in the German military. He returned to film in 1919, and starred in the Ernst Lubitsch-directed, Hanns Kräly-penned costume-drama '' Madame Du Barry'' opposite Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruth Wartan
Aruth Wartan (or ''Haruth Vartan'', hy, Հարութ Վարդան, 23 June 1880 – 14 April 1945) was a German film actor of Armenian origin who appeared in around ninety films during his career, generally in supporting roles. Life and career Born Arutjun Wartanian in Nakhichevan in the Russian Empire, he was of Armenian heritage. He graduated from high school in 1898 in Tbilisi, Georgia, and then briefly studied medicine in Kharkov (now in Ukraine). Around the turn of the century he briefly lived in Japan before relocating to St. Petersburg. During the Revolution of 1905 he moved to Saxony in Germany and studied at the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology. He also worked in Chile and Bolivia before returning to Germany and working as a mining engineer then moving into acting and performing on the stage and screen (since 1916). During the early years he often appeared in leading roles, but as time passed he increasing switched to character roles. In the Nazi era he pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Else Reval
Else Reval (14 June 1893 – 25 January 1978) was a German film actress.Giesen p.210 Selected filmography * ''War in Peace'' (1925) * '' The World Wants To Be Deceived'' (1926) * '' Marriage Announcement'' (1926) * '' The Eleven Schill Officers'' (1926) * ''Marie's Soldier'' (1927) * ''How Do I Marry the Boss?'' (1927) * ''The Bordello in Rio'' (1927) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * ''Bigamy'' (1927) * '' Because I Love You'' (1928) * '' Der Herzensphotograph'' (1928) * ''Who Invented Divorce?'' (1928) * ''You Walk So Softly ''You Walk So Softly'' (German: ''Gustav Mond, Du gehst so stille'') is a 1927 Cinema of Germany, German silent film, silent comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Schünzel, Yvette Darnys and Jakob Tiedtke. Schünzel ran into tr ...'' (1928) * ''Escape from Hell (1928 film), Escape from Hell'' (1928) * ''Sixteen Daughters and No Father'' (1928) * ''Dear Homeland'' (1929) * ''The Lord of the Tax Office '' (1929) * ''Come Back, All Is Forgiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mylong
John Mylong (September 27, 1892 – September 8, 1975), also known as Jack Mylong-Münz, born Adolf Heinrich Münz, was an Austrian actor who later settled in the United States. Selected filmography * ''Der heilige Hass, 1. Teil'' (1921) - Rabob * ''Der heilige Hass, 2. Teil - Die Flucht vor dem Tode'' (1921) - Rabob * ''Die Schlucht des Grauens'' (1921) * ''Die Satansfratze'' (1921) * ''Die Nacht der tausend Seelen'' (1921) * ''Das Wirtshaus im Spessart'' (1923) * ''Die Bestie'' (1923) * ''The Tragedy of a Night of Passion'' (1924) * '' The Malay Junk'' (1924) * ''The Terror of the Sea'' (1924) * ''The Four Last Seconds of Quidam Uhl'' (1924) - Heinrich, Magdalensa Bruder * ''Die Tragödie der Entehrten'' (1924) * ''The Pearls of Doctor Talmadge'' (1925) * ''A Song from Days of Youth'' (1925) - Jürg Asmussen * '' Written in the Stars'' (1925) - Horst Raabe * ''Mrs Worrington's Perfume'' (1925) - Dr. Harry Edwards * '' The Adventurous Wedding'' (1925) - Fergus * ''Venetian Lover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camilla Von Hollay
Camilla von Hollay (born Kamilla Borbála Hollay; 11 July 1899 – 9 February 1967) was a Hungarian film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1917 and 1930. She was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary and died in Budapest. Selected filmography * '' A Régiséggyüjtö'' (1917) * ''Casanova'' (1918) * ''Az Élet királya'' (1917) * ''The Fire Ship'' (1922) * ''The Stolen Professor'' (1924) * '' Passion'' (1925) * '' Madame Wants No Children'' (1926) * '' Superfluous People'' (1926) * '' The Eleven Schill Officers'' (1926) * '' A Sister of Six'' (1926) * '' The Queen of the Baths'' (1926) * '' At the Edge of the World'' (1927) * ''The Weavers'' (1927) * '' The Salvation Army Girl'' (1927) * '' Break-in'' (1927) * ''Potsdam'' (1927) * ''The Duty to Remain Silent'' (1928) * ''The Green Alley'' (1928) * '' When the Mother and the Daughter'' (1928) * ''Immorality'' (1928) * ''The Saint and Her Fool'' (1928) * '' The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Willy Kayser
Charles Willy Kayser (28 January 1881 – 10 July 1942) was a German film actor. He was born in Metz, Lorraine, Germany (now, Moselle, France) and died at the age of 61 in 1942. Selected filmography * ''Anita Jo'' (1919) * '' The Clan'' (1920) * '' Va banque'' (1920) * ''The House of Torment'' (1921) * ''The Black Spider'' (1921) * '' Miss Venus'' (1921) * ''Miss Beryll'' (1921) * '' The Eternal Curse'' (1921) * '' Deceiver of the People'' (1921) * '' Count Festenberg'' (1922) * '' The Marriage of Princess Demidoff'' (1922) * '' Dance of Passions'' (1922) * ''The Golden Net'' (1922) * ''Circus People'' (1922) * '' The Blonde Geisha'' (1923) * ''Slaves of Love'' (1924) * ''Playing with Destiny'' (1924) * '' Spring Awakening'' (1924) * '' The Prince and the Maid'' (1924) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days'' (1925) * ''War in Peace'' (1925) * ''Love's Joys and Woes'' (1926) * '' The Eleven Schill Officers'' (1926) * ''The Red Mouse'' (1926) * ''Our Emden'' (1926) * ''The Villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Steinrück
Albert Steinrück (20 May 1872 – 10 February 1929) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1929. He starred in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. He was also a leading role in the German expressionist 1920 film ''The Golem'', in which he plays a rabbi. Selected filmography * ''Japanisches Opfer'' (1910) - Ein Delegierter * ''Der Volkstyrann'' (1913) - Gouverneur * ''Prinz Keo. Der Raub der Mumie'' (1919) - Professor Scrupello * ''Die sterbende Salome'' (1919) - Bildhauer * ''Das Milliardentestament'' (1920) * ''The Girl from Acker Street'' (1920-1921, part 1, 3) - Vater Schulze * ''Catherine the Great'' (1920) * ''Madame Récamier'' (1920) * ''The Mayor of Zalamea'' (1920) - Pedro Crespo * '' The Golem: How He Came into the World'' (1920) - Der Rabbi Löw / Rabbi Loew * ''The Guilt of Lavinia Morland'' (1920) - John Morland * ''Berlin W.'' (1920) * ''Ana Bolena'' (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Greiner
Fritz Greiner (1879–1933) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * ''Der Einäugige'' (1916) * ''Der Klub der Einäugigen'' (1917) - Nick Carter * ''Der schwarze Jack'' (1918) - Cowboy Schwarzer Jack * '' The Hunter of Fall'' (1918) - Blasi * ''Der Herrgott am Wege'' (1918) * ''Der Schattenspieler'' (1919) * ''Sodoms Töchter'' (1919) * '' Storms in May'' (1919) - Domimi * ''Doktor Steffens seltsamster Fall'' (1919) * ''Der Edelweisskönig'' (1919) - Jörg Finkenbauer * ''Das Ende des Abenteurers Paolo de Caspado'' (1920) * ''Panic in the House of Ardon'' (1920) - Stuart Webbs * ''Das ganze Sein ist flammend Leid'' (1920) - Bankkassier Jürgen * ''Der Mann auf der Flasche'' (1920) - Emir Mohamed Darasche-Koh * '' The War of the Oxen'' (1920) - Richtmann Runotter * ''Der Kopf des Gonzalez'' (1920) * '' The Monastery's Hunter'' (1920) - Wolfrat Polzer * ''Der Einäugige'' (1921) - Der Einäugige * ''Der Brand im Varieté Mascotte'' (1921) * ''Der Überfall auf den Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Pittschau
Werner Pittschau (24 March 1902 – 28 October 1928) was a German theater and film actor of the silent film era. He was a leading men in 30 films during the 1920s, but his career was cut short by his death in an automobile accident, aged 26. Pittschau was the son of the German theater actor Ernst Pittschau (1859-1916) and the Viennese theatre and film Hilda Hofer-Pittschau née Schützenhofer (1873-1961), theater and movie actress. He began his career after training in 1919 as an actor at the Deutsches Landestheater in Prague. His older half-brother was actor Ernst Pittschau (1883-1951). On Sunday, 28 October 1928, Werner Pittschau and his girlfriend, dancer Wilma Harmening, were driving from Berlin to Mecklenburg when Pittschau lost control of the vehicle and collided into a tree near the village of Gerdshagen. The vehicle overturned several times. When the accident was discovered, Pittschau was already deceased. Harmening died at the scene shortly after help arrived. Both Pitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Rückert
Anton Ernst Rückert (20 December 1886 – 3 September 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Rückert began his theatre career in 1908 and has appeared on the stage in Bleicherode, Königsberg and Kiel, among others. In 1910 he took up an engagement at the Luisentheatre in Berlin. From 1910 he was a sought-after silent film actor, initially in leading roles. In 1912 he played the first officer of the Titanic in the film ''In Nacht und Eis''. From 1914 to 1917 he served in the military in the First World War. He then continued his film career and continued to receive leading roles and important supporting roles. In the 1930s, Rückert became a character actor in film, and he only rarely received engagements in the theatre. In 1940 he was drafted, between 1941 and 1942 he was engaged as an actor and director at the Berlin Tourneetheater Gastspielirektion IX. Shortly afterwards, he was assigned to the KdF Front Theatre. Rückert hanged himself a few months after the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
