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The Empress's Favourite
''The Empress's Favourite'' (german: Der Favorit der Kaiserin) is a 1936 German historical comedy film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Olga Chekhova, Anton Pointner and Heinz von Cleve.Beevor It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Emil Hasler and Arthur Schwarz. The film is set in Russia during the reign of Empress Elizabeth Elizabeth Petrovna (russian: Елизаве́та (Елисаве́та) Петро́вна) (), also known as Yelisaveta or Elizaveta, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. She remains one of the most popular Russian .... Main cast References Bibliography * * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. External links * 1936 films 1930s historical comedy films Films of Nazi Germany German historical comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Werner Hochbaum Films set in Russia Films set in the 18th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Hochbaum
Werner Hochbaum (7 March 1899, Kiel – 15 April 1946) was a German screenwriter, film producer and film director, director. Selected filmography * ''Brothers (1929 film), Brothers'' (1929) * ''Raid in St. Pauli'' (1932) * ''Tugboat M 17'' (1933) * ''Judgment of Lake Balaton'' (Hungary/Austria, 1933) * ''Life Begins Tomorrow'' (1933) * ''Suburban Cabaret'' (Austria, 1935) * ''The Eternal Mask'' (Austria/Switzerland, 1935) * ''Light Cavalry (1935 German film), Light Cavalry (German)'' (1935), ''Light Cavalry (1935 French film), Light Cavalry (French)'' (1935) * ''Schatten der Vergangenheit'' (Austria, 1936) * ''Hannerl and Her Lovers (1936 film), Hannerl and Her Lovers'' (Austria, 1936) * ''The Empress's Favourite'' (1936) * ''Talking About Jacqueline'' (1937) * ''A Girl Goes Ashore'' (1938) * ''Drei Unteroffiziere'' (1939) Bibliography * Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa s ... [...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] |
Ada Tschechowa
Ada Tschechowa (russian: Ада Михайловна Чехова, 9 September 1916 – 28 January 1966) was a Russo-German actress and music manager. Life Ada Mikhailovna Chekhova was born to esteemed actors Olga Chekhova, Olga and Michael Chekhov on 9 September 1916 in Moscow, Russian Empire, Russia. In 1921, her family moved to Berlin, where she grew up. From a young age, Ada followed in the path of her parents and grew an interest in becoming a theater actress, which led her to attending the Staatliche Schauspielschule in Berlin and private lessons with Walter Franck. In April 1935, she tried out for and was accepted for an Austrian production of ''The Pompadour'' and ''The Empress's Favourite'' the following year. Until the end of World War II she played in two more movies, and then in ''Secret of a Marriage'' in 1951. Ada played primarily in the theater for the Agency for Film and Television in the Berlin artist's colony and supervised such people as Angelika Meissner and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Hans Adalbert Schlettow (11 June 1888 – 30 April 1945) was a German film actor. Schlettow appeared in around a hundred and sixty films during his career, the majority during the silent era. Among his best-known film roles was ''Hagen von Tronje'' in Fritz Lang's film classic ''Die Nibelungen'' (1924). In 1929 he starred in the British director Anthony Asquith's film ''A Cottage on Dartmoor''.Ryall p.170 He was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and the National Socialist Factory Cell Organization. Schlettow died in the Battle of Berlin. Selected filmography * '' Und wenn ich lieb' nimm dich in acht...!'' (1917) * ''Der breite Weg'' (1917) * '' Die Gespensterstunde'' (1917) * '' Klosterfriede'' (1917) * ''When the Heart Burns with Hate'' (1917) * '' Vier Finger'' (1919) * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919) as Count Ludwig Erlenstein * '' Hiob'' (1919) * ''Countess Doddy'' (1919) * ''Dias Geheimnis der alten Truhe'' * ''Algol'' (1920) as Peter Hell * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adele Sandrock
Adele Sandrock (; born Adele Feldern-Förster; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German-Dutch actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars. Early life Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the daughter of the German merchant Eduard Sandrock (1834–1897) and his Dutch wife, Johanna Simonetta ten Hagen (1833–1917). With sister Wilhelmine (1861-1948) and brother Christian (1862–1924), she grew up in Rotterdam, and, after her parents' divorce on 15 November 1869, in Berlin. Career In 1878 at the age of fifteen, Sandrock made her debut as Selma in ''Mutter und Sohn'' by Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer. In Berlin she met the famous Meiningen Ensemble and achieved success at the theatre of Meiningen, where her first role was Luise in Friedrich Schiller's ''Intrigue and Love'', followed by further engagements in Moscow, Wiener Neustadt, and Budapest. In 1889, she had her breakthrough at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Ode
Erik Ode (born Fritz Erik Signy Odemar, 6 November 1910 – 19 July 1983) was a German director and actor who was most famous for playing Kommissar ''Herbert Keller'' in the German television drama '' Der Kommissar'' (The Police Inspector). He married actress Hilde Volk in 1942. Many years later they co-starred together in the TV series ''Sun, Wine and Hard Nuts''. Selected filmography Actor * '' I.N.R.I.'' (1923) - Jesus als Kind * ''The Cabinet of Doctor Larifari'' (1930) - Wolfgang Anglert, Chefredakteur * ''A Student's Song of Heidelberg'' (1930) * ''Sein Scheidungsgrund'' (1931) - Rudi * ''Der Hochtourist'' (1931) * ''Kadetten'' (1931) - Kadett von Brenken * ''He Is Charming'' (1932) - (uncredited) * ''Kavaliere vom Kurfürstendamm'' (1932) - Niske * ''Ja, treu ist die Soldatenliebe'' (1932) - Krause * '' FP 1 antwortet nicht'' (1932) - Konrad Lennartz * ''What Women Dream'' (1933) * ''Season in Cairo'' (1933) - 3. Gigolo * ''Glück im Schloß'' (1933) - Georg * '' The Castle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Erkelenz
Peter Erkelenz (12 September 1897 – April 1966) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Men Behind Bars'' (1931) * '' The Sea Ghost'' (1931) * ''Sacred Waters'' (1932) * '' Dream of the Rhine'' (1933) * '' The Star of Valencia'' (1933) * '' A Door Opens'' (1933) * '' The Four Musketeers'' (1934) * '' Hundred Days'' (1935) * ''The Empress's Favourite ''The Empress's Favourite'' (german: Der Favorit der Kaiserin) is a 1936 German historical comedy film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Olga Chekhova, Anton Pointner and Heinz von Cleve.Beevor It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Be ...'' (1936) * '' Ninety Minute Stopover'' (1936) * '' The Deruga Case'' (1938) References External links * 1897 births 1966 deaths German male film actors 20th-century German male actors Place of birth missing Place of death missing Date of death missing {{Germany-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilse Trautschold
Ilse Trautschold (27 February 1906 – 17 May 1991) was a German actress. She appeared in 45 films and television shows between 1929 and 1983. Selected filmography * '' Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness'' (1929) * ''The Empress's Favourite'' (1936) * ''The Green Emperor'' (1939) * '' The Merciful Lie'' (1939) * ''The Beaver Coat ''The Beaver Coat'' (german: Der Biberpelz) is a satirical play by Gerhart Hauptmann premiered in Berlin in 1893. The work is an example of a German naturalistic ''Diebskomödie'', or 'thief's comedy'. The drama takes place "somewhere in Berlin ...'' (1949) * '' The Ambassador'' (1960) References External links * 1906 births 1991 deaths German film actresses Actresses from Berlin Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor people {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trude Marlen
Trude Marlen (born Trude Posch; 1912–2005) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She was the second wife of Wolf Albach-Retty, and moved to Germany to live with him during the Nazi era where she was well-connected with the Nazi leadership. She appeared in lead roles in several German films of the 1930s such as ''Bachelor's Paradise'' (1939) although she remained primarily a theatre actress. She later relocated to Vienna and appeared in a number of Austrian films during the post-Second World War years such as '' Who Kisses Whom?'' (1947). Selected filmography * '' Love Conquers All'' (1934) * '' Playing with Fire'' (1934) * '' Marriage Strike'' (1935) * ''Romance'' (1936) * ''A Hoax'' (1936) * ''The Empress's Favourite'' (1936) * '' The Grey Lady'' (1937) * ''Bachelor's Paradise'' (1939) * ''I Am Sebastian Ott'' (1939) * ''Operetta'' (1940) * '' Who Kisses Whom?'' (1947) * ''Adventure in Vienna ''Adventure in Vienna'' (German: ''Abenteuer in Wien'') is a 1952 Austrian crime th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Steinbeck
Walter Steinbeck (26 September 1878 – 27 August 1942) was a German film actor. Steinbeck was born in Niederlößnitz (now Radebeul), Saxony, Germany. He died at age 63 in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''The Romance of a Poor Sinner'' (1922) * ''The Chain Clinks'' (1923) * '' Night of Mystery'' (1927) * ''Panic'' (1928) * ''Sixteen Daughters and No Father'' (1928) * ''The Great Longing'' (1930) - film director * ''Her Majesty the Barmaid'' (1931) * ''Marriage with Limited Liability'' (1931) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * '' 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman'' (1931) * '' Louise, Queen of Prussia'' (1931) * ''In the Employ of the Secret Service'' (1931) * ''Thea Roland'' (1932) * '' Impossible Love'' (1932) * ''The Blue of Heaven'' (1932) * ''A Tremendously Rich Man'' (1932) * ''Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932) * '' The Mad Bomberg'' (1932) * ''All is at Stake'' (1932) * ''When Love Sets the Fashion'' (1932) * '' Five from the Jazz Band'' (1932) * '' Trenck'' (1932) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Esmond
Carl Esmond (born Karl Simon; June 14, 1902– December 4, 2004) was an Austrian-born American film and stage actor, born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Although his age was given as 33 in the passenger list when he arrived in the USA in January 1938, in his naturalization petition his birth year is stated as 1902. His stage names were Willy Eichberger and Charles Esmond and finally Carl Esmond. He trained at Vienna's State Academy of Dramatic Arts, and made his film debut in the operetta '' The Emperor's Waltz'' (1933). He was active in the Viennese genre of shallow romantic comedies so popular in the Austria of the interwar period. Esmond fled Germany following the Nazi takeover, first to the UK and finally in January 1938 to the USA. Esmond continued to appear on stage as well as in British and American films. He appeared in over 50 films and numerous television programs. Death Esmond died in Brentwood, Los Angeles in 2004 at the age of 102. Filmography * '' The Emperor's W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Of Russia
Elizabeth Petrovna (russian: Елизаве́та (Елисаве́та) Петро́вна) (), also known as Yelisaveta or Elizaveta, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. She remains one of the most popular Russian monarchs because of her decision not to execute a single person during her reign, her numerous construction projects, and her strong opposition to Prussian policies. The second-eldest daughter of Tsar Peter the Great (), Elizabeth lived through the confused successions of her father's descendants following her half-brother Alexei's death in 1718. The throne first passed to her mother Catherine I of Russia (), then to her nephew Peter II, who died in 1730 and was succeeded by Elizabeth's first cousin Anna. After the brief rule of Anna's infant great-nephew, Ivan VI, Elizabeth seized the throne with the military's support and declared her own nephew, the future Peter III, her heir. During her reign Elizabeth continued the policies of he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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