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The Grand Duke's Finances (1934 Film)
''The Grand Duke's Finances'' (german: Die Finanzen des Großherzogs) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Gustaf Gründgens and starring Viktor de Kowa, Hilde Weissner and Heinz Rühmann.O'Brien p. 21 It is a remake of the 1924 silent film of the same name by F. W. Murnau. The film was made at the Staaken Studios in Berlin while location shooting took place in Madeira and Tenerife. The film's sets were designed by the 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 ... Franz Schroedter. Plot Grand Duke Ramon, ruler of Abacco, is suffering from financial difficulties. He has already had to sell almost all his possessions. His biggest financier and creditor, the shady crook Mircovich, is already devising a devious plan to overthrow the duke, because he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Gründgens
Gustaf Gründgens (; 22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg. His career continued unimpeded through the years of the Nazi regime; the extent to which this can be considered as deliberate collaboration with the Nazis is hotly disputed. His best known roles were that of Mephistopheles in Goethe's ''Faust'' in 1960, and as "Der Schränker" (The Safecracker) who is the chief judge of the kangaroo court presiding over Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) in Fritz Lang's '' M''. Early life Born in Düsseldorf, Gründgens attended the drama school of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus after World War I and started his career at smaller theaters in Halberstadt, Kiel, and Berlin. Career In 1923, he joined the ''Kammerspiele'' in Hamburg, where he changed his first name to Gustaf and appeared as a director for the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenerife
Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the Archipelago, archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitants as of January 2022, it is also the most populous island of Spain and of Macaronesia. Approximately five million tourists visit Tenerife each year; it is the most visited island in the archipelago. It is one of the most important tourist destinations in Spain and the world, hosting one of the world's largest carnivals, the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The capital of the island, , is also the seat of the island council (). That city and are the co-capitals of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Honna
Friedrich may refer to: Names *Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' *Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other *Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War * ''Friedrich'' (novel), a novel about anti-semitism written by Hans Peter Richter *Friedrich Air Conditioning, a company manufacturing air conditioning and purifying products *, a German cargo ship in service 1941-45 See also *Friedrichs (other) *Frederick (other) *Nikolaus Friedreich Nikolaus Friedreich (1 July 1825 in Würzburg – 6 July 1882 in Heidelberg) was a German pathologist and neurologist, and a third generation physician in the Friedreich family. His father was psychiatrist Johann Baptist Friedreich (1796–1862) ... {{disambig ja:フリードリヒ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Paulmüller
Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, Northern Territory, a rural locality * Herbert, South Australia. former government town * Division of Herbert, an electoral district in Queensland * Herbert River, a river in Queensland * County of Herbert, a cadastral unit in South Australia Canada * Herbert, Saskatchewan, Canada, a town * Herbert Road, St. Albert, Canada New Zealand * Herbert, New Zealand, a town * Mount Herbert (New Zealand) United States * Herbert, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Herbert, Michigan, a former settlement * Herbert Creek, a stream in South Dakota * Herbert Island, Alaska Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Herbert (Disney character) * Herbert Pocket (''Great Expectations'' character), Pip's close friend and room ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilma Bekendorf
Vilma is a feminine first name. People named Vilma include: *Vilma Abrahamsson (born 1999), Swedish football player *Vilma Bánky (1901–1991), Hungarian silent film actress *Vilma Bardauskienė (born 1953), Lithuanian long jumper *Vilma Beck (1810–1851), Hungarian writer and freedom fighter *Vilma Charlton (born 1946), Jamaican sprinter *Vilma Cibulková (born 1963), Czech film and stage actress *Vilma Degischer (1911–1992), Austrian actress * Vilma Ebsen (1911–2007), American musical theatre and film actress, sister of actor Buddy Ebsen *Vilma Egresi (1936–1979), Hungarian sprint canoer *Vilma Espín (1930–2007), Cuban revolutionary, feminist and chemical engineer, wife of Raúl Castro *Vilma Ferrán (1940–2014), Argentine actress * Vilma G. Holland (1928–2005), Puerto Rican artist *Vilma Hollingbery (born 1932), British actress * Vilma Hugonnai (1847–1922), Hungarian medical doctor *Vilma Rose Hunt (1926–2012), Australian scientist and writer *Vilma Ibarra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Rotmund
Ernst Rotmund (26 November 1886 – 2 March 1955) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1917 to 1954. Selected filmography References External links * 1886 births 1955 deaths German male film actors German male silent film actors People from Toruń 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Von Schwindt
Wolfgang von Schwind also spelled Wolfgang von Schwindt (4 July 1879 – 19 April 1949) was an Austrian actor and opera singer. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1920 to 1947. He was the grandson of Austrian painter Moritz von Schwind 200px, Moritz von Schwind, c. 1860. Moritz von Schwind (21 January 1804 – 8 February 1871) was an Austrian painter, born in Vienna. Schwind's genius was lyrical—he drew inspiration from chivalry, folklore, and the songs of the people. Schwind .... Selected filmography References External links * 1879 births 1949 deaths Austrian male film actors Austrian male silent film actors 20th-century Austrian male actors Austrian male stage actors 20th-century Austrian male opera singers German Bohemian people Austrian people of German Bohemian descent People from Loket {{Austria-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willi Schur
Willi Schur (22 August 1888 – 1 November 1940) was a German actor and singer. He appeared in roughly ninety feature films in a variety of supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) * '' Who Takes Love Seriously?'' (1931) * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) * '' All is at Stake'' (1932) * '' Dreaming Lips'' (1932) * ''Sacred Waters'' (1932) * '' Gypsies of the Night'' (1932) * '' The Victor'' (1932) * '' The Invisible Front'' (1932) * '' A Tremendously Rich Man'' (1932) * ''Five from the Jazz Band'' (1932) * '' The Racokzi March'' (1933) * ''A City Upside Down'' (1933) * '' The House of Dora Green'' (1933) * '' The Star of Valencia'' (1933) * ''Gold'' (1934) * '' My Heart Calls You'' (1934) * '' Police Report'' (1934) * '' The Grand Duke's Finances'' (1934) * ''Hard Luck Mary'' (1934) * '' Music in the Blood'' (1934) * ''The Double'' (1934) * '' Miss Liselott'' (1934) * '' Trouble with Jolanthe'' (1934) * '' Master of the World'' (1934) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Lingen
Theo Lingen (; 10 June 1903 – 10 November 1978), born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960. Life and career Lingen was born the son of a lawyer in the city of Hanover, and grew up there. He attended the Royal Goethe Gymnasium – the predecessor of the Goethe School – in Hanover, but left before taking the Abitur (final exams). His theatrical talent was discovered during rehearsals for a school performance at the ''Schauburg'' boulevard theatre. Beginning his professional stage career, the young actor adopted as a stage name his middle name together with that of the birthplace of his father, Lingen in the North German Emsland region. As "Theo Lingen" he performed at theatres at Hanover, Halberstadt, Münster and Frankfurt; in plays like ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' he very quickly earned a reputation as a superb character comedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Alberti
Fritz Alberti (born Friedrich Wilhelm Alberti; 22 October 1877 – 15 September 1954) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' People in Ecstasy'' (1921) * '' The Other Woman'' (1924) * '' The Blackguard'' (1925) * '' Ship in Distress'' (1925) * ''The Hanseatics'' (1925) * '' Frisian Blood'' (1925) * ''I Love You'' (1925) * '' If Only It Weren't Love'' (1925) * '' Vienna - Berlin'' (1926) * '' The Sea Cadet'' (1926) * ''Battle of the Sexes'' (1926) * '' The Student of Prague'' (1926) * ''White Slave Traffic'' (1926) * ''The Woman's Crusade'' (1926) * '' Café Elektric'' (1927) * '' U-9 Weddigen'' (1927) * '' The Impostor'' (1927) * '' Aftermath'' (1927) * '' The Sporck Battalion'' (1927) * '' That Was Heidelberg on Summer Nights'' (1927) * ''Docks of Hamburg'' (1928) * ''Because I Love You'' (1928) * '' The Gallant Hussar'' (1928) * ''Rasputin'' (1928) * '' Escape from Hell'' (1928) * ''Five Anxious Days'' (1928) * '' The Lady and the Chauffeur'' (1928) * ''Circumstantial Evi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Stiebner
Hans Stiebner (19 November 1898 – 27 March 1958) was a German actor. Steibner was born in Vetschau, Germany as Hans Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Paul Stiebner. He died in 1958 in Baden-Baden, West Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Grand Duke's Finances'' (1934) * '' Holiday From Myself'' (1934) * '' Men Without a Fatherland'' (1937) * '' Land of Love'' (1937) * ''The Ruler'' (1937) * ''White Slaves'' (1937) * '' Sergeant Berry'' (1938) * '' The Impossible Mister Pitt'' (1938) * '' We Danced Around the World'' (1939) * '' Police Report'' (1939) * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1939) * '' A Regular Fellow'' (1939) * ''Men Are That Way'' (1939) * '' Alarm at Station III'' (1939) * ''Nanette'' (1940) * '' Counterfeiters'' (1940) * '' The Unfaithful Eckehart'' (1940) * ''Twilight'' (1940) * '' The Rothschilds'' (1940) * ''Mein Leben für Irland'' (1941) * '' Uncle Kruger'' (1941) * '' The Red Terror'' (1942) * ''The Thing About Styx'' (1942) * '' Romance in a Minor Key'' (1943) * '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Loja
Maria Loja (1890–1953) was a German stage and film actress.Giesen p.197 Selected filmography * ''What Am I Without You'' (1934) * ''Adventure on the Southern Express'' (1934) * ''The Grand Duke's Finances'' (1934) * ''What Am I Without You'' (1934) * ''Make Me Happy'' (1935) * ''I Was Jack Mortimer'' (1935) * '' Augustus the Strong'' (1936) * ''Don't Promise Me Anything'' (1937) * ''Men Without a Fatherland'' (1937) * '' The Grey Lady'' (1937) * '' The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky'' (1939) * ''Men Are That Way'' (1939) * ''Her First Experience'' (1939) * ''A Salzburg Comedy'' (1943) * ''Romance in a Minor Key'' (1943) * ''The Buchholz Family'' (1944) * ''Journey to Happiness ''Journey to Happiness'' (German: ''Fahrt ins Glück'') is a 1948 German romantic drama film directed by Erich Engel and starring Käthe Dorsch, Rudolf Forster and Hildegard Knef. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin while location sho ...'' (1948) * '' The Spendthrift'' (1953) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
