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The Hamburg Syndrome
''The Hamburg Syndrome'' (german: Die Hamburger Krankheit) is a 1979 West German-French science fiction film directed by Peter Fleischmann and starring Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal and Carline Seiser. The film is about an outbreak of an epidemic and quarantine. The film received attention again in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plot A deadly epidemic breaks out in Hamburg. Out of the blue, victims fall dead in an embryonic posture. In one scene a doctor who autopsies the dead says: "Three days ago it was 12 odies the day before yesterday 57 and now we don't have any more space." Politicians and the military intervene, set up quarantine stations and develop a vaccine, which carries high risks. People leave their home with face masks and protective suits. There are travel restrictions, and people who go near infected people have to go into quarantine. The search for the index case (patient zero) takes place. Hamburg is cordoned off, and a small group of people wander across ...
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Peter Fleischmann
Peter Fleischmann (26 July 1937 – 11 August 2021) was a German film director, screenwriter and producer. He worked also as an actor, cutter, sound engineer, interviewer and speaker. Fleischmann belonged to the New German Cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. He is known for directing the 1969 '' Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern'' (''Hunting Scenes from Bavaria''), but he produced films of many genres. Life and career Peter Fleischmann was born in Zweibrücken. He studied at the (German Institute of Film and Television, DIFF) in Munich and Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (''IDHEC'') in Paris. He had contact with representatives of the French Nouvelle Vague movement, and became a friend of Jean-Claude Carrière, with whom he later wrote screenplays. After years as an assistant director, he became a director in 1963 in short films and children's films. In 1967, he directed a documentary, ', about the subculture, which anticipated the gereration conflicts of the 1968 studen ...
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Lüneburg
Lüneburg (officially the ''Hanseatic City of Lüneburg'', German: ''Hansestadt Lüneburg'', , Low German ''Lümborg'', Latin ''Luneburgum'' or ''Lunaburgum'', Old High German ''Luneburc'', Old Saxon ''Hliuni'', Polabian ''Glain''), also called Lunenburg ( ) in English, is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of another Hanseatic city, Hamburg, and belongs to that city's wider metropolitan region. The capital of the district which bears its name, it is home to roughly 77,000 people. Lüneburg's urban area, which includes the surrounding communities of Adendorf, Bardowick, Barendorf and Reppenstedt, has a population of around 103,000. Lüneburg has been allowed to use the title " Hansestadt" (''Hanseatic Town'') in its name since 2007, in recognition of its membership in the former Hanseatic League. Lüneburg is also home to Leuphana University. History ImageSize = width:1050 height:100 PlotArea = width:1000 height:50 left:50 bottom ...
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Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands. The country consists of nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilization, being the birthplace of Athenian ...
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Epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidence-based practice by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive healthcare. Epidemiologists help with study design, collection, and statistical analysis of data, amend interpretation and dissemination of results (including peer review and occasional systematic review). Epidemiology has helped develop methodology used in clinical research, public health studies, and, to a lesser extent, basic research in the biological sciences. Major areas of epidemiological study include disease causation, transmission, outbreak investigation, disease surveillance, environmental epidemiology, forensic epidemiology, occupational epidemiology, screening, biomonitoring, and comparisons of treatment effects such as in clinical trials. ...
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ...
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Rosel Zech
Rosalie Helga Lina Zech (7 July 1940 – 31 August 2011),Scott Roxboroug"'Veronica Voss' Actress Rosel Zech Dies of Cancer" ''The Hollywood Reporter'', 1 September 2011 known as Rosel Zech, was a German theater and film actress, especially with the "Autorenkino" (New German Cinema) movement, which began in the 1970s. Career Theater Rose Zech was born in Berlin; her father was a citizen from Poland. Because of her birth out of wedlock, her mother, a dressmaker, married soon after the birth of her daughter an inland waterway boatman who gave her his last name,Ronald BerganObituary:Rose Zech ''The Guardian'', 4 September 2011 She was raised in Hoya, Germany. Her performing led her, at the age of 20, to Lower Bavaria, where in 1962 her first theatrical engagement was in the South Bavarian City Theater (now the Lower Bavarian State Theatre) in Landshut. This was followed by other roles at various other theaters, such as in 1964 at the Städtebundtheater in Biel and at the summer the ...
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Peter Von Zahn
Peter von Zahn (29 January 1913 – 26 July 2001) was a German author, film maker, and journalist. Born in Chemnitz as a son of an officer, he grew up in Dresden and studied law, history, and philosophy. He was drafted at the beginning of World War II. After the war, he was one of the founders of the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR). For three years, he managed the NWDR Studio in Düsseldorf where he introduced Anglo-Saxon style journalism with self-critical irony. In 1951, he went to the United States as a foreign correspondent. He worked until a very advanced age and produced over 3000 radio shows and 1000 television films. He received many awards such as the Adolf-Grimme-Preis (3), the DAG-Fernsehpreis in Silver and Gold, the Goldene Kamera and the Bavarian TV Award, and is considered the standard for subsequent radio and television journalism. The State of Hamburg promoted him in 1995 to a Professor honoris causa. He died in Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s ...
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Evelyn Künneke
Evelyn Künneke (15 December 1921 – 28 April 2001) was a German singer and stage, television and film actress. She was the daughter of the famous composer Eduard Künneke. Selected filmography * '' Goodbye, Franziska'' (1941) * ''Third from the Right'' (1950) * ''Maya of the Seven Veils'' (1951) * ''Dancing Stars'' (1952) * ''The Big Star Parade'' (1954) * ''I Was an Ugly Girl'' (1955) * ''My Wife Makes Music'' (1958) * '' I'd Like to Have My Troubles'' (1975) * ''Flaming Hearts'' (1978) * '' Just a Gigolo'' (1978) * ''The Hamburg Syndrome'' (1979) * ''Killer Condom ''Killer Condom'' (original title ''Kondom des Grauens'' (English: Condom of Horror)) is a 1996 German horror comedy directed by Martin Walz. It is based on the comic books ''Kondom des Grauens'' and ''Bis auf die Knochen'' ("Down to the Bones") b ...'' (1996) References Bibliography * External links * * 1921 births 2001 deaths Actresses from Berlin German film actresses German stage actresses Germa ...
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Romy Haag
Romy is a given name, often a diminutive form of names such as Rosemary or Roman or Romeo. https://nameberry.com/babyname/romy/boy People with the name include: Men *Romy Cachola, nickname of Romeo Munoz Cachola, Philippines-born Hawaiian politician *Romy Diaz (1940–2005), real name José Roméo Bustillos Díaz, Filipino actor * Romy González (born 1996), nickname of Roman A. González, American baseball player for the Chicago White Sox * Romy Gosz (1910–1966), nickname for Roman Luis Gosz, American polka musician *Romy Haag (born 1948), real name Edouard Frans Verba, Dutch dancer and singer * Romy Hoffman (born 1980), Australian hip-hop singer known as Macromantics * Romy Pastrana (born 1958), nickname of Romeo Pastrana, Filipino actor, comedian, and politician * Romy Gauchan Thakali, Nepali politician *Romy Tiongco, Filipino former Catholic priest and Christian Aid worker *Romy van Oojen (born 1971), Belgian singer and former member of 2 Unlimited Women * Romy Bühle ...
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Leopold Hainisch
Leopold Hainisch (1891–1979) was an Austrian actor and film director.Mitchell p.148 Selected filmography Actor * ''Ulli und Marei'' (1948) * ''Viennese Girls'' (1949) – Karl Haslinger * ''Cabaret'' (1954) – Leopold Holzinger * ''Walking Back into the Past'' (1954) * ''The Last Ten Days'' (1955) – Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel * ''Castle in Tyrol'' (1957) – Direktor Rothmüller * ''Arena of Fear'' (1959) – Riley * ''Charley's Aunt'' (1963) – Aristide Raby (uncredited) * ''The Hamburg Syndrome'' (1979) – Professor Placek (final film role) Director * ''Falstaff in Vienna'' (1940) * ''Laugh Bajazzo'' (1943) * ''Earth'' (1947) * ''Ulli and Marei'' (1948) * ''Veronika the Maid ''Veronika the Maid'' (german: Veronika, die Magd) is a 1951 West German drama film directed by Leopold Hainisch and starring Ilse Exl, Viktor Staal and Ilse Steppat.Wiesen p. 273 It was shot at the Göttingen Studios. The film's sets were designe ...'' (1951) * '' The Spendthrift'' (1953) ...
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Rainer Langhans
Rainer Langhans (born June 19, 1940 in Oschersleben) is a German writer and filmmaker who is primarily known for his membership of Kommune 1 Kommune 1 or K1 was a politically motivated commune in Germany. It was created on 12 January 1967, in West Berlin and finally dissolved in November 1969. Kommune 1 developed from the extraparliamentary opposition of the German student movement o ...."Biography of Rainer Langhans"
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Ulrich Wildgruber
Ulrich Wildgruber (18 November 1937 – 30 November 1999) was a German actor. He started working on stage in 1963 and is best known for playing Othello in the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal .... He also played in more than fifty films from 1970 to 1999. Wildgruber committed suicide at the age of 62. Filmography Awards * 1986 Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse References External links * 1937 births 1999 deaths Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany German male film actors German male stage actors 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-actor-stub ...
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