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The Happy Years Of The Thorwalds
''The Happy Years of the Thorwalds'' (German: ''Die glücklichen Jahre der Thorwalds'') is a 1962 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and , starring Elisabeth Bergner, Hansjörg Felmy and Dietmar Schönherr.Bock & Bergfelder p.40 It is based on J.B. Priestley's 1937 play ''Time and the Conways'', with the setting is shifted from Britain to Germany. It portrays two family gatherings - the first in 1913 during the German Empire before the First World War and the second in 1932 in the dying days of the Weimar Republic before the Nazi takeover. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt. Cast * Elisabeth Bergner as Frau Thorwald * Hansjörg Felmy as Peter Thorwald * Dietmar Schönherr as Martin Thorwald * Brigitte Grothum as Helga Thorwald * Elfriede Irrall as Erika Thorwald * Johanna Matz as Maria Thorwald * Wega Jahnke as Kathrin Thorwald * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Staudte
Wolfgang Staudte (9 October 1906 – 19 January 1984), born Georg Friedrich Staudte, was a German film director, script writer and actor. He was born in Saarbrücken. After 1945, Staudte also looked at German guilt in the cinema. Alongside Helmut Käutner, he was considered the only German post-war director of any standing who, after 1945, could look back on continuous artistic filmmaking far removed from Heimatfilm and the suppression of history. Staudte's films stood for politically committed cinema as well as for professional craftsmanship, for film art and (good) entertainment with a social claim. His most important work came in the ten years following World War II, in which he worked with the DEFA in East Germany. The main focus of his work was to highlight the limits of German national pride. His work in anti-Nazi films, such as ''Murderers Among Us'' (1946), was also a personal working-through of his film career under the Nazis (he acted in the anti-Semitic film ''Jud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic (german: Deutsche Republik, link=no, label=none). The state's informal name is derived from the city of Weimar, which hosted the constituent assembly that established its government. In English, the republic was usually simply called "Germany", with "Weimar Republic" (a term introduced by Adolf Hitler in 1929) not commonly used until the 1930s. Following the devastation of the First World War (1914–1918), Germany was exhausted and sued for peace in desperate circumstances. Awareness of imminent defeat sparked a revolution, the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II, formal surrender to the Allies, and the proclamation of the Weimar Republic on 9 November 1918. In its i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Graf (actor)
Robert Graf (November 18, 1923 – February 4, 1966) was a German actor who played the role of Werner, "The Ferret" in the 1963 movie '' The Great Escape''. Graf was born in Witten, Germany in 1923. In 1942, after completing his Abitur, he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht and sent to the Eastern Front. He was wounded in 1944, and assigned to war production duties in Munich, where he began his study of theater. In 1952, Graf married the actress Selma Urfer and had three children. He was the father of the director Dominik Graf. Robert Graf died of cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ... in Munich in 1966 at age 42. Filmography References External links * Robert Graf Bio on Filmportal.de 1923 births 1966 deaths People from Witten German male film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loni Von Friedl
Loni von Friedl (born 1943) is an Austrian film and television actress.Bock & Bergfelder p. 268 She began as a child actress in the early 1950s, before graduating to mature roles during the following decade. The daughter of cinematographer Fritz von Friedl, she also has an actor brother of the same name. Her nephew is actor Christoph von Friedl. She was married to actor Götz George from 1966 to 1976. She later married Jürgen Schmidt. Selected filmography * '' Maria Theresa'' (1951), as Marie Antoinette (child) * '' The Merry Farmer'' (1951), as Annamirl (child) * '' When the Bells Sound Clearly'' (1959), as Hanna * ''My Schoolfriend'' (1960), as Rosi * ' (1961), as Katja * '' The Shadows Grow Longer'' (1961), as Erika Schöner * '' Two Among Millions'' (1961), as Christine * ''The Happy Years of the Thorwalds'' (1962), as Brigitte von Tienitz * ''Love Has to Be Learned'' (1963), as Margot Zimmermann * '' The Spendthrift'' (1964), as Amalie * ' (1964), as Vickie Paul * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wega Jahnke
WEGA is a German audio and video manufacturer, manufacturing some of Germany's earliest radio receivers. History WEGA, pronounced "Vega", was founded as ''Wuerttembergische Radio-Gesellschaft mbh'' in Stuttgart, Germany in the year 1923. In 1975, it was acquired by Sony Corporation. They were then known throughout Europe for stylish and high-quality stereo equipment, designed by Verner Panton and Hartmut Esslinger. Sony continued to use the WEGA brand until 2005, when liquid-crystal displays superseded the company's Trinitron aperture grille-based CRT models. Starting in 1998, Sony released a television line called ''FD Trinitron/WEGA'', a flat-screen television with side-mounted speakers and a silver-coloured cabinet. Sony says that the FD Trinitron WEGA was named after a star ("Vega" in English) in the Lyra constellation, and made no reference to the original WEGA firm. Sony has also used WEGA as a name for flat-screen televisions with newer technologies than CRT. Their flat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Matz
Johanna Matz (born 5 October 1932, in Vienna) is an Austrian film actress. She began as a dancer and later acted at the Burgtheater. Selected filmography * '' Maria Theresa'' (1951) * '' Season in Salzburg'' (1952) * ''The White Horse Inn'' (1952) * '' The Sergeant's Daughter'' (1952) * '' The Forester's Daughter'' (1952) * '' Everything for Father'' (1953) * '' Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach'' (1953), the German version of ''The Moon Is Blue'' (1953), which was filmed at the same time, on the same sets and days, filmed by the same director Otto Preminger, and in which she had a cameo * ''Arlette Conquers Paris'' (1953) * ''They Were So Young'' (1954) * ''Ingrid - Die Geschichte eines Fotomodells'' (1955) * '' The Life and Loves of Mozart'' (1955) * '' The Congress Dances'' (1955) * ''Regine'' (1956) * ''And Lead Us Not Into Temptation'' (1957) * ' (1958) * '' Die unvollkommene Ehe'' (1959) * ''Mrs. Warren's Profession'' (1960) * ''The Happy Years of the Thorwalds'' (1962) * ''Life B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elfriede Irrall
Elfriede, also known as Elfreda, Elfrida, Alfrida, Elfrieda, Elftrude, Elftraut among other variants, is a female given name, derived from ''Ælfþryð'' (Aelfthryth) meaning "elf-strength". The name fell out of fashion in the Middle Ages and was revived in the 19th century in both England and Germany. Although some of its modern forms like Alfieda can be mistaken for feminine versions of Alfred, that derives from ''Ælfræd'' ('elf-counsel' or 'wise-elf'). The Southern German diminutive Friedel or Friedl is nowadays more common than the full name. Medieval * Saint Ælfflæd of Whitby, daughter of King Oswiu of Northumbria and Eanflæd, abbess of Whitby Abbey (654–714) * Saint Ælfthryth of Crowland (died c. 795) * Ælfthryth, wife of King Coenwulf of Mercia ( fl. 810s) * Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders, daughter of King Alfred the Great (d. 929) * Elftrude, daughter of Adele of Vermandois and Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (10th century) * Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Grothum
Brigitte Grothum (born 26 February 1935) is a German film actress. She has appeared in 50 films since 1955. She was born in Dessau, Germany. Selected filmography *'' Ripening Youth'' (1955), as Dora *''The First Day of Spring'' (1956), as Trixi *''Das Mädchen Marion'' (1956), as Marion von Hoff *''The Last Ones Shall Be First'' (1957), as Irene Darrandt *'' Lemke's Widow'' (1957), as Lore * ''Two Times Adam, One Time Eve'' (1959), as Silja *''The Miracle of Father Malachia'' (1961), as Gussy *''The Strange Countess'' (1961), as Margaret Reedle *'' Her Most Beautiful Day'' (1962), as Inge *'' Der rote Rausch'' (1962), as Katrin * ''The Happy Years of the Thorwalds'' (1962) as Helga Thorwald *''The Inn on the River'' (1962), as Leila Smith *'' The Curse of the Yellow Snake'' (1963), as Joan Bray *' (1968, TV miniseries), as Jane Conway *''Einer spinnt immer'' (1971), as Liane *''Grete Minde'' (1977), as Emerentz Zernitz *''Drei Damen vom Grill'' (1977–1992, TV series, 140 epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Schmidt
Ellen Schmidt (1922–1997) was a German art director active in film set design in the postwar era.Bergfelder p.254 She frequently collaborated with her husband Mathias Matthies, including on several Edgar Wallace adaptations. Selected filmography * '' Dark Eyes'' (1951) * ''The Sinful Border'' (1951) * '' Shooting Stars'' (1952) * ''My Wife Is Being Stupid'' (1952) * '' Don't Worry About Your Mother-in-Law'' (1954) * ''Men at a Dangerous Age'' (1954) * ''I Was an Ugly Girl'' (1955) * ''The First Day of Spring'' (1956) * '' The Girl from the Marsh Croft'' (1958) * '' Crime After School'' (1959) * '' Yes, Women are Dangerous'' (1960) * ''The Forger of London'' (1961) * '' The Green Archer'' (1961) * ''The Inn on the River'' (1962) * ''The Happy Years of the Thorwalds ''The Happy Years of the Thorwalds'' (German: ''Die glücklichen Jahre der Thorwalds'') is a 1962 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and , starring Elisabeth Bergner, Hansjörg Felmy and Dietmar Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathias Matthies
Mathias Matthies (August 7, 1911 – September 30, 2004) was a German art director. He designed the sets for around a hundred films and television programmes. He often collaborated with his wife Ellen Schmidt, including on some Edgar Wallace adaptations made by Rialto Film.Bergfelder p. 254 Selected filmography * '' Dangerous Guests'' (1949) * ''Derby'' (1949) * ''My Wife's Friends'' (1949) * '' Unknown Sender'' (1950) * ''The Allure of Danger'' (1950) * ''Abundance of Life'' (1950) * '' Dark Eyes'' (1951) * ''The Sinful Border'' (1951) * ''My Wife Is Being Stupid'' (1952) * '' Shooting Stars'' (1952) * '' Wedding in Transit'' (1953) * '' The Bogeyman'' (1953) * ''Men at a Dangerous Age'' (1954) * '' Don't Worry About Your Mother-in-Law'' (1954) * ''Doctor Solm'' (1955) * ''I Was an Ugly Girl'' (1955) * ''My Children and I'' (1955) * ''Father's Day'' (1955) * '' The Old Forester House'' (1956) * ''The First Day of Spring'' (1956) * '' The Girl from the Marsh Croft'' (1958) * '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it visual communication, communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style (visual arts), style(s) to use, and when to use motion graphic design, motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Location Shooting
Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior. The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for example, scenes in the film ''The Interpreter'' were set and shot inside the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan), or it may stand in for a different locale (the films ''Amadeus'' and '' The Illusionist'' were primarily set in Vienna, but were filmed in Prague). Most films feature a combination of location and studio shoots; often, interior scenes will be shot on a soundstage while exterior scenes will be shot on location. Second unit photography is not generally considered a location shoot. Before filming, the locations are generally surveyed in pre-production, a process known as location scouting and recce. Pros and cons Location shooting has several advantages over filming on a studio set. First and foremost, the expense can often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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