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The Singing City
''The Singing City'' (German: ''Die singende Stadt'') is a 1930 German musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Jan Kiepura, Brigitte Helm and Walter Janssen. The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar Werndorff. An English-language version of the film, ''City of Song'', also directed by Gallone and starring Kiepura along with a British cast, was released in 1931.Bock & Bergfelder p.243 Synopsis While holidaying in Naples, a wealthy young Austrian woman discovers the singing talents of her tour guide. He falls in love with her, but once she has taken him to Vienna to launch his career he becomes disillusioned with her lifestyle and circles of friends and returns home to Italy and his original girlfriend. Cast * Jan Kiepura as Giovanni Cavallone - Fremdenführer * Brigitte Helm as Claire Landshoff - junge Witwe * Walter Janssen as Professor Andreas Breuling * Trude Berliner as Carmela - neapolitanisches Mädchen * Georg Alexander as Rudi Feldegg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone (10 September 1885 – 11 March 1973) was an early Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, who was also controversial for his works of pro-Fascist propaganda and historical revisionism. Considered one of Italian cinema's leading early directors, he directed over 120 films in his fifty-year career between 1913 and 1963. Life and career Carmine Gallone was born as Carmelo Camillo Gallone on 10 September 1885 in Taggia (in the province of Imperia), but grew up in Naples. His father was Italian, from Sorrento, and his mother was French, from Nice.G. Martini, ''Patchwork: 100 anni di cinema in Italia : un viaggio attraverso le regioni'', Finzioni, 1997, p. 168 He began writing plays at 15 and in 1911 won first prize at a national drama competition for his drama ''Brittanico''. He later moved to Rome where in 1912 he was hired as a general worker by the Teatro Argentina company, all the while continuing to write plays. In the same year he had his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Werndorff
Oscar Friedrich Werndorff (1880–1938) was an Austrian art director. After leaving Germany in the early 1930s he moved to Britain where he worked in the British film industry. He co-directed the 1931 film '' The Bells''.Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.78 Selected filmography Art director * '' The Count of Cagliostro'' (1920) * ''The Story of a Maid'' (1921) * '' Money in the Streets'' (1922) * '' The Daughter of the Brigadier'' (1922) * '' The Slipper Hero'' (1923) * ''The Three Marys'' (1923) * ''The Wonderful Adventure'' (1924) * '' Carlos and Elisabeth'' (1924) * '' Man Against Man'' (1924) * ''Unmarried Daughters'' (1926) * '' Nanette Makes Everything'' (1926) * '' A Modern Dubarry'' (1927) * ''Always Be True and Faithful'' (1927) * '' Heaven on Earth'' (1927) * '' Odette'' (1928) * '' Dyckerpotts' Heirs'' (1928) * ''The Singing City'' (1930) * '' The First Mrs. Fraser'' (1932) * '' The Camels Are Coming'' (1934) * ''Forbidden Territory'' (1934) * ''Heat Wave'' (1935) * '' Figh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Kosleck
Martin Kosleck (born Nicolaie Yoshkin, March 24, 1904 – January 15, 1994) was a German film actor. Like many other German actors, he fled when the Nazis came to power. Inspired by his deep hatred of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, Kosleck made a career in Hollywood playing villainous Nazis in films. While in the United States, he appeared in more than 80 films and television shows in a 46-year span. His icy demeanor and piercing stare on screen made him a popular choice to play Nazi villains. He portrayed Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister, five times, and also appeared as an SS trooper and a concentration camp officer. Early life Kosleck was born in Barkotzen in Pomerania, Germany, the son of a forester. His family was "German-Russian". He became interested in acting at an early age. He spent six years in the Max Reinhardt Dramatic School, particularly excelling in Shakespearian roles, and working in revues and musicals in Berlin. At the age of 23, he app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Goetz
Carl Goetz (10 April 1862 – 15 August 1932) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in around seventy films during the silent and early sound eras. Goetz was of a Jewish background.Prawer p.213 He is particularly noted for his role in Georg Wilhelm Pabst's ''Pandora's Box'' (1929). Selected filmography * '' Bogdan Stimoff'' (1916) * ''Tom Sawyer'' (1917) * '' The Count of Cagliostro'' (1920) * '' The Fool and Death'' (1920) * '' Dracula's Death'' (1921) * ''The Favourite of the Queen'' (1922) * ''La Boheme'' (1923) * '' The Expulsion'' (1923) * '' The Mill at Sanssouci'' (1926) * '' The Bank Crash of Unter den Linden'' (1926) * ''Pratermizzi'' (1927) * '' Princess Olala'' (1928) * '' Scampolo'' (1928) * '' My Heart is a Jazz Band'' (1929) * ''Pandora's Box'' (1929) * '' Fräulein Else'' (1929) * ''The Singing City'' (1930) * ''The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930) * ''Danton'' (1931) * ''Yorck'' (1931) * '' The Paw'' (1931) * ''1914'' (1931) * '' Shadows of the Under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Bill
Teddy Bill (18 November 1900 – 11 February 1949) was an Austrian actor. Later in his career he was also credited as Teddy Kern. Selected filmography * ''Princess Trulala'' (1926) - Lackei * ''Vienna - Berlin'' (1926) - Ein Heurigenfänger * '' The Boxer's Bride'' (1926) - Heinz Gordon * ''The Sea Cadet'' (1926) * ''Marie's Soldier'' (1927) * '' The Imaginary Baron'' (1927) - Hans v. Grabow * ''Durchlaucht Radieschen'' (1927) - Pueblo de Santa Galantos * ''The Eighteen Year Old'' (1927) - Paul Malot * '' Students' Love'' (1927) - Teddy * '' Das Fürstenkind'' (1927) - Trottulos * '' The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin'' (1927) * ''Svengali'' (1927) - Maler Leard * '' Der König der Mittelstürmer'' (1927) - Mr. Jonas * '' Only a Viennese Woman Kisses Like That'' (1928) - Der Bäcker * ''Artists'' (1928) - Ralph, Milsons Freund * '' It Attracted Three Fellows'' (1928) * '' When the Guard Marches'' (1928) * '' Honeymoon'' (1928) * '' Love's Masquerade'' (1928) - Herr im Auto * '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Blaß
Hermann Blaß (transliterated as Hermann Blass; 1888–1941) was an Austrian film actor and singer.Eisner p.351 The Jewish Blaß was forced to leave Germany following the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933. He then left Austria following its annexation by Germany in 1938 and went to the United States, where he died in 1941. Selected filmography * ''War in Peace'' (1925) * ''Dolly Gets Ahead'' (1930) * ''The Singing City'' (1930) * '' The Copper'' (1930) * ''A Student's Song of Heidelberg'' (1930) * '' The Road to Dishonour'' (1930) * ''The Stolen Face'' (1930) * ''Lieutenant, Were You Once a Hussar?'' (1930) * ''Once I Loved a Girl in Vienna'' (1931) * ''The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) * ''The Opera Ball'' (1931) * ''The Little Escapade'' (1931) * '' Circus Life'' (1931) * ''Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932) * ''Once There Was a Waltz'' (1932) * ''Two Hearts Beat as One'' (1932) * ''When Love Sets the Fashion'' (1932) * '' Trenck'' (1932) * '' Grandstand for General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bender
Henry Bender (born Harry Bandheimer; 1867–1933) was a German stage and film actor.Chandler p. 272 He appeared in more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The Devil'' (1918) * '' Madeleine'' (1919) * ''Whitechapel'' (1920) * '' The Lord of the Beasts'' (1921) * ''Murder Without Cause'' (1921) * ''The Hunt for the Truth'' (1921) * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1921) * ''The Riddle of the Sphinx'' (1921) * ''The Two Pigeons'' (1922) * ''Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King'' (1922) * ''Miss Rockefeller Is Filming'' (1922) * '' Sunken Worlds'' (1922) * ''His Excellency from Madagascar'' (1922) * ''The Girl with the Mask'' (1922) * ''Horrido'' (1924) * ''Gobseck'' (1924) * ''The Most Beautiful Woman in the World'' (1924) * ''Express Train of Love'' (1925) * ''Flight Around the World'' (1925) * ''Cock of the Roost'' (1925) * '' Give My Regards to the Blonde Child on the Rhine'' (1926) * ''The Blue Danube'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Maldacea
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Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Franz Lake National Wildlife Refuge Businesses * Franz Deuticke, a scientific publishing company based in Vienna, Austria * Franz Family Bakeries, a food processing company in Portland, Oregon * Franz-porcelains, a Taiwanese brand of pottery based in San Francisco Other uses * ''Franz'' (film), a 1971 Belgian film * Franz Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language See also * Frantz (other) * Franzen (other) * Frantzen (other) Frantzen or Frantzén is a surname. It may refer to: * Allen Frantzen (born 1947/48), American medievalist * Björn Frantzén (born 1977), Swedish chef and owner of the Frantzén restaurant * Jean-Pierre Frantzen (1890–1957), Luxembourgian gymna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Alexander
Georg Alexander (born Werner Ludwig Georg Lüddeckens; 3 April 1888 – 30 October 1945) was a German film actor who was a prolific presence in German cinema. He also directed a number of films during the silent era. Personal life He was married to the Norwegian actress Aud Egede-Nissen from 1915 to 1924. Their son Georg Richter also became an actor. Filmography * '' Es war einst ein Prinzesschen'' (1916) * '' Der Verräter'' (1917) * '' Das Verhängnis der schönen Susi'' (1917) * '' The Platonic Marriage'' (1919) * '' Die lachende Seele'' (1919) * '' Erblich belastet'' (1919) * '' A Drive into the Blue'' (1919) * '' Zwischen Lachen und Weinen'' (1919) * '' Luxuspflänzchen'' (1919) * ''False Start'' (1919) * '' Indian Revenge'' (1920) * '' Nixchen'' (1920) * '' In the Whirl of Life'' (1920) * ''Lady Hamilton'' (1921) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1921, 6 parts) * '' His Excellency from Madagascar'' (1922, 2 parts) * '' The Game with Women'' (1922) * ''Miss Rockefeller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trude Berliner
Trude Berliner (28 February 1903 – 26 February 1977) was a German actress. She was one of many Jewish actors and actresses who were forced to flee Europe when the Nazis came to power in 1933. Biography Berliner was born Gertrude Berliner in Berlin, Germany. She became a famous cabaret performer in Berlin. In 1925, she appeared in her first movie, a silent film called '' Krieg im Frieden''. Berliner would wait four years before her second movie, but her film career would then take off. In 1929, she appeared in '' Dich hab ich geliebt'', which would become the first German talkie released in the United States. Berliner appeared in a number of well known movies in Germany during the 1930s, including '' Masken'', ''The Invisible Front'', ' and ''Kaiserwalzer''. ''Es war einmal ein Musikus'' (1933) was her last movie in Germany; it also featured S.Z. Sakall, in the fourth German movie that the two appeared in together. Being Jewish, she left Germany when Hitler and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
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