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The Standard (film)
''The Standard'' (German: ''Die Standarte'') is a 1977 war drama film directed by Ottokar Runze and starring Simon Ward, Siegfried Rauch and Peter Cushing.Goble p.965 It was made as a co-production between Austria, Spain and West Germany. The film is based on the 1934 novel '' The Standard'' by Alexander Lernet-Holenia, previously turned into a 1935 film ''My Life for Maria Isabella'' in Nazi Germany. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Scharff. Location shooting took place in Vienna and Toledo province Toledo is a province of central Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Madrid, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Badajoz, Cáceres, and Ávila. Its capital is the city of Toledo. ... in Spain. Another English-language title of this film is ''Battle Flag''. Cast References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottokar Runze
Ottokar Runze (19 August 1925 – 22 September 2018) was a German film producer, director and screenwriter. His 1974 film '' In the Name of the People'' was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear. The following year, he was a member of the jury at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Five Suspects'' (dir. Kurt Hoffmann, 1950, producer) * ' (1972) — loosely based on Shakespeare's ''Twelfth Night'' * ' (1974) * '' In the Name of the People'' (1974) * ' (1975) * '' A Lost Life'' (1976) * '' The Standard'' (1977) — based on '' The Standard'' by Alexander Lernet-Holenia * ' (1979) — based on a novel by Georges Simenon * ' (1980) — based on ' by Leonie Ossowski * ''High Society Limited'' (1982) * ' (1983) * ' (1986–1988, TV series) * ''Der veruntreute Himmel'' (1990, TV film) — based on a novel by Franz Werfel * ' (1990) * ''Linda'' (1992) * ''Goldstaub'' (1993, TV film) * ''Tatort: Laura, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Scharff
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Robb
David Robb (born 23 August 1947) is a Scottish actor. Early life Born in London, the son of David Robb and Elsie Tilley, Robb grew up in Edinburgh and was educated there at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, Royal High School, where he played Henry II of England, Henry II in a school production of Jean Anouilh’s ''Becket''. Screen career Robb has starred in various British films and television shows, including films such as ''Swing Kids'' and ''Hellbound (film), Hellbound''. He is well known for playing Germanicus in the famous 1976 BBC production of ''I, Claudius (TV series), I, Claudius'', and as Robin Grant, one of the principal characters in Thames Television's 1981 series ''The Flame Trees of Thika''. Robb had his big break playing Andrew Fraser MP in the TV miniseries First Among Equals (TV series), ''First Among Equals'' a 1986 adaption of the book of the same name by Jeffrey Archer. The miniseries was a great success on prime time TV in the UK and abroad and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Frey
Erik Frey (1 March 1908 – 2 September 1988) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1936 and 1988. He was born and died in Vienna, Austria. He was married to the actress Jane Tilden. Selected filmography * '' Court Theatre'' (1936) * '' Love is Duty Free'' (1941) * ''Late Love'' (1943) * ''The Heart Must Be Silent'' (1944) * ''Viennese Girls'' (1945) * ''The Immortal Face'' (1947) * '' The Other Life'' (1948) * '' Eroica'' (1949) * '' Dear Friend'' (1949) * ''Vagabonds'' (1949) * ''Cordula'' (1950) * '' The Fourth Commandment'' (1950) * ''Vienna Waltzes'' (1951) * ''City Park'' (1951) * '' Maria Theresa'' (1951) * '' 1. April 2000'' (1952) * '' The Immortal Vagabond'' (1953) * ''The Emperor Waltz'' (1953) * ''The Eternal Waltz'' (1954) * ''The Forester of the Silver Wood'' (1954) * ''Sarajevo'' (1955) * ''The Doctor's Secret'' (1955) * ''Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love'' (1955) * ''Ludwig II'' (1955) * ''The Last Ten Days'' (1955) * ''Espion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Perschy
Herta-Maria Perschy (23 September 1938 – 3 December 2004) was an Austrian actress whose career included performances on screen with actor Rock Hudson and on American television in both daytime and prime time. Early life Perschy was born in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria and moved to Vienna at the age of 17 to study acting. Career After completing her education, she moved to Germany for more training, leading to a film career. Her first major success came with ''Nasser Asphalt'' where she played together with Horst Buchholz. Her acting career would eventually take her — by way of France, Italy and the United Kingdom — to Hollywood. Perschy played in a number of American films, her most notable roles being in the 1962 biopic ''Freud'', the 1964 Rock Hudson comedy, ''Man's Favorite Sport?'', and the 1964 hit war movie ''633 Squadron''. Perschy's career in America eventually declined and by the late 1970s her only US appearances were brief roles in TV shows such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lil Dagover
Lil Dagover (; born Marie Antonia Siegelinde Martha Seubert; 30 September 1887 – 23 January 1980) was a German actress whose film career spanned between 1913 and 1979. She was one of the most popular and recognized film actresses in the Weimar Republic. Early life Lil Dagover was born Marie Antonia Siegelinde Martha Seubert in Madiun, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) to German parents. Some sources inaccurately give her birth name as Marta Maria Lillits. Her father, Adolf Karl Ludwig Moritz Seubert, born in Karlsruhe/Baden Germany, was a forest ranger in the service of the Dutch colonial authorities. She had two siblings. Her mother died in 1897, after which she returned to Germany, where she lived with relatives in Tübingen. She was educated at boarding schools in Baden-Baden, Weimar, and Geneva, Switzerland. Orphaned at the age of 13, she spent the rest of her adolescence with friends and relatives. After completing her education she began pursuing a career as a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Preiss
Wolfgang Preiss (27 February 1910 – 27 November 2002) was a German theatre, film and television actor. The son of a teacher, Preiss studied philosophy, German, and drama in the early 1930s. He also took private acting classes with Hans Schlenck, making his stage début in Munich in 1932. He appeared in various theatre productions in Heidelberg, Königsberg, Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart and Berlin. In 1942, he made his film début – he was specifically exempted from military service – in the UFA production ''Die grosse Liebe'' with Zarah Leander. After the end of the Second World War, Preiss returned to the theatre, and from 1949 worked extensively dubbing films into German. In 1954, he returned to film acting, appearing in Alfred Weidenmann's ''Canaris''. The following year, Preiss played the lead role of Claus von Stauffenberg in Falk Harnack's film ''The Plot to Assassinate Hitler'', which dramatised the 20 July plot. This role brought Preiss to popular attention and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hoffmann
Robert Hoffmann (30 August 1939 – 4 July 2022) was an Austrian actor, best known to British audiences for his title role performance in ''The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'' (1964). Hoffmann was born in Salzburg. ''Crusoe'' was his screen debut, but he later worked in film (including a number of giallo horror-thrillers) and TV throughout Europe, in Germany, Italy, France the UK, and appeared in films by directors such as Marcel Carné, Antonio Pietrangeli, Robert Siodmak, and Robert Enrico. In 1997, he was interviewed by the BBC for TV and radio when the ''Robinson Crusoe'' series was first released on video. Selected filmography * ''The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'' (1964, TV miniseries) * ''Angélique, Marquise des Anges'' (1964) * ''Marvelous Angelique'' (1965) * ''Up from the Beach'' (1965) * '' I Knew Her Well'' (1965) * ''Three Rooms in Manhattan'' (1965) * ''Neues vom Hexer'' (1965) * '' The Gentlemen'' (1965) * ''Wake Up and Die'' (1966) * ''How I Learned to Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerd Böckmann
Gerd Böckmann (born 11 January 1944 in Chemnitz, Germany) is a German television actor. Selected filmography Television * ''Derrick'' - Season 2, Episode 10: ''"Kamillas junger Freund"'' (1975, TV) * ''Derrick'' - Season 4, Episode 6: ''"Das Kuckucksei"'' (1977, TV) * '' The Buddenbrooks'' (1979) * ''Derrick'' - Season 10, Episode 8: ''"Attentat auf Derrick"'' (1983, TV) * '' The Wannsee Conference'' (1984, TV film), as Adolf Eichmann * ''Derrick'' - Season 12, Episode 4: ''"Toter Goldfisch"'' (1985, TV) * ''Der Mann ohne Schatten'' (1996, TV series) Film * '' The Standard'' (1977) * ''Adventure An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme spo ...'' (2011) References External links *Divina Agency Vienna 1944 births Living people German male television actors People from Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verónica Forqué
Verónica Forqué Vázquez-Vigo (; 1 December 1955 – 13 December 2021) was a Spanish stage, film and television actress. She was a four-time Goya Award winner, the most award-winning actress alongside Carmen Maura. She had a knack for characters "between ridiculous and tender, stunned and vehement". Biography Background Forqué was born in Madrid on 1 December 1955, to a family with an artistic background: her mother was the writer María del and her father was filmmaker José María Forqué. Her grandfather, , was a musician and composer. She had an older brother, film director Álvaro Forqué. She began to study for a degree in psychology, but at the age of 17, switched to drama. Beginnings Her first film appearances were in the movie ''My Dearest Senorita'', under the direction of Jaime de Armiñán in 1972 and her second appearance was in ', a movie directed by her father. In the theater she debuted in 1975 with 19 years old with Núria Espert in the play ''Divinas pal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Staal
Viktor Staal (17 February 1909 – 4 June 1982) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' Everything for the Company'' (1935) * '' Eva, the Factory Girl'' (1935) * ''Das Einmaleins der Liebe'' (1935) * '' The World's in Love'' (1935) * '' Waltz Around the Stefanstower'' (1935) * ''Donogoo Tonka'' (1936) - Pierre Lamendin * '' Winter in the Woods'' (1936) - Walter Peters, Schriftsteller * '' A Girl from the Chorus'' (1937) - Hans Reuter * ''Ride to Freedom'' (1937) - Jan Wolski * ''To New Shores'' (1937) - Henry Hoyer * ''Diamonds'' (1937) - Piet Maartens * '' A Night in May'' (1938) - Poldi Sonnleitner * '' Capriccio'' (1938) - Fernand de Villeneuve * '' Fortsetzung folgt'' (1938) - Viktor Bork - Schriftsteller * '' Storms in May'' (1938) - Willy Prinz * ''Women for Golden Hill'' (1938) - Douglas * ''Detours to Happiness'' (1939) - Mathias Holberg * '' The Right to Love'' (1939) - Vinzenz Brunner * '' Verdacht auf Ursula'' (1939) - Klaus Ramin * ''Twilight'' (1940) - W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Finch
Jon Finch (2 March 1942 – 28 December 2012) was an English stage and film actor who became well known for his Shakespearean roles. Most notably, he starred in films for directors Roman Polanski (''Macbeth'', 1971) and Alfred Hitchcock (''Frenzy'', 1972). Early life Finch was born on 2 March 1942, in Caterham in Surrey, the son of a merchant banker. Education Between 1950 and 1960, Finch was educated at Caterham School, an independent school in Caterham. Upon leaving school he turned down the offer of a place at the London School of Economics. Early acting and SAS After performing in amateur theatre groups and singing in a folk group, Finch did his National Service in The Parachute Regiment and stayed on as a member of the SAS Reserve Regiment, training at weekends and several nights a week. He resigned from the military as his acting commitments became more demanding, and said he was relieved to not have to go to Borneo during the Indonesian Confrontation (1963–66). He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
