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The Uncle From America
''The Uncle from America'' (german: Der Onkel aus Amerika) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Hans Moser, Georg Thomalla and Joe Stöckel. It was based on a play by Ferdinand Altenkirch which had previously been made into the 1932 film ''No Money Needed''. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Grave and Walter Kutz Walter Kutz (1904 – 1983) was a German art director.Langford p.223 Selected filmography * ''Nora'' (1944) * '' Dreaming'' (1944) * ''The Silent Guest'' (1945) * ''And the Heavens Above Us'' (1947) * ''Nights on the Nile'' (1949) * ''The Chaste .... Cast References External links * 1953 comedy films German comedy films West German films Films directed by Carl Boese German films based on plays Remakes of German films Films shot at Spandau Studios German black-and-white films 1950s German films 1950s German-language films {{1950s-Germany-film-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Boese
Carl Eduard Hermann Boese (; 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''Farmer Borchardt'' (1917) * ''Donna Lucia'' (1918) * ''The Stolen Sole'' (1918) - Director * ''Nuri's Curse / Nissami's Song'' (1918) - Director * ''The Geisha and the Samurai'' (1919) * ''The Devil and the Madonna'' (1919) * ''Nocturne of Love (1919 film), Nocturne of Love'' (1919)-Direct. * ''The Golem: How He Came into the World'' (1920) * ''The Dancer Barberina'' (1920) * ''Three Nights'' (1920) * ''The Song of the Puszta'' (1920) * ''Blackmailed (1920 film), Blackmailed'' (1920) * ''The Raft of the Dead'' (1921) * ''The Shadow of Gaby Leed'' (1921) * ''The Terror of the Red Mill'' (1921) * Dolores (1922) - Director * ''The Unwritten Law (1922 film), The Unwritten Law'' (1922) * ''Slave for Life'', director, producer * ''Count Cohn'' (1923) * ''Maciste and the Chinese Chest'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Kutz
Walter Kutz (1904 – 1983) was a German art director.Langford p.223 Selected filmography * ''Nora'' (1944) * '' Dreaming'' (1944) * ''The Silent Guest'' (1945) * ''And the Heavens Above Us'' (1947) * ''Nights on the Nile'' (1949) * ''The Chaste Libertine'' (1952) * ''When the Heath Dreams at Night'' (1952) * ''The Colourful Dream'' (1952) * '' You Only Live Once'' (1952) * ''The Prince of Pappenheim'' (1952) * ''The Stronger Woman'' (1953) * ''The Dancing Heart'' (1953) * ''The Uncle from America'' (1953) * ''A Life for Do'' (1954) * '' Bon Voyage'' (1954) * '' Consul Strotthoff'' (1954) * ''The Witch'' (1954) * ''Girl with a Future'' (1954) * ''Before God and Man'' (1955) * ''The Girl from Flanders'' (1956) * ''The Beautiful Master'' (1956) * ''Victor and Victoria'' (1957) * ''Voyage to Italy, Complete with Love'' (1958) * ''Here I Am, Here I Stay'' (1959) * ''The Death Ship'' (1959) * '' What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime'' (1959) * ''The Red Hand'' (1960) * '' Her Most Beaut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Comedy Films
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1953 Comedy Films
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Agnes Windeck
Agnes Windeck (; 27 March 1888 – 28 September 1975) was a German theatre and film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1939 and 1973. She was born in Hamburg and started her career at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in 1904. She later worked as a teacher at the drama school of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. In the 1930s she began to play minor roles in several films but it was not until she was in her seventies when she became a popular character actress A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrieved 7 August 2014, "..a breed of actor who has the ability to be ... of West German cinema and television. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Windeck, Agnes 1888 births 1975 deaths German film actresses German stage actresses German television actresses Actresses from Hamburg 20th-century German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Winter
Harry Winter (24 September 1914 - 3 December 2001), born Horst Winter, was a German-Austrian singer, musician and band director. Biography Born in Beuthen, Upper Silesia (present-day Bytom, Poland), his family moved to Berlin after the Silesian Uprisings in 1921. He studied violin and clarinet at the Academy of Music and played in jazz and swing dance orchestras to earn a living, later becoming a bandleader. During the Nazi era, Winter adjusted to the regulations given by the ''Reichsmusikkammer'' and concentrated on singing and light dance music. As a Wehrmacht soldier, he was taken prisoner by American forces in late World War II. Released from captivity after the war he proceeded to Vienna, where he first performed at the Konzerthaus and founded his own dance orchestra in 1946. His swing concerts became increasingly popular in Allied-occupied Austria. Winter could sign a recording contract and his orchestra was a guest in several Austrian radio shows. In 1948 he recorded t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Weissbach
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 roommate in the Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Kiper
Herbert Kiper (1897–1978) was a German stage and film actor.Körner p.370 Selected filmography * ''Dancer of Death'' (1920) * '' Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete'' (1931) * '' Duty Is Duty'' (1931) * '' Quartet of Five'' (1949) * '' Heart of Stone'' (1950) * ''The Call of the Sea'' (1951) * ''All Clues Lead to Berlin'' (1952) * ''The Uncle from America'' (1953) * '' The Dancing Heart'' (1953) * ''Knall and Fall as Detectives'' (1953) * '' Josef the Chaste'' (1953) * '' Carola Lamberti – Eine vom Zirkus'' (1954) * '' Ball of Nations'' (1954) * ''Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne ''Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne'' is a 1955 West German film directed by Hans Quest. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Plot summary Teddy Lemke is a lodger with Miss Biermann. She has taken the six-year Ulli into her care, whos ...'' (1955) * '' Swelling Melodies'' (1955) * '' My Wife Makes Music'' (1958) References Bibliography * Torsten Körner. ''Der kleine Mann als Star: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Neuss
Wolfgang Neuss (3 December 1923 – 5 May 1989) was a German actor and Kabarett artist. Beginning in the mid-1960s, he also became famous for his political engagement, first for the SPD, then for the extra-parliamentary opposition, ''APO''. He died in 1989 from a longtime cancer. At the age of 15 he went to Berlin to become a clown but was dismissed. When Germany entered into the Second World War Neuss was drafted, first to the Reich Labour Service where he was occupied with road construction. Later he was sent to the Eastern Front where he became injured and was rewarded with the Iron Cross. It was during his stays in military hospitals and, after the war during military detention that Neuss began to discover his interest in acting and for Kabarett. Filmography * (The man in search of himself) (1950) * (Who drove the grey Ford?) (1950) as Uwe Lauterbach * (You have to be beautiful) (1951) as Moritat singer * (1952) as Ballman * (Mikosch comes in) (1952) as Franzek * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Gross (actor)
Walter Hugo Gross (5 February 1904 – 17 May 1989) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1933 to 1989. Selected filmography References External links * 1904 births 1989 deaths German male film actors People from Eberswalde Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor people {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arno Paulsen
Arno Paulsen (1900–1969) was a German actor who appeared in around sixty films in the post-Second World War years. He also appeared frequently on stage and was also a voice actor dubbing foreign films for release in Germany. He appeared in a mixture of West German and East German films. He made his film debut in the 1946 rubble film ''Murderers Among Us''.Brockmann p.197 Selected filmography * ''Murderers Among Us'' (1946) * ''Wozzeck'' (1947) * ''Raid'' (1947) * '' Blum Affair'' (1948) * ''Chemistry and Love'' (1948) * ''The Adventures of Fridolin'' (1948) * '' Street Acquaintances'' (1948) * ''Girls Behind Bars'' (1949) * '' Martina'' (1949) * '' The Bridge'' (1949) * ''Hoegler's Mission'' (1950) * ''Third from the Right'' (1950) * '' Bürgermeister Anna'' (1950) * ''Five Suspects'' (1950) * ''The Orplid Mystery'' (1950) * ''Torreani'' (1951) * ''Bluebeard'' (1951) * ''When the Heath Dreams at Night'' (1952) * ''The Uncle from America'' (1953) * '' We'll Talk About Love Later'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Stephan
Ruth Stephan (27 October 1925 – 8 August 1975) was a German film and stage actress. She appeared with Heinz Erhardt in the 'Willi' series of films. Biography Ruth Stephan was born to retail merchant Kurt Stephan and his wife, Kriemhilde. After graduating from school, she first worked as a certified bank teller before taking acting lessons. During her early acting career, she worked mostly on the stage in Germany, including theaters in Hamburg and Berlin. She appeared in her first movie in 1951, and subsequently became a popular figure in German comedy movies. Most notably she appeared in numerous movies alongside Heinz Erhardt, often playing his wife or secretary. She also became popular for portraying an English and biology teacher in the late 1960s high school movie series ''Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank'' (English translation: ''The buggers from the first bench''). In the early 1970s Stephan went back to the stage. She died of lung cancer in August 1975. A street in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
