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Toni Impekoven
Toni Impekoven (21 June 1881 – 6 May 1947) was a German actor and writer. Impekoven was a popular playwright, who co-authored the hit comedy '' The Scoundrel'' with Hans Reimann. The play was turned into films on two occasions.Goble p. 748 He was the brother of Sabine Impekoven and the husband of Frieda Impekoven, with whom he had a daughter Niddy Impekoven. Selected filmography * '' The Scoundrel'' (1931) * ''The Court Concert'' (1936) * '' The Scoundrel'' (1939) * ''The Court Concert ''The Court Concert'' (german: Das Hofkonzert) is a 1936 German historical romantic comedy film directed by Detlef Sierck (later known as Douglas Sirk), and starring Mártha Eggerth, Johannes Heesters, and Kurt Meisel.Hake p. 142 It was made b ...'' (1948) References Bibliography * External links * 1881 births 1947 deaths German male actors Actors from Cologne German male writers {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million people in the Cologne Bonn Region, urban region. Centered on the left bank of the Rhine, left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is about southeast of NRW's state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The city's medieval Catholic Cologne Cathedral (), the third-tallest church and tallest cathedral in the world, constructed to house the Shrine of the Three Kings, is a globally recognized landmark and one of the most visited sights and pilgrimage destinations in Europe. The cityscape is further shaped by the Twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne, and Cologne is famous for Eau de Cologne, that has been produced in the city since 1709, and "col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niddy Impekoven
Luise "Niddy" Impekoven (2 November 1904 – 20 November 2002) was a German dancer of the Golden Twenties. Career Impekoven took up dancing at a young age and first performed publicly in 1910. She was considered a child prodigy and received intense dance training from and others. She danced almost exclusively to classical music. Her performances were expressionistic and sometimes humorous. Her well-known choreographies included ''Der gefangene Vogel'', ', and ''Schalk''. Impekoven became famous outside Germany during the 1920s, performing in Vienna and Prague. By the 1930s she had toured in the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Java and Ceylon. She appeared in three 1920s films, most notably ''Ways to Strength and Beauty''. She retired from professional dancing in 1934, in part due to the Nazi seizure of power, and went on to live in Switzerland, where she published her memoirs in 1955. Personal life Impekoven was born in 1904 in Berlin to Toni and Frieda Impek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Male Actors
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1947 Deaths
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network. * January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect. * January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine ''Der Spiegel'' published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein. * January 10 – The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste. * January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved. * January 16 – Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France. * January 19 – Ferry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1881 Births
Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The Chilean army defeats Peruvian forces. * January 15 – War of the Pacific – Battle of Miraflores: The Chileans take Lima, capital of Peru, after defeating its second line of defense in Miraflores. * January 24 – William Edward Forster, chief secretary for Ireland, introduces his Coercion Bill, which temporarily suspends habeas corpus so that those people suspected of committing an offence can be detained without trial; it goes through a long debate before it is accepted February 2. * January 25 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. * February 13 – The first issue of the feminist newspaper ''La Citoyenne'' is published by Hubertine Auclert. * February 16 – The Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Court Concert (1948 Film)
''The Court Concert'' (german: Das kleine Hofkonzert) is a 1948 German musical comedy film written and directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Elfie Mayerhofer, Hans Nielsen and Erich Ponto. In the United States it was released as ''Palace Scandal''. It is based on the 1935 musical comedy '' The Court Concert'' (music: Edmund Nick) which Verhoeven had co-written. A previous film version was made in 1936 and directed by Douglas Sirk. The remake was shot using agfacolor. Both productions are in the tradition of operetta films. It was produced by the major studio Tobis Film during 1944, but was not given a formal release until 1948 in Sweden and then East and West Germany the following year. The art director Otto Erdmann worked on the film's sets. Location shooting took place in Bavaria. Cast See also *Überläufer In German film history, an Überläufer (literally '' defector'') is a film that was in production under the Third Reich but only completed and premiered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scoundrel (1939 Film)
''The Scoundrel'' or ''The Grouch'' (German: ''Das Ekel'') is a 1939 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Hans Moser, Josefine Dora and Herma Relin.Hake p.142 It is based on the play '' The Scoundrel'' by Hans Reimann and Toni Impekoven, which had previously been made into a 1931 film. Cast * Hans Moser as Karl Sträubler * Josefine Dora as Karoline Sträubler * Herma Relin as Leni Sträubler * Josi Kleinpeter as Fritz Sträubler * Hans Junkermann as Matthias Scheibler * Kurt Meisel as Ferdinand Scheibler * Fritz Kampers as August Weichert * Hans Holt as Heinrich Weichert * Else von Möllendorff as Gusti Pitzinger * Ernst Waldow as Sperling * Lotte Spira as Anna Weichert * Leo Peukert as Anton Pitzinger * Anton Pointner as Albert Hartung * Julius Brandt as Richter * Walter Schramm-Duncker as Vorsteher Specht * Lena Haustein as Frieda, Köchin * Otto Sauter-Sarto as Gefängniswärter * Liesl Eckardt as Luftballonverkäuferin * Harry Hardt as Kegelsbruder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Court Concert
''The Court Concert'' (german: Das Hofkonzert) is a 1936 German historical romantic comedy film directed by Detlef Sierck (later known as Douglas Sirk), and starring Mártha Eggerth, Johannes Heesters, and Kurt Meisel.Hake p. 142 It was made by the largest German studio UFA, based on '' Das kleine Hofkonzert''. It is part of a group of operetta films made during the 1930s. The film was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Fritz Maurischat. A separate French-language version was also made. It was remade by Tobis Film in the later stages of the Second World War using agfacolor, but the resulting film didn't get a release until 1948. Synopsis In the small principality of Immendingen Immendingen is a municipality in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany located on the Upper Danube. It is famous for the Danube Sinkhole. Geography Immendingen is located on the Upper Danube. On the municipal area are part ... in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scoundrel (1931 Film)
''The Scoundrel'' (german: Das Ekel) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Eugen Schüfftan and Franz Wenzler and starring Max Adalbert, Emilia Unda, and Evelyn Holt.Bock & Bergfelder p. 236 It is based on the play '' The Scoundrel'' by Hans Reimann and Toni Impekoven. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Otto Erdmann. The film was remade in 1939 and 1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1931 films Films of the Weimar Republic German comedy films 1931 comedy films 1930s German-language films German films based on plays Films directed by Eugen Schüfftan Films directed by Franz Wenzler Films set in Berlin German blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frieda Impekoven
Frieda Impekoven (née Kobler; ; 1880 – after 1966) was a Swiss or German woman who protected Jews during the Holocaust. Life Frieda Kobler was born in Zürich in 1880. Her father was an industrialist. She later married the German playwright Toni Impekoven, their daughter Niddy Impekoven was born in 1904 and would go on to be a successful dancer. All three were opposed to the Nazi government and its racial policies. Impekoven was contacted in 1943 by Ms Wölffler, who had been evicted from her home and lived in a house designated only for Jews. She brought food to the elderly Jewish woman. Impekoven was questioned about her relations with Wölffler, but was left alone after a Gestapo officer recognised that her daughter was a famous dancer. Wölffler however was later deported to Theresienstadt. Another time she offered her apartment to another Jewish woman, Margarete Knewitz. While Impekoven went to visit her husband in Strasbourg, Knewitz was allowed to stay in her apart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most populous state of Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the List of German states by population density, most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of , it is the List of German states by area, fourth-largest German state by size. North Rhine-Westphalia features 30 of the 81 German municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants, including Cologne (over 1 million), the state capital Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Essen (all about 600,000 inhabitants) and other cities predominantly located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, the largest urban area in Germany and the fourth-largest on the European continent. The location of the Rhine-Ruhr at the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Impekoven
Sabine Impekoven (16 June 1889 – 25 April 1970) was a German film actress of the silent era.Elsaesser & Wedel p.306 She was married to the actor Leo Peukert and appeared alongside him in several films. She was the sister of Toni Impekoven. Selected filmography * ''Die geheimnisvolle Villa ''Die geheimnisvolle Villa'' (lit. 'The Secret-Filled Villa') is a 1914 silent German detective film directed by Joe May and starring Ernst Reicher. It is the first in the series starring the fictional gentleman detective Stuart Webbs, modelle ...'' (1914) * '' My Leopold'' (1919) * '' King Krause'' (1919) * '' Hasemann's Daughters'' (1920) * '' Doctor Klaus'' (1920) References Bibliography Thomas Elsaesser & Michael Wedel. ''A Second Life: German Cinema's First Decades''. Amsterdam University Press, 1996. External links * 1889 births 1970 deaths German film actresses German silent film actresses 20th-century German actresses Actors from Cologne Burials at Munich Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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