Ursula Dirichs
Ursula Dirichs (born 1935, Recklinghausen, Germany) is a Germans, German actress. Early life Ursula Dirichs was born in the northern Ruhr area and grew up in Königsberg. She took acting lessons at the Otto-Falkenberg-Schule in Munich, and returned to the Ruhr to begin her acting career; she worked in Oberhausen, then at the Schauspielhaus Bochum. She has worked in various cities in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. TV career Her first major appearance in television was in 1960 in the fledgling German television: ''On the beach of the green river Spree'', based on a book by Hans Scholz, in which she played two roles. In the third sequence, set after the Battle of Kunersdorf, she played the girl Hannah, and in the fourth part, the role of the "goat princess" Bärbel Kroll. She has acted in 60 films and television playing large and small roles. Since the 1960s, she was also in radio in a variety of roles, such as Horst Tappert in a radio adaptation of Bertolt Bre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Recklinghausen
Recklinghausen (; Westphalian: ''Riäkelhusen'') is the northernmost city in the Ruhr-Area and the capital of the Recklinghausen district. It borders the rural Münsterland and is characterized by large fields and farms in the north and industry in the south. Recklinghausen is the 60th-largest city in Germany and the 22nd-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia. History First mentioned in 1017 as ''Ricoldinchuson'', in 1150 the city was the center of the surrounding Vest Recklinghausen. In 1236, Recklinghausen received town privileges. There is record of Jews in the city as early as 1305. As part of the County of Vest, ownership of Recklinghausen changed several times in the 15th and 16th century, and in 1576, the entire county was pawned to the Elector of Cologne. In 1582–83, again in 1586, and again in 1587, the city was plundered by partisan armies during the Cologne War, a feud over religious parity in Electorate of Cologne and electoral influence in the Holy Roman Emp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Threepenny Opera
''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt Weill. Although there is debate as to how much, if any, Hauptmann might have contributed to the text, Brecht is usually listed as sole author. The work offers a socialist critique of the capitalist world. It opened on 31 August 1928 at Berlin's Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. Songs from ''The Threepenny Opera'' have been widely covered and become standards, most notably "" ("The Ballad of Mack the Knife") and "" ("Pirate Jenny"). Background Origins In the winter of 1927–28, Elizabeth Hauptmann, Brecht's lover at the time, received a copy of Gay's play from friends in England and, fascinated by the female characters and its critique of the condition of the London poor, began translating it into German. Brecht at first took lit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexander Kluge
Alexander Kluge (born 14 February 1932) is a German author, philosopher, academic and film director. Early life, education and early career Kluge was born in Halberstadt, Province of Saxony (now Saxony-Anhalt), Germany. After growing up during World War II, he studied history, law and music at the University of Marburg Germany, and the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main in Germany. He received his doctorate in law in 1956. While studying in Frankfurt, Kluge befriended the philosopher Theodor W. Adorno, who was teaching at the Institute for Social Research, or Frankfurt School. Kluge served as a legal counsel for the Institute, and began writing his earliest stories during this period. At Adorno's suggestion, he also began to investigate filmmaking, and in 1958, Adorno introduced him to German filmmaker Fritz Lang, for whom Kluge worked as an assistant on the making of '' The Tiger of Eschnapur''. Cinematic works Kluge directed his first film in 1960, '' B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yesterday Girl
''Yesterday Girl'' (german: Abschied von gestern, "Farewell to Yesterday") is a 1966 drama film directed and written by Alexander Kluge. The film is based on the short story "Anita G." (1962), which is also by Alexander Kluge. The film tells the story of Anita G., a young East German migrant to West Germany and her struggle to adjust to her new life. The film is associated with New German Cinema. The film won four German Film Awards. The film won a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, whereas Kluge's next film, '' Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed'' even went on to win the Golden Lion, a political scandal due to its progressive leanings which resulted in no Golden Lions being awarded up to 1979. Cast * Alexandra Kluge as Anita G. * Hans Korte as The Judge * Werner Kreindl as Record company's owner * Edith Kuntze-Pellogio as Parole Board Officer * Palma Falck as Mrs. Budeck * Günter Mack as Ministerialrat Pichota * Eva Maria Meineke Eva Maria Meineke (8 October 1923 - ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Klaus Schwarzkopf
Klaus Schwarzkopf (18 December 1922, in Neuruppin – 21 June 1991, in Bochum) was a German actor. From 1971 until 1978 he starred in the Norddeutscher Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series ''Tatort''. He was also known as a respected stage actor and for being the German dubbing voice of Peter Falk as ''Columbo'' during the 1970s. Schwarzkopf was gay, but never admitted it. Schwarzkopf died in 1991 of AIDS.Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller: ''Mann für Mann – Ein biographisches Lexikon'', Suhrkamp Taschenbuch, Hamburg 2001 Filmography Film *1956: '' Bonjour Kathrin'' (directed by Karl Anton), as Neighbour (uncredited) *1961: '' Freddy and the Millionaire'' (directed by Paul May), as Policeman (voice, uncredited) *1965: ''Praetorius'' (directed by Kurt Hoffmann), as Dr. Watzmann *1967: ''Glorious Times at the Spessart Inn'' (directed by Kurt Hoffmann), as Roland *1968: '' Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed'' (directed by Alexander Kluge), as Gerloff, philologist ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Richard Münch (actor)
Richard Heinrich Ludwig Münch (10 January 1916 – 6 June 1987) was a German actor, best known for portraying Alfred Jodl in ''Patton'' (1970). He also portrayed General Erich Marcks in '' The Longest Day'' (1962). Selected filmography * ''Der Verlorene'' (1951) - Criminal Inspector No. 1 (uncredited) * ''Zwei blaue Augen'' (1955) - Schneider, Ingenieur * ''Doctor Crippen Lives'' (1958) - Reverend Bennet * '' Nasser Asphalt'' (1958) - Dr. Wolf * '' Restless Night'' (1958) - Kriegsgerichtsrat * ' (1959) - Herr Wegner, Director of the "Imperial" * '' Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?'' (1959) - Oberstleutnant Kesselbach * '' Crime After School'' (1959) - Oberst Dr. König * ''Heaven, Love and Twine'' (1960) - Major Knorr * ' (1961) * ''The Miracle of Father Malachia'' (1961) - Dr. Erwin Glass * '' Redhead'' (1962) - Joachim * '' The Longest Day'' (1962) - Gen. Erich Marcks * '' The Inn on the River'' (1962) - Dr. Collins * ''Waiting Room to the Beyond'' (1964) - ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hilde Krahl
Hilde Krahl (10 January 1917 – 28 June 1999) was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1936 and 1994. She was born Hildegard Kolačný in Brod, Austria-Hungary (now Slavonski Brod, Croatia) in 1917, and she died in Vienna, Austria in 1999. In 1944 she married Wolfgang Liebeneiner; their daughter Johanna Liebeneiner also became a famous actress. Filmography * ''Die Puppenfee'' (1936) * ''Mädchenpensionat'' (1936) * ''Lumpaci the Vagabond (1936 film), Lumpaci the Vagabond'' (1936) * ''Serenade (1937 film), Serenade'' (1937) * ''Gastspiel im Paradies'' (1938) * ''Der Hampelmann'' (1938) * ''The Merciful Lie'' (1939) * ''Der Weg zu Isabel'' (1940) * ''Donauschiffer'' (1940) * ''Herz – modern möbliert'' (1940) * ''Der Postmeister'' (1940) * ''The Comedians (1941 film), The Comedians'' (1941) * ''Her Other Self'' (1941) * ''Anuschka (film), Anuschka'' (1942) * ''Meine Freundin Josefine'' (1942) * ''Melody of a Great City'' (1943) * ''Dreaming (1944 German ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wolfgang Kieling
Wolfgang Kieling (16 March 1924 – 7 October 1985) was a German actor. Biography In films since childhood in his native Germany, Kieling appeared in a few American films, notably in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Torn Curtain'' (1966), where he played Gromek, an East German agent brutally slain by Paul Newman's character. He also played Gromek's brother in a scene that was deleted from the final print. Kieling had a small role in '' $'' (aka, ''The Heist'', 1971), starring Warren Beatty. In a British film, ''Amsterdam Affair'' (1968), he portrayed the fictional Dutch detective Van der Valk several years before Barry Foster (another Hitchcock alumnus) was cast in the same role for the British TV series. He did much work on West German TV, including the first episode of ''Derrick'' ("Waldweg", 1974). The best of his later roles was in the film '' Out of Order'' (1984), originally titled ''Abwärts''. In the German-language version of Disneys ''Alice in Wonderland'' he dubbed the Mad H ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Albert Camus
Albert Camus ( , ; ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. He was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include '' The Stranger'', '' The Plague'', ''The Myth of Sisyphus'', '' The Fall'', and '' The Rebel''. Camus was born in French Algeria to '' Pieds Noirs'' parents. He spent his childhood in a poor neighbourhood and later studied philosophy at the University of Algiers. He was in Paris when the Germans invaded France during World War II in 1940. Camus tried to flee but finally joined the French Resistance where he served as editor-in-chief at '' Combat'', an outlawed newspaper. After the war, he was a celebrity figure and gave many lectures around the world. He married twice but had many extramarital affairs. Camus was politically active; he was part of the left that opposed Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union because of their totali ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The State Of Siege
''The State of Siege'' (french: L'État de siège) is the fourth play by Albert Camus. Written in 1948, ''The State of Siege''—the original sense is closer to state of emergency—is a play in three acts presenting the arrival of plague, personified by a young opportunist, in sleepy Cadiz and the subsequent creation of a totalitarian regime through the manipulation of fear. In a piece written in 1948, in reply to criticisms from Gabriel Marcel Gabriel Honoré Marcel (7 December 1889 – 8 October 1973) was a French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist. The author of over a dozen books and at least thirty plays, Marcel's work focused on the mode ..., Camus defended his decision to set the play in Spain, and not in Eastern Europe, citing the ongoing oppression in Spain, France's collusion in it, and the Catholic Church's abandonment of Spanish Christians. "Why Spain" in Resistance, Rebellion, and Death. Trans. Justin O'Brie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fritz Rasp
Fritz Heinrich Rasp (13 May 1891 – 30 November 1976) was a German film actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1916 and 1976. His obituary in '' Der Spiegel'' described Rasp as "the German film villain in service, for over 60 years." Life and career Fritz Heinrich Rasp was the thirteenth child of a county surveyor. He was educated from 1908–1909 at the Theaterschule Otto Königin in Munich. He made his stage debut in 1909, after he successfully overcame a speech impediment. During his long career, the character actor appeared in some of the most famous theatres in Germany, working with acclaimed directors such as Bertolt Brecht and Max Reinhardt and famous actors such as Albert Bassermann, Joseph Schildkraut and Werner Krauss. Rasp made an early film debut in 1916 and appeared in some early films by his friend, director Ernst Lubitsch. With his "gaunt, ascetic looks", Rasp played numerous scoundrels or shady characters during the Golden Age of German cinema in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elisabeth Müller
Elisabeth Müller (18 July 1926 – 11 December 2006) was a Swiss actress. Filmography References External links * 1926 births 2006 deaths Swiss film actresses 20th-century Swiss actresses Actors from Basel-Stadt {{Switzerland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |