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Viktor Von Struve
Viktor von Struwe (1892-1964) was a German film producer.Loacker p.413 He also worked as an assistant director on four films. He is sometimes credited as Viktor von Struve. Selected filmography * ''Police Report'' (1939) * ''Maria Ilona'' (1939) * '' Opera Ball'' (1939) * ''Roses in Tyrol'' (1940) * '' Andreas Schlüter'' (1942) * '' A Man with Principles?'' (1943) * ''The Enchanted Day'' (1944) * '' Die Fledermaus'' (1946) * '' The Other Life'' (1948) * ''My Wife Is Being Stupid ''My Wife Is Being Stupid'' or ''My Wife Is Acting Silly'' (german: Meine Frau macht Dummheiten) is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Inge Egger, Hans Holt, and Marina Ried. It was made at the Göttingen ...'' (1952) * '' Roses from the South'' (1954) * '' The Spanish Fly'' (1955) References Bibliography * Armin Loacker. ''Im Wechselspiel: Paula Wessely und der Film''. Verlag Filmarchiv Austria, 2007. External links * 1892 births 1964 deaths German ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers and lies above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2006 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2013 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2021 IIHF World Championship. It is home to the European Union's office of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). In 2017, it was named the European Region of Gastronomy. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enchanted Day
''The Enchanted Day'' (german: Der verzauberte Tag) is a 1944 German romantic drama film directed by Peter Pewas and starring Winnie Markus, Hans Stüwe and Ernst Waldow.O'Brien p. 221 It explores the romantic ambitions of two women who work at a kiosk in a railway station. The film was made at the Babelsberg Studios by Terra Film one of Germany's four dominant production companies. The film's sets were designed by Erich Grave. The film's release was considerably delayed by Joseph Goebbels' Propaganda ministry after an initial screening in 1944 led to numerous objections. Attempts to improve it meant it was not released before the end of the Second World War. It finally premiered in Sweden in 1947 before going on general release in West Germany in 1951. Cast * Winnie Markus as Christine Schweiger * Hans Stüwe as Professor Albrecht Götz * Ernst Waldow as Rudolf Krummholz * Eva Maria Meineke as Anni * Hans Brausewetter as Wasner * Carola Toelle as Frau Schweiger * Karl Etlinge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film People From Riga
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Art Directors
German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language **any of the Germanic languages * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (other) * Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motors, Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day (Panama), Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1892 Births
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spanish Fly (1955 Film)
''The Spanish Fly'' (german: Die spanische Fliege) is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Joe Stöckel, Erika von Thellmann and Rudolf Platte. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios with sets designed by the art director Ernst Klose. It was based on the 1913 play '' The Spanish Fly'' by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. A previous adaptation had been released in 1931.Goble p.16 Cast In alphabetical order *Helmut Ahner as Otto *Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Helene *Albert Florath as Coldewey *Kurt Großkurth as Hartmann *Paul Henckels as Dr. Ambrosius *Ursula Herking as Frau Hartmann *Holger Hildmann as Fritz * Stanislav Ledinek as Pollack *Hans Leibelt as Breilmann *Elena Luber as Sekretärin * Jester Naefe as Hannelore Klinke *Rudolf Platte as Hugo Sommer *Lotte Rausch as Frau Semmelmann * Hans Richter as Dr. Gerlach *Gretl Schörg as Miss Hilton *Ruth Stephan as Jutta *Hans Stiebner as Oexle *Joe Stöckel as Heinrich Klinke *Hubert von Meyerinck *Erika v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roses From The South (1954 Film)
''Roses from the South'' (german: Rosen aus dem Süden) is a 1954 West German comedy film directed by Franz Antel and starring Maria Holst, Gustav Fröhlich, and Karl Schönböck.Bock & Bergfelder p. 315 It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios in Hesse and on location in Cannes and Nice on the French Riviera. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Maurischat Fritz Maurischat (April 27, 1893 in Berlin – December 11, 1986) was a German production designer. He made his film debut in 1924. Over the next 38 years, he worked on over 70 films, all of them in his native Germany. He earned an Oscar nominatio ... and . Main cast References Bibliography * External links * 1954 films 1954 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Franz Antel German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot in Nice {{1950s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Wife Is Being Stupid
''My Wife Is Being Stupid'' or ''My Wife Is Acting Silly'' (german: Meine Frau macht Dummheiten) is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Inge Egger, Hans Holt, and Marina Ried. It was made at the Göttingen Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt. Plot A female journalist marries a chemist and settles down to become a housewife. However, when she decided to resume her old job he becomes suspicious of her activities. Cast *Inge Egger as Dixi *Hans Holt as Dr. Robert Bruhn *Marina Ried as Elli *Georg Thomalla as Conny Weber *Oskar Sima as editor-in-chief Zeller *Rudolf Platte as Schänzle *Carla Noltens *Axel Ivers as Holgersen *Fritz Eberth *Ethel Reschke *Vico Torriani Vico Torriani (September 21, 1920 in Geneva as Ludovico Oxens Torriani – February 25, 1998 in Agno, Ticino) was a Swiss actor and '' Schlager'' singer. Life Born in Geneva to a family of Lombard origin, Torrian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other Life (film)
''The Other Life'' (German: ''Das andere Leben'') is a 1948 Austrian drama film directed by Rudolf Steinboeck and starring Aglaja Schmid, Robert Lindner and Gustav Waldau.Fritsche P.232 The sets were designed by the art director Herbert Ploberger. It is based on the 1947 novella ''Twentieth of July'' by Alexander Lernet-Holenia. Synopsis During the Nazi era, an Austrian, Elisabeth Josselin, assists Suzette, a Jewish friend, by swapping papers with her so she can get medical treatment. When Suzette dies, Elisabeth finds herself officially dead and so decides to adopt the identity of Suzette. Meanwhile, her husband Major Walter Josselin becomes involved in the July Plot against Adolf Hitler. Cast * Aglaja Schmid as Elisabeth Josselin * Robert Lindner as Major Walter Josselin * Gustav Waldau as Hofrat Buschek * Vilma Degischer as Suzette Alberti * Leopold Rudolf as Dozent Thomas Alberti * Siegfried Breuer as Bukowsky * Erik Frey as Latheit * Anton Edthofer as General Rissius * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Fledermaus (1946 Film)
''Die Fledermaus'' is a 1946 German operetta film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters, and Will Dohm. It is based on Johann Strauss II's 1874 work of the same name. The film was made by Terra Film, one of major German production companies of the Nazi era. It was shot using agfacolor at the Barrandov Studios in Prague and the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. Although production began in 1944, the film was not finally released until 1946 when it was distributed by the communist-controlled DEFA company in the Soviet occupation zone. The film's sets were designed by Robert Herlth. 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 after the end of the Second World War. The vast majority of such films are romantic comedies ... References Bibliography * External links * 1946 films 1940s histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
