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Valy Arnheim
Valy Arnheim (born Valentin Theodor Woldemar Appel; 8 June 1883 – 11 November 1950) was a German film actor and director. Selected filmography * ''Lightning Command'' (1921) * ''Anne-Liese of Dessau'' (1925) * ''Harry Hill's Deadly Hunt'' (1925) * ''Volga Volga (1928 film), Volga Volga'' (1928) * ''Girls, Beware!'' (1928) * ''Life's Circus'' (1928) * ''Indizienbeweis'' (1929) * ''Spring Awakening (1929 film), Spring Awakening'' (1929) * ''Black Forest Girl (1929 film), Black Forest Girl'' (1929) * ''The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929 film), The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1929) * ''The Woman Without Nerves'' (1930) * ''Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931 film), Bombs on Monte Carlo'' (1931) * ''Different Morals'' (1931) * ''The Emperor's Sweetheart'' (1931) * ''Circus Life'' (1931) * ''Tannenberg (film), Tannenberg'' (1932) * ''The Private Life of Louis XIV'' (1935) * ''His Late Excellency (1935 film), His Late Excellency'' (1935) * ''City of Anatol'' (1936) * ''The Castle in Flanders' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernburg
Bernburg (Saale) is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, capital of the Salzlandkreis district. The former residence of the Anhalt-Bernburg princes is known for its Renaissance architecture, Renaissance castle. Geography The town centre is situated in the fertile Magdeburg Börde lowland on the Saale river, approx. downstream from Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle and up stream from Magdeburg. It is dominated by the huge Bernburg Castle featuring a museum as well as a popular, recently updated bear pit in its moat. The municipal area comprises the town Bernburg proper and eight ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions: Aderstedt (incorporated in 2003), Baalberge, Biendorf, Saxony-Anhalt, Biendorf, Gröna, Peißen, Salzland, Peißen, Poley, Germany, Poley, Preußlitz, and Wohlsdorf, all incorporated on 1 January 2010. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Emperor's Sweetheart
''The Emperor's Sweetheart'' (German: ''Kaiserliebchen'') is a 1931 German historical musical comedy film directed by Hans Tintner and starring Liane Haid, Walter Janssen and Wilhelm Bendow. It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.140 The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Heilbronner. An operetta film, it is based on the stage operetta of the same title composed by Emil Berté. It was distributed by the German branch of the American company Fox Film. Cast * Liane Haid as Liesl, des Postmeisters Tochter * Walter Janssen as Kaiser Josef * Wilhelm Bendow as Rosenberg, Adjutant Kaiser Josefs * Collette Jell as Jeanette, Prima-Ballerina * Hans Jaray as Veilchen * August Junker as Valentin, Hausmeister * Attila Hörbiger as Josef Grundner, Postillon * Olly Gebauer as Hilde, Liesels Freundin * Liselotte Schaak as Zofe * Henry Bender as Hofrat Sittenius * Heinrich Heilinger as Bartel, Schmied * Valy Arnheim as Fürst Clary * Karl Elzer as Dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Governor (1939 Film)
''The Governor'' (German: ''Der Gouverneur'') is a 1939 German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Brigitte Horney, Willy Birgel and Hannelore Schroth.Waldman p.282 It is based on the play ''Die Fahne'' by Emmerich Groh. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios, Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and location shooting, on location in East Prussia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Mellin. It was produced on a budget of 715,000 Reichsmarks. Synopsis In a fictional Scandinavian country, a high-ranking military officer decides to overthrow Parliament. Salvation in the party turmoil is the military dictatorship under the resolute governor General Werkonen. The new deputy ensures that an assassination attempt is carried out on them. However, the general is only slightly injured when it is executed. The hired assassin now feels abandoned by his employer and takes revenge by killing him. The suspicion of murder falls on the young guards officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Aunt, Your Aunt (1939 Film)
''My Aunt, Your Aunt'' (german: Meine Tante – deine Tante) is a 1939 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Johannes Heesters, and Olly Holzmann.Bock & Bergfelder p. 191 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci .... The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht. Boese later directed a 1956 film of the same title. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1939 films 1939 comedy films Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Carl Boese UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night With The Emperor
''The Night With the Emperor'' (german: Die Nacht mit dem Kaiser) is a 1936 German historical comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Richard Romanowsky, and Friedrich Benfer. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios of Tobis Film in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Haacker and Hermann Warm.Klaus p.160 The film is set in 1808 at the Congress of Erfurt The Congress of Erfurt was the meeting between Napoleon, Emperor of the French, and Alexander I, Emperor of All Russia, from Tuesday 27 September to Friday 14 October 1808 intended to reaffirm the alliance concluded the previous year with the .... Cast References Bibliography * * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. External links * 1936 films 1930s historical comedy films German historical comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Erich Engel Films set in 1808 Films set in Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Million Look For An Heir
''Five Million Look for an Heir'' (german: Fünf Millionen suchen einen Erben) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach and Oskar Sima. It was based on a novel by Harald Baumgarten.Rentschler p. 343 It was shot at the Halensee and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfred Bütow and Willi Herrmann. Plot The wealthy American uncle of vacuum cleaner salesman Peter Pett stipulated in his will that Peter may only inherit the five million dollars left to him if he is happily married. Otherwise, the five million should go to Peter's Scottish cousin Patrick. Commissioned by the executor, Mister Blubberboom comes to Europe to see if Peter is happy with his wife Hix too. But the insidious Blubberboom brings Peter to New York without his wife and wants to have the beautiful Mabel appears as his wife at the performance there. But Patrick, who looks confusingly like his cousin, also wants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystery Of Betty Bonn
''The Mystery of Betty Bonn'' (german: Das Geheimnis um Betty Bonn) is a 1938 German adventure film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Maria Andergast, Theodor Loos and Hans Nielsen.Kreimeier p. 286 The film was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Ludwig Reiber. It was made by the leading German company UFA Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital city, capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya River (Kama), Belaya and Ufa River, Ufa rivers, in the centre-n ..., based on a novel by Friedrich Lindemann. Synopsis A British attorney working on a small island wants to return home to London, but first has to solve a mysterious crime. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1938 films Films of Nazi Germany German adventure films German black-and-white films 1938 adventure films 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Without A Fatherland
''Men Without a Fatherland'' (german: Menschen ohne Vaterland) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Willy Fritsch, Maria von Tasnady and Willy Birgel.Richards p. 371 The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. In Latvia at the end of the First World War, a group of Freikorps battle against an attempted takeover of the Baltic States by Communist forces. Cast * Willy Fritsch as Oberleutnant Maltzach * Maria von Tasnady as Irene Marellus * Willy Birgel as Baron Falen * Grethe Weiser as Jewa - Chansonette * Siegfried Schürenberg as Hauptmann Angermann * Werner Stock as Leutnant Berndt * Erich Dunskus as Steputat - Unteroffizier * Josef Sieber as Pleikies - Bursche * Willi Schaeffers as Soykas - Landesrat * Nicolas Koline as Diener Stepan * Luis Rainer as Wolynski * Aribert Grimmer as Bauer Rauta * Lissy Arna as Mila Wentos * Hans Stiebner as Kigull * Maria Loja as Orla, Wirtin * Traute Baumbach as Maruschka, ein russisches Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamonds (1937 Film)
''Diamonds'' (german: Brillanten) is a 1937 German mystery film directed by Eduard von Borsody and starring Hansi Knoteck, Viktor Staal, and Hilde Körber. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Röhrig. Location shooting took place in Amsterdam and Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1937 films 1937 mystery films Films of Nazi Germany German mystery films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Eduard von Borsody German black-and-white films UFA GmbH films Films set in Amsterdam Films shot in Amsterdam 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Castle In Flanders
''The Castle in Flanders'' (german: Das Schloß in Flandern) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Mártha Eggerth, Paul Hartmann, and Georg Alexander. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Arthur Schwarz. Cast Reception Writing for '' Night and Day'' in 1937, Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ... gave the film a mixed review. Greene noted that the film's depictions of England and English culture were rather off the mark, but despite this he claimed that "th picture has merits" and that "there are excellent scenes" which he identified as the scenes in Ypres after the war had ended and Gloria Delamare (Eggerth) attempts to book a hotel r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Anatol
''City of Anatol'' (german: Stadt Anatol) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Horney and Fritz Kampers. It is based on a 1932 novel ''City of Anatol'' by Bernhard Kellermann. The film is set in a small city in the Balkans, where the discovery of oil leads to a major boom.Kreimeier p. 237It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. A separate French language version ''Wells in Flames'' (''Puits en flames'') was made, also directed by Tourjansky but featuring a different cast. Cast * Gustav Fröhlich as Jacques Gregor * Brigitte Horney as Franziska Maniu * Fritz Kampers as Jaskulski * Rose Stradner as Sonja Yvolandi * Karl Hellmer as Xaver, Kellner * Harry Liedtke as Garcia, Genraldirektor * Aribert Wäscher as Melonenhändler * Olga Engl as Sonjas Großmutter * Ernst Behmer as ein Betrunkener * Gerhard Bienert as Arbeiter bei Ölbohrungen * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Late Excellency (1935 Film)
''His Late Excellency'' (german: Die selige Exzellenz) is a 1935 German historical comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ... directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Arthur Schroder, Rose Vollborn, and Hansjoachim Büttner.Wadlman p. 152 Following the death of the ruler of a German principality in the nineteenth century, intrigue breaks out in the struggle to succeed him. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Dürnhöfer and Otto Moldenhauer. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1935 films 1930s historical comedy films German historical comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Hans H. Zerlett Films set in the 19th century German films based on plays Remakes o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
