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Vera Hartegg
Vera Hartegg (28 May 1902 – 1 October 1981) was a German writer, stage and film actress. She was the daughter of the famous writer, diplomat, secret councilor and impostor Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg and his long-time mistress, actress Elvira Weiss (stage name Ella Kobold). The fact that she was Hesse-Wartegg's only child was only revealed through intensive research by a journalist in 2012.Hans Michael Hensel: Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg: Wer war der Autor von „Siam. Das Reich des weißen Elefanten“? ("Who Was The Author of “Siam. The Kingdom of The White Elephant"?") – Online here (abridged version): http://thailandtip.info/2012/07/09/ernst-von-hesse-wartegg-wer-war-der-autor-von-siam-das-reich-des-weissen-elefanten/ Hartegg hadn't mentioned her parents' names in her autobiography, which was a bestseller in Germany during the 1960s and 1970s with numerous editions. Selected filmography * ''All Because of the Dog'' (1935) * ''By a Silken Thread'' (1938) * '' The Woman at the Cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the European Parliament. Located at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace, it is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department. In 2019, the city proper had 287,228 inhabitants and both the Eurométropole de Strasbourg (Greater Strasbourg) and the Arrondissement of Strasbourg had 505,272 inhabitants. Strasbourg's metropolitan area had a population of 846,450 in 2018, making it the eighth-largest metro area in France and home to 14% of the Grand Est region's inhabitants. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau had a population of 958,421 inhabitants. Strasbourg is one of the ''de facto'' four main capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels, Luxembourg and Frankfurt), as it is the seat of several European insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman At The Crossroads (1938 Film)
''The Woman at the Crossroads'' (German: ''Die Frau am Scheidewege'') is a 1938 German drama film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Ewald Balser, Magda Schneider and Karin Hardt.Hake p.199 It was made partly at the Hunnia Film Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. Synopsis After a failed marriage to an artist, a young female doctor returns to her rightful place in the hospital. Cast * Ewald Balser as Prof. Henrici * Magda Schneider as Dr.med. Hanna Weigand * Karin Hardt as Elinor Weigand * Hans Söhnker as Fred Moebius * Ilse Furstenberg as Frau Pawlowski * Paul Westermeier as Johann * Georg Alexander as Herrenguth * Willi Schur as Pawlowski - Arbeiter * Ernst Waldow as Von Dieter * Margarete Schön as Oberschwester Hermine * Peter Elsholtz as Brandes * Gustav Püttjer as Schaffner * Eduard Wenck as Patient * Hilde Maroff as Patientin * Vera Hartegg as Empfangsschwester * Peter Bosse as Pawlowskis So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Stage Actresses
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) * Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Film Actresses
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) * Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actors From Strasbourg
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department, Morazán and Chalatenango Department, Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican City, Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DMC DeLorean, DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An 1981 Dawu ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1902 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipkn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wunschkonzert
''Wunschkonzert'' (''Request Concert'') is a 1940 German drama propaganda film by Eduard von Borsody. After ''Die große Liebe'', it was the most popular film of wartime Germany, reaching the second highest gross. Background The popular music show ' (Request Concert for the Wehrmacht) was broadcast on the German radio network every Sunday afternoon at 3.00 from the Great Broadcasting Room of the Haus des Rundfunks on Masurenallee in Berlin. Its popularity was based in part on its claims to broadcast music requested by men in the armed forces, thus uniting the armed forces and the homefront in ''Volksgemeinschaft''. Reich Minister Goebbels insisted that all German performers contribute to it, and concluded that a film based on it would be even more successful. Plot During the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, the young Inge Wagner and Luftwaffe Fliegerleutnant (Flight Lieutenant) Herbert Koch meet, and within a few days fall in love. They make plans for their joint future, but be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fire Devil
''The Fire Devil'' (German: ''Der Feuerteufel'') is a 1940 German historical adventure film directed by and starring Luis Trenker. It also featured Judith Holzmeister, Bertl Schultes and Hilde von Stolz. The title is sometimes translated as ''The Arsonist''. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Grave and Ludwig Reiber. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Location shooting took place in Mittenwald, Schwäbisch Hall and North Tyrol. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. Costing over a million reichsmarks to make, it easily recouped its production costs at the box office and was a considerable popular success. It is set during the Tyrolean Rebellion against Napoleon, about which Trenker had previously made another film '' The Rebel'' in 1932. However Adolf Hitler, who had been an admirer of the previous film, was apparently displeased feeling that the parallels between Napoleon and the Third Reich meant that the film glorified and potentially i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberated Hands
''Liberated Hands'' or ''Freed Hands'' (german: Befreite Hände) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Brigitte Horney, Olga Tschechowa and Ewald Balser.Hake p. 198 It was screened at the 8th Venice International Film Festival. Horney plays a sculptor who discovers her true vocation. Cast * Brigitte Horney as Dürthen, Schafhirtin * Olga Tschechowa as Kerstin Thomas * Ewald Balser as Professor Wolfram * Carl Raddatz as Graf Joachim von Erken * Paul Dahlke as Thomsen * Eduard von Winterstein as Gutsbesitzer von Erken * Franz Weber as Bergh, Diener * Hedwig Wangel as Frau Steinmann * Erna Sellmer as Pastorin * Otto Brefin as Pastor * Erika Helmke as Carla * Luise Hohorst as Tante Mathilde * Vera Hartegg as Josefa * Albert Lippert as Van Daalen * Alfred Maack Alfred Maack (5 April 1882 – 14 February 1961) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1937 to 1958. Selected filmography References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Like You (1939 Film)
''A Woman Like You'' (German: ''Eine Frau wie Du'') is a 1939 German romance film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Hans Brausewetter. A young woman lives an unfulfilled life until she falls in love during a holiday abroad.Hake p.199 Cast * Brigitte Horney as Dr. Maria Pretorius * Joachim Gottschalk as Dr. Manfred Thiele * Hans Brausewetter as Dr. Paul Hellmer * Charlotte Susa as Lyda Lehmann * Volker von Collande as Ingenieur Wallrodt * Kurt Meisel as Felix Petersen * Charlotte Schultz as Fräulein Radtke * Albert Florath as Fabrikarzt * Hans Leibelt as Wachtmeister * Hubert von Meyerinck as Verkäufer im Sportgeschäft * Renée Stobrawa as Frau Haucke * Eduard Wenck as Herr Haucke * Vera Hartegg as Hilde Keller * Eric Helgar as Klavierspieler * Rudi Schuricke as Klavierspieler * Marian Lex as Frau Bahlke * Heinrich Kalnberg as Max Hähnchen * Hanna Lussnigg as Kitty * Leonie Duval as Verkäufer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By A Silken Thread
''By a Silken Thread'' (german: Am seidenen Faden) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Willy Fritsch, Carl Kuhlmann and Käthe von Nagy. The film was intended to be an exposure of "crooked Jewish capitalists" in line with Nazi racial policy of the era. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Potsdam.Klaus p.23 The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte. Cast * Willy Fritsch as Richard Hellwerth * Carl Kuhlmann as Wilhelm Eickhoff * Käthe von Nagy as Lissy Eickhoff * Stella David as Wirtschafterin Frida Mann * Bernhard Minetti as Dr. Heinrich Breuer * Erich Ponto as Theodor Kalbach * Willi Schur as Werkmeister Schwafels * Paul Bildt as Bankier Brögelmann * Eduard Wandrey as Justizrat Bellert * Hildegard Barko as Dienstmädchen Anna * Ina Albrecht as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * Johanna Blum as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * Hildegard Busse as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * Alfred Karen as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * Ethel R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
