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Walter Baumgartner
Walter Baumgartner (1904–1997) was a Swiss film composer.Cowie & Elley p.513 He scored over ninety films, working in his later years with the producer-director Erwin C. Dietrich. His nephew was the cinematographer Peter Baumgartner. He was married to the German actress Helen Vita from 1956 until his death. Selected filmography * '' Palace Hotel'' (1952) * ''The Strangler of the Tower'' (1966) * '' Bed Hostesses'' (1973) * '' Frauengefängnis'' (1975) * '' Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun'' (1977) * ''Ilsa, the Wicked Warden ''Ilsa, the Wicked Warden'' (originally released as ''Greta: Haus Ohne Männer'', and also known as ''Greta, the Mad Butcher'', ''Ilsa: Absolute Power'', and ''Wanda, the Wicked Warden'') is a 1977 sexploitation film directed by Jesús Franco and ...'' (1977) * '' Women in Cellblock 9'' (1977) * '' Sechs Schwedinnen im Pensionat'' (1979) * '' High Test Girls'' (1980) References Bibliography * Peter Cowie & Derek Elley. ''World Filmography: 1967''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sevelen
Sevelen is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Sevelen is first mentioned about 1160 as ''Sevellins''. Geography Sevelen has an area, , of . Of this area, 51.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.6%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Werdenberg ''Wahlkreis''. It consists of the village of Sevelen and the hamlets of Rans, Oberräfis, St. Ulrich, Välsli, Glaat and scattered farm houses. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Argent a Bend dancety Sable.'' Demographics Sevelen has a population (as of ) of . , about 28.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population (), 94 are from Germany, 156 are from Italy, 509 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 63 are from Austria, 67 are from Turkey, and 180 are from another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frauengefängnis
''Frauengefängnis'' (lit. Women's prison; released in the US as ''Barbed Wire Dolls'' and in the UK as ''Caged Women'') is a 1975 Switzerland, Swiss-West German horror film directed by Jesús Franco. It is part of the women in prison cycle of violent sexploitation films that flourished in the 1970s and early 1980s. A Women in prison film, women's prison tale, it stars Lina Romay as Maria, who has been jailed after killing her father, played by director Jesús Franco himself. When originally submitted for release in 1976, the British Board of Film Classification rejected it. It was only passed the following year after extensive cuts as was the case in Australia. Plot Maria da Guerra kills her father, who was trying to rape her. She is imprisoned in a jail where lesbian wardens torture the inmates. The women's prison, set on an isolated island, is run by a man who impersonates a doctor, Carlos Costa. In fact, he is a killer who murdered the actual doctor of that name, whose name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Deaths
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comets of the 20th century; Golden Bauhinia Square, where sovereignty of Hong Kong is handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the 1997 Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam, killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner land on Mars; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Titanic (1997 film) rect 200 0 400 200 Harry Potter rect 400 0 600 200 Comet Hale-Bopp rect 0 200 300 400 Death of Diana, Princess of Wales rect 300 200 600 400 Handover of Hong Kong rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Pathfind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 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 Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Test Girls
''High Test Girls'' (german: Sechs Schwedinnen von der Tankstelle) is a 1980 Swiss pornographic film co-written and directed by Erwin C. Dietrich. It stars Brigitte Lahaie, Jane Baker, Nadine Pascal, France Lomay, Flore Sollier and Élodie Delage. The film is a sequel to '' Sechs Schwedinnen im Pensionat''. Plot Six young Swedish girls, who caused so much mischief in the girls' boarding school, are transferred to professional life where they are assigned to operate a restaurant with a filling station. One morning a traveler visits them and rings the bell continuously. Kerstin, Inga & Greta all are having sex in their respective rooms while Astrid doing some cardio, riding her exercise bicycle. Only Lil who was masturbating while watching TV hears and attends to him. While the car is being filled, she accompanies him inside and they have sex on the sofa. Concomitantly, the two TV announcers also start to have sex. Time passes by and the petrol reaches the brim of the tank and over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sechs Schwedinnen Im Pensionat
''Sechs Schwedinnen im Pensionat'' (released in the UK as ''Six Swedish Girls in a Boarding School'' and in the US as ''Six Swedes on a Campus'') is a 1979 Swiss pornographic film written and directed by Erwin C. Dietrich. It stars Brigitte Lahaie, Lynn Monteil, France Lomay, Danielle Troger, Kathleen Kane and Elsa Maroussia. The film was followed by ''High Test Girls''. Plot Cast * Brigitte Lahaie Brigitte Lahaie (born Brigitte Lucie Jeanine Van Meerhaeghe; 12 October 1955) is a French radio talk show host, mainstream film actress and former pornographic actress. She performed in erotic films from 1976 through 1980 and is a member of the X ... as Greta * Lynn Monteil as Inga * France Lomay as Kerstin * Danielle Troger as Lil * Kathleen Kane as Astrid * Elsa Maroussia as Selma * Eric Falk as Karl, der Angler * Anne Libert as Fräulein Klein Reception The website B Movies Heroes said that the film was "a useless movie, but all in all, it's funny if contextualized". Ian Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women In Cellblock 9
''Women in Cellblock 9'' (german: Frauen für Zellenblock 9) is a 1977 Swiss exploitation action film written and directed by Jess Franco and starring Karine Gambier. Its main theme is women in prison. Plot The film is set in a South American jungle prison during a revolution. Initially, the camp commander and the prison physician, Dr. Costa, wait for a few guards on a truck. On board are six young women. Three of them were arrested on suspicion of revolutionary activities, the other three are made available to the guards to be raped. The three detainees, Karine, Barbara, and Aida, are found shortly thereafter, naked and chained in a standing position, in the notorious Cellblock 9. Gradually, they are presented to the "interrogation", which is supported by the doctor through various tortures. Barbara and Aida resist the torture and remain silent, Karine, however, breaks down under the torture, and some revolutionaries denounced the (unnamed) city. In the meantime, the young indig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilsa, The Wicked Warden
''Ilsa, the Wicked Warden'' (originally released as ''Greta: Haus Ohne Männer'', and also known as ''Greta, the Mad Butcher'', ''Ilsa: Absolute Power'', and ''Wanda, the Wicked Warden'') is a 1977 sexploitation film directed by Jesús Franco and starring Dyanne Thorne. The film is considered to be the third entry in the '' Ilsa'' film series, but was not originally filmed with the intent of being as such, despite starring Dyanne Thorne. The film's plot follows Greta, a warden at a psychiatric hospital for young women, and a girl who feigns illness so that she can investigate what happened to her sister who stayed at the hospital. ''Ilsa, the Wicked Warden'' contained scenes of graphic violence, which writer Ric Meyers commented was "sicker" than its predecessor in its depictions. Meyer also opined that the movie had been filmed at the same time as Franco's '' Barbed Wire Dolls'' due to the shared cast and setting of the two movies. Synopsis Greta (Dyanne Thorne) works as the ward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Letters Of A Portuguese Nun
''Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun'' (german: Die Liebesbriefe einer portugesischen Nonne) is a 1977 West Germany, West German-Swiss film directed by Jesús Franco and produced by Erwin Dietrich, loosely based on the ''Letters of a Portuguese Nun'' attributed to Mariana Alcoforado. It starred Susan Hemingway and William Berger. Franco co-wrote the screenplay with producer Dietrich.Thrower, Stephen (2015). ''Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco''. Strange Attractor Press. It tells the story of Maria, a girl in Inquisition-era Portugal, whom a priest sees cavorting with a boy. He orders her to become a nun as penance. In the convent Maria gets subjected to all sorts of torture and humiliation at the hands of the priest and the Abbess, mother superior. The movie is part of a genre known as "nunsploitation". Cast * Susan Hemingway: Maria Rosalea * William Berger (actor), William Berger: Father Vicente * Herbert Fux: Satan * Ana Zanatti: Mother Alma, the grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bed Hostesses
''Bed Hostesses'' (German: ''Die Bett-Hostessen'') is a 1973 West German-Swiss sex comedy film directed by Erwin C. Dietrich and starring Ingrid Steeger, Karin Hofmann and Christa Free. Cast *Ingrid Steeger as Hostess at Cyclist Carlo *Karin Hofmann as Ev'chen - the forest fairy *Christa Free as Ilona *Monica Marc as Nurse Angelika *Kurt Meinicke as Ilona's lover and 'Bunny' *Kenita Flynn *Carlo Monti Carlo Monti (24 March 1920 – 7 April 2016) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He won two medals, one individual and one relay, in List of international athletics championships and games, international athletics compe ... as Carlo Salvatore - the cyclist *Christian van Bergen as one of the rangers *Max Crottet *Rolf Häubi as Ernesto *Roman Huber *Jürg Coray as County Court bailiff *Fritz Steinmann *Yuma Streiff *Raphael Britten as Oberarzt Adolar *Britt Corvin as Maxi References External links * 1970s sex comedy films German sex comedy fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen a.o.). , coordinates = , largest_city = Zürich , official_languages = , englishmotto = "One for all, all for one" , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , religion = , demonym = , german: Schweizer/Schweizerin, french: Suisse/Suissesse, it, svizzero/svizzera or , rm, Svizzer/Svizra , government_type = Federalism, Federal assembly-independent Directorial system, directorial republic with elements of a direct democracy , leader_title1 = Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = , leader_name2 = Walter Thurnherr , legislature = Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strangler Of The Tower
''The Strangler of the Tower'' (german: Der Würger vom Tower) is a 1966 West German crime film directed by Hans Mehringer and starring Charles Regnier, Kai Fischer and Hans Reiser.Pitts p.40 Like the contemporaneous series of Edgar Wallace adaptations by Rialto Film, it has a British setting. Synopsis A Scotland Yard detective investigates the theft of a priceless Indian jewel. Cast * Charles Regnier as Mr. Cliften * Kai Fischer as Grace Harrison * Hans Reiser as Inspektor Harvey * Ellen Schwiers as Lady Trenton * Ady Berber as The Strangler * Christa Linder as Jane Wilkins * Birgit Bergen as Dodo * Rainer Bertram as Kiddie * Inigo Gallo as Pietro Broggini * Gerhard Geisler as Dr. Livingstone * Edi Huber as Masters * Ruth Jecklin as Maisie * Lis Kertelge as Djaipur * Walter Kiesler as Sir Burley * Peter W. Loosli as Travers * Albert Mol as Larry the Glad * Alfred Schlageter Alfred Schlageter (August 26, 1896 – September 21, 1981) was a Swiss actor. Selected filmography * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
