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Werner Eisbrenner
Werner Friedrich Emil Eisbrenner (2 December 1908, Berlin – 7 November 1981, West Berlin) was a German composer and conductor, best known for his film music. Eisbrenner studied church music and musical education from 1927 to 1929 at the Berlin Staatlichen Musikademie. He then worked as a pianist, arranger, Kapellmeister and conductor, as well as composing violin concertos, orchestral music, the musical comedy ''Von Hand zu Hand'' and the music for film, radio and television for which he is best known. This includes the theme for Hans Albers's film '' Große Freiheit Nr. 7''. Eisbrenner was a member of the jury at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival. Eisbrenner also headed a private "Lehrinstitut für Kirchen- und Schulmusik". In 1974, he received the Filmband in Gold for his long and outstanding contributions to German film. On 23 April 1998 a plaque was unveiled at his former home at Wohnung Bismarckallee 32a in Berlin. He was married to Kathe (née Jacobi) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Rio
''Central Rio'' (German: ''Zentrale Rio'') is a 1939 German crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Leny Marenbach, Camilla Horn and Ita Rina.Noack p.157 The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin and on location in Hamburg. Synopsis A German woman's husband has been missing for years, presumed dead. Then she receives information that is alive and living in Brazil. She resolves to travel to Rio de Janeiro to find out the truth. Cast * Leny Marenbach as Maria Halmborg * Camilla Horn as Diane Mercier * Ita Rina as Chiquita Salieri * Werner Fuetterer as Michael Wenk * Iván Petrovich as Ricardo Perez * Hans Zesch-Ballot as Kommissar Dossa * Leo Peukert as Kommissar Gaveira * Paul Hoffmann as Marquez Cabana * Reinhold Bernt as Sergeant Carmo * Axel Monjé as Sergeant Gonzaga * Käte Kühl as Bonita * Walther Süssenguth as Schmuggler * Marianne Simson as Solotänzerin * Else Ehser as Garderobie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina (film)
''Martina'' is a 1949 West German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt, and starring Jeanette Schultze, Cornell Borchers, and Siegmar Schneider. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Gabriel Pellon. Cast *Jeanette Schultze as Martina *Cornell Borchers as Irene *Siegmar Schneider as Volker *Albert Hehn as Donny *Werner Hinz as Professor Rauscher *Arno Paulsen as Kuchenreuther *Antonie Jaeckel *Kurt Vespermann *Margarete Kupfer *Dieter Angermann *Reinhard Kolldehoff Reinhard Kolldehoff (29 April 1914 – 18 November 1995) was a German film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1941 and 1988. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Gasman'' (1941) - Polizeibeamter (uncr ... References External links * West German films German drama films 1949 drama films Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt Films about prostitution in Germany German black-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaspary's Sons
''Gaspary's Sons'' (german: Die Söhne des Herrn Gaspary) is a 1948 German drama film directed by Rolf Meyer and starring Lil Dagover, Hans Stüwe and Inge Landgut.Bock & Bergfelder p. 77 It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios near Hamburg and location shooting, on location at Kleinwalsertal in western Austria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Grave. Synopsis In 1933, a family is divided when the father and one son emigrate to Democracy, democratic Switzerland while the mother and other son remain in Nazi Germany. The two branches of the family develop along very different paths. Cast * Lil Dagover as Margot von Korff * Hans Stüwe as Robert Gaspary * Anneliese von Eschstruth as Sylvia Genris * Harald Holberg as Hans Gaspary * Michael Tellering as Günther von Korff * Inge Landgut as Christine * Hans Zesch-Ballot as Dr. Grove * Elise Aulinger as Frau Seelenmayr * John Pauls-Harding as Pit * Käte Pontow as Tinchen * Walther Jung * Katharina Mayberg Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thank You, I'm Fine
''Thank You, I'm Fine'' (german: Danke, es geht mir gut) is a 1948 German comedy film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Ernst von Klipstein, Karin Hardt, and Sonja Ziemann. It is also known by the title ''A Lovely Family'' (german: Eine reizende Familie). It was produced towards the end of the Second World War by the independent company Berlin Film. Left unfinished, it was finally completed by the Communist-controlled DEFA studio in the Soviet Zone and put on general release across Germany. It was one of a number of films of the Nazi era that had delayed releases in the years after the fall of the regime. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Beisenherz and Alfred Bütow. Synopsis After their father's death his seven sons and daughters try to scare off any prospective tenants from taking over the large house. Cast See also * Überläufer In German film history, an Überläufer (literally '' defector'') is a film that was in production und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paths In Twilight
''Paths in Twilight'' (german: Wege im Zwielicht) is a 1948 West German drama film directed by and starring Gustav Fröhlich.Bock & Bergfelder p. 139 It also features Sonja Ziemann and Benno Sterzenbach. It is part of the rubble film tradition made in Germany in the wake of the Second World War. It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios outside Hamburg and on location in Hannover. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Grave. Synopsis The film portrays the lives of three youths in immediate post-war Hannover who are homeless and try to make a living on the black market. When they are falsely connected with a murder they flee the city to the countryside where a sympathetic mayor offers them a fresh start. Cast * Gustav Fröhlich as Otto Lukas * Johanna Lepski as Edith Siems * Sonja Ziemann as Lissy Stenzel * Benno Sterzenbach as Stefan Kolb * Gerd E. Schäfer as Peter Wille * Alfred Laufhütte as Sepp Lauterjung * Axel Scholtz as Erwin Putzke * Hubert Endlein * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raid (1947 Film)
''Raid'' (german: Razzia) is a 1947 German crime film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Paul Bildt, Agathe Poschmann, and Claus Holm. It was made as a cautionary tale about the black market in postwar Berlin. It was made in the Soviet Zone, which would later become East Germany. It was produced by the state-controlled DEFA and shot at the Johannisthal Studios and on location around Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Bruno Monden. The picture sold more than 8,090,000 tickets. Plot The film takes place in Berlin, in the direct aftermath of Germany's defeat in the Second World War. The black market is rife in the ruined city. Chief Inspector Friedrich Naumann (Paul Bildt) organizes a raid on the "Ali Baba Club", a suspected center of a black market gang, but the raid fails due to the gang having an informer in the police ranks. Later, Naumann investigates alone, discovers a secret tunnel in the club, and gets murdered. The plot the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between Yesterday And Tomorrow (film)
''Between Yesterday and Tomorrow'' (german: Zwischen gestern und morgen) is a 1947 German drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring Hildegard Knef, Winnie Markus and Sybille Schmitz.Bock & Bergfelder p. 60 Plot In post-war Germany a group of former guests return to a luxurious Munich hotel where they are haunted by memories of their past interaction with Nelly Dreifuss, a Jewish woman who had died during the Nazi era. It was part of both the cycle of rubble films and subgenre of hotel films. As with many other German rubble films, it examines issues of collective guilt and future rebuilding. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth Robert Herlth (2 May 1893 – 6 January 1962) was a German art director. He was one of the leading designers of German film sets during the 1920s and 1930s.Reimer & Reimer p.146 Filmography * ''Masks'' (1920) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * ' .... Cast References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Land (film)
''Free Land'' (german: Freies Land) is a 1946 German drama film directed by Milo Harbich and starring Ursula Voß, Fritz Wagner and Herbert Wilk. The film was a work of propaganda made by DEFA in the Soviet occupation zone which later became East Germany. It uses a neorealist style to portray the effects of land reforms brought in by the Soviet authorities. It proved to be very unsuccessful on its release.Noack p. 256 Cast * Ursula Voß as Frau Jeruscheit * Fritz Wagner as Neubauer Jeruscheit * Herbert Wilk as Bürgermeister Siebold * Hans Sternberg as Altbauer Strunk * Aribert Grimmer as Altbauer Melzig * Peter Marx as Altbauer Schulzke * Oskar Höcker as Neubauer Kubinski * Elfie Dugal as Küchenmädchen * Kurt Mikulski as Siedler * Karl Platen * * Albert Arid Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance In A Minor Key
''Romance in a Minor Key'' (german: Romanze in Moll) is a 1943 German historical drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Marianne Hoppe, Paul Dahlke, and Ferdinand Marian. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...s Otto Erdmann and Franz F. Fürst. Cast References External links *''Romance in a Minor Key''at filmportal.de/en 1943 romantic drama films 1940s historical romance films German historical romance films Films of Nazi Germany German romantic drama films Films directed by Helmut Käutner Tobis Film films Films based on short fiction Films based on works by Guy de Maupassant Films set in Paris Films set in the 1880s Adultery in films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titanic (1943 Film)
''Titanic'' is a 1943 German propaganda film made during World War II in Berlin by Tobis Productions for UFA, depicting the catastrophic sinking of in 1912. Despite the fact that there already was a German silent film produced in 1912 just four weeks after the sinking and a British company had released a German-language film about the disaster in 1929, the film was commissioned by Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels with the intent of showing not only the superiority of German filmmaking, but also as a propaganda vehicle which would depict British and American capitalism as being responsible for the disaster. The addition of an entirely fictional heroic German officer to the ship's crew was intended to demonstrate the superior bravery and selflessness of German men as compared to the British officers. The film's original director, Herbert Selpin, was arrested during production after making disparaging comments about the German army and the war in the east. He was found h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Spider
''The Golden Spider'' (german: Die goldene Spinne) is a 1943 German thriller film directed by Erich Engels and starring Kirsten Heiberg, Jutta Freybe, and Harald Paulsen. It was partly shot in Amsterdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Lutz Bruno Lutz (7 June 1889 – 5 March 1964) was a German art director.Kester p.294 Selected filmography * ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927) * '' The Lady in Black'' (1928) * '' The Beaver Coat'' (1928) * ''Two Good Comrades'' (1933) * '' .... Cast In alphabetical order References External links * Films of Nazi Germany German spy thriller films 1940s spy thriller films Films directed by Erich Engels World War II spy films Terra Film films German black-and-white films 1940s German-language films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
