Werner Pledath
Werner Pledath (26 April 1898 – 6 December 1965) was a German actor who appeared in many films during a lengthy career. He generally played supporting roles such as in '' Five from the Jazz Band'' (1932).Youngkin p.465 Pledath specialized in playing powerful, authority figures. Following the Second World War he appeared in several films made in East Germany. Selected filmography * ''Man by the Wayside'' (1923) * ''The Street Song'' (1931) * ''Who Takes Love Seriously?'' (1931) * '' Dreaming Lips'' (1932) * ''I by Day, You by Night'' (1932) * ''Things Are Getting Better Already'' (1932) * '' Five from the Jazz Band'' (1932) * ''The Invisible Front'' (1932) * ''Scandal in Budapest'' (1933) * '' Today Is the Day'' (1933) * '' Mother and Child'' (1934) * ''The Higher Command'' (1935) * ''The Valiant Navigator'' (1935) * ''Pygmalion'' (1935) * ''The Saint and Her Fool'' (1935) * '' Port Arthur'' (1936) * ''Savoy Hotel 217'' (1936) * '' Victoria in Dover'' (1936) * '' White Slaves'' (1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Mother And Child (1934 Film)
''Mother and Child '' (german: Mutter und Kind) is a 1934 German drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Henny Porten, Peter Voß, and Elisabeth Wendt. It is a sound remake of the 1924 silent film ''Mother and Child'' which had been a major hit for Porten. Franz Schroedter worked as 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 ... on the film. Cast References External links * Films of Nazi Germany German drama films German black-and-white films 1934 drama films Films directed by Hans Steinhoff Remakes of German films Sound film remakes of silent films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Red Orchids
''Red Orchids'' (german: Rote Orchideen) is a 1938 German crime film directed by Nunzio Malasomma Nunzio Malasomma (4 February 1894 – 12 January 1974) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 41 films between 1923 and 1968. Selected filmography * '' Mister Radio'' (1924) * '' Orient'' (1924) * '' The Doll Queen'' ... and starring Olga Chekhova, Olga Tschechowa, Albrecht Schoenhals and Camilla Horn.Bock & Bergfelder p. 485 Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1938 films 1930s spy thriller films German spy thriller films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma Films of Nazi Germany Films set in Europe German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Triad (film)
''Triad'' (German: ''Dreiklang'') is a 1938 German drama film directed by Hans Hinrich and starring Lil Dagover, Paul Hartmann and Rolf Moebius.Hake p.247 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios with sets designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Ludwig Reiber Ludwig Reiber (1904–1979) was a German art director.Capua p.159 The veteran Reiber worked on film and television set design from the silent era to the early 1970s. He was employed by the Munich-based Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios. He wor .... Cast References Bibliography * Hake, Sabine. ''Popular Cinema of the Third Reich''. University of Texas Press, 2001. External links * 1938 films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1938 drama films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Hans Hinrich German black-and-white films UFA GmbH films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Chief Witness (film)
''The Chief Witness'' (German: ''Die Kronzeugin'') is a 1937 German crime drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Iván Petrovich, Sybille Schmitz and Sabine Peters. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.Bock & Töteberg p.350 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. Location shooting took place in the Krkonose Mountains in Czechoslovakia and Zugspitze in Bavaria. Cast * Iván Petrovich as Stefan Laurin * Sybille Schmitz as Jelena Rakowska * Sabine Peters as Nina Rakowska * Gustav Waldau as Georg Radloff * Elga Brink as Elise Laurin * Ursula Grabley as Rose Bonnet * Ursula Herking as Babett * Rudolf Platte as Kriminalassistent Malapert * Just Scheu as Dr. Sanders * Georg H. Schnell as Gerichtsvorsitzender * Ernst Dumcke as Staatsanwalt * Werner Pledath as Untersuchungsrichter * Hermann Pfeiffer as Regisseur * Josefine Dora as Souffleuse Krüger * Harry Hardt as Sänger * Hanni Weisse as Stefan Laurins Wirtscha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mother Song
''Mother Song'' (German: ''Mutterlied'') is a 1937 German-Italian musical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Beniamino Gigli, Maria Cebotari and Hans Moser.Waldman p.202 It was produced by Itala Film, a Berlin-based production company with strong links to Italy. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Pisa. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon, Giorgio Pinzauti, Ernst Richter and Heinrich Richter. Cast * Beniamino Gigli as Ettore Vanni * Maria Cebotari as Fiamma Vanni - seine Frau * Peter Bosse as Mario - sein Sohn * Hans Moser as Giulio Stückelmeier * Michael Bohnen as Cesare Doret * Hilde Hildebrand as Ricarda Doret, seine Frau * Alfred Gerasch as Intendant * Josef Dahmen as Inspizient * Werner Pledath as Arzt * Hilde Maroff as Krankenschwester * Herbert Gernot as Lawyer * Rio Nobile as Chauffeur * Max Paetz Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dangerous Crossing (1937 Film)
''Dangerous Crossing'' or ''Rail Triangle'' (german: Gleisdreieck) is a 1937 German crime film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Heli Finkenzeller, and Paul Hoffmann (actor), Paul Hoffmann. It is set amongst railway workers and takes its name from Gleisdreieck (Berlin U-Bahn), Gleisdreieck on the Berlin U-Bahn.Heins p. 20 It was partly shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors and Erich Czerwonski. It was shot location filming, on location around Berlin. It premiered at the city's Ufa-Palast am Zoo. Synopsis A young railway worker rescues a woman from committing suicide and swiftly falls in love with her. However before long he is drawn into the criminal schemes of her brother, recently released from prison. Cast References Bibliography * * External links * 1937 films Films of Nazi Germany German crime films 1937 crime films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Robert A. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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White Slaves (film)
''White Slaves'' (german: Weisse Sklaven) is a 1937 German film directed by Karl Anton. It is also known by the longer title ''Panzerkreuzer Sebastopol: "Weisse Sklaven"'' (''Battleship Sevastopol: "White Slaves"'') and was later re-released as ''Rote Bestien'' ("Red Beasts"). An anti-Soviet propaganda film from the Nazi era, set during the Russian Revolution, the film was designed as a response to Eisenstein's ''Battleship Potemkin''. Plot summary In St. Petersburg in 1917 revolution is brewing, but in more far-flung parts of Russia life is apparently carrying on as usual. At Sevastopol the officers on board a battleship are looking forward to its return to port when they will be allowed to fraternise with local girls. Kostja, one of the officers, is particularly excited. He is in love with Marija, the daughter of Sevastopol's Governor. The deck of the ship is being prepared to become a dance-floor for a party. However, revolutionaries led by the Governor of Sevastopol's dislo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Victoria In Dover (1936 Film)
''Victoria in Dover'' (German title: ''Mädchenjahre einer Königin'') is a 1936 German romantic comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Olga Limburg and Renée Stobrawa. It is based on a play by Geza Silberer. The film was remade in 1954 with Romy Schneider.Fritsche p.62 Synopsis After her Prime Minister Lord Melbourne arranges a marriage for her with the German Prince Albert, the young Queen Victoria decides to leave London and spend some time in Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces .... While there she meets a handsome young German and falls in love, unaware that he is her intended husband Albert. Cast References Bibliography * Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity''. Berghahn Bo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Savoy Hotel 217
''Savoy Hotel 217'' (German: ''Savoy-Hotel 217'') is a 1936 German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Hans Albers, Brigitte Horney and Alexander Engel. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. The costumes were by Herbert Ploberger. It premiered at Berlin's UFA-Palast am Zoo. Cast Reception Writing for ''The Spectator'' in 1936, 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 positive review, characterizing it as an "agreeably ..slow, good-humoured murder-story". Praising Engel's acting as particularly vivid, Greene summarized the film, claiming: "melodramatic passions are given a pleasantly realistic setting by a very competent director ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Port Arthur (1936 German-language Film)
Port Arthur may refer to: In China: * Port Arthur, China, now called Lüshunkou District, in the city of Dalian ** Port Arthur massacre (China) in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894 ** Battle of Port Arthur, a sea battle in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904 ** Siege of Port Arthur, a land battle in 1904 In Australia: * Port Arthur, Tasmania, the site of a historic convict settlement ** Port Arthur massacre (Australia), which occurred in Port Arthur, Tasmania in 1996 *Port Arthur, South Australia, a locality In the United States: * Port Arthur, Texas, a city in the United States * Port Arthur, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community In Canada: * Port Arthur, Ontario, a former city, now a part of Thunder Bay ** Port Arthur (electoral district) In Finland: * VIII District, Turku The VIII District, also known as Port Arthur (or Portsa in colloquial Finnish), is one of the central districts of Turku, Finland. It is located on the west side of the river Aura, between ''Puistokatu'' and th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Saint And Her Fool (1935 Film)
''The Saint and Her Fool'' (German: ''Die Heilige und ihr Narr'') is a 1935 German drama film directed by Hans Deppe and Paul May and starring Friedrich Ulmer, Lola Chlud and Hansi Knoteck. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Günther and Hans Kuhnert. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location around Langenburg Castle and Oberstdorf in Bavaria. It was one of three film adaptations of the novel of the same by title by Agnes Günther along with a 1928 German silent film and a 1957 Austrian film.Goble p.793 Cast * Friedrich Ulmer as Georg, Fürst v. Brauneck * Lola Chlud as Charlotte, Fürstin v. Brauneck * Hansi Knoteck as Prinzessin Rosmarie * Hans Stüwe as Graf Harro Thorstein * Carl Ehrhardt-Hardt as Hans Friedrich, Musiker * F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Medizinalrat * Werner Pledath as Domprobst * Beppo Brem as Christoph * Hanni Weisse * Petra Unkel as Rosemarie als Kind * Lillian Berley * Jeanette Bethge * Erich D ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |