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Willy Reiber
Willy Reiber (20 February 1895 – 27 November 1980) was a German film director, producer and set designer.Giesen p.223 For many years he worked for the forerunners of Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios in Munich. Selected filmography * '' The Drums of Asia'' (1921) * ''Monna Vanna'' (1922) * ''The Favourite of the Queen'' (1922) * '' Trutzi from Trutzberg'' (1922) * ''The Way to the Light'' (1923) * ''Maciste and the Chinese Chest'' (1923) * ''The Tragedy of a Night of Passion'' (1924) * ''Taras Bulba'' (1924) * ''Love of Life'' (1924) * '' The Lion of Venice'' (1924) * ''A Song from Days of Youth'' (1925) * '' Written in the Stars'' (1925) * '' Little Inge and Her Three Fathers '' (1926) * ''Storm Tide'' (1927) * '' Klettermaxe'' (1927) * '' Spy of Madame Pompadour'' (1928) * '' The Gambling Den of Montmartre'' (1928) * ''The Sun Rises ''The Sun Rises'' (Romanian: ''Răsare soarele'') is a 1954 Romanian drama film directed by Dinu Negreanu.Liehm & Liehm p.143 It was made at ...
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Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by population, third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 11th-largest city in the European Union. The Munich Metropolitan Region, city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Northern Limestone Alps, Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the population density, most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km2). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialects, Bavarian dialect area, ...
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Love Of Life (film)
The film's sets were designed by the art director Willy Reiber. It was shot at the Emelka Studios in Munich. Cast * Georg H. Schnell as Thomas Brey * Olga Gzovskaya as Allan, dessen Nichte * Helena Makowska Helena Makowska ('' née'' Woynowiczówna, 2 March 1893 – 22 August 1964) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1911 and 1958. Early life Helena Makowska was born Helena Woynowiczówna on 2 March 1893 to Ludwik ... as Lucienne d’Or * Harry Reve as Boxer Harry * Vladimir Gajdarov * Toni Wittels References Bibliography * Alfred Krautz. ''International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4''. Saur, 1984. External links * 1924 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Georg Asagaroff German black-and-white films Bavaria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub ...
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1895 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded in England by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. * January 13 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Coatit – Italian forces defeat the Ethiopians. * January 17 – Félix Faure is elected President of the French Republic, after the resignation of Jean Casimir-Perier. * February 9 – Mintonette, later known as volleyball, is created by William G. Morgan at Holyoke, Massachusetts. * February 11 – The lowest ever UK temperature of is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This record is equalled in 1982, and again in 1995. * February 14 – Oscar Wilde's last play, the comedy ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', is first shown at St Jam ...
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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 ...
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Men, Animals And Sensations
''Men, Animals and Sensations'' (German: ''Menschen, Tiere, Sensationen'') is a 1938 German drama film directed by and starring Harry Piel and also featuring Ruth Eweler and Elisabeth Wendt. It is a circus film. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Max Knaake.Klaus p.136 Location filming took place at the Sarrasani circus in Dresden. Cast * Harry Piel as Robert Hansen / Gen. Bobby / Artist * Ruth Eweler as Fedora * Elisabeth Wendt as Maja de Passy * Edith Oß as Estrella - genannt Ella * Josef Karma as Franz - Tierpfleger * Egon Brosig as Hopkins - Assistent bei Fedora * Willi Schur as Theateragent * Eugen Rex as Der Zauberkünstler * Franz Arzdorf as Gast in der Hotelbar "Astoria" * Charly Berger as Ringmeister im Varieté * Raffles Bill as Varietéartist * Gerhard Dammann as Krause, Hausmeister * Liesl Eckardt as Garderobenfrau von Fedora * Charles Francois as Ein Ober in der Bar * Knut Hartwig as Ober * Alfred Karen as ...
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The Sun Rises (1934 Film)
''The Sun Rises'' (German: ''Die Sonne geht auf'') is a 1934 German musical film directed by Willy Reiber and starring Charles Kullmann, Reva Holsey and Fritz Kampers.Waldman p.75 It is in the tradition of operetta films. Cast * Charles Kullmann as Günther Peters * Reva Holsey as Marie-Luise * Fritz Kampers as Gustav * Jessie Vihrog as Lieschen * Sophie Pagay as Günthers Mutter * Jakob Tiedtke as Marie-Luises Vater * Rudolf Platte as Sauerwein * Max Gülstorff Max Walter Gülstorff (23 March 1882 – 6 February 1947) was a German actor and stage director. Biography Gülstorff was born in Tilsit, East Prussia. He first appeared in 1900 at the Rudolstadt municipal Theater and moved to Cottbus in 1908. ... as Der Manager * Erich Bartels as Der Ansager References Bibliography * Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942''. McFarland, 2008. External links * 1934 films 1934 musical films German musical films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German- ...
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The Gambling Den Of Montmartre
''The Gambling Den of Montmartre'' (German: ''Die Hölle von Montmartre'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Willy Reiber and Franz Seitz and starring Eric Barclay, Suzy Vernon and Maurice de Féraudy.Bock & Bergfelder The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. It was made at the Emelka Studios in Munich. Cast * Eric Barclay as Der Straßenspieler * Suzy Vernon as Suzy * Maurice de Féraudy as Der alte Sonderling * Carmen Cartellieri as Die Zimmervermieterin * Max Weydner as Der Kellner * Hans Bauer as Der Einbrecher * Otto Wernicke Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz – 7 November 1965) was a German actor. He is best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films '' M'' and ''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse''. Marrie ... as Der Apache * Hermi Lutz as Der Pikkolo References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German ...
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Spy Of Madame Pompadour
''Spy of Madame Pompadour'' (German: ''Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Karl Grune and starring Liane Haid, Fritz Kortner and Alfred Gerasch.Klossner p.360 It portrays the life of the eighteenth century figure Marquis d'Eon. It was made at the Emelka Studios in Munich by Bavaria Film. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ludwig Reiber and Willy Reiber. Cast * Liane Haid as Marquis d'Eon * Fritz Kortner as Zar Paul von Rußland * Alfred Gerasch as Louis XV - König von Frankreich * Agnes Esterhazy as Madame Pompadour * Mona Maris as Die Zarin * Dene Morel as Lord Hatfield * Karl Graumann as Prinz Conti * Nikolai Malikoff as Der russische Gesandte * Philipp Manning Philipp Manning (23 November 1869 – 9 April 1951) was a British-born German actor. He was born in Lewisham to a British father and a German mother. He was sent to Germany for his education and settled there. He often played British c ...
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Klettermaxe (1927 Film)
''Klettermaxe'' is a 1927 German silent film, silent crime film directed by Willy Reiber and starring Dorothea Wieck, and Paul Heidemann.Bock & Bergfelder p.530 The story was Klettermaxe (1952 film), remade as a sound film in 1952. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Heilbronner. Synopsis A masked figure climbs into the apartments of burglars and robs them of their stolen goods. Cast * Dorothea Wieck, as Toni Höppner * , as Corry Bell * Ruth Weyher * Paul Heidemann * Carl Walther Meyer * Margarete Kupfer * Hans Adalbert Schlettow * Robert Garrison (actor), Robert Garrison * Philipp Manning * Harry Hardt * Albert Paulig * Lilian Weiß * Fritz Greiner * Neumann-Schüler References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links

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Storm Tide (film)
''Storm Tide'' (German: ''Sturmflut'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Willy Reiber and starring Dorothea Wieck, Helen von Münchofen and Oscar Marion.Krautz p.196 It was made at the Emelka Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by Ludwig Reiber. Cast * Dorothea Wieck as Karen Larsen * Helen von Münchofen as Wera * Oscar Marion as Nils Sörren * Harry Hardt as Andrej Michaelowitsch * Philipp Manning as Dr. Swen Larsen, Karen's father * Karl Platen Karl Platen (6 March 1877 – 4 July 1952) was a German actor and cinematographer known for '' Girl in the Moon'' (1929) and '' M'' (1931). Biography Karl Platen was born as Carl Platen on March 6, 1877 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He died ... as Perkun References Bibliography * Alfred Krautz. ''International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4''. Saur, 1984. External links * 1927 films 1927 drama films German drama films Films of the Weimar Republic German ...
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Little Inge And Her Three Fathers
''Little Inge and Her Three Fathers'' (German: ''Die kleine Inge und ihre drei Väter'') is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Franz Osten and starring Dorothea Wieck, Oscar Marion and Harry Hardt. It was made at the Emelka Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by Ludwig Reiber and Willy Reiber Cast *Dorothea Wieck as Inge *Oscar Marion as Jonny Paulsen *Harry Hardt as Bob Rinks *Carl Walther Meyer Carl Walther Meyer was a German stage and film actor and film editor. Meyer appeared in more than fifty productions during the silent and early sound eras.Giesen & Hobsch p.66 Selected filmography * '' Women Who Fall by the Wayside'' (1925) * '' ... as Fred Krafft *Antoniette Hagen as Nora *Mary Brandt as Tante Nelli *Hermann Pfanz as Father References External links * Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Franz Osten 1926 comedy films Silent German comedy films Bavaria Film films German black-and-white f ...
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Written In The Stars (film)
''Written in the Stars'' (German: ''In den Sternen steht es geschrieben'') is a 1925 German silent film directed by Willy Reiber and starring Maria Mindzenty, Olga Juschakowa and John Mylong.Grange p.199 The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Heilbronner. It was shot at the Emelka Studios in Munich. Cast * Maria Mindzenty as Lisbeth Gabler * Olga Juschakowa as Adele von Behren * John Mylong as Horst Raabe * Ferdinand Martini as Kallenberger * Georg H. Schnell as Heinz von Behren * Toni Wittels * Hermann Pfanz * Else Kündinger Else may refer to: Places * Else (Lenne), a river in Germany, tributary to the Lenne * Else (Werre), a river in Germany, tributary to the Werre People * Else (given name) * Else (surname) Music * "Else" (song), a 1999 rock song * ''The Else'', ... References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links * 1925 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films d ...
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