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Walter Gronostay
Walter Gronostay (1906–1937) was a German composer noted for his work on film scores. Gronostay studied under Arnold Schoenberg. From the late 1920s he began working on film music for a mixture of feature films and documentaries. Along with Herbert Windt he composed the music for Leni Riefenstahl's 1938 documentary ''Olympia'',Rother p.89 but died unexpectedly at the age of 31 before the film was released. Selected filmography * '' Ripening Youth'' (1933) * '' The Tunnel'' (1933) * '' The Tunnel'' (1933, French version) * ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1935) * ''A Night of Change'' (1935) * ''Frisians in Peril'' (1935) * ''Rubber'' (1936) * ''City of Anatol'' (1936) * ''The Last Four on Santa Cruz'' (1936) * '' Street Music'' (1936) * ''Savoy Hotel 217'' (1936) * ''Wells in Flames'' (1937) *'' The Chief Witness'' (1937) * ''Olympia The name Olympia may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Olympia'' (1938 film), by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic G ... [...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] |
Lady Windermere's Fan (1935 Film)
''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (german: Lady Windermeres Fächer) is a 1935 German comedy film directed by Heinz Hilpert and starring Lil Dagover, Walter Rilla and Aribert Wäscher.Bock & Bergfelder p. 77 It is based on the play ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' by Oscar Wilde. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Beisenherz 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 worked .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1935 films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films based on Lady Windermere's Fan Films directed by Heinz Hilpert 1935 comedy films German comedy films Films set in London Films set in England UFA GmbH films Tobis Film films German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-comedy-film- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 Births
Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, and establish a national assembly, the Majlis. * January 16–April 7 – The Algeciras Conference convenes, to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany. * January 22 – The strikes a reef off Vancouver Island, Canada, killing over 100 (officially 136) in the ensuing disaster. * January 31 – The Ecuador–Colombia earthquake (8.8 on the Moment magnitude scale), and associated tsunami, cause at least 500 deaths. * February 7 – is launched, sparking a naval race between Britain and Germany. * February 11 ** Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical ''Vehementer Nos'', denouncing the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State. ** Two British members of a poll tax collecting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Wells In Flames
''Wells in Flames'' (French: ''Puits en flammes'') is a 1937 German adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Josseline Gaël, George Rigaud and Suzy Vernon.Rentschler p.289 It is the French-language version of ''City of Anatol'' (1936). 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 ... Otto Hunte. Cast References Bibliography * Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996. External links * 1937 films 1937 adventure films German adventure films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s French-language films Films directed by Victor Tourjansky UFA GmbH films German multilingual films German black-and-white films Films based on German novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Street Music (1936 Film)
''Street Music'' (German: ''Straßenmusik'') is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Jessie Vihrog, Fritz Genschow and Ernst Legal. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder. It was made by Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios in Munich. Plot Hans, Otto and Paul are unemployed musicians. Grete, a neighbor, supports that the men become street musicians. Otto finds and sells a valuable object to buy alcoholic drinks. Hans spends his money with a widowed woman, Neumann. Meanwhile, Grete has impregnated a woman."Strassenmusik." ''Rare Films and More''. Accessed Jul 20, 2017. http://www.rarefilmsandmore.com/strassenmusik-1936 Cast * Jessie Vihrog as Grete Witt * Fritz Genschow as Hans Lünk - Straßenmusikant * Hans Deppe as Paul Spittel - Straßenmusikant * Ernst Legal as Otto Brommel - Straßenmusikant * Fita Benkhoff as Hilde Neumann - eine junge Witwe * Karl Valentin as Kürassier-Otto * Liesl Karlstadt as Seine Frau * Otto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Four On Santa Cruz
''The Last Four on Santa Cruz'' (german: Die letzten Vier von Santa Cruz) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Hermann Speelmans, Irene von Meyendorff and Valéry Inkijinoff.Parish p. 507 The film was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in the Canary Islands. Cast * Hermann Speelmans as Kapitän Pieter Streuvels * Irene von Meyendorff as Madeleine - seine Braut * Valéry Inkijinoff as Reeder Alexis Aika * Françoise Rosay as Nadja Danouw * Erich Ponto as Alexander Ghazaroff * Josef Sieber as Jack * Max Schreck as William * Beppo Brem as Erik * Andrews Engelmann as Cairos * Harald Gloth as Hein * Walter Holten Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ... as Sklavenhalter Malherbes * Ludwig Andersen as Dunard * Max Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Anatol
''City of Anatol'' (german: Stadt Anatol) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Horney and Fritz Kampers. It is based on a 1932 novel ''City of Anatol'' by Bernhard Kellermann. The film is set in a small city in the Balkans, where the discovery of oil leads to a major boom.Kreimeier p. 237It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. A separate French language version ''Wells in Flames'' (''Puits en flames'') was made, also directed by Tourjansky but featuring a different cast. Cast * Gustav Fröhlich as Jacques Gregor * Brigitte Horney as Franziska Maniu * Fritz Kampers as Jaskulski * Rose Stradner as Sonja Yvolandi * Karl Hellmer as Xaver, Kellner * Harry Liedtke as Garcia, Genraldirektor * Aribert Wäscher as Melonenhändler * Olga Engl as Sonjas Großmutter * Ernst Behmer as ein Betrunkener * Gerhard Bienert as Arbeiter bei Ölbohrungen * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubber (1936 Film)
'' Rubber '' is a 1936 Dutch film directed by Johan De Meester and Gerard Rutten. It tells the story of Dutch newlyweds trying to adjust to a difficult life on a Sumatran plantation. A large portion of the film is believed to be lost; a 63-minute fragment remains in the archives of the Dutch Film Museum. Cast In alphabetical order *Johan De Meester *Leo de Hartogh *Philip Dorn Philip Dorn (born Hein van der Niet; 30 September 1901 – 9 May 1975), sometimes billed as Frits van Dongen (his screen name for German films prior to World War II), was a Dutch American actor who had a career in Hollywood. He was best kno ... ... John van Laer (as Frits van Dongen) *Matthieu van Eysden *Ben Groenier *Jan Hahn *Constant van Kerckhoven Jr. *Folkert Kramer *Philippe La Chapelle *Enny Meunier *Amsy Moina *Dolly Mollinger ... Anette *Johan Schilthuyzen *Georges Spanelly ... Ravinsky *Hendrik Van Ees *Daan Van Olleffen (as Daan van Offelen jr.) *Tony Van Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frisians In Peril
''Frisians in Peril'' (German: ''Friesennot'') is a 1935 German drama film directed by Peter Hagen and starring Friedrich Kayßler, Jessie Vihrog and Valéry Inkijinoff. Made for Nazi propaganda purposes, it concerns a village of ethnic Frisians in Russia. It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Bernhard Schwidewski. Location shooting took place around the Lüneburg Heath near Bispingen. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in the German capital. Plot Soviet authorities are making life as difficult as possible for a village of Volga Germans, most of whose ancestors originated in the Frisian Islands, with taxes and other oppression. After Mette, a half-Russian, half-Frisian woman, becomes the girlfriend of Kommissar Tschernoff, the Frisians murder her and throw her body in a swamp. Erwin Leiser, ''Nazi Cinema'', p. 40 Open violence breaks out and all of the Red Army soldiers stationed near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
