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Wilhelm Depenau
Wilhelm Depenau (1884-1952) was a German art director.Reid p.99 Selected filmography * ''The Most Beautiful Woman in the World'' (1924) * ''Come Back, All Is Forgiven'' (1929) * ''Viennese Waltz'' (1932) * ''The Love Hotel'' (1933) * '' The Double'' (1934) * ''Little Dorrit'' (1934) * '' The Young Count'' (1935) * ''The Red Rider'' (1935) * '' She and the Three'' (1935) * '' The Blonde Carmen'' (1935) * '' Knockout'' (1935) * '' Ninety Minute Stopover'' (1936) * ''Water for Canitoga'' (1939) * '' Detours to Happiness'' (1939) * ''The Fox of Glenarvon'' (1940) * ''My Life for Ireland'' (1941) * '' Street Acquaintances'' (1948) * ''Don't Dream, Annette'' (1949) * ''The Last Year ''The Last Year'' (german: Die letzte Heuer) is a 1951 East German drama film directed by E.W. Fiedler and Hans Heinrich and starring Inge Keller, Hans Klering and Hermann Stövesand.Reimer p.21 It was made by the state-controlled DEFA in comm ...'' (1951) * '' Eyes of Love'' (1951) References Bibli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düren
Düren (; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur. History Roman era The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory of the Eburones, a people who were described as both Belgae and Germani. It was conquered by the Roman Republic under Julius Caesar and became part of Germania inferior. Durum became a supply area for the rapidly growing Roman city of Cologne (Roman name Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium). Furthermore, a few important Roman roads skirt Durum (including the road from Cologne to Jülich and Tongeren and the road from Cologne to Zülpich and Trier). By the 4th century, the area was settled by the Ripuarian Franks. The name ''villa duria'' occurred the first time in the Frankish Annals in the year 747. Frankish king Pippin the Short often visited Düren in the 8th century and held a few important conventions there. The Franks made of Durum a royal palace, from wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blonde Carmen
''The Blonde Carmen'' (german: Die blonde Carmen) is a 1935 German musical comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Mártha Eggerth, Wolfgang Liebeneiner, and Ida Wüst.Zanger p. 30 It is part of the tradition of operetta films. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Erich Zander. It was distributed by Rota-Film, a subsidiary of the large Tobis Film concern. Synopsis A Hungarian opera star from Budapest decides to take a holiday in the Bavarian Alps. While there she pretends to be a simple peasant A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord. In Europe, three classes of peasant ... girl. Cast References Bibliography * * External links * 1935 musical comedy films German musical comedy films 1935 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate his dead baby son, Iesu Grist, in Wales. Later tried and acquitted on the grounds that cremation is not contrary to English law, he is thus able to carry out the ceremony (the first in the United Kingdom in modern times) on March 14, setting a legal precedent. * February 1 – ''A New English Dictionary on historical principles, part 1'' (edited by James A. H. Murray), the first fascicle of what will become ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', is published in England. * February 5 – Derby County Football Club is founded in England. * March 13 – The siege of Khartoum, Sudan, begins (ends on January 26, 1885). * March 28 – Prince Leopold, the youngest son and the eighth child of Queen Victoria and Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyes Of Love (1951 Film)
''Eyes of Love'' (german: Augen der Liebe) is a 1951 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and starring Käthe Gold, René Deltgen and Paul Wegener. The screenplay was written by the director Veit Harlan. Harlan developed the project, but then turned over direction to his friend Braun. The film was a wartime production, which began shooting in 1942 and was completed in 1944. Planned for a 1945 release, it was blocked by Joseph Goebbels who found the quality poor and disliked the fact that much of it was set in hospitals. It was eventually given a belated post-war release in 1951. By the time it was released, several of its cast members had died.Noack p.248 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Alfred Tolle. Cast * Käthe Gold as Schwester Agnes * René Deltgen as Günther Imhoff * Paul Wegener as Prof. Mochmann * Hans Schlenck as Dr. Lamprecht * Ilse Petri as Milo Thiele * Rudolf Schündler as Dr. Bertram * Mady Rahl as Gerda Schirmer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Year
''The Last Year'' (german: Die letzte Heuer) is a 1951 East German drama film directed by E.W. Fiedler and Hans Heinrich and starring Inge Keller, Hans Klering and Hermann Stövesand.Reimer p.21 It was made by the state-controlled DEFA in communist East Germany. Filming took place at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Wilhelm Depenau and Artur Günther. Cast * Inge Keller as Charly * Hans Klering as Heini Holler * Hermann Stövesand as Ferdinand * Peter Marx as Schorsch * Gustav Püttjer as Gustav * Ralf Siebert as Moses * Gerd Frickhöffer as Blague * Otto Stübler as Konsul * Reinhard Kolldehoff as Kommissar * Lutz Götz as Moulin * Peter Lehmbrock as 1. Heizer * Hans Rose as 2. Heizer * Werner Pledath as Kapitän * Helmut Bautzmann as Französischer Seemann * Johannes Bergfeldt as Holländischer Seemann * Maria Besendahl as Frau Primm * Albrecht Bethge as Höherer SS-Offizier * Louis Brody * Friedrich Wilhelm Dann as Englischer Dolmet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Dream, Annette
''Don't Dream, Annette'' (german: Träum' nicht, Annette) is a 1949 German comedy film directed by Eberhard Klagemann and Helmut Weiss and starring Jenny Jugo, Max Eckard and Karl Schönböck. It was made by DEFA in the Soviet Zone of Germany which was soon afterwards to become East Germany. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau, Otto Erdmann and Kurt Herlth. Synpopsis Attractive French teacher Annette has two devoted suitors, the diplomat Klaus and the engineer Theo, who both propose marriage to her. She then meets the pianist Hans who she is also quickly interested in. She dreams what her future would be if she married each of the men. Cast *Jenny Jugo as Annette *Max Eckard as Hans *Karl Schönböck as Klaus *Helmuth Rudolph as Theo *Gustav Waldau as The last Bourbone *Hans Stiebner as visitor in the concert hall *Walter Werner as visitor in the concert hall *Olga Limburg as Frau von Condé *Else Reval as Berta - Dienstmädchen *Erich Timm as Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Acquaintances (1948 Film)
''Street Acquaintances'' (german: Straßenbekanntschaft) is a 1948 German drama film directed by Peter Pewas and starring Gisela Trowe, Alice Treff and Ursula Voß. It was made by the Communist-controlled DEFA studios in the Soviet Zone of Germany Released in both the future West and East Germany it was a popular hit and sold 6,469,626 tickets. While it can be regarded as using a style that resembled the Italian neorealist films of the era, it has also been suggested that it returns to the more traditional style of the Weimar era.Moeller p. 23 It portrays the dangers of spreading venereal disease. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilhelm Depenau. Cast * Gisela Trowe as Erika * Alice Treff as Annemie * Ursula Voß as Marion * Siegmar Schneider as Walter Helbig * Harry Hindemith as Herbert Petzoldt * Hans Klering as Peter * Ursula Friese as Else * Arno Paulsen as Elses Freund * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Life For Ireland
''My Life for Ireland'' (german: Mein Leben für Irland) is a Nazi propaganda movie from 1941 directed by Max W. Kimmich, telling a story of an Irish nationalist family and their involvement in the Irish struggle of independence over two generations. The movie was produced for Nazi-occupied Europe with the intent of challenging pro-British allegiances; yet in some cases it had the unintended effect of making audiences identify the Irish struggle with their own resistance against the Nazis. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Otto Erdmann. Plot The film covers the story of two generations of an Irish nationalist family; starting with Michael O'Brien (Werner Hinz) and following with his son, also Michael (Will Quadflieg), eighteen years later in 1921. The film commences in Dublin in 1903. A squad of police officers break into a thatched hovel and evict the family, throwing a young child to the floor. However they are ambushed by a group of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fox Of Glenarvon
''The Fox of Glenarvon'' (German: ''Der Fuchs von Glenarvon'') is a German propaganda film from the Nazi era portraying the years of the Irish fight for independence during World War I. It was produced in 1940 by Max W. Kimmich and starred Olga Tschechowa, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Ferdinand Marian and others. The screenplay was written by Wolf Neumeister and Hans Bertram after a novel of the same title by Nicola Rhon (Maria von Kirchbach) that had been published at Ullstein publishing house in 1937. It was made at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin, with sets designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Otto Erdmann. The shoot lasted from December 1939 to February 1940. It passed censorship on 22 April 1940 and had its debut in Berlin's Ufa-Palast am Zoo two days later. Synopsis Set in 1921, the film takes place in the fictional Irish county of Glenarvon, somewhere in the northwest of Galway, and tells the story of Gloria Grandison, an Irish wife of the local British magistrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detours To Happiness
''Detours to Happiness'' (German: ''Umwege zum Glück'') is a 1939 German drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Ewald Balser, Lil Dagover and Viktor Staal. Klaus p.184 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in Kitzbühel in the Tyrol in annexed Austria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Ludwig Reiber. It was distributed by UFA, Germany's largest film company of the era. Cast * Ewald Balser as Thomas Bracht * Lil Dagover as Hanna Bracht * Eugen Klöpfer as Vater von Hanna * Viktor Staal as Mathias Holberg * Claire Winter as Marianne Schlüter * Roma Bahn as Gast bei Brachts * Elfe Gerhart as Jeanette Danieli * Erich Dunskus as Viehhändler * Walter Gross as Konzertgast * Elisabeth Botz as Hannas Wirtschafterin * Erich Ziegel as Dr. Wismar * Franz Stein as Dr. Lehmann * Oscar Sabo as Fröbe * Hans Brausewetter as Burmann * Vera Complojer as Frau Börnham * Herbert Weissbach as Gast bei Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water For Canitoga
''Water for Canitoga'' (German: ''Wasser für Canitoga'') is a 1939 German western film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Susa and Josef Sieber. The film is a "Northern", set in Canada in 1905 where an engineer is working to construct a new water supply system despite repeated attempts at sabotage.Hull p.223 It is based on a play by Hans Rehfisch, Otto Eis and Egon Eis. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau, Ludwig Reiber and Arthur Schwarz. Cast * Hans Albers as Ingenieur Captain Oliver Montstuart / Bauingenieur Nicholsen * Charlotte Susa as Lilly * Josef Sieber as Ingenieur Ingram * Peter Voß as Chefingenieur Captain Gilbert Trafford * Hilde Sessak as Sekretärin Winifred Gardener * Andrews Engelmann as Ruski * Karl Dannemann as Dyke * Hans Mierendorff as Old Shatterhand * Heinrich Schroth as Gouverneur * Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Sheriff von Canitoga * Beppo Brem as Spreng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninety Minute Stopover
''Ninety Minute Stopover'' (German: ''Neunzig Minuten Aufenthalt'') is a 1936 German adventure crime film directed by and starring Harry Piel. It also features Alexander Golling, Else von Möllendorff and Genia Nikolaieva. It was shot at the Grunewald Studios of Tobis Film in Berlin and On location in Lisbon.Klaus p.161-62 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Karl Vollbrecht. Synopsis Berlin police officer Harry Winkler stops off in Lisbon before his ship sails to Buenos Aires where he is to take parting a boxing tournament. He joins forces with his friend from Scotland Yard Conny Steven to help a young woman whose relative appears to have vanished and been replaced by another man. Cast * Harry Piel as Harry Winkler * Alexander Golling as Conny Steven * Else von Möllendorff as Ilse Siebeck * Elisabeth Eygk as Madeleine Ribail * Genia Nikolaieva as Madame Clermont * Hans Zesch-Ballot Alberto Basto * Klaus Pohl as Ein Sekretär * Eduard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
