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Wilhelm P. Krüger
Wilhelm P. Krüger (29 August 1883 – 12 July 1959) was a German stage and film actor.Chandler p. 309 Selected filmography * ''Flachsmann the Educator'' (1930) * ''Trouble with Jolanthe'' (1934) * '' Every Day Isn't Sunday'' (1935) * ''When the Cock Crows'' (1936) * ''My Friend Barbara'' (1937) * ''Don't Promise Me Anything'' (1937) * ''The Divine Jetta'' (1937) * ''Autobus S'' (1937) * ''White Slaves'' (1937) * '' You and I'' (1938) * ''The Four Companions'' (1938) * '' Cadets'' (1939) * ''Target in the Clouds'' (1939) * '' Bismarck'' (1940) * ''The Gasman'' (1941) * ''The Girl from Fano'' (1941) * ''Carl Peters'' (1941) * ''Her Other Self'' (1941) * ''Bismarck's Dismissal'' (1942) * '' Geheimakte W.B.1'' (1942) * ''Elephant Fury ''Elephant Fury'' (german: Gesprengte Gitter) is a 1953 West German drama war film directed by and starring Harry Piel.Rentschler p.283 It also features Herbert A.E. Bohme, Hans Zesch-Ballot and Dorothea Wieck. The film had a troubled production ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary empire led by an emperor, although has been used in German to denote the Roman Empire because it had a weak hereditary tradition. In the case of the German Empire, the official name was , which is properly translated as "German Empire" because the official position of head of state in the constitution of the German Empire was officially a "presidency" of a confederation of German states led by the King of Prussia who would assume "the title of German Emperor" as referring to the German people, but was not emperor of Germany as in an emperor of a state. –The German Empire" ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine''. vol. 63, issue 376, pp. 591–603; here p. 593. also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich, as well as simply Germany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You And I (1938 Film)
''You and I'' (German: ''Du und ich'') is a 1938 German romance film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Paul Bildt Paul Hermann Bildt (19 May 1885 – 13 March 1957) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Devil in Silk'' (1956) * ''Ich suche Di ....Hake p.215 Cast References Bibliography * Hake, Sabine. ''Popular Cinema of the Third Reich''. University of Texas Press, 2001. External links * 1938 films German romance films 1930s romance films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner Films of Nazi Germany Terra Film films German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Deaths
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive Islands, Maldive archipelago (Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) United Suvadive Republic, declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. * February – ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi is first published complete in book form, in Italy. * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The '' Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elephant Fury
''Elephant Fury'' (german: Gesprengte Gitter) is a 1953 West German drama war film directed by and starring Harry Piel.Rentschler p.283 It also features Herbert A.E. Bohme, Hans Zesch-Ballot and Dorothea Wieck. The film had a troubled production history. Originally made between 1940 and 1943 under the title of ''Panic'', it faced censorship problems. Following the end of the Second World War, Piel recovered the negative which had fallen into the hands of the occupying Soviet forces. He re-shot some scenes, and the film was eventually released more than a decade after it had first begun shooting. Synopsis During the Second World War, an air raid on a zoo leads to the animals escaping across the city. Cast * Harry Piel as Großtierfänger Peter Volker * Herbert A.E. Böhme as Mitarbeiter Fritz Kröger * Hans Zesch-Ballot as Zoodirektor Thiele * Dorothea Wieck as Hella Thiele * Wilhelm P. Krüger as Farmer A. R. Brinkmann * Ruth Eweler as Christa Brinkmann * Fritz Hoopts as Farme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bismarck's Dismissal
''Die Entlassung'' (English title: ''The Dismissal'') is a 1942 German film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner about the dismissal of Otto von Bismarck. It was one of only four films to receive the honorary distinction "Film of the Nation" ("Film der Nation") by the Reich Propaganda Ministry Censorship Office. The success of the 1940 film '' Bismarck'' led to this film as a sequel. The film is also known as ''Bismarck's Dismissal'' in the United Kingdom, ''Schicksalswende'' (West German rerun title) and ''Wilhelm II. und Bismarck'' (new West German title). Plot summary The film shows Bismarck being dismissed by Wilhelm II of Germany and the dilettantes who surround him. An unscrupulous schemer plays on the king's desire to lead and so persuades him to the dismissal. This results in a disastrous two-front war by destroying Bismarck's treaty with Russia and leaving him to lament with the question of who would complete his work. Cast Release and reception The war with R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Other Self
''Her Other Self'' (german: Das andere Ich, "The other 'I'") is a 1941 German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Hilde Krahl, Mathias Wieman, and Erich Ponto.Bock & Bergfelder p. 259 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 Erdmann and Franz F. Fürst. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1941 films 1941 drama films German drama films Films of Nazi Germany 1940s German-language films Films directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner Tobis Film films German black-and-white films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Peters (film)
''Carl Peters'' is a 1941 German historical drama film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Karl Dannemann, and Fritz Odemar. It was produced as an anti-British propaganda film during the Second World War. Albers portrays the titular German colonial leader. Bayume Mohamed Husen plays his native guide. The art director Fritz Maurischat worked on the film's sets. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Barrandov Studios in Prague. Synopsis The film is a biopic of Carl Peters, one of the founders of German East Africa and takes place while he is under investigation by the Reichstag for unnecessary brutality. Instead, Peters openly calls for a global policy of colonialism and conquest, which he says will require issuing carte blanche to hard-hearted men like himself. He defends his policy of using execution without trial to prevent a native uprising, which, he insists, the parliamentarians could not have prevented. The parliamentarians, who are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl From Fano
''The Girl from Fano'' (german: Das Mädchen von Fanö) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Gustav Knuth.Hake p. 215 The film is based on a novel by Günther Weisenborn and is set amongst the fishing community of the Danish island of Fanø. Cast * Brigitte Horney as Patricia * Joachim Gottschalk as Fischer Ipke * Gustav Knuth as Fischer Frerk * Viktoria von Ballasko as Ipkes Frau Angens * Gerhard Bienert as Hinnerk * Paul Bildt as Kapellmeister Breitling * Helmut Brasch as Klaus * Karl Dannemann as Bootsmann * Walter Hillbring as Bootsverleiher * Luise Hohorst as Krankenschwester * Fritz Hoopts as Leuchtturmwärter Jens * Hans Kraft as Reisender * Wilhelm P. Krüger as Dusenschön * Justus Paris as Dr. Sperling * Joachim Pfaff as Kind * Fritz Reiff as Patentanwalt * Heddo Schulenburg as Schiffsjunge * Charlotte Schultz as Berthe * Isa Vermehren as Volig * Franz Weber as Friseur * Paul Wegener as Ulerk Ohm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gasman (film)
''The Gasman'' (german: Der Gasmann) is a 1941 German comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Heinz Rühmann, Anny Ondra and Walter Steinbeck.Bock & Bergfelder p. 347 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and premiered in the city's Gloria-Palast. The film's sets were designed by Walter Haag. It was made by Froelich's separate production unit, and distributed by the major studio UFA. Cast * Heinz Rühmann as Hermann Knittel * Anny Ondra as Erika Knittel * Walter Steinbeck as Herr - der nicht erkannt sein möchte * Erika Helmke as Blondes Fräulein Lilott * Will Dohm as Schwager Alfred * Franz Weber as Judge * Kurt Vespermann as Prosecutor * Hans Leibelt as Defense lawyer * Charlotte Susa as Schöne Zeugin * Gisela Schlüter as Entzückende kleine Frau * Herbert Bach as Kellner * Luise Bethke-Zitzman as Knittels Nachbarin * Paul Bildt as Nervenarzt Dr. Brauer * Fritz Draeger as Mann im Zugabteil * Paul Esser * Hugo Froelich as Taxifahrer * Wilhelm Groß ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bismarck (1940 Film)
''Bismarck'' is a 1940 German historical film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Paul Hartmann, Friedrich Kayßler, and Lil Dagover. This film depicts the life of the Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck, a German nationalist and lonely genius who withstands the Reichstag to act on behalf of the people. It was followed by a sequel '' Die Entlassung'' in 1942, with Emil Jannings taking over the title role. The film was made at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin by Tobis Film one of the leading German companies of the era. It was shot at a variety of locations involving several related to the historic events of film including in Berlin, Vienna, Bad Gastein and Babelsberg Palace. Plau am See in Mecklenburg was also used for shooting. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Machus and Erich Zander. Plot summary The film recalls the nineteenth century desire for German unification which at the time was threatened from several corners. From the liberal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
