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Wir Wunderkinder
''Wir Wunderkinder'' is a 1958 West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Hansjörg Felmy and Robert Graf. The black-and-white film is also known in English as ''Aren't We Wonderful?''. Plot The film recounts the lives of two schoolmates, Hans Boeckel and Bruno Tiches from the fictional town of Neustadt an der Nitze, against the backdrop of German history in the first half of the 20th century. It is told by a narrator (Wolfgang Neuss) who is supported by Wolfgang Müller with music. Through their presentation and discussion of events in the film these two provide a running commentary on political and social issues between the acts of the movie and link them together with explanations and songs. On the anniversary of the '' Völkerschlacht'' in 1913, the two boys, Hans and Bruno, rush a balloon that is supposed to travel to Leipzig and carry a laurel wreath to Emperor William II. Hans is caught and punished, but Bruno stows away, causing the balloon to crash f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansjörg Felmy
Hansjörg Felmy (born Hans-Jörg Hellmuth Felmy; 31 January 1931 – 24 August 2007) was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films and television shows between 1957 and 1995. Films like ''Der Stern von Afrika'' and ''Wir Wunderkinder'' made him a well-known actor in the late 1950s. He starred in the film ''The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi'' (1961), which was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival. In the popular German television crime series ''Tatort'' he played police investigator Heinz Haferkamp from 1974 to 1980. In an international film appearance, he played the Stasi officer Heinrich Gerhard in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Torn Curtain'' (1966) who hunts the leading characters played by Julie Andrews and Paul Newman. In his last years he suffered from osteoporosis. He died in Eching near Munich. Felmy was the son of the German airforce general and war criminal Hellmuth Felmy (1885-1965). Selected filmography * ''Der Stern von Afrika'' (1957) - Robert Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NSDAP
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor, the German Workers' Party (; DAP), existed from 1919 to 1920. The Nazi Party emerged from the Extremism, extremist German nationalism, German nationalist, racism, racist and populism, populist paramilitary culture, which fought against the communism, communist uprisings in post–World War I Germany. The party was created to draw workers away from communism and into nationalism. Initially, Nazi political strategy focused on anti–big business, anti-bourgeoisie, bourgeois, and anti-capitalism, anti-capitalist rhetoric. This was later downplayed to gain the support of business leaders, and in the 1930s, the party's main focus shifted to Antisemitism, antisemitic and Criticism of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Neuss
Wolfgang Neuss (3 December 1923 – 5 May 1989) was a German actor and Kabarett artist. Beginning in the mid-1960s, he also became famous for his political engagement, first for the SPD, then for the extra-parliamentary opposition, ''APO''. He died in 1989 from a longtime cancer. At the age of 15 he went to Berlin to become a clown but was dismissed. When Germany entered into the Second World War Neuss was drafted, first to the Reich Labour Service where he was occupied with road construction. Later he was sent to the Eastern Front where he became injured and was rewarded with the Iron Cross. It was during his stays in military hospitals and, after the war during military detention that Neuss began to discover his interest in acting and for Kabarett. Filmography * (The man in search of himself) (1950) * (Who drove the grey Ford?) (1950) as Uwe Lauterbach * (You have to be beautiful) (1951) as Moritat singer * (1952) as Ballman * (Mikosch comes in) (1952) as Franzek * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michl Lang
Michl Lang (16 January 1899 – 21 December 1979) was a German stage and film actorGoble p.457 Selected filmography * ''The Unsuspecting Angel'' (1936) * '' Geheimakte W.B.1'' (1942) * ''A Heart Beats for You'' (1949) * ''King for One Night'' (1950) * ''Fanfares of Love'' (1951) * ''The Cloister of Martins'' (1951) * ''That Can Happen to Anyone'' (1952) * '' Illusion in a Minor Key'' (1952) * ''Fireworks'' (1954) * ''A Woman of Today'' (1954) * ''The Forest House in Tyrol'' (1955) * '' San Salvatore'' (1956) * '' Two Bavarians in St. Pauli'' (1956) * ''Where the Ancient Forests Rustle'' (1956) * ''Salzburg Stories'' (1957) * ''Wir Wunderkinder'' (1958) * ''I Was All His'' (1958) * ''The Green Devils of Monte Cassino'' (1958) * '' Paprika'' (1959) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1960) * '' Isola Bella'' (1961) * '' Aunt Frieda'' (1965) * '' The Sinful Village'' (1966) * ''Onkel Filser – Allerneueste Lausbubengeschichten ''Onkel Filser – Allerneueste Lausbubengeschichten'' is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liesl Karlstadt
Liesl Karlstadt (; born Elisabeth Wellano, 12 December 1892 – 27 June 1960) was a German actress and cabaret performer. Alongside Karl Valentin, she set the tone for a generation of popular culture in Munich. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1913 and 1960. Selected filmography * '' The Eccentric'' (1929) * ''The Bartered Bride'' (1932) * '' Must We Get Divorced?'' (1933) * '' A Woman Like You'' (1933) * '' Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden'' (1935) * '' Street Music'' (1936) * '' Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine'' (1936) * '' Venus on Trial'' (1941) * '' After the Rain Comes Sunshine'' (1949) * ''Two Times Lotte'' (1950) * '' The Lady in Black'' (1951) * ''Desires'' (1952) * '' That Can Happen to Anyone'' (1952) * '' The Exchange'' (1952) * '' As Long as You're Near Me'' (1953) * '' Fanfares of Love'' (1953) * ''Fireworks'' (1954) * '' The Missing Miniature'' (1954) * '' Marriages Forbidden'' (1957) * ''A Piece of Heaven'' (1957) * '' Salzburg Stories'' (1957) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatjana Sais
Tatjana Sais, Lady Greene (28 January 1910 – 26 February 1981) was a German film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1937 and 1967 and was a member of the jury at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival. She was married to Günter Neumann and later to Sir Hugh Greene. Selected filmography * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1939) * ''Fireworks'' (1954) * ''I Was an Ugly Girl'' (1955) * ''The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp'' (1959) * ''Praetorius'' (1965) * '' Hocuspocus'' (1966) * ''Glorious Times at the Spessart Inn ''Glorious Times at the Spessart Inn'' (german: Herrliche Zeiten im Spessart) is a 1967 West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Liselotte Pulver, Harald Leipnitz, and Vivi Bach. It is the last in a trilogy of films begun b ...'' (1967) References External links * 1910 births 1981 deaths German film actresses Actors from Frankfurt 20th-century German actresses Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor people Wives of knights {{G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Goslar
Jürgen Goslar (26 March 1927 – 5 October 2021 Nordwest Trauer, 16 October 2021, retrieved 17 October 2021.) was a German and . Selected filmography Actor * ''Wo der Wildbach rauscht'' (1956), as Lorenz Gerold * '''' (1958), as Schally Meisegeier * ''The Forests Sing Forever< ...
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Ingrid Van Bergen
Ingrid van Bergen (; born 15 June 1931) is a German film actress. She has appeared in 100 films since 1954. She was born in Free City of Danzig, today Gdańsk, Poland. Career Since 1954, Ingrid van Bergen appeared in more than 170 film and television productions. She was a star of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, including successful films like the comedy ''Roses for the Prosecutor'' (1959). During the early 1960s, the blond-haired actress also appeared as a supporting role in a few international productions, playing a prostitute in ''Town Without Pity'' (1961) with Kirk Douglas and appearing in the war film ''The Counterfeit Traitor'' (1962) starring William Holden. She also worked as a singer and made some records. She later turned to character roles and is also known for her role in the film ' (1985), in which the German band Die Ärzte played an important role. In 2017, Van Bergen made a cameo appearance in '' Sharknado 5: Global Swarming'', the fifth film of the Sharkna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Pan
Ingrid Pan (9 August 1930 – 1995) was a German stage and film actress who was active in German cinema during the 1950s in prominent supporting roles. She later worked frequently in radio. Pan was married to the German actor and playwright Heinz-Günter Stamm. She died in 1995. Selected filmography * ''The White Horse Inn'' (1952) * ''Lady's Choice'' (1953) * ''Marriage for One Night'' (1953) * '' Hooray, It's a Boy!'' (1953) * ''A Musical War of Love'' (1953) * ''Ave Maria'' (1953) * '' The Sun of St. Moritz'' (1954) * ''The Double Husband'' (1955) * ''The Inn on the Lahn'' (1955) * '' If We All Were Angels'' (1956) * ''Wir Wunderkinder'' (1958) * ''Hula-Hopp, Conny ''Hula-Hopp, Conny'' is a 1959 West German musical comedy film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Cornelia Froboess, Rudolf Vogel and Susi Nicoletti.Bock & Berfelder p.137 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designe ...'' (1959) References Bibliography * Elena Agazzi & Erhard S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Elisabeth Ida Marie Flickenschildt (16 March 1905 – 26 October 1977) was a German actress, producer and author. She appeared in dozens of German language films and television productions between 1935–1976. Flickenschildt was born in Hamburg, and died in Guderhandviertel. A street, Elisabeth-Flickenschildt-Straße, was named for her in Spandau, Berlin. Selected filmography * ''Großreinemachen'' (1935) - Frau Paulsen * ''The Unsuspecting Angel'' (1936) - Lotte Grün * ''Du kannst nicht treu sein'' (1936) - Miss Nelly * ''Strife Over the Boy Jo'' (1937) - Hafenmädchen * ''The Broken Jug'' (1937) - Frau Brigitte * ''Tango Notturno'' (1937) - Bessie Godfrey * ''Starke Herzen'' (1937) - Ilse * '' The Muzzle'' (1938) - Dame beim Verhör * '' The Marriage Swindler'' (1938) - Frau Buschko * ' (1938) - Maruschka * ''A Girl Goes Ashore'' (1938) - Erna Quandt * ''Unsere kleine Frau'' (1938) * ''Mia moglie si diverte'' (1938) - (uncredited) * ''The False Step'' (1939) - Marietta Trip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wera Frydtberg
Wera Frydtberg (11 August 1926 – 16 June 2008) was a German film and television actress. She appeared in ''I Often Think of Piroschka'' (1955) Her best known film ''Wir Wunderkinder'' (known in English as ''Aren’t We Wonderful?'') won the Golden Globe for the most successful International Picture in 1960 and the Golden Medal at the Moscow International Film Festival. Biography Wera Frydtberg was born in Freiburg, Germany in 1926. She started her career in 1947 at the Stuttgart theatre and then moved to the Josefstadt theatre in Vienna. From 1951 she starred in 30 major films and over 100 television productions. She was the mother of historian Karina Urbach use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = , nationality = German , other_names = , education = *University of Bayreuth .... Selected filmography References External links * Bibliogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Von Koczian
Johanna von Koczian (, née von Kóczián-Miskolczy, born 30 October 1933) is a German actress. She grew up in Salzburg, Austria, where actor Gustaf Gründgens offered her a role at the Salzburg Festival. She later portrayed Anne Frank at the Schiller theater in Berlin, but her breakthrough in cinema was her role in the 1957 remake of '' Victor and Victoria''. She has appeared in 60 films and television shows since 1955. She starred in the film ''The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi'', which was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival. She is the daughter of a German soldier, Gustav Freiherr von Koczian-Miskolczy (1877, Brünn1958, Oberndorf, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
