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Wrath Of The Seas
''Wrath of the Seas'' or ''When Fleet Meets Fleet'' (German: ''Die versunkene Flotte'') is a silent war film released in 1926. Directed by Graham Hewett and Manfred Noa and starring Bernhard Goetzke, Agnes Esterhazy and Nils Asther.Bock & Bergfelder p.8 It portrays the Imperial German Navy during the First World War, particularly the Battle of Jutland and is based on a novel written by Helmut Lorenz. Cast * Bernhard Goetzke as Korvettenkapitän Barnow * Agnes Esterhazy as Erika Barnow * Nils Asther as Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried and in alphabetical order * Hans Albers as Oberheizer Tim Kreuger * Bobbie Bender as Fähnrich * Henry Bender as Röwers Kompanion * Eugen Burg as Wilhelm H. Elsberg * Heinrich George as Obermaat Röwer * Käthe Haack as Anna Sass, "Wirtin der Weltkugel" * Dary Holm as Hilde Elsberg * Hans Mierendorff as Kapitän des "Großherzog" * Werner Pittschau as Kapititänleutnant Fritz Kämpf * Camilla Spira * Henry Stuart as Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Hewett
Graham and Graeme may refer to: People * Graham (given name), an English-language given name * Graham (surname), an English-language surname * Graeme (surname), an English-language surname * Graham (musician) (born 1979), Burmese singer * Clan Graham, a Scottish clan * Graham baronets Fictional characters * Graham Aker, in the anime ''Gundam 00'' * Project Graham, what a human would look like to survive a car crash Places Canada * Graham, Sudbury District, Ontario * Graham Island, part of the Charlotte Island group in British Columbia * Graham Island (Nunavut), Arctic island in Nunavut United States * Graham, Alabama * Graham, Arizona * Graham, Florida * Graham, Georgia * Graham, Daviess County, Indiana * Graham, Fountain County, Indiana * Graham, Kentucky * Graham, Missouri * Graham, North Carolina * Graham, Oklahoma * Graham, Texas * Graham, Washington Elsewhere * Graham Land, Antarctica * Graham Island (Mediterranean Sea), British name for a submerged volcanic island in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland (german: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of the Skagerrak) was a naval battle fought between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during the First World War. The battle unfolded in extensive manoeuvring and three main engagements (the battlecruiser action, the fleet action and the night action), from 31 May to 1 June 1916, off the North Sea coast of Denmark's Jutland Peninsula. It was the largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. Jutland was the third fleet action between steel battleships, following the Battle of the Yellow Sea in 1904 and the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War. Jutland was the last major battle in history fought primarily by battleships. Germany's High Seas Fleet intended to lure out, trap, and destroy a portion of the British Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Of The Weimar Republic
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Films
The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1926 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February – The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called ''The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' (''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed''). *August 5 – Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, ''Don Juan''. The Vitaphone system uses multiple rpm gramophone records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back music and sound effects synchronized with film. *August 23 – Rudolph Valentino, whose film ''The Son of the Sheik'' was currently playing, dies at the age of 31 in New York. Riots occur at the funeral parlor as thousands of people try to see his body. *October 7 – Warner Brothers release the second Vitaphone film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otz Tollen
Otz Tollen (9 April 1882 – 19 July 1965) was a German actor and film director. Born in Berlin, he made his film debut in the 1912 Joe May directed film ''In der Tiefe des Schachtes''. His last film role was an appearance in the 1960 Nadja Tiller film '' The Ambassador''. Selected filmography Actor * '' According to Law'' (1919) * ''Curfew'' (1925) * ''The Great Opportunity'' (1925) * ''Wrath of the Seas'' (1926) * ''I Once Had a Comrade'' (1926) * '' Hands Up, Eddy Polo'' (1928) * ''Unternehmen Michael'' (1937) * '' Gewitterflug zu Claudia'' (1937) * '' Patriots'' (1937) * '' Togger'' (1937) * ''Signal in the Night'' (1937) * ''Seven Slaps'' (1937) * '' Eine Nacht im Mai'' (1938) * '' Secret Code LB 17'' (1938) * '' The Governor'' (1939) * ''Jud Süß'' (1940) * ''Der große König'' (1942) * ''The Little Residence'' (1942) * ''The Crew of the Dora'' (1943) * ''The Endless Road'' (1943) * ''The Roedern Affair'' (1944) * '' Kolberg'' (1945) * ''The Court Concert'' (1948) * ''Don' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Stuart (actor)
Henry Stuart (1 February 1885 – 26 January 1948) was a Swiss film actor known for his work in Germany. Stuart was born in Cairo as son of a Swiss doctor, but educated in Britain. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, intending to become a painter. After moving into the German film industry following the First World War, Stuart played a number of prominent supporting roles in productions such as '' Joyless Street'' (1925).Isenberg p.142 Stuart's film career largely ended with the arrival of sound, and he worked increasingly on the stage. His final film appearance was a small role in the Nazi agfacolor epic '' Münchhausen'' (1943). Filmography * '' A Glass of Water'' (1923) * '' Joyless Street'' (1925) * '' The Wig'' (1925) * ''The Adventures of Sybil Brent'' (1925) * ''Wrath of the Seas'' (1926) * '' The Man in the Fire '' (1926) * ''Two and a Lady'' (1926) * '' The Street of Forgetting'' (1926) * ''Derby'' (1926) * '' Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit'' (1927) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camilla Spira
Camilla Spira (1 March 1906 – 25 August 1997) was a German film actress. She appeared in 68 films between 1924 and 1986. She was born in Hamburg, Germany, of Jewish ancestry on her father's side, and died in Berlin, Germany. Her father was the Austrian actor Fritz Spira who died in the Ruma concentration camp in 1943. Her mother was actress Lotte Spira and her sister was the East German actress Steffie Spira. Selected filmography * ''Mutter und Sohn'' (1924) * ''In den Krallen der Schuld'' (1924) - Matia * ''A Free People'' (1925) * ''Im Krug zum grünen Kranze'' (1925) - Marie, seine Tochter * ''The Heart on the Rhine'' (1925) * ''The Pride of the Company'' (1926) - Minna * ''We Belong to the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment'' (1926) - Köchin * ''The Third Squadron'' (1926) - Ilonka, seine Tochter * '' Maytime'' (1926) - Minchen Lemke, die Tochter * ''Wrath of the Seas'' (1926) * ''Aftermath'' (1927) - Marlene - Wirtschafterin * ''On the Banks of the River Weser'' (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Pittschau
Werner Pittschau (24 March 1902 – 28 October 1928) was a German theater and film actor of the silent film era. He was a leading men in 30 films during the 1920s, but his career was cut short by his death in an automobile accident, aged 26. Pittschau was the son of the German theater actor Ernst Pittschau (1859-1916) and the Viennese theatre and film Hilda Hofer-Pittschau née Schützenhofer (1873-1961), theater and movie actress. He began his career after training in 1919 as an actor at the Deutsches Landestheater in Prague. His older half-brother was actor Ernst Pittschau (1883-1951). On Sunday, 28 October 1928, Werner Pittschau and his girlfriend, dancer Wilma Harmening, were driving from Berlin to Mecklenburg when Pittschau lost control of the vehicle and collided into a tree near the village of Gerdshagen. The vehicle overturned several times. When the accident was discovered, Pittschau was already deceased. Harmening died at the scene shortly after help arrived. Both Pitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Mierendorff
Hans Mierendorff (born Johannes Reingold Mierendorff; 30 June 1882 – 26 December 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''A Night of Horror'' (1916) * '' Vengeance Is Mine'' (1916) * ''Hilde Warren und der Tod'' (1917) *'' The Sacrifice'' (1918) * ''The Mistress of the World'' (1919) * ''Whitechapel'' (1920) * '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1920) * ''The White Peacock'' (1920) * ''Night and No Morning'' (1921) * ''The Conspiracy in Genoa'' (1921) * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921) * '' The Sleeping Volcano'' (1922) * '' The Black Star'' (1922) * '' Man Against Man'' (1924) * ''Girls You Don't Marry'' (1924) * '' The Enchantress'' (1924) * ''Debit and Credit'' (1924) * '' The Second Mother'' (1925) * ''The Motorist Bride'' (1925) * ''Old Mamsell's Secret'' (1925) * ''Hussar Fever'' (1925) * ''Cock of the Roost'' (1925) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days'' (1925) * '' The Man Who Sold Himself'' (1925) * ''The Dealer from Amsterdam'' (1925) * ''The Humbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dary Holm
Dary Holm (born Anna Maria Dorothea Meyer; 16 April 1897 – 29 August 1960) was a German actress. She married film star Harry Piel in 1927. Holm starred alongside Piel in several films, such as ''Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932).Grange p.389 Selected filmography * '' In the Ecstasy of Billions'' (1920) * ''Martin Luther'' (1923) * '' The Emperor's Old Clothes'' (1923) * '' The Woman from the Orient'' (1923) * ''The Affair of Baroness Orlovska'' (1923) * '' Hunted Women'' (1923) * ''Dangerous Clues'' (1924) * '' Around a Million'' (1924) * '' The Man Without Nerves'' (1924) * ''The Tragedy of a Night of Passion'' (1924) * '' Zigano'' (1925) * '' Swifter Than Death'' (1925) * '' Adventure on the Night Express'' (1925) * ''Wrath of the Seas'' (1926) * '' The Violet Eater'' (1926) *''The Black Pierrot'' (1926) * '' Night of Mystery'' (1927) * ''Panic'' (1928) * '' Man Against Man'' (1928) * '' Men Without Work'' (1929) * '' His Best Friend'' (1929) * ''Achtung! – Auto-Diebe!'' (1930) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Käthe Haack
Käthe Haack (born Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack; 11 August 1897 – 5 May 1986) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 200 films and 30 television productions between 1915 and 1985. Life and career Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack was born in Berlin on 11 August 1897. After finishing school education, Haack had her first engagement as an actress in Göttingen. Since 1915, she regularly appeared in Berlin theatres like Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Volksbühne and Deutsches Theater. Between 1934 and 1945, she worked at the Konzerthaus Berlin under direction of Gustaf Gründgens. She also appeared in the original production of '' The Captain of Köpenick''. Haack remained in demand as a stage actress for the rest of her life, for example as Mrs. Higgins in ''My Fair Lady'' during the 1960s. Haack started her film career as early as 1915 with the Max Mack's silent film ''Der Katzensteg''. She was initially cast as Lola-Lola in the film '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich George
Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 – 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George (), was a German stage and film actor. Career Weimar Republic George is noted for having spooked the young Bertolt Brecht in his first directing job, a production of Arnolt Bronnen's ''Parricide'' (1922), when he refused to continue working with the director. He appeared in Fritz Lang's ''Metropolis'' (1927) and '' Dreyfus'' (1930), as well as starring in '' Berlin Alexanderplatz'' (1931). George was an active member of the Communist party during the Weimar Republic. He worked with theatre director Erwin Piscator and playwright Bertolt Brecht, both of whom identified with the political left. On 12 October 1932, he changed his legal name to his stage name ''George''. (NB. This document documents ''Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz''s birthday on 1893-10-09, as well as the change of his legal name from ''Schulz'' to ''George'' on 12 October 1932.) Nazi era After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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