''Three from Variety'' (German: ''Drei vom Varieté'') is a 1954 West German
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Kurt Neumann and starring
Ingrid Andree
Ingrid Andree (born Ingrid Tilly Unverhau on 19 January 1931) is a German actress. She began her career in 1948 in Hamburg and in 1950 appeared at the Thaliatheater, Hamburg.Waldekranz, R. & Arpe, V. (1956) ''Das Buch vom Film''. Berlin: Deutsch ...
,
Peter Pasetti
Peter Pasetti (1916–1996) was a German stage, television and film actor. He played a number of leading roles in post-Second World War productions such as the operetta film '' A Night in Venice'' (1953).Goble p.446 From the late 1950s he appeared ...
and
Paul Dahlke. It is based on the 1912 novel ''
The Oath of Stephan Huller'' by
Felix Hollaender
Felix Hollaender (1 November 1867 – 29 May 1931) was a German writer, critic, dramaturge and theatre director. At one point he worked as a stage producer with his friend Max Reinhardt.
Life
Felix Hollaender was born in Leobschütz (as Głubc ...
which has inspired a number of film adaptations.
[Goble p.226] The plot revolves around a
love triangle
A love triangle or eternal triangle is a scenario or circumstance, usually depicted as a rivalry, in which two people are pursuing or involved in a romantic relationship with one person, or in which one person in a romantic relationship with so ...
around a
high wire
Tightrope walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope. It has a long tradition in various countries and is commonly associated with the circus. Other skills similar to tightrope walking include slack rope ...
circus
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act.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Ernst H. Albrecht and
Paul Markwitz
Paul Markwitz (16 July 1908 – 19 March 1968)Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films Volume 5, Berlin 2001, , pg. 281f was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He worked on over 50 films between 1935 and ...
. It was shot at the
Göttingen Studios
The Göttingen Studios were film studios located in the German city of Göttingen. The studios were established in 1948 on a site that had previously been used as an aeroplane hangar on the outskirts of Göttingen. The studios were founded by the ...
.
Cast
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Ingrid Andree
Ingrid Andree (born Ingrid Tilly Unverhau on 19 January 1931) is a German actress. She began her career in 1948 in Hamburg and in 1950 appeared at the Thaliatheater, Hamburg.Waldekranz, R. & Arpe, V. (1956) ''Das Buch vom Film''. Berlin: Deutsch ...
as Jeanine Wagner
*
Peter Pasetti
Peter Pasetti (1916–1996) was a German stage, television and film actor. He played a number of leading roles in post-Second World War productions such as the operetta film '' A Night in Venice'' (1953).Goble p.446 From the late 1950s he appeared ...
as Luigi Borella
*
Paul Dahlke as Stobrowski, Agent
*
Mady Rahl
Mady Rahl (3 January 1915 – 29 August 2009) was a German stage and film actress.
Born Edith Gertrud Meta Raschke in Neukölln, now part of Berlin, Rahl trained as an actress and dancer. In 1935 she made her stage debut in Leipzig under the dir ...
as Valerie Latour
*
Erich Schellow
Erich Schellow (1915–1995) was a German stage, film and television actor.Goble p.54 In the late 1960s he portrayed Sherlock Holmes in a series of adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories for German television, alongside Paul Edwin Roth as D ...
as Alexis Wagner
*
Franco Andrei as Renato Oscar
*
Heinz Engelmann
Heinz Engelmann (1911–1996) was a German film actor. He was married to the actress Gertrud Meyen.
Selected filmography
* '' D III 88'' (1939)
* ''Drei Unteroffiziere'' (1939)
* ''Congo Express'' (1939)
* ''The Girl at the Reception'' (1940)
* ...
as Charles Latour
*
Walter Janssen
Walter Janssen (7 February 1887 – 1 January 1976) was a German film actor and director. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1917 and 1970.
Selected filmography
* '' The Dancer'' (1919)
* ''Destiny'' (1921)
* ''Wandering Souls'' (1 ...
as Timm Broders
*
Willy Maertens
Willy Maertens (1893–1967) was a German film and television actor. He was married to the actress Charlotte Kramm with whom he had a son Peter Maertens.
Selected filmography
* ''Attack on Baku'' (1942) - Notar beim dänischen Ölherrn Jenssen
...
as Gerichtsvorsitzender
*
Günther Jerschke
Günther Jerschke (1921–1997) was a German actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Pour le Mérite'' (1938) - Adjutant des Kommandeurs der Flieger
* ''Maya of the Seven Veils'' (1951)
* ''Kommen Sie am Ersten'' (1951) - Inspizient
* '' Under the Tho ...
as Schumann, Inspizient
*
Eugen Dumont
Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to:
* Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923
* Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pat ...
as Mahnke, Pförtner
*
Oskar Dimroth Oskar may refer to:
* oskar (gene), the Drosophila gene
* Oskar (given name) Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of Irish origin.
Etymology
The name is derived from two elements in Irish: the first, ''os'', means "deer"; the second element, ' ...
as Prosecutor
*
Kurt Fuß
Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor.
In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...
as Zirkusdirektor
*
Holger Hagen Holger may refer to:
People
* Holger (given name), includes name origin, plus people with the name
* Hilde Holger, stage name of dancer, choreographer and dance teacher Hilde Boman-Behram (née Hilde Sofer, 1905–2001)
Fictional characters
* Holg ...
as Artist mit Affe
*
Robert Meyn
Robert Meyn (16 January 1896 – 2 March 1972) was a German stage, film and television actor.Fehrenbach p.103
Partial filmography
* '' The Sinner'' (1951) - Von Hernsdorf - Marinas Stiefvater / Marina's Stepfather
* ''Kommen Sie am Ersten'' (19 ...
as Jeanine's defense lawyer
*
Karin Remsing as Vera, Artistin
*
Fritz Schmiedel
*
Gert Schäfer
*
Paul Hühn
*
Eberhard Itzenplitz Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar.
People
First name
*Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire
*Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian
*Eberhard I, Du ...
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1954 films
1954 drama films
German drama films
West German films
1950s German-language films
Films directed by Kurt Neumann
Circus films
Remakes of German films
German black-and-white films
1950s German films
Films shot at Göttingen Studios
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