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7 Dwarves – Men Alone In The Wood
''7 Dwarves – Men Alone In the Woods'' () is a German comedy film, created in 2004 by Otto Waalkes, loosely based on the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, while also containing parodies of many other fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. The film, created by the NRW Film Fund (Filmstiftung NRW), was the second most popular film in German cinemas in 2004, reaching an audience of almost 7 million. Its success spawned a sequel in 2007, '' 7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough'' and a computer-animated adaptation in 2014, '' The Seventh Dwarf''. Plot Little Red Riding Hood is picking flowers when she decides to enter Unterwaldt, a dark forest. The dwarf Bubi spies on her, but is attacked by a bear, who turns out to be the disguised dwarf Tschakko. As looking at a woman is forbidden by the dwarves, he is punished by having squirrels tickle his feet. The dwarves have a meeting which is interrupted by "giant" Ralphie. He wants to become a member of "the seven dwarves", but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Waalkes
Otto Gerhard Waalkes (born 22 July 1948), also known as simply Otto, is a German comedian, actor, musician, writer, and comic book artist. He became famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Germany with his shows, books and films. His best known trademark are the 'Ottifanten' ('Ottiphants'), elephant-like comic characters of his own design. They featured on the cover of his first album release. Waalkes also works as a voice actor, providing the German voices of Mushu in Disney's ''Mulan'', Sid the Sloth in the ''Ice Age'' franchise, and the Grinch in '' The Grinch'', among others. Life Waalkes was born as the second son of Karl Waalkes, a painter and decorator, and his wife Adele (born Lüpkes). Together with his older brother Karl-Heinz, he grew up in the working-class district ''Transvaal'' in Emden (East Frisia). His parents were deeply religious Baptists and members of the Evangelic Free Church community of Emden, which taught a Bible-class that Waalkes visited regularly. He mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Mirror (Snow White)
"Snow White" is a German fairy tale, first written down in the early 19th century. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', numbered as Tale 53. The original title was ''Sneewittchen'', which is a partial translation from Low German. The modern spelling is ''Schneewittchen''. The Grimms completed their final revision of the story in 1854, which can be found in the 1857 version of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales''. The fairy tale features elements such as the magic mirror, the poisoned apple, the glass coffin, and the characters of the Evil Queen and the seven Dwarfs. The seven dwarfs were first given individual names in the 1912 Broadway play ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' and then given different names in Walt Disney's 1937 film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. The Grimm story, which is commonly referred to as "Snow White", should not be confused with the story of " Snow-White and Rose-Red" (in German ""), anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldene Leinwand
The Goldene Leinwand (Golden Screen) is an award created in 1964 by the HDF ("Hauptverband Deutscher Filmtheater e.V.", literally translated "Main Association For Movie Theatres") and the journal ''Filmecho/Filmwoche''. Like a Golden Record, it is a sales certification. The Goldene Leinwand is to be bestowed upon film distributors for having provided a film of feature-length which sold more than 3,000,000 tickets within 18 months. Categories *''Goldene Leinwand'' (“Golden Screen”) for 3 million tickets within 18 months *''Goldene Leinwand mit Stern'' (“Golden Screen with Star”) for 6 million tickets within 18 months *''Goldene Leinwand mit 2 Sternen'' (“Golden Screen with Two Stars”) for 9 million tickets within 18 months *''Goldene Leinwand mit 3 Sternen'' (“Golden Screen with Three Stars”) for 12 million tickets within 18 months *''Goldene Leinwand Sonderausgaben'' (“Golden Screen Special Editions”) for 15 or 18 million tickets within 18 months *''Goldene L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten
''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten'' ("Good Times, Bad Times"), often abbreviated ''GZSZ'', is a long-running German television soap opera, first broadcast on RTL Television, RTL in 1992. The programme concerns the lives of a fictional neighborhood in Germany's capital city Berlin. Over the years the soap opera tends to have an overhaul of young people in their late teens and early twenties, targeting a young viewership. Based on the Australian format ''The Restless Years'', which first was successfully adapted in the Netherlands as ''Goede tijden, slechte tijden'', the German version took the scripts of the first 230 episodes, even though heavily rewritten, from the original. After the first year, ''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten'' started using original material. The programme started off with low ratings and was panned by critics. However the network believed in the success of the show and by the autumn of 1993, a serial killer storyline helped to improve the ratings, making ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Tramitz
Christian Tramitz (born 29 July 1955) is a German actor and comedian. Early life Born in Munich, Bavaria, Tramitz is the grandson of Austrian actor Paul Hörbiger and first cousin once removed of actress Christiane Hörbiger. His parents are film producer Rudolf Tramitz and Monica (' Hörbiger). Actress Mavie Hörbiger is a cousin. Instead of starting an acting career at once, he first began to study history of art, philosophy and drama. Apart from that he took lessons in acting from Ruth von Zerboni and violin lessons in the Munich "Musikkonservatorium". Career Tramitz made his first media experience at the Munich radio station "Radio Gong", where he, together with Michael "Bully" Herbig presented the program ''Die Bayern Cops''. In December 1996, he appeared in the German television program ''Isar 3'', which was based on the radio show ''Die Bayern Cops'' ("The Bavaria Cops"). From 1997 on, he was a member of the German comedy TV series '' Bullyparade'' with Herbig and Rick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilmi Sözer
Hilmi Sözer (born 9 March 1970) is a Turkish-German actor. Filmography Television References External links *Official website 1965 births Living people Turkish emigrants to West Germany German people of Turkish descent German male television actors Turkish male television actors German male film actors Turkish male film actors Male actors from Ankara People from Viersen (district) {{turkey-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atze Schröder
Atze Schröder is the pseudonym for the German comedian Hubertus Albers (born 27 September 1965) by jum, '''', 22 March 2016 He is best known for playing the main character in the comedy show '' Alles Atze'' (2000–2007) and for his appearances in the stand-up comedy show '. He appears as himself in the 2008 German comedy film ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Schneider
Martin Schneider (born 25 May 1964), often just called "Maddin", is a German comedian, cabaret artist and actor. Biography Born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Schneider grew up in Burgholzhausen, a district of Friedrichsdorf. He has a twin sister named Martina. Today, Schneider lives in Marburg. At first, Schneider did an internship at the Hessischer Rundfunk. That is where he first tried doing cabaret. In 1990, he was given his first stage job. His first programme was ''Gell, Sie sind spirituell?'' (''You're Spiritual, Aren't You?''). Since 1992, Schneider has appeared in the '' Quatsch Comedy Club'', which was still a theatre in Hamburg at that time. Later, he appeared in several television shows, including '' RTL Samstag Nacht'' and had guest appearances in ''7 Tage, 7 Köpfe'' and ''Genial daneben''. He was a cast member of ''Comedy Factory'' (1996–97) on ProSieben. Since 2004, Schneider is best friends with Cordula Stratmann in Sat.1's improvisational comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helge Schneider
Helge Schneider (born 30 August 1955 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a German entertainer, comedian, musician, composer, author, film and theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. He frequently appears on German television and is probably best known for his novelty song ''Katzeklo'' (Kitty Litter Box): “Katzeklo, Katzeklo, ja das macht die Katze froh” (“Kitty litter tray, kitty litter tray, that’s what makes the kitty gay appy��), which spent 17 weeks on the German music charts in 1994, peaking at number 13. Despite his success with comedy music, Schneider is also a recognised jazz musician. He learned to play the piano as a child and taught himself numerous instruments in his youth. In addition to several music albums, Schneider has also published audiobooks and radio plays. Discography Music albums * 1987: ''The Last Jazz'' * 1989: ''Seine größten Erfolge'' (“His greatest hits”) * 1990: ''New York, I’m Coming'' * 1992: ''Guten Tach'' (“Hello there� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralf Schmitz
Ralf Schmitz (born 3 November 1974 in Leverkusen) is a Germans, German comedian and actor. Life Schmitz works as an actor in German television. Filmography * since 2003: Genial daneben – Die Comedy Arena * 2004–2006: Schillerstraße * 2002–2005: Die Dreisten Drei (bis Ende der 3. Staffel) * 2005: Sag die Wahrheit * 2005: Sarah Kuttner – Die Show * 2006: Schmitz komm raus (2006) * 2006–2008: Frag doch mal die Maus * 2006: Zimmer frei! * 2007: Eine große Nachtmusik * 2007: Löwenzahn * 2007: Die Sendung mit der Maus * 2007/2008: Ein Herz für Kinder * 2008: Kicken für Kinder * 2008: Inas Nacht * 2008: Happy Otto! * 2008: Lachen mit …, Lachen mit Otto Waalkes – Der Ostfriesische Götterbote wird 60 * 2008: Jukebox Helden * 2009: Schmitz in the City * 2010: Bei Kerner * 2010: Ralf Schmitz live! Schmitzophren * 2011: Ralf Schmitz Live (RTL) * since 2013: Take Me Out * 2014: Hotel Zuhause Films * 2004: 7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald (as ''Sunny'') * 2005: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jester
A jester, also known as joker, court jester, or fool, was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch kept to entertain guests at the royal court. Jesters were also travelling performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events. Jester-like figures were common throughout the world, including Ancient Rome, China, Persia, and the Aztec empire. During the Post-classical history, post-classical and Renaissance eras, jesters are often thought to have worn brightly coloured clothes and Cap and bells, eccentric hats in a motley pattern. Jesters entertained with a wide variety of skills: principal among them were song, music, and storytelling, but many also employed acrobatics, juggling, telling jokes (such as puns and imitation), and performing Magic (illusion), magic tricks. Much of the entertainment was performed in a comic style. Many jesters made contemporary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Schmidt
Harald Franz Schmidt (born 18 August 1957) is a German actor, comedian, television presenter and writer best known as the host of two popular German late-night shows. Early and private life A son of refugees who fled from Sudetenland (now Czech Republic) in 1945, Schmidt spent his youth in Swabian Nürtingen. Due to his strict Catholic upbringing he devoted time to the Roman Catholic church, serving as choirmaster and playing the organ. At the age of 21, Schmidt went to Stuttgart to attend drama school for three years. After that, he gained on-stage experience at Städtische Bühne (Municipal Stage) in Augsburg. His first role was that of the 2nd Mamaluke in Lessing's '' Nathan the Wise''. In 1984, Schmidt became a lyricist for the cabaret '' Kom(m)ödchen'' in Düsseldorf and in 1986, was honoured as "Best Newcomer cabaret artist" and toured through Germany with his own show. In October 2005, his daughter Amelie was born. Schmidt resides in Cologne with his partner Ellen H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
