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Bombs On Monte Carlo (1931 Film)
''Bombs on Monte Carlo'' () is a 1931 German Musical film, musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Hans Albers, Anna Sten, and Heinz Rühmann. The film is based on the novel ''Bomben auf Monte Carlo (novel), Bomben auf Monte Carlo'' (1930) by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in August 1931. The film is known for featuring the German a capella band Comedian Harmonists, who perform the song ''Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen''. Plot Captain Craddock commands the Mediterranean cruiser Persimon, which sails under the flag of the Kingdom of Pontenero. Like his crew, he hasn't received any pay for a long time because the kingdom is bankrupt. Therefore, he refuses to take Queen Yola I on board for a Mediterranean cruise. Instead, he goes to Monte Carlo to confront the Pontenero consul there. But Yola is already there incognito and, for lack of money, sacrifices her pearl necklace, for which Craddock finally receives 100,000 francs. Disgu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanns Schwarz
Hanns Schwarz (11 February 1888 – 27 October 1945) was an Austrian film director. He was born in Vienna on 11 February 1888. Biography He directed twenty four films between 1924 and 1937 in both English and German. During the late silent and early sound eras, he was a leading director at the large German studio UFA. In the early 1930s he worked on several multi-language version films for UFA, producing the same films in distinct German and foreign-language versions. Schwarz was Jewish and was therefore forced to leave Germany in 1933 when the Nazis took over, going into exile in Britain. His last film was the 1937 British thriller '' Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel''. He died in California on 27 October 1945. Partial filmography * '' Nanon'' (1924) * '' The Voice of the Heart'' (1924) * '' Two People'' (1924) * '' The Telephone Operator'' (1925) * '' The Little Variety Star'' (1926) * ''Petronella'' (1927) * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1927) * '' Hungarian Rhapsody'' (1928 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedian Harmonists
The Comedian Harmonists were an internationally famous, all-male German close harmony ensemble that performed between 1928 and 1934 as one of the most successful musical groups in Europe before World War II. The group consisted of ( tenor buffo), (first tenor), Erich A. Collin (second tenor), Roman Cycowski (baritone), (bass), and (pianist). The hallmark of the Comedian Harmonists was its members' ability to blend their voices together so that the individual singers could appear and disappear back into the vocal texture. Its repertoire was wide, ranging from the folk and classical songs arranged by Frommermann to appealing and witty popular songs of the day by writers such as Peter Igelhoff, Werner R. Heymann and Paul Abraham. History In 1927, unemployed actor Harry Frommermann was inspired by The Revelers, a jazz-influenced popular vocal group from the United States, to create a German group of the same format. According to Douglas Friedman's 2010 book ''The Comedian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Gerron
Kurt Gerron (born Kurt Gerson; 11 May 1897 – 30 October 1944) was a German Jewish actor and film director. He had a very successful career in cabaret and film before World War II, but was then forbidden to work and was sent to Theresienstadt Ghetto after the Nazis had occupied the Netherlands, where he and his family had fled to. He was forced by the Nazis to make a propaganda film about Theresienstadt, officially named '' Theresienstadt. Ein Dokumentarfilm aus dem jüdischen Siedlungsgebiet'', before he and his wife, Olga Gerson-Meyer, were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp and murdered. The film was completed not long before the end of the war, but was never shown to the public, and only fragments remain. Early life and education Kurt Gerron was born as Kurt Gerson in Berlin, Germany, on 11 May 1897, the only child of Max and Toni (née Riese) Gerson. His father ran a clothing business. He was badly injured twice during combat after enlisting in the German Army during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Devirys
Rachel Devirys (28 February 1890 - 16 May 1983) was a French film actress born in the Crimea, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). She starred in some 50 films between 1916 and 1956. Born Rachel Itzkovitz, in 1916 she played "Madelon", the name role in a popular song of World War I. Partial filmography * ''Rita'' (1917) * ''La grande vedette'' (1917) * ''Le retour aux champs'' (1918) - Mariette * ''L'accusé'' (1918) * ''La nouvelle aurore'' (1919) - Nina Noha * ''Celle qui n'a pas dit son nom'' (1919) * ''Au-delà des lois humaines'' (1920) - Nadia Navinska * ''Le doute'' (1921) * ''Prisca'' (1921) * ''Maître Évora'' (1922) * ''La voix de l'océan'' (1922) - Ethel Devirys * '' Vidocq'' (1923) - Yolande de la Roche Bernard * ''Para toda la vida'' (1923) - Euphémia * ''Les deux baisers'' (1924) * '' Faces of Children'' (1925) - Jeanne Dutois, zweite Frau Amslers * ''Monte Carlo'' (1925) - Madame de Fontanes * ''Le château de la mort lente'' (1926) - la comtesse Maud * ''Le berceau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Wüst
Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA). Life and career Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discovered early the world of theater, and decided to make it her career. After attending secondary school in Frankfurt am Main, Wüst took acting lessons from Thessa Klinghammer and at the age of 16 received her first engagement at the StadtTheatre of Colmar, and further stage productions in Bromberg, and in 1904 performed extensively in Leipzig. In 1907 she became a member of the ensemble of the Lessing-Theater in Berlin, where she performed roles in ''Hosenrollen'' (roles in which women impersonate men in trousers), and comedies and became sought after actress. She befriended and married actor Bruno Kastner, with whom she began writing screenplays. The couple married in 1918, divorced in 1924, and had no children. Wüst appeared in the four-si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombs On Monte Carlo (1960 Film)
''Bombs on Monte Carlo'' () is a 1960 German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Eddie Constantine, Marion Michael and Gunther Philipp. The film was based on a novel by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen which had already been adapted as a film in 1931 as '' Bombs on Monte Carlo''. Location shooting took place in Monaco, Nice and at the Schleissheim Palace in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Niko Matul. Cast *Eddie Constantine as Captain Eddie Cronen * Marion Michael as Princess Marina * Gunther Philipp as Dr. Swaart *Gunnar Möller as Burg * Barbara Laage as Olga *Dominique Wilms as Giuletta *Denise Grey as Contesse Tamm *Albert Préjean as ward *Viktor de Kowa Viktor de Kowa (also spelled Victor de Kowa, born Victor Paul Karl Kowalczyk; 8 March 1904 – 8 April 1973) was a German stage and film actor, chanson singer, director, narrator, and comic poet. Life He was born the son of a farmer and engineer ... as minister Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Capitaine Craddock
''Captain Craddock'' () is a 1931 German French-language musical comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and Hanns Schwarz and starring Jean Murat, Käthe von Nagy and Charles Redgie. It is a French-language version of the 1931 German film '' Bombs on Monte Carlo''. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It is sometimes known as ''Bombe Sur Monte Carlo''. Cast * Jean Murat as Le capitaine Craddock * Käthe von Nagy as La reine Yola * Charles Redgie as Pierre * Alice Tissot as Isabelle * Sinoël as Le consul * Rachel Devirys as Diane * Paul Ollivier as Le directeur du casino * Lucien Callamand as Brégaillon * Nicolas Redelsperger as Le ministre des finances * Comedian Harmonists as Themselves Cultural references According to Philippe Goddin, author of '' Hergé - Chronologie d'une oeuvre'', the name of ''Tintins character Captain Haddock is inspired by this film. In ''The Crab with the Gol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Carlo Madness (1932 Film)
''Monte Carlo Madness'' is a 1932 German musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Sari Maritza, Hans Albers and Charles Redgie. It was an English-language version of the 1931 German film '' Bombs on Monte Carlo'', which was based on the 1930 novel '' Bombs on Monte Carlo'' by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. The screenplay concerns a captain who falls in love with a Queen in Monte Carlo. It cost to produce. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. Plot In Monte Carlo, a captain tries his luck at the gaming table to raise money to pay his crew. He meets and falls in love with a queen. Cast *Sari Maritza as Queen Yola *Hans Albers as Capt. Erickson * Charles Redgie as Peter *Helen Haye as Isabel *John Deverell as Consul *C. Hooper Trask as Prime Minister *Comedian Harmonists The Comedian Harmonists were an internationally famous, all-male German close harmony ensemble that performed between 1928 and 1934 as one of the most successful mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Kettelhut
Erich Karl Heinrich Kettelhut (1 November 1893 – 13 March 1979) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. Kettelhut is considered one of the most important artists in the history of early German cinema, mainly for his set direction for '' Die Nibelungen'' (1924) and his design and visual effects for ''Metropolis'' (1927). His early career was defined by a working relationship with fellow designers Otto Hunte and Karl Vollbrecht, the trio working on many of Fritz Lang's early German films. Despite being best known for his iconic visuals on several of the most important films of German Expressionist cinema, he is also noted for a career spanning into the 1960s and his work on more light-hearted films and musicals. Career Early career Kettelhut was born in Berlin in 1893. After leaving school, he received training at a craft school as a theatre artist. In 1909 he first met Otto Hunte, when they were placed in charge of art direction at the Aachen's Stad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style(s) to use, and when to use motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionDemographia: World Urban Areas , Demographia.com, April 2016 on an area of . Located on the French Riviera, the southeastern coast of France on the , at the foot of the French Alps, Nice is the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Location Filming
Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior. When filmmaking professionals refer to shooting "on location", they are usually referring to a "practical location", which is any location that already exists in the real world. The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for example, scenes in the film ''The Interpreter (2005 film), The Interpreter'' were set and shot inside the Headquarters of the United Nations, United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan), or it may stand in for a different locale (the films ''Amadeus (film), Amadeus'' and ''The Illusionist (2006 film), The Illusionist'' were primarily set in Vienna, but were filmed in Prague). Location shooting includes any practical location which resembles the location of a scene in the script; for example, students in the USC School of Cinematic Arts, film school of the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
