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Christoph Maria Herbst
Christoph Maria Herbst (born 9 February 1966) is a German actor and comedian. Early life Herbst was born in Wuppertal. After passing the Abitur, he became a trainee banker and was active at the free theatre scene in Wuppertal at the same time. Career Theatre In 1986, Herbst was a founding member of the private ''Theater in Cronenberg'' and its acting school. He's still performing in German theatres. Most recently, he performed "Männerhort" (''Men nursery'') at the ''Theater am Kurfürstendamm'' in Berlin together with Bastian Pastewka, Michael Kessler and Jürgen Tonkel. He is married to Gisi Herbst. Television Herbst made his first appearance in German television in the show '' Sketchup – The Next Generation'' in 1997. From 2002 to 2004, he performed as a supporting actor in ''Ladykracher''. In 2004, he had his first leading role in the ProSieben series '' Stromberg''. In October 2006, the work on the third season of ''Stromberg'' began, airing in early 2007. Herb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Look Who's Back
''Look Who's Back'' (german: Er ist wieder da, ; ) is a bestselling German satirical novel about Adolf Hitler by Timur Vermes, published in 2012 by . The novel was adapted into a German movie of the same name, which was released in 2015. Plot In 2011, Adolf Hitler wakes up in a vacant lot in Berlin which appears to be the location of the garden outside the bunker where he was burned, with no knowledge of anything that happened following his death in 1945. Homeless and destitute, he interprets everything he sees and experiences in 2011 from a Nazi perspective—for instance, he assumes that Turks in Germany are an indicator of Karl Dönitz having persuaded Turkey to join the Axis, and thinks that Wikipedia is named for ''Wikinger'' ("Vikings"). Although everyone recognizes him, nobody believes that he is Hitler; instead, they think he is either a comedian or a method actor. He appears on a variety television show called ''Whoa, dude!'', going off-script to broadcast his view ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wuppertal
Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and towns of Elberfeld, Barmen, Ronsdorf, Cronenberg and Vohwinkel, and was initially "Barmen-Elberfeld" before adopting its present name in 1930. It is regarded as the capital and largest city of the Bergisches Land (historically this was Düsseldorf). The city straddles the densely populated banks of the River Wupper, a tributary of the Rhine called ''Wipper'' in its upper course. Wuppertal is located between the Ruhr ( Essen) to the north, Düsseldorf to the west, and Cologne to the southwest, and over time has grown together with Solingen, Remscheid and Hagen. The stretching of the city in a long band along the narrow Wupper Valley leads to a spatial impression of Wuppertal being larger than it actually is. The city is known for its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Kavanian
Richard "Rick" Horatio Kavanian (born 26 January 1971) is a German actor, comedian, author and voice actor and dubber. He is famous for his cooperation with Michael Herbig, which led to many popular movie comedies and parodies, e.g. '' Manitou's Shoe''. Life Rick Kavanian grew up with his parents, both Armenian who emigrated from Bucharest to Munich in the 1950s, and his grandmother. As a child he learned to speak Romanian from his parents who used to live in Romania, Armenian from his grandmother and learned German and English in school. From 1990 to 1994 Kavanian studied political science, North American history and psychology in Munich and Augsburg. The cooperation with Michael Herbig began in 1990, when both worked as authors and speakers for a German comedy radio show. In 1995 Kavanian moved to New York City and studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. After his return to Germany he played several roles alongside Herbig in the TV comedy show ''Easy Bully'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicky The Viking (film)
''Vicky the Viking'' is a 2009 German adventure comedy film directed by Michael Herbig, based on Runer Jonsson's Vicke Viking children's book series and its subsequent animated series adaptation '' Wickie und die starken Männer''. Produced by Christian Becker of Rat Pack Filmproduktion it premiered in Munich on 9 September 2009. On 3 October 2009, during a show of '' Wetten, dass..?'', Herbig was presented with the Goldene Leinwand for the film's viewership of three million within its first 18 weeks. It sold nearly 5 million tickets in Germany alone, for a total gross revenue of nearly $57 million. Synopsis Vicky ( Jonas Hämmerle) is the son of Halvar (Waldemar Kobus), chief of the Viking village of Flake. Halvar is a strong and big warrior who measures the strength of people through muscles. Vicky, on the other hand, is a small but very smart boy who always has to prove his father that the ingenuity of a man can meet muscles. One day the village of Flake falls under attack, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Quixote (2008 Film)
is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Western literature, it is often labelled as the first modern novel and one of the greatest works ever written. ''Don Quixote'' is also one of the most-translated books in the world. The plot revolves around the adventures of a member of the lowest nobility, an hidalgo from La Mancha named Alonso Quijano, who reads so many chivalric romances that he either loses or pretends to have lost his mind in order to become a knight-errant () to revive chivalry and serve his nation, under the name . He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote's lofty rhetoric often concerning knighthood, already seeming old-fashioned at the time or incoherent to most, and representing the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mord Mit Aussicht
''Mord mit Aussicht'' (Murder with a View) is a German satirical crime comedy television series, produced by Pro TV Produktion GmbH and broadcast on Das Erste. In December 2015, a TV film, ''Ein Mord mit Aussicht'' released after the series ended due to the leave of Bjarne Mädel who plays Dietmar Schäffer. In 2022 the series was continued with a fourth season featuring a different main cast. Production for a fifth season is scheduled to start in March 2023. Plot Overview The series follows the adventures of Sophie Haas (played by Caroline Peters), a detective from the city of Cologne, Köln who had to take a job in the fictional country village of Hengasch ''(in German this sounds like ″hanging butt″)'' in district Liebernich ''(″rather not″)'', in the Eifel. Much of the humour of the series derives from clichés of both city and provincial lives, in a similar manner as the English crime series Midsomer Murders, however the content is unlike that of the British progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impy's Island
''Impy's Island'', or ''Urmel from the Ice Age'' (german: Urmel aus dem Eis), is a 2006 German computer-animated feature film based on the children's novel '' Urmel from the Ice Age'' by Max Kruse. Plot summary On a magical tropical island called Tikiwoo in the 1950s, a fun-loving group of misfit animals and people make a marvelous discovery: a baby dinosaur frozen since prehistoric times. Little Impy, as they call him, is loving his new family and ready to explore the strange new world. But when a king from a faraway country vows to capture the lovable baby dino for his private collection, all the inhabitants of Impy's island must join together to save their new friend. Cast The film stars the voice talents of: * Wigald Boning as Professor Habakuk Tibatong * Anke Engelke as Wutz * Florian Halm as Diener Sami * Christoph Maria Herbst as Doctor Zwengelmann * Kevin Iannotta as Tim Tintenklecks * Stefan Krause as Ping * Oliver Pocher as Schusch * Domenic Redl as Urmel * Frank Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastewka (TV Series)
''Pastewka'' is a German television sitcom that aired from 2005 to 2014 on German TV channel Sat.1. The series, currently in its tenth and last season, is set in Cologne, with German actor Bastian Pastewka starring as a fictionalized version of himself. It has been compared to '' Seinfeld'' and Larry David's '' Curb Your Enthusiasm''. The series was awarded, among others, the Rose d’Or and the German Television Prize. ''Pastewka'' is an Amazon Original since 2018. The eighth, ninth and final tenth season were released exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on January 26, 2018, January 25, 2019, and February 7, 2020. Cast * Bastian Pastewka as Bastian Pastewka, a more or less famous German comedian. * Sonsee Neu as Annemarie “Anne” Leyfert, Bastian's girlfriend. She works as a doctor. Later in the series she becomes Bastian's fiancé. * Matthias Matschke as Hagen Pastewka, Bastian's half-brother. * Cristina do Rego as Kimberly Jolante “Kim” Pastewka, Hagen's daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph Maria Herbst
Christoph Maria Herbst (born 9 February 1966) is a German actor and comedian. Early life Herbst was born in Wuppertal. After passing the Abitur, he became a trainee banker and was active at the free theatre scene in Wuppertal at the same time. Career Theatre In 1986, Herbst was a founding member of the private ''Theater in Cronenberg'' and its acting school. He's still performing in German theatres. Most recently, he performed "Männerhort" (''Men nursery'') at the ''Theater am Kurfürstendamm'' in Berlin together with Bastian Pastewka, Michael Kessler and Jürgen Tonkel. He is married to Gisi Herbst. Television Herbst made his first appearance in German television in the show '' Sketchup – The Next Generation'' in 1997. From 2002 to 2004, he performed as a supporting actor in ''Ladykracher''. In 2004, he had his first leading role in the ProSieben series '' Stromberg''. In October 2006, the work on the third season of ''Stromberg'' began, airing in early 2007. Herb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Welke
Oliver Welke (born 19 April 1966) is a German television presenter, journalist, satirist, comedian and voice actor. Biography Welke was born in Bielefeld and studied journalism at the University of Münster, graduating in 1993. He then worked in a number of fields and eventually became a rather well-known sport journalist and presenter. Together with Oliver Kalkofe, whom he met while working for a public radio station, he provided the German voices for '' Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'' (as Crow T. Robot) and the British comedy show ''Little Britain'', and also co-wrote the script for the crime film parody '' Der WiXXer''. Since May 2009, Welke has been the host of the satirical '' heute-show'' on German public broadcaster ZDF, which is commonly viewed as a German adaptation of ''The Daily Show''. Welke is married and has two sons. He is involved in several charities such as Terre des hommes. Filmography * 2004: '' Der WiXXer'' * 2006–2009: ''Schillerstraße'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Fritsch
Thomas Fritsch (16 January 1944 – 21 April 2021) was a German film, television and dubbing actor. He was regarded as the "Sonnyboy" in the German cinema of the 1960s, and became one of the best-known actors by his presence in television series. Later, he was the German voice of Russell Crowe, of Scar in ''The Lion King'', and of Diego, a Smilodon, in ''Ice Age''. Life Fritsch was born in Dresden, the son of famous actor Willy Fritsch and dancer . The family moved to Hamburg after World War II. Director and actor Gustaf Gründgens encouraged the 16-year-old Thomas to become an actor. He trained at an acting school in Hamburg-Pöseldorf for three years. He played his first film role in the 1962 Austrian '' Julia, Du bist zauberhaft'' at age 17, alongside Lilli Palmer. He starred opposite Daliah Lavi in ', and became a favourite of teenagers. He was frequently featured as the cover image of the '' Bravo'' youth magazine. He played in ' in 1963, alongside Hildegard Knef. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
