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Konstantin Wecker
Konstantin Alexander Wecker (born 1 June 1947) is a German ''Liedermacher'' (singer-songwriter) who also works as a composer, author and actor. Life and work Wecker was born in Munich. Classically educated at the Wilhelmsgymnasium, Wecker got one of his first jobs as a songwriter at Munich's cabaret "Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft" in 1973. His breakthrough as a singer came in 1977 with the record ''Genug ist nicht genug'' ("Enough Is Not Enough"), which includes the popular talking blues "Willy," about a presumably close friend of Wecker's who was slain by drunken Nazis. Wecker has released more than forty albums, and has also composed music for film, theater, and children's musicals. In 2003, Wecker became a public opponent of the Iraq War, joining his leftist ''Liedermacher'' colleagues Hannes Wader and Reinhard Mey. In March 2006, Wecker was forced to cancel a scheduled performance in the small town of Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt. This came after the far-right ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Wecker (ZMF 2018) Jm71741
Constantin is an Aromanian language, Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian language, Megleno-Romanian and Romanian language, Romanian male given name. It can also be a surname. For a list of notable people called Constantin, see Constantine (name). See also * Constantine (name) * Konstantin References {{Reflist Aromanian masculine given names Megleno-Romanian masculine given names Romanian masculine given names Masculine given names Romanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jutta Richter
Jutta Richter (born 30 September 1955 in Burgsteinfurt, Westfalen, Germany) is a German author of children's and youth literature. Richter spent her youth in the Ruhr and Sauerland and at the age of 15 she spent a year in Detroit (USA). There she wrote her first book, so as not to forget her native language, and published the book whilst still a schoolgirl. After studying Theology, German and Communication in Münster she has worked since 1978 as a freelance writer at Schloss Westerwinkel in Ascheberg and in Lucca (Tuscany). Jutta Richter married the German author Ralf Thenior. Awards * 2000 "Rattenfänger-Literaturpreis" for ''Der Hund mit dem gelben Herzen oder Die Geschichte vom Gegenteil'' * 2000 "LUCHS des Jahres" for ''Der Tag, als ich lernte die Spinnen zu zähmen'' * 2001 "Internationaler UNESCO-Preis" Nomination for ''Der Hund mit dem gelben Herzen'' * 2001 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for ''Der Tag, als ich lernte die Spinnen zu zähmen'' * 2004 "LUCHS" book of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grave Decisions
''Grave Decisions'' (, literally The sooner you die, the longer you'll be dead) is a 2006 comedy directed by Marcus H. Rosenmüller Marcus H. Rosenmüller is a German film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the films '' Grave Decisions'', ' and directed ', ' and '. Selected filmography * '' Grave Decisions'' (2006) * ' (2006) * ' (2007) * ' (2008) * ' (2008 ... which plays in the fictitious Upper Bavarian village of Germringen. The film is about an 11-year-old Bavarian boy (Sebastian Schneider) who feels responsible for his mother's death, who died during his birth, and naively attempts multiple ways to reach immortality (procreation, reincarnation, sanctification, rockstardom) to prevent his tenure in hell. Cast References External links * Films set in Bavaria German comedy films 2000s German films {{2000s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SOKO 5113
Soko ( sh-Cyrl, Соко) was a Yugoslav aircraft manufacturer based in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company was responsible for the production of many military aircraft for the Yugoslav Air Force. SOKO was created in 1950 by the relocation of the aircraft factory section of Ikarus company from Zemun, SR Serbia. Officially founded as "Preduzeće Soko" (Soko Corporation, ''soko'' meaning "falcon" in Serbian), soon after it was renamed "Soko Vazduhoplovna Industrija, RO Vazduhoplovstvo" (Soko Aeronautical Industry, WO (Work Organization) Aeronautics). Its first director was Yugoslav People's Army colonel Ivan Sert. The following directors of the company were engineers Miljenko Pješčić and Tomislav Mirić. The serial manufacture of numerous types of aircraft was projected by the Aeronautical Technical Institute in Belgrade. Besides aircraft, SOKO also produced helicopters under licence. Located in the vicinity of Mostar, it mostly used the Mostar Airport for test fli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Münchner Freiheit
The Münchner Freiheit (called ''Münchener Freiheit'' until 1998) is a square in Munich's Schwabing, near the English Garden. It is a popular tourist attraction, especially during winter when one of Munich's largest Christmas markets takes place. The square's Munich U-Bahn station is Münchner Freiheit. A German pop group, Münchener Freiheit, derived their name from the location, and have retained the original spelling. Origin of the name The square at Leopoldstraße Leopoldstraße is a street in the Munich districts Maxvorstadt, Schwabing and Milbertshofen. It is a major boulevard, and the main street of the Schwabing district. It is a continuation of Ludwigstraße, the boulevard of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, ... was originally known as Feilitzsch Platz, after a Bavarian interior minister. In 1933 it was renamed ''Danziger Freiheit'' or "Danzig freedom", in expression of the wish to see the city of Danzig returned to German rule. In tribute to an anti-Nazi resistance g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildegard Knef
Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef (; 28 December 19251 February 2002) was a German actress, singer, and writer. She was billed in some English-language films as Hildegard Neff or Hildegarde Neff. Early years Hildegard Knef was born in Ulm in 1925. Her parents were Hans Theodor and Friede Augustine Knef. Her father, a decorated First World War veteran, died when she was only six months old, and her mother moved to Berlin and worked in a factory. Knef began studying acting at age 14 in 1940. She left school at 15 to become an apprentice animator with Universum Film AG. After she had a successful screen test, she went to the State Film School at Babelsberg, Berlin, where she studied acting, ballet, and elocution. Joseph Goebbels, who was Hitler's propaganda minister, wrote to her and asked to meet her, but Knef's friends wanted her to stay away from him. German film career When the film '' Träumerei'' was made in 1944, Knef shot some scenes, which would have marked her film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Trabi Go
''Go Trabi Go'' is a 1991 German comedy and road movie directed by Peter Timm. It was the first major box office hit about events concerning the newly reunified Germany. Unlike other films in this period that focused on the problems following reunification, ''Go Trabi Go'' sees the main characters, former citizens of East Germany, explore places in Europe outside the Eastern Bloc that they were not allowed to visit during the Communist era. Synopsis The year is 1990 and Germany has been newly reunified. German teacher Udo Struutz decides that his family should go on their first vacation in the "west" to relive Goethe's ''Italian Journey'' in their family Trabant 601 ("Trabi"). Plot Udo Struutz ( Wolfgang Stumph), teacher in the East German town of Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, is a great fan of Goethe and wants to visit all places described in Goethe's ''Italian Journey''. Following the German reunification in 1990, he sees the possibility to do so since it is now possible for him an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatort
("Crime Scene") is a German-language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with 30 feature-length episodes per year, making it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by the German public-service broadcasting organization ARD for their channel Das Erste, it is unique in its approach in that it is jointly produced by all of the organization's regional members as well as its partnering Austrian and Swiss national public-service broadcasters, whereby every regional station contributes several episodes to a common pool. As a result of this, Tatort is a collection of different police stories where different police teams solve crimes in their own cities, with uniqueness in architecture, customs, and dialects of the cities being a distinctive part of the series. Often, the city, not the police force, is the real main character of an episode. The fact that local stations each produce a small number of episodes per year has enabled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kir Royal – Aus Dem Leben Eines Klatschreporters
Kir Royal – Aus dem Leben eines Klatschreporters (Kir Royal – From the Life of a Gossip Reporter) is a six-part television series directed by Helmut Dietl, released in 1986. A satirical portrayal of Munich's 1980s elite "Schicki-Micki" (chic and trendy) social scene, the show parodies the Munich-based newspaper ''Abendzeitung'' and its real-life gossip columnist and publisher . The series centers on fictional tabloid reporter Baby Schimmerlos, who navigates the glamorous yet cutthroat world of celebrity journalism, chronicling the excesses and intrigues of Munich's high society. Plot 1. "Wer reinkommt, ist drin" ("Who Comes In, Is In") Gossip reporter Baby Schimmerlos writes a series critiquing Munich’s high-end restaurants, but his articles fail to resonate with their intended audience. His girlfriend, Mona, urges him to submit his expense reports to the newspaper, though their frequent dining at luxury establishments strains their finances. Compounded by costly home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Swiss Alps, Alps and the Jura Mountains, Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's Demographics of Switzerland, 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts List of cities in Switzerland, its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. It has four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh language, Romansh. Although most Swiss are German-speaking, national identity is fairly cohesive, being rooted in a common historical background, shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Weiße Rose (film)
''Die Weiße Rose'' (''The White Rose'') is a 1982 CCC Film production about the White Rose resistance to the Nazis led by university students in Munich in 1942–1943 whose members were caught and executed in February 1943, shortly after the German capitulation at Stalingrad. Actress Lena Stolze, who played Sophie Scholl, reprised that role in '' Fünf letzte Tage'' (''Five Last Days''), also released in 1982. That film was later remade as '' Sophie Scholl: The Final Days'' in 2005. Plot Munich 1942: The student group White Rose, among them the Scholl siblings, have started to produce and distribute leaflets calling for resistance against Hitler and his regime. Risking their lives, they take leaflets to other cities and write slogans such as "Down with Hitler" on the walls of houses at night. As the Gestapo's noose tightens around the students, they make contact with other resistance groups and even with high military officials. In early 1943, the Gestapo strikes. Hans and So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisters, Or The Balance Of Happiness
''Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness'' () is a 1979 West German drama film written and directed by Margarethe von Trotta. Cast * Jutta Lampe as Maria Sundermann * Gudrun Gabriel as Anna Sundermann * Jessica Früh as Miriam Grau * Konstantin Wecker as Robert Edelschneider * Agnes Fink as Mutter Sundermann *Heinz Bennent Heinz Bennent (18 July 1921 – 12 October 2011) was a German actor. Biography Bennent was born in Stolberg. He was conscripted into the Luftwaffe during World War II, where he was captured by Allied forces and spent much of the war in POW c ... as Münzinger * Rainer Delventhal as Maurice Münzinger * Fritz Lichtenhahn as Fritz * Günther Schütz as Professor * Ilse Bahrs as Blinde Frau * Barbara Sauerbaum as Maria as a Child * Marie-Helena Diekmann as Anna as a Child * Lieselotte Arnold as Frau Eder * Editha Horn as Sister of Blind Woman * Ellen Esser as Nurse Fritz * Heinrich Marmann as Porter * Edith Garden as English language teacher * Kathie Thomsen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
