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Lola Montez, The King's Dancer
''Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' () is a 1922 German silent historical drama film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Ellen Richter, Arnold Korff, and Fritz Kampers. It portrays the life of Lola Montez. The film was produced by Richter's own production company, but was released by the dominant German distributor A distributor is an electric and mechanical device used in the ignition system of older spark-ignition engines. The distributor's main function is to route electricity from the ignition coil to each spark plug at the correct time. Design ... UFA. A previous biopic ''Lola Montez'' had been released in 1919, starring Leopoldine Konstantin. Plot summary Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1922 films 1920s biographical films German biographical films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Willi Wolff Films set in Munich Films set in Barcelona Films set in the 19th century German blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willi Wolff
Willi Wolff (16 April 1883 – 6 April 1947) was a German screenwriter, film producer, and director. He was married to the silent film star Ellen Richter, whose films he often worked on. Selected filmography Director * ''Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * '' The Great Unknown'' (1924) * ''Flight Around the World'' (1925) * '' Shadows of the Metropolis'' (1925) * '' The Great Duchess'' (1926) * '' Maytime'' (1926) * '' The Imaginary Baron'' (1927) * '' The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin'' (1927) * '' The Lady with the Tiger Skin'' (1927) * '' Heads Up, Charley'' (1927) * ''Moral'' (1928) * ''Immorality'' (1928) * '' The Woman Without Nerves'' (1930) * '' Police Spy 77'' (1930) * '' The Adventurer of Tunis'' (1931) * ''Madame Pompadour'' (1931) * ''A Caprice of Pompadour'' (1931) * '' The Secret of Johann Orth'' (1932) * '' Manolescu, Prince of Thieves'' (1933) Screenwriter * ''The Monastery of Sendomir'' (1919) * '' The Teahouse of the Ten Lotus Flowers'' (1919) * '' Out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig I Of Bavaria
Ludwig I or Louis I (; 25 August 1786 – 29 February 1868) was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the German revolutions of 1848–49, 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As king, he encouraged Bavaria's industrialization, initiating the Ludwig Canal between the rivers Main (river), Main and the Danube. In 1835, the first German railway was constructed in his domain, between the cities of Fürth and Nuremberg, with his Bavaria joining the Zollverein economic union in 1834. After the July Revolution of 1830 in France, Ludwig's previous liberal policy became increasingly repressive; in 1844, Ludwig was confronted during the Beer riots in Bavaria. During the revolutions of 1848 the king faced increasing protests and demonstrations by students and the middle classes. On 20 March 1848, he abdicated in favour of his eldest son, Maximilian II of Bavaria, Maximilian. Ludwig lived for another twenty years after his abdic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Heinrich Von Twardowski
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (5 May 1898 – 19 November 1958) was a German film actor. Career In Germany Twardowski was born in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin in Poland). He made his first film appearance in the 1920 Robert Wiene-directed horror movie '' Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari'' (''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'') which starred Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss and Lil Dagover. He would go on to appear in over 20 movies in Weimar Germany during the 1920s. In 1921, Twardowski portrayed Joshua Nesbitt, Lord Horatio Nelson's stepson, in the German silent '' Lady Hamilton''. Twardowski appeared in ''Der Falsche Dimitri'' and ''Es leuchtet meine Liebe'' the following year. In 1927, Twardowski appeared in '' Die Weber'' (''The Weavers'') about man fighting against machines. The following year, he appeared in the Fritz Lang thriller '' Spione'' (''Spies''). A year later, he portrayed Otto von Wittelsbach, younger brother of Mad King Ludwig II, in '' Ludwig der Zweite, König von B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Tetzlaff
Toni Tetzlaff (born Elisabeth Antonie Pauline Tetzlaff; 13 March 1871 – 16 December 1947) was a German stage actor, stage and film actress.Chander p. 272 Selected filmography * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * ''Lilli (1919 film), Lilli'' (1919) * ''Lilli's Marriage'' (1919) * ''The World Champion'' (1919) * ''Devoted Artists'' (1919) * ''Princess Woronzoff'' (1920) * ''In the Whirl of Life'' (1920) * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * ''Waves of Life and Love'' (1921) * ''Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * ''Louise de Lavallière (film), Louise de Lavallière'' (1922) * ''Should We Get Married?'' (1925) * ''Reluctant Imposter'' (1925) * ''The Ascent of Little Lilian'' (1925) * ''The Three Mannequins'' (1926) * ''Lace (1926 film), Lace'' (1926) * ''Countess Ironing-Maid'' (1926) * ''His Greatest Bluff'' (1927) * ''Heads Up, Charley'' (1927) * ''Love in the Cowshed'' (1928) * ''Panic (1928 film), Panic'' (1928) * ''Immorality (film), Immorality'' (1928) * ''When the Mother an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Serda
Julia Serda (6 April 1875 – 3 December 1965) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Grange p.120 She was married to the actor Hans Junkermann. Biography Julia Serda was born on 6 April 1875 in Vienna. She became fascinated by the stage at an early age, taking singing lessons from Pauline Lucca and studying acting at the Vienna Conservatory. Serda made her debut in 1895 at the theater in Breslau, after which she went to Königsberg for three years. In 1899 she followed a call to the Dresden Court Theater, to which she remained connected until 1908 and was awarded the title of "Royal Saxon Court Actress". During this time, she also made her Berlin debut in 1902, toured with the Pospischil-Ensemble led by tragic heroine Maria Pospischil in 1906, appeared at the Vienna Burgtheater in 1907, and in 1908 at the Meinhard-Bernauer-Bühnen. Serda was most successful for playing the naive and sentimental heroine, for example with the title role in Franz Grillparzer's tragedy '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Scholz (actor)
Robert Scholz (23 April 1886 – 10 October 1927) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1919 and 1928. He was born in Germany and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''A Drive into the Blue'' (1919) * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919) * '' Die Fluch der Menschheit'' (1920) * '' Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan'' (1920) * '' The White Peacock'' (1920) * '' Der Im Rausche der Milliarden'' (1920) * '' About the Son'' (1921) * '' Count Varenne's Lover'' (1921) * '' Sons of the Night'' (1921) * '' The Experiment of Professor Mithrany'' (1921) * ''Danton'' (1921) * ''The Buried Self'' (1921) * '' Symphony of Death'' (1921) * ''Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * ''Bigamy'' (1922) * ''Barmaid'' (1922) * '' Only One Night'' (1922) * ''Fratricide'' (1922) * '' Yvette, the Fashion Princess'' (1922) * '' Yellow Star'' (1922) * ''Shame'' (1922) * '' She and the Three'' (1922) * '' Ihre Hoheit die Tänzerin'' (1922) * ''The Ancient Law'' (1923 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Kühne
Friedrich Kühne (24 April 1870 – 13 October 1959), born Franz Michna, was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1913 and 1957. Selected filmography * '' The Iron Cross'' (1914) * '' Detektiv Braun'' (1914) * '' Der Hund von Baskerville'' (''The Hound of the Baskervilles'') (1914) as Stapleton * '' The Silent Mill'' (1914) * '' Tales of Hoffmann'' (1916) * ''Ferdinand Lassalle'' (1918) * '' The Prisoner of Dahomey'' (1918) * '' Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne'' (1918) * ''Opium'' (1919) * '' Veritas Vincit'' (1919) * '' The Spiders'' (1919-1920, 2 parts) * '' Judith Trachtenberg'' (1920) * '' The Song of the Puszta'' (1920) * '' Lady Hamilton'' (1921) * '' The Terror of the Red Mill'' (1921) * '' The Black Panther'' (1921) * '' Danton'' (1921) * '' Children of Darkness'' (1921) * '' Hashish, the Paradise of Hell'' (1921) * '' Treasure of the Aztecs'' (1921) * ''Die Gezeichneten'' (1922) * '' The False Dimitri'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Junkermann (actor)
Hans Ferdinand Junkermann (24 February 1872 – 12 June 1943) was a German actor. He was married to the Austrian actress Julia Serda. Selected filmography * '' Where Is Coletti?'' (1913) * ''The Seeds of Life'' (1918) * '' The Girl from Acker Street'' (1920) * '' The Love Affairs of Hector Dalmore'' (1921) * ''Hamlet'' (1921) * ''Hazard'' (1921) * '' The Eternal Struggle'' (1921) * '' Playing with Fire'' (1921) * ''Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * ''Miss Rockefeller Is Filming'' (1922) * ''Maciste and the Silver King's Daughter'' (1922) * ''The Girl with the Mask'' (1922) * '' The Flight into Marriage'' (1922) * ''The Lady and Her Hairdresser'' (1922) * '' The Woman on the Panther'' (1923) * '' Das Milliardensouper'' (1923) * '' Nanon'' (1924) * '' The Stolen Professor'' (1924) * '' Darling of the King'' (1924) * '' The Great Unknown'' (1924) *'' Dancing Mad'' (1925) * '' The Girl with a Patron'' (1925) * '' Express Train of Love'' (1925) * ''The Salesgirl from the Fash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonhard Haskel
Leonhard Haskel (7 April 1872 – 30 December 1923) was a German stage and film actor and drama teacher. Haskel was born in Seelow, in the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * '' Europe, General Delivery'' (1918) * '' One or the Other'' (1919) * '' The Boy in Blue'' (1919) * ''The Secret of the American Docks'' (1919) * '' The Gambler'' (1919) * '' Judith Trachtenberg'' (1920) * '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1920) * ''Catherine the Great'' (1920) * ''The Girl from Acker Street'' (1920) * '' Playing with Fire'' (1921) * '' The Black Panther'' (1921) * '' Wandering Souls'' (1921) * '' Four Around a Woman'' (1921) * '' The Story of a Maid'' (1921) * ''Impostor'' (1921) * ''Marizza'' (1922) * ''The Love Story of Cesare Ubaldi'' (1922) * '' The Big Shot'' (1922) * '' Prashna's Secret'' (1922) * ''The Flight into Marriage'' (1922) * ''Bigamy'' (1922) * '' Barmaid'' (1922) * ''Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * '' The Street'' (1923) * ''The Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Gülstorff
Max Walter Gülstorff (23 March 1882 – 6 February 1947) was a German actor and stage director. Biography Gülstorff was born in Tilsit, East Prussia. He first appeared in 1900 at the Rudolstadt municipal Theater and moved to Cottbus in 1908. In 1911 Gülstorff went to the ''Schillertheater'' Berlin and became a member of the ensemble of Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in 1915. He also acted at the Großes Schauspielhaus and the Volksbühne Berlin. In 1923 Gülstorff moved to Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ..., where he worked as a stage director at the Theater in der Josefstadt. Gülstorff died in Berlin and was buried at the Lichtenrade cemetery. Filmography External links * Biography with picture (German) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich George
Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 – 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George (), was a German stage and film actor. Early life George was born in Pomerania to August Friedrich Schulz, a former Deck Officer in the Imperial German Navy, and Anna Auguste Wilhelmine Glander. He had one older brother. He did not complete school, but instead took acting classes in Stettin. In 1912, he made his stage debut in a production of '' Die keusche Susanne'' playing a waiter. His acting career was interrupted by the advent of World War I. He volunteered to fight and was seriously wounded in 1915. Career Weimar Republic After the war, George worked at the Albert Theatre in Dresden and the Schauspiel Frankfurt. He appeared in a production of Oskar Kokoschka's ''Hiob'' in Frankfurt which ended up with the audience rioting due to the appearance of a naked woman onstage. In 1921, he moved to Berlin to work at the Deutsches Theater. The same year, he appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Döblin
Hugo Döblin (29 October 1876 – 4 November 1960) was a German stage and film actor.Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996. p. 233 He appeared in more than eighty films, most of them during the silent era. The Jewish Döblin left Germany following the Nazi Party's rise to power in 1933, and after moving first to Czechoslovakia and Austria, eventually settled in Switzerland. His younger brother was novelist, essayist, and doctor Alfred Döblin (1878–1957). Selected filmography * '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1920) * '' From Morn to Midnight'' (1920) * '' Burning Country'' (1921) * ''Seafaring Is Necessary'' (1921) * '' Danton'' (1921) * '' The House on the Moon'' (1921) * '' The Oath of Stephan Huller'' (1921) * '' Lady Hamilton'' (1921) * ''Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * '' The Big Shot'' (1922) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1922) * '' The False Dimitri'' (1922) * '' Your Valet'' (1922) * ''The Lad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
