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Marie Versini
Marie Versini (10 August 1940 – 22 November 2021) was a French film and television actress. Career Versini appeared in several international cinema productions. After playing in Karl May film adaptations she received a number of German popularity awards. She died on 22 November 2021 in Guingamp, Brittany. Selected filmography Awards References External links * * * Interview (2009) 1940 births 2021 deaths Actresses from Paris French film actresses French television actresses 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses {{France-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Racers
''The Young Racers'' is a 1963 sports drama film directed by Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ... and starring Mark Damon, William Campbell (film actor), William Campbell, Luana Anders and Patrick Magee (actor), Patrick Magee. It is based on the Formula One races in Europe. Plot Joe Machin (William Campbell (film actor), William Campbell), an American auto racing, racecar driver determined to win at any cost. He wins the Monaco Grand Prix through reckless driving, drawing scorn from his fellow drivers. Joe also becomes involved in extramarital affairs, using his unwitting brother, Robert (Robert Wright Campbell, R. Wright Campbell), to divert the suspicions of his wife, Sesia (Marie Versini). Meanwhile, racer turned writer Steve Children (Mark Damon) arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Sharp
Donald Herman Sharp (19 April 192114 December 2011) was an Australian film director. His best known films were made for Hammer in the 1960s, and included '' The Kiss of the Vampire'' (1963) and '' Rasputin, the Mad Monk'' (1966). In 1965 he directed '' The Face of Fu Manchu'', based on the character created by Sax Rohmer, and starring Christopher Lee. Sharp also directed the sequel ''The Brides of Fu Manchu'' (1966). In the 1980s he was also responsible for several hugely popular miniseries adapted from the novels of Barbara Taylor Bradford. Early career Early life Sharp was born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1921, according to official military records and his own claims, even though reference sources cite 1922 as his year of birth. He was the second of four children. He attended St Virgil's College and began appearing regularly in theatre productions at the Playhouse Theatre in Hobart, where he trained under a young Stanley Burbury. He later said this was prompted "by a desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brides Of Fu Manchu
''The Brides of Fu Manchu'' is a 1966 British/West German Constantin Film co-production adventure crime film based on the fictional Chinese villain Dr. Fu Manchu, created by Sax Rohmer. It was the second film in a series, and was preceded by '' The Face of Fu Manchu''. '' The Vengeance of Fu Manchu'' followed in 1967, ''The Blood of Fu Manchu'' in 1968, and '' The Castle of Fu Manchu'' in 1969. It was produced by Harry Alan Towers for Hallam Productions. Like the first film, it was directed by Don Sharp, and starred Christopher Lee as Fu Manchu. Nigel Green was replaced by Douglas Wilmer as Scotland Yard detective Nayland Smith. The action takes place mainly in London, where much of the location filming took place. Plot In 1924, Dr. Fu Manchu, his army of dacoits and his vicious daughter Lin Tang are kidnapping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his hidden base in the Atlas Mountains, where he demands that their fathers help him to build a dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Josef Gottlieb
Franz Josef Gottlieb (1 November 1930 – 23 July 2006) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1959 and 2005. He also directed the children's series ''Ravioli'' in 1983; it aired on ZDF in 1984. He was born in Semmering, Austria and died in Verden an der Aller, Germany of a brain tumor, at age 75. Selected filmography * '' Mikosch of the Secret Service'' (co-director Franz Marischka, 1959) * '' My Niece Doesn't Do That'' (1960) * '' Season in Salzburg'' (1961) * '' The Forester's Daughter'' (1962) * ''The Curse of the Yellow Snake'' (1963) * '' The Black Abbot'' (1963) * ''The Secret of the Black Widow'' (1963) * ''The Seventh Victim'' (1964) * ''The Curse of the Hidden Vault'' (1964) * ''The Phantom of Soho'' (1964) * ' (1965) * ' (1965) * ''A Holiday with Piroschka'' (1965) * ''Spy Today, Die Tomorrow'' (1967) * '' When You're With Me'' (1970) * ''When the Mad Aunts Arrive'' (1970) * '' Aunt Trude from Buxtehude'' (1971) * '' The Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Holiday With Piroschka
''A Holiday with Piroschka'' (german: Ferien mit Piroschka) is a 1965 comedy film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Marie Versini, Götz George, and Dietmar Schönherr. It was a co-production between Austria, Hungary and West Germany. Despite their similar names, the film has little in common with the 1955 '' I Often Think of Piroschka''. Cast * Marie Versini as Tery * Götz George as Thomas Laurends * Dietmar Schönherr as Alfi Trattenbach * Gisela Uhlen as Mrs. Laurends *Liselotte Bav as Ilona *István Bujtor *Hilda Gobbi Hilda Emília Gizella Gobbi (6 June 1913 – 13 July 1988) was an award-winning Hungarian actress, known for her portrayals of elderly women. One of her most beloved performances was as Aunt Szabo in the radio soap opera ''The Szabo Family''. ... as Katalin * János Görbe as Pali-Bacsi * Teri Tordai as Karin References External links * West German films German romantic comedy films Austrian romantic comedy films Hungarian ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Balling
Erik Balling (29 November 1924 – 19 November 2005) was a Danish TV and film director. He created two of Denmark's most popular TV-series, ''Matador'' and '' Huset på Christianshavn''. His feature film '' Qivitoq'' (1956) was nominated for a Golden Palm at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, and for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film. His 1962 film ''Den kære familie'' was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. Together with Henning Bahs, he also created the hugely popular series of '' Olsen Gang'' feature films. Biography Balling started working for the largest and oldest Danish film production company, Nordisk Film Nordisk Film A/S (lit. "Nordic Film") is a Danish entertainment company established in 1906 in Copenhagen by filmmaker Ole Olsen. It is the fourth-oldest film studio in the world behind the Gaumont Film Company, Pathé, and Titanu ...s Kompagni, in 1946. He later became the boss of the company. His made his directin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as '' The Killers'' (1946). Early life Siodmak was born in Dresden, Germany, the son of Rosa Philippine (née Blum) and Ignatz Siodmak and the brother of Curt, Werner and Roland. His parents were both from Jewish families in Leipzig (the myth of his American birth in Memphis, Tennessee was necessary for him to obtain a visa in Paris during World War II). He worked as a stage director and a banker before becoming editor and scenarist for Curtis Bernhardt in 1925 (Bernhardt directed a film of Siodmak's story '' Conflict'' in 1945). At twenty-six he was hired by his cousin, producer Seymour Nebenzal, to assemble original silent movies from stock footage of old films. Siodmak worked at this for two years before he persuaded Nebenzal to finance his first feature, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shoot (1964 Film)
''The Shoot'' (German: ''Der Schut'') is a 1964 adventure film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lex Barker, Marie Versini and Ralf Wolter. It was made as a co-production between West Germany, France, Italy and Yugoslavia. It is based on the 1892 novel of the same title by Karl May, and was part of a cycle of adaptations of his work started by Rialto Film's series of western films. It was a commercial success, benefiting from the presence of Barker and Versini who were stars of Rialto's series.Bergfelder p.188 It was shot at the Tempelhof and Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Kosovo and Montenegro then part of Yugoslavia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dragoljub Ivkov. It was shot in Eastmancolor. Synopsis In the Balkans, then part of the Ottoman Empire, two travellers assist in the battle against a notorious bandit who has kidnapped a French engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Jugert
Rudolf Jugert (1907–1979) was a German film director. Selected filmography * ''Film Without a Title'' (1948) * '' Hallo, Fräulein!'' (1949) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1950) * ''Nights on the Road'' (1952) * ''Illusion in a Minor Key'' (1952) * ''Jonny Saves Nebrador'' (1953) * '' Ein Herz spielt falsch'' (1953) * ''The Great Test'' (1954) * '' A Love Story'' (1954) * '' Prisoners of Love'' (1954) * ''Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love'' (1955) * ' (1955) * ''Nina'' (1956) * ''A Piece of Heaven'' (1957) * ''Love Now, Pay Later'' (1959) * ''The Scarlet Baroness'' (1959) * ''Axel Munthe, The Doctor of San Michele'' (1962) * ''Doctor Sibelius'' (1962) * ''The River Line ''The River Line'' (german: Kennwort... Reiher) is a 1964 West German war drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Peter van Eyck, Marie Versini and Walter Rilla Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German f ...'' (1964) * ''Hugenberg – Gegen die Republik'' (1967, TV film) * ''Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The River Line
''The River Line'' (german: Kennwort... Reiher) is a 1964 West German war drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ... directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Peter van Eyck, Marie Versini and Walter Rilla.Bock & Bergfelder p. 227 Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1964 films West German films German war drama films 1960s war drama films German World War II films Films about the French Resistance 1960s German-language films Films directed by Rudolf Jugert Films based on British novels 1964 drama films 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Reinl
Harald Reinl (8 July 1908 in Bad Ischl, Austria – 9 October 1986 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) was an Austrian film director. He is known for the films he made based on Edgar Wallace and Karl May books (see Karl May movies and Edgar Wallace movies) and also made mountain films, Heimatfilms, German war films and entries in such popular German film series as ''Dr. Mabuse'', ''Jerry Cotton'' and ''Kommissar X''. Reinl began his career as an extra in the mountain films of Arnold Fanck. He worked as screenwriter on the film ''Tiefland (film), Tiefland'' directed by and starring Leni Riefenstahl. Reinl's first movie as director was the mountain film ''Mountain Crystal'' (1949). He was Oscar nominated for his documentary feature ''Chariots of the Gods (film), Chariots of the Gods'' (1970). By the 1970s, he had semi-retired to the Canary Islands. In 1986, in his Tenerife retirement home, he was stabbed to death by Daniela Maria Delis, his alcoholic wife and a former actress from Cz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
