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Mädchen In Uniform (1958 Film)
''Mädchen in Uniform'' (''Girls in Uniform'') is a 1958 French-West German drama film directed by Géza von Radványi and based on the play (credited here as ''Ritter Nérestan'') by Christa Winsloe. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. It is a remake of the 1931 film. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz. Plot Manuela von Meinhardis, in the care of an unfeeling aunt after her mother dies, is sent to a boarding school at Potsdam in 1910. The school is run under rigid Prussian discipline by the authoritarian headmistress. The only sympathetic teacher is Miss von Bernburg, who disagrees with the militaristic regime at the school and encourages the girls' self-expression through the arts. All of Manuela's affection is poured out on the attractive Miss von Bernburg, who says that she belongs to all the girls and cannot have favourites. For the annual play, performe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza Von Radványi
Géza von Radványi (born Géza Grosschmid; 26 September 1907 – 27 November 1986) was a Hungarian film director, cinematographer, producer and writer. Biography Born Géza Grosschmid, he took the name Radványi from his paternal grandmother. His brother was the writer Sándor Márai. Géza von Radványi made his debut in journalism before moving to cinema in 1941. He aimed to create a popular cinema in the 1950s and 1960s that would rival Hollywood studios, due to European coproductions. He began at the end of the 1940s, with '' Somewhere in Europe'' and '' Women Without Names'', neorealist dramas with no concession to the ravages of war and the postwar period. During the 1950s, Radványi changed his style: '' L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard'', with Michel Simon and Geneviève Page (1953), and, above all, the success of his remake of '' Mädchen in Uniform'' with Lilli Palmer and the young rising star Romy Schneider (1958). He also made in the same decade ', a thrille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remake
A remake is a film, television series, video game, song or similar form of entertainment that is based upon and retells the story of an earlier production in the same medium—e.g., a "new version of an existing film". A remake tells the same story as the original but uses a different set of casts, and may use actors from the original, alter the theme, or change the flow and setting of the story, in addition since a remake is released some time after the original work it may incorporate new technologies, enhancements, and techniques that had not existed or was commonly used when the original work was created. Similar but not synonymous terms are reimagining or reboot, which indicates a greater discrepancy between, for example, a movie and the movie it is based on. Film A film remake uses an earlier movie as its main source material, rather than returning to the earlier movie's source material. The 2001 film '' Ocean's Eleven'' is a remake of 1960's '' Ocean's 11'', while 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Sinjen
Sabine Sinjen (18 August 1942 – 18 May 1995) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1957 and 1994. Sinjen was married to television director Peter Beauvais from 1963 to 1984. She appeared as one of 28 women under the banner We've had abortions! (Wir haben abgetrieben!) on the cover page of the West German magazine ''Stern'' on 6 June 1971. In that issue, 374 women publicly stated that they had had pregnancies terminated, which at that time was illegal. Selected filmography * '' Precocious Youth'' (1957), as Hannelore * '' Schmutziger Engel'' (1958), as Ruth * ''Mädchen in Uniform'' (1958), as Ilse von Westhagen * '' Stefanie'' (1958), as Stefanie Gonthar * '' Marili'' (1959), as Marili * '' Old Heidelberg'' (1959), as Käthi * '' A Glass of Water'' (1960), as Abigail * '' Stefanie in Rio'' (1960), as Stefanie Gonthar * ' (1960), as Sabine Lorenz * ''The Wild Duck'' (1961, TV film), as Hedvig Ekdal * '' Napoleon II, the Eagle'' (1961), as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Albert
Gina Albert is a film actress from the 1950s. Biography Gina Albert was working as an accountant when she was discovered by Artur Brauner of the Berlin film studio CCC Film, who cast her in ''Mädchen in Uniform''. The 1958 film, her first, was directed by Géza von Radványi, and starred Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider and Therese Giehse. Albert played Margot von Raakow (Marga), a girl at a boarding school. Albert played the starring role in the German-Brazilian co-production (''Tumulto de Paixões'', "The witch beneath the sea"), also known as ''Ruf der Wildnis'' ("Call of the wild"), which was shown in the 8th Berlin International Film Festival in 1958. Albert played Anna Martin, a young woman caught between two men, John Sutton and Richard Olizar. The film's director, Zygmunt Sulistrowski, was nominated for a Golden Bear. Albert's next film was the crime drama ''Der Mann im Strom'' (1958) ("The man in the river"), with Hans Albers and Helmut Schmid. Albert played Lena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelheid Seeck
Adelheid Seeck (3 November 1912 – 17 February 1973) was a German film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1941 and 1972. She starred in '' The Last Ones Shall Be First'', which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' The Noltenius Brothers'' (1945) * '' Where the Trains Go'' (1949) * '' Three Girls Spinning'' (1950) * ''The Day Before the Wedding'' (1952) * '' Once I Will Return'' (1953) * '' Ripening Youth'' (1955) * '' Anastasia: The Czar's Last Daughter'' (1956) * '' Devil in Silk'' (1956) * '' The Last Ones Shall Be First'' (1957) * ''Mädchen in Uniform ' ("Girls in Uniform") is a 1931 German romantic drama film based on the play ' (''Yesterday and Today'') by Christa Winsloe and directed by Leontine Sagan with artistic direction from Carl Froelich, who also funded the film. Winsloe also wrote ...'' (1958) * '' The Rest Is Silence'' (1959) * '' The Last Witness'' (1960) * '' My Husband, the Economic Miracle'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blandine Ebinger
Blandine Ebinger (née Blandine Loeser; born 4 November 1899 – 25 December 1993) was a German actress and ''chansonniere''. Career Ebinger became acquainted with Friedrich Hollaender in 1919, and with him she became heavily invested as a performer, writer, and composer in the Berlin cabaret scene in the 1920s, beginning in the cabaret and the Café des Westens. She recorded many of her husband's, Friedrich Hollaender, cabaret songs, including the set of songs entitled '. Ebinger emigrated to the United States in 1937, returning to Berlin in 1947. She moved to Munich, where she met her second husband, the publisher Helwig Hassenpflug, in 1961. They eventually settled back in Berlin, where she continued her career in the theater and as an actress on television productions. Family Ebinger was born in Berlin. She was the daughter of the pianist Gustav Loeser and the actress Margarete Wezel. She married Friedrich Hollaender. Although Ebinger and Hollaender ended their marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Therese Giehse
Therese Giehse (; 6 March 1898 – 3 March 1975), born Therese Gift, was a German actress. Born in Munich to German-Jewish parents, she first appeared on the stage in 1920. She became a major star on stage, in films, and in political cabaret. In the late 1920s through 1933, she was a leading actress at the Munich Kammerspiele. Early life Therese Giehse was born to Gertrud Gift and Salomon Gift, a textile artisan. She adopted the stage name of Giehse in 1920 at the age of 22. She practised acting recreationally throughout her young life. Career Giehse began her career in 1920, working with Tony Wittels-Stury in "Stage Society for Primitive and Expressionist Art: Acting". In 1925, she began to act in Gleiwitz (modern-day Poland). When Nazis came to power in 1933, Giehse left Germany for Zürich, Switzerland, where she continued to act in exile, playing leading roles in Zürich, including in Erika Mann's acclaimed political cabaret, (which had been transported from Munich to Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo
Romeo Montague () is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. The son of Characters in Romeo and Juliet#Lord Montague, Lord Montague and his wife, Characters in Romeo and Juliet#Lady Montague, Lady Montague, he secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet, through a priest named Friar Laurence. Forced into exile after slaying Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, in a duel, Romeo dies by suicide upon hearing falsely of Juliet's death. The character's origins can be traced as far back as Pyramus, who appears in Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', but the first modern incarnation of Romeo is Mariotto in the 33rd of Masuccio Salernitano's ''Il Novellino'' (1476). This story was reworked in 1524 by Luigi da Porto as ''Giulietta e Romeo'' (published posthumously in 1531). Da Porto named the character Romeo Montecchi, and the storyline is nearly the same as Shakespeare's adaptation. Since no 16th-century direct English translation of ''Giuliett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo And Juliet
''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Hamlet'', is one of his most frequently performed. Today, the Title character, title characters are regarded as Archetype, archetypal young lovers. ''Romeo and Juliet'' belongs to a tradition of tragic Romance (love), romances stretching back to Ancient history, antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale written by Matteo Bandello, translated into verse as ''The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet'' by Arthur Brooke (poet), Arthur Brooke in 1562, and retold in prose in ''Palace of Pleasure'' by William Painter (author), William Painter in 1567. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but expanded the plot by developing a number of supporting characters, in particular Mercutio a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potsdam
Potsdam () is the capital and largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the Havel, River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of Berlin, and lies embedded in a hilly morainic landscape dotted with many lakes, around 20 of which are located within Potsdam's city limits. It lies some southwest of Berlin's city centre. The name of the city and of many of its boroughs are of Slavic languages, Slavic origin. Potsdam was a residence of the Prussian kings and the German Emperor until 1918. Its planning embodied ideas of the Age of Enlightenment: through a careful balance of architecture and landscape, Potsdam was intended as "a picturesque, pastoral dream" which would remind its residents of their relationship with nature and reason. The city, which is over 1,000 years old, is widely known for its palaces, its lakes, and its overall historical and cultural significance. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Kutz
Walter Kutz (1904 – 1983) was a German art director.Langford p.223 Selected filmography * '' Nora'' (1944) * '' Dreaming'' (1944) * '' The Silent Guest'' (1945) * '' And the Heavens Above Us'' (1947) * '' Nights on the Nile'' (1949) * '' The Chaste Libertine'' (1952) * '' When the Heath Dreams at Night'' (1952) * ''The Colourful Dream'' (1952) * '' You Only Live Once'' (1952) * ''The Prince of Pappenheim'' (1952) * '' The Stronger Woman'' (1953) * '' The Dancing Heart'' (1953) * '' The Uncle from America'' (1953) * '' A Life for Do'' (1954) * '' Bon Voyage'' (1954) * '' Consul Strotthoff'' (1954) * '' The Witch'' (1954) * '' Girl with a Future'' (1954) * '' Before God and Man'' (1955) * '' Heaven Is Never Booked Up'' (1955) * ''The Girl from Flanders'' (1956) * '' The Beautiful Master'' (1956) * '' Victor and Victoria'' (1957) * '' Voyage to Italy, Complete with Love'' (1958) * '' Here I Am, Here I Stay'' (1959) * ''The Death Ship'' (1959) * '' What a Woman Dreams of in Springti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Hasler
Emil Hasler (8 November 1901 – 15 January 1986) was a German art director who worked on more than a hundred films during his career. These included a number of Weimar classics such as '' Diary of a Lost Girl, M'' and ''The Blue Angel''.Prawer p.12 He later worked in Nazi era cinema on films like ''Robert Koch'' and '' Münchhausen''. Selected filmography * '' Monika Vogelsang'' (1920) * '' Always Be True and Faithful'' (1927) * '' Dyckerpotts' Heirs'' (1928) * '' Odette'' (1928) * '' Diary of a Lost Girl'' (1929) * '' The Fourth from the Right'' (1929) * '' Three Days Confined to Barracks'' (1930) * ''The Blue Angel'' (1930) * '' Twice Married'' (1930) * '' Shadows of the Underworld'' (1931) * '' M'' (1931) * '' Hooray, It's a Boy!'' (1931) * '' What Women Dream'' (1933) * '' The Castle in the South'' (1933) * '' Dream Castle'' (1933) * '' Spring Parade'' (1934) * '' Farewell Waltz'' (1934) * '' Winter Night's Dream'' (1935) * '' A Night on the Danube'' (1935) * '' Pygmalion'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
