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Rudolf Meinert
Rudolf Meinert (1882–6 March 1943) was an Austrian screenwriter, film producer and film director, director. Meinert was born Rudolf Bürstein in Vienna, but worked for most of his career in the Cinema of Germany, German film industry. He became well-established as the producer/director of silent film, silent crime films. In the immediate post-First World War period, Meinert was head of production at the German studio Decla after his own production unit Meinert-Film was taken over by the larger outfit. Meinert, rather than Erich Pommer, is sometimes credited as the producer behind Decla's revolutionary ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920). Following the Nazi takeover of power in Germany, Meinert, who was Jewish, went into exile in the Netherlands, however he returned to Austria. He moved to France in 1937 and live there until he was caught, sent to Drancy internment camp and transported to Majdanek concentration camp on 6 March 1943, where he died. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Weniger
Kay Weniger (born in Berlin in 1966) is an Austrian writer of books on media issues. He published an eight-volume encyclopaedia on international film people. Biography Weniger is the son of the German stage and film actress and the Austrian stage actor . They left Berlin for Hamburg when he was one year old. Weniger studied the history of art, history and archaeology at the Hamburg University, and gained his doctorate with a thesis titled ''Wiederaufbau- und Neubauplanung in Hamburg 1945 bis 1950. Städtebauliche Kontinuität oder Wandel?''. Career Weniger has worked as an editor for several German newspapers, including ''Die Welt'' in Bonn and ''Welt am Sonntag'' in Hamburg. Initially a specialist in travel, he soon focused on media issues and wrote a huge number of articles on film and film people. In 2001 he published the eight-volume encyclopaedia "''Das grosse Personenlexikon des Films''". It contains more than 6100 biographies of all kinds of men and women active ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Monocle
''The Green Monocle'' (German: ''Das grüne Monokel'') is a 1929 German silent crime film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Ralph Clancy, Betty Bird and Suzy Vernon. The film was based on a novel by Guido Kreutzer. It features the fictional detective Stuart Webbs, one of several German fictional characters inspired by Sherlock Holmes, who had appeared in a series of silent films during the 1910s and 1920s.Prawer p.88 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with location shooting in Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main as well as Basel and Montreux in Switzerland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Neppach and Erwin Scharf Cast * Ralph Clancy as Stuart Webbs * Betty Bird as Christa Varell * Suzy Vernon as Inez Rion * Gaston Modot as McCornick * Livio Pavanelli as Miller * Paul Hörbiger as Snyder * Alfred Döderlein as Hans von Traß * Ferdinand Hart as Bruce * Arnold Korff Arnold Peter Kirsch-Korff (2 August 1870 – 2 June 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Roses Of Ravensberg (1929 Film)
''The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (German: ''Die weißen Rosen von Ravensberg'') is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Diana Karenne, Viola Garden and Jack Trevor. The film was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. It was based on the 1887 novel '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' by Eufemia von Adlersfeld-BallestremPrawer p.88 which had previously been made into a film in 1919. Cast * Diana Karenne as Maria von Ravensberg * Viola Garden as Sigrid von Erlenstein * Jack Trevor as Dr. Marcel Hochwald * Walter Janssen as Graf von Erlenstein * Dolly Davis as Iris von Ravensberg * Luigi Serventi as von Kurla * Willi Forst as Boris * Emil Heyse as Jacob * John Mylong John Mylong (September 27, 1892 – September 8, 1975), also known as Jack Mylong-Münz, born Adolf Heinrich Münz, was an Austrian actor who later settled in the United States. Selected filmography * ''Der heilige Hass, 1. Teil'' (1921) - Rabo ... as Andreas, der G� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Case Of Prosecutor M
''The Case of Prosecutor M'' (German: ''Der Fall des Staatsanwalts M...'') is a 1928 German silent mystery film directed by Rudolf Meinert and Giulio Antamoro and starring Maria Jacobini, Jean Angelo and Gregori Chmara.Krautz p.46 It was released in the United States in 1930 by Unusual Photoplays Inc. as ''The Strange Case of the District Attorney'' with English intertitles by Don Bartlett and an added sound effects track. The film's sets were designed by Robert A. Dietrich. Cast * Maria Jacobini as Wera Mirzewa * Jean Angelo as Mirzew, ihr Gatte * Gregori Chmara as Poljarin * Ida Wüst as Ivitzkaja * Elza Temary as Sinaida Koljawa * Natalya Rozenel as Julia * Warwick Ward as Shegin * Oreste Bilancia as Dr. Siegel * Gyula Szőreghy as Starobelski * Harry Frank Harry Frank (15 October 1896 – 12 December 1947) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' In den Goldfeldern von Nevada'' (1920) * ''Das wandernde Bild'' (1920) * ''The Wandering Image'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Convicted
''The Convicted'' (German: ''Die Vorbestraften'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Margarete Schlegel and Albert Steinrück. The film portrays a group of former prisoners who struggle to reintegrate into society.Rosenblum p.205 Cast * Eugen Klöpfer - Karl Hartmann * Margarete Schlegel * Albert Steinrück * Arnold Korff * Benno von Arent * Julius Falkenstein * Leopold von Ledebur * Hugo Döblin * Harry Lamberts-Paulsen * Hermann Picha * Frida Richard * Hedwig Wangel * Maria Fein * Erich Kaiser-Titz * Stella Gojo * John Mylong * Arthur Wartan Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more ... * Henri De Vries References Bibliography * Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vice Of Humanity
''The Vice of Humanity'' (German: ''Laster der Menschheit'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Asta Nielsen, Werner Krauss and Alfred Abel. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. Plot Opera singer Tamara is heavily addicted to cocaine. Her manager Mangol, who also acts as their coke supplier, goes in and out of her house and uses it as his drug transshipment point. Due to her addiction, Tamara has now lost both her husband and her daughter, who is growing up with her ex-husband. In order to spare his daughters' greater suffering, Mangol tells them both that their mother had died. When her daughter sits in the audience for one evening, she becomes a great admirer of Tamara's singing skills. For Mangol, the young girl is nothing more than another potential customer whom he wants to make addicted to cocaine, but Tamara is on guard, and won't let it happen. Tamara decides to snatch her daughter from the dirty hands of the dealer and put h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eleven Schill Officers (1926 Film)
''The Eleven Schill Officers'' (german: Die elf Schill'schen Offiziere) is a 1926 Cinema of Germany, German silent film, silent historical film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Meinert, Gustav Adolf Semler, Grete Reinwald, and Leopold von Ledebur. The film depicts the failed 1809 uprising of Prussian soldiers led by Ferdinand von Schill against the occupying French during the Napoleonic War. The film received poor reviews from critics, but earned enough at the box office to offset its production costs. According to IMDB, it was released in the USA as "Eleven Who Were Loyal" in 1929. A NY Times review which also covers several other movies of that same date is available online dated from May 20, 1929. It was part of the cycle of Prussian films. The film was remade by Meinert as a sound film ''The Eleven Schill Officers (1932 film), The Eleven Schill Officers'' in 1932 with Carl de Vogt cast as Schill. Cast References Bibliography * * External links * 1926 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Mouse
''The Red Mouse'' (german: Die rote Maus) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Aud Egede-Nissen, Paul Richter, and Charles Willy Kayser. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue .... Cast Bibliography * External links * 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Rudolf Meinert German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Antoinette, The Love Of A King
''Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King'' (german: Marie Antoinette – Das Leben einer Königin) is a 1922 German silent historical drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Diana Karenne, Maria Reisenhofer and Gustav May. The film depicts the life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, during the years leading up to and during the French Revolution in which she was executed. Cast *Diana Karenne as Marie Antoinette *Maria Reisenhofer as Maria Theresa *Gustav May as Joseph II *Ludwig Hartau as Louis XV. * Viktor Schwanneke as Louis XVI *Ernst Hofmann as Artois *Uschi Elleot as Lamballe *Lia Eibenschütz as Countess Polignac *Olga Limburg as de la Motte *Eugen Burg as Count de la Motte *Erich Kaiser-Titz as Cardinal Rohan *Heinrich Schroth as Count Orleans *Georg H. Schnell as Lafayette *Hermann Vallentin as Mirabeau *Georg John as Robespierre *Max Grünberg as Marat *Ernst Pia as Dr. Guillotin *William Dieterle as Drouet *Henry Bender as Finance Minister *Edmund Löw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monastery Of Sendomir (1919 Film)
''The Monastery of Sendomir'' (German: ''Das Kloster von Sendomir'') is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Ellen Richter, Ernst Deutsch and Eduard von Winterstein. The film is based on an 1828 short story of the same title by Franz Grillparzer. The following year the story was turned into a Swedish film ''The Monastery of Sendomir''. The main part of the film is told in a flashback by a monk to two visiting noblemen on their way to Warsaw in the 17th century. He tells them how a mighty count named Starschensky once ruled Sendomir (Sandomierz), but after an intrigue in which his wife was unfaithful with her own cousin he had to use all his resources to build the monastery where they are now staying. At the end it is revealed that the monk is in fact Starschensky himself. Cast * Ellen Richter - Elga von Laschek * Ernst Deutsch * Eduard von Winterstein * Max Kronert * Leopold Bauer * Hugo Falke * Hella Thornegg See also *''Confes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Lassalle (film)
''Ferdinand Lassalle'' is a 1918 German silent historical film directed by Rudolf Meinert.Hoberman p.361 It portrays the life of Ferdinand Lassalle. Cast In alphabetical order * Ernst Behmer * Herr Braun as Otto von Bismarck * Arnold Czempin * Ernst Dohm * Hans Duncker * Herr Gross * Victor Janson * Anna Jordan * Erich Kaiser-Titz as Ferdinand Lassalle * Friedrich Kühne as Heinrich Heine * Herr Loewe as Arbeiter * Hanna Ralph as Gräfin Hatzfeld * Eugen Rex * Herr Richter * Herr Sand * Thea Sandten * Hermann Seldeneck * Bodo Serp as Hans von Bülow * Fritz Spira * Lu Synd * Ludwig Trautmann as Arbeiter * Herr van der Kelen * General von Pfuel * Gustav von Wangenheim as Janko von Rakowitza * Käthe Wittenberg Käthe or Kathe is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Käthe Dorsch (1890–1957), German actress * Käthe Gold (1907–1997), Austrian actress *Käthe Grasegger, later Deuschl (1917–2001), German alpine ski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |