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Theo Zwierski
Theo Zwierski (1911–1989) was a German art director who designed the sets on a number of West German films and television productions.Meier p.336 Selected filmography * ''Uncle Kruger'' (1941) * ''After the Rain Comes Sunshine'' (1949) * ''The Girl from the South Seas'' (1950) * ''Das gestohlene Jahr'' (1951) * ''Falschmünzer am Werk'' (1951) * '' Salto Mortale'' (1953) * ''Man on a Tightrope'' (1953) * ''Carnival Story'' (1954) * ''Ten on Every Finger'' (1954) * '' The Phantom of the Big Tent'' (1954) * ''Operation Edelweiss'' (1954) * '' Night People'' (1954) * ''Circus of Love ''Circus of Love'' (german: link=no, Rummelplatz der Liebe) is a 1954 drama film directed by Kurt Neumann (director), Kurt Neumann and starring Eva Bartok, Curd Jürgens and Bernhard Wicki.Hayes p.152 It was made as a co-production (film), co-prod ...'' (1954) * '' Love's Carnival'' (1955) * ''Von der Liebe besiegt'' (1956) * '' The Legs of Dolores'' (1957) * ''Mein ganzes Herz ist voll Musik'' (1959 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnival Story
''Carnival Story'' is a 1954 drama film directed by Kurt Neumann, produced by Frank King and Maurice King, starring Anne Baxter and Steve Cochran, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It was made as a co-production between West Germany and the United States. Sometimes this film is credited as a 3D feature, although it wasn't filmed or exhibited in a three-dimensional process. This idea in many sources may be based on a wrong note from ''Variety'' in 1953. Neumann simultaneously directed a German language version ''Circus of Love'' with Bernhard Wicki, Eva Bartok, and Curd Jürgens. The melodrama set in a circus was filmed at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in the city. The sets were designed by the art directors Hans Kuhnert and Theo Zwierski. The film was shot in Agfacolor with prints by Technicolor. Plot Grayson's traveling carnival comes to Munich with acts that include high-dive artist Frank Collini (Lyle Bettger) and silent strongman Groppo (Ady Berber). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Deaths
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing a large Exxon Valdez oil spill, oil spill; The Fall of the Berlin Wall begins the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe, and heralds German reunification; The United States United States invasion of Panama, invades Panama to depose Manuel Noriega; The Singing Revolution led to the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from the Soviet Union; The stands of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where the Hillsborough disaster occurred; 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Students demonstrate in Tiananmen Square, Beijing; many are killed by forces of the Chinese Communist Party., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1989 Loma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Births
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. ** Siege of Sidney Street in London: Two Latvian anarchists die, after a seven-hour siege against a combined police and military force. Home Secretary Winston Churchill arrives to oversee events. * January 5 – Egypt's Zamalek SC is founded as a general sports and Association football club by Belgian lawyer George Merzbach as Qasr El Nile Club. * January 14 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall, on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. * January 18 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS ''Pennsylvania'' stationed in San Francisco harbor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legs Of Dolores
''The Legs of Dolores'' (german: Die Beine von Dolores) is a 1957 West German musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Germaine Damar, Claus Biederstaedt, and Ruth Stephan.Koepnick p. 66 It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dieter Bartels and Theo Zwierski Theo Zwierski (1911–1989) was a German art director who designed the sets on a number of West German films and television productions.Meier p.336 Selected filmography * ''Uncle Kruger'' (1941) * ''After the Rain Comes Sunshine'' (1949) * ''The .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1957 films West German films German musical comedy films 1957 musical comedy films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Géza von Cziffra Films shot at Wandsbek Studios Constantin Film films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Carnival (1955 Film)
''Love's Carnival'' (german: Rosenmontag) is a 1955 West German historical drama film directed by Willy Birgel and starring Ruth Niehaus, Dietmar Schönherr and Elma Karlowa.Parish p.40 It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios and on location in Baden-Baden and Rastatt. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Maurischat and Theo Zwierski. Cast See also *''Rosenmontag ( en, Rose Monday) is the highlight of the German (carnival), and takes place on the Shrove Monday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Mardi Gras, though celebrated on Fat Tuesday, is a similar event. is celebrated in German-speaking ...'' (1924) *'' Love's Carnival'' (1930) References Bibliography * Knop, Matthias. ''Rote Rosen und weisser Flieder: die Blütezeit der Filmstadt Wiesbaden''. Museum Wiesbaden, 1995. * Parish, Robert. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977. External links * 1955 films West German films 1950s German-language films German historical drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Of Love
''Circus of Love'' (german: link=no, Rummelplatz der Liebe) is a 1954 drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Eva Bartok, Curd Jürgens and Bernhard Wicki.Hayes p.152 It was made as a co-production between West Germany and the United States. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Kuhnert and Theo Zwierski. It was produced by King Brothers and released in West Germany by RKO Pictures. A separate English-language version ''Carnival Story'' was shot simultaneously. Cast * Eva Bartok as Lilli * Curd Jürgens as Toni * Bernhard Wicki as Franz * Robert Freitag as Richard * Willi Rose as Karl * Ady Berber as Groppo the Wildman * Helene Stanley as Lore * Jacob Möslacher as The Dwarf * Josef Schneider as The Sword-swallower * Amalie Lindinger as The Fat Lady * Ly Maria as The Snake Lady * Anni Trautner as The Bearded L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night People (1954 Film)
''Night People'' is a 1954 American thriller film directed, produced and co-written by Nunnally Johnson and starring Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Björk and Buddy Ebsen. The story was co-written by Jed Harris, the theatrical producer. The story is set in Berlin during the Allied-occupied Germany, Allied occupation in the years following World War II. Peck plays a Military Police Corps (United States), Military Police lieutenant colonel of the United States Army. Plot Cpl. John Leatherby (Ted Avery), an American soldier stationed in West Berlin, is kidnapped after escorting his German girlfriend to her home. The Soviet Army, Soviets deny involvement in the kidnapping through their intermediary Col. Lodejinski, who is secretly an American and British intelligence asset. Charles Leatherby, the corporal's father and a Toledo, Ohio, Toledo industrialist, attempts to expedite his son's retrieval by leveraging his ties to the Eisenhower administration and prominent U.S. Senat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
