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Bavaria Film Studios
Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the First World War. During their early years they were known as the Emelka Studios, while Geiselgasteig has also often been used to refer to them. They provided a provincial rival to the emerging dominance of Berlin studios, particularly the UFA conglomerate. Bavaria Film took over the studios, and became the dominant non-Berlin production company. During the Nazi era, Bavaria was one of the four major companies that dominated the German film industry alongside UFA, Terra and Tobis. In 1942 the companies were merged into a single administrative UFI. When the Cold War began in the 1940s, many of the former Berlin studios were now in East Berlin on the other side of the Iron Curtain and the Bavaria Studios assumed major importance in the West Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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BS, B.S., Bs, bs, or B's may refer to: Arts and entertainment *BS-, a prefix for all games broadcast for the Satellaview modem via the Japanese Broadcasting Satellite system * "B.S." (song), a song by Jhené Aiko from the album ''Chilombo'' *Team BS, French music collective founded by La Fouine that includes Fababy, Sultan and Sindy *NHK's satellite broadcaster mark, NHK-BS * ''Backstage'' (magazine) *Baritone saxophone, a musical instrument * Bullshit (card game), a card game Businesses and organizations *, a bank in Spain *, a bank headquartered in Spain * Beijing Subway, a transit system * BellSouth, a United States telephone company * Better Serbia (''Bolja Srbija''), a political party in Serbia * ' ("Cipher Bureau"), a Polish cryptography and signals intelligence agency known for its work on German Enigma ciphers in the 1930s * Boy Scouts; see scouting * British International Helicopters (IATA code BS) * British Shipbuilders, a public corporation founded in 1977 * British S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pleasure Garden (1925 Film)
''The Pleasure Garden'' is a 1926 British–German silent drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in his feature film directorial debut. Based on the 1923 novel of the same name by Oliver Sandys, the film is about two chorus girls at the Pleasure Garden Theatre in London and their troubled relationships. Plot Jill, a young dancer, arrives in London with a letter of introduction to Mr. Hamilton, proprietor of the Pleasure Garden Theatre. The letter and all her money are stolen from her handbag as she waits to see him. Patsy, a chorus girl at the Pleasure Garden, sees her difficulty and offers to take her to her own lodgings and to try to get her a job. Next morning Jill is successful in getting a part in the show. Her fiancé, Hugh, arrives with a colleague called Levet. Hugh and Patsy become very close while Jill is being pursued by a number of rich men, eventually breaking up with Hugh in order to begin a relationship with the wealthy Prince Ivan. Not long after this, Hugh is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vikings (1958 Film)
''The Vikings'' is a 1958 American epic historical fiction swashbuckling film directed by Richard Fleischer, filmed in Technirama, and printed in Technicolor. It was produced by Jerry Bresler and Kirk Douglas (who also starred in the film), through Douglas' Brynaprod company. It is based on the 1951 novel ''The Viking'' by Edison Marshall, which in turn is based on material from the sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons. Other starring roles were taken by then husband-and-wife Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh as well as Ernest Borgnine. The film made notable use of natural locations in Norway. It was mostly filmed in Maurangerfjorden and Maurangsnes, captured on film by cinematographer Jack Cardiff, although Aella's castle was the real Fort-la-Latte in north-east Brittany in France. Despite being derisively called a "Norse Opera" by ''New York Times'' critic Bosley Crowther, the film proved a major box office success and spawned the television series ''Tales of the Vikings'', direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Fleischer
Richard Owen Fleischer (; December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director. His career spanned more than four decades, beginning at the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood and lasting through the American New Wave. He was the son of animation pioneer Max Fleischer, and served as chairman of Fleischer Studios. Though he directed films across many genres and styles, he is best known for his big-budget, Tent-pole (entertainment), "tentpole" films, including: ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1954), The Vikings (film), ''The Vikings'' (1958), ''Barabbas (1961 film), Barabbas'' (1961), ''Fantastic Voyage'' (1966), the musical film ''Doctor Dolittle (1967 film), Doctor Dolittle'' (1967), the war epic ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970), the dystopian mystery-thriller ''Soylent Green'' (1973), the controversial period drama Mandingo (film), ''Mandingo'' (1975), and the Robert E. Howard sword-and-sorcery films ''Conan the Destroyer' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paths Of Glory
''Paths of Glory'' is a 1957 American anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson. It is adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb, which in turn was based on the Souain corporals affair during World War I. The film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers who refuse to continue a suicidal attack, after which Dax defends them against charges of cowardice in a court-martial. It also features Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris and Richard Anderson. The film was co-produced through Douglas's film production company, Bryna Productions, and a joint venture between Stanley Kubrick and James B. Harris, Harris-Kubrick Pictures. Due to the film's negative depiction of the French military, it could not be filmed there, and was instead shot in West Germany. It was likewise not released in France until 1972. ''Paths of Glory'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American filmmaker and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Stanley Kubrick filmography, his films were nearly all adaptations of novels or short stories, spanning a number of genres and gaining recognition for their intense attention to detail, innovative cinematography, extensive set design, and Black comedy, dark humor. Born in New York City, Kubrick taught himself film producing and directing after graduating from high school. After working as a photographer for ''Look (American magazine), Look'' magazine in the late 1940s and early 1950s, he began making low-budget short films and made his first major Hollywood film, ''The Killing (film), The Killing'', for United Artists in 1956. This was followed by two collaborations with Kirk Douglas: the List of anti-war films, anti-war film ''Paths of Glory'' (1957) and the Epic film, historical epic film ''Spartacus (film), Spartacus' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola Montès
''Lola Montès'' is a 1955 historical romance film, and the last completed film of German-born director Max Ophüls. Based on the novel ''La vie extraordinaire de Lola Montès'' by Cécil Saint-Laurent, the film depicts the life of Irish dancer and courtesan Lola Montez (1821–1861), portrayed by Martine Carol, and tells the story of the most famous of her many notorious affairs, those with Franz Liszt and Ludwig I of Bavaria. A co-production between France and West Germany, the dialogue is mostly in French and German, with a few English-language sequences. The most expensive European film produced up to its time, ''Lola Montès'' underperformed at the box office, but it had an important artistic influence on the French New Wave cinema movement, and continues to have many distinguished critical admirers. Heavily re-edited (multiple times) and shortened after its initial release for commercial reasons, it has been twice restored (in 1968 and 2008). The film was released on DVD a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Ophüls
Maximillian Oppenheimer ( , ; 6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957), known as Max Ophüls ( , , ) or simply Ophuls, was a German and French film director and screenwriter. He was known for his opulent and lyrical visual style, with heavy use of tracking shots, and his melancholic, romantic themes. The Harvard Film Archive referred to Ophüls as "a supreme stylist of the cinema and a master storyteller." A refugee from Nazi Germany, Ophüls worked in Germany (1931–1933), France (1933–1940 and 1950–1957), and the United States (1947–1950). He made nearly 30 films, the latter ones being especially notable: '' The Reckless Moment'' (1949), '' Letter from an Unknown Woman'' (also 1949) '' La Ronde'' (1950), '' Le Plaisir'' (1952), '' The Earrings of Madame de…'' (1953) and '' Lola Montès'' (1955). Life Youth and early career Max Ophüls was born in Saarbrücken, Germany, the son of Leopold Oppenheimer, a Jewish textile manufacturer and owner of several textile shops in G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man On A Tightrope
''Man on a Tightrope'' is a 1953 American drama directed by Elia Kazan, starring Fredric March, Terry Moore and Gloria Grahame. The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood was based on a 1952 novel of the same title by Neil Paterson. Paterson based his true story, which first appeared as the magazine novelette ''International Incident'', on the escape of the Circus Brumbach from East Germany in 1950. Members of the Circus Brumbach appeared in the film version in both character roles and as extras. The film was entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival. Plot In 1952 Czechoslovakia, circus man Karel Černík struggles to keep his beloved Cirkus Černík together, which belonged to his family before being nationalized by the Communist government. The government allows Černík to manage the circus, but he grapples with its deteriorating conditions, loss of his workers to the state, tension with his willful daughter Tereza, and his young second wife Zama, whom everyone s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elia Kazan
Elias Kazantzoglou (, ; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan ( ), was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway theatre, Broadway and Cinema of the United States, Hollywood history". Born in Ottoman Constantinople, Constantinople (now Istanbul) to Cappadocian Greeks, Cappadocian Greek parents, his family came to the United States in 1913. After attending Williams College and then the Yale School of Drama, he acted professionally for eight years, later joining the Group Theatre (New York), Group Theatre in 1932, and co-founded the Actors Studio in 1947. With Robert Lewis (director), Robert Lewis and Cheryl Crawford, his actors' studio introduced "Method Acting" under the direction of Lee Strasberg. Kazan acted in a few films, including ''City for Conquest'' (1940). His films were concerned with personal or social issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peer Gynt (1934 Film)
''Peer Gynt'' is a 1934 Cinema of Germany, German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Hans Albers, Lucie Höflich and Marieluise Claudius. It is based on the play ''Peer Gynt'' by Henrik Ibsen. It was one of the most expensive productions made by Bavaria Film and involved location shooting in Norway.Kosta p. 175 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Vollbrecht and Hermann Warm. Cast * Hans Albers as Peer Gynt * Lucie Höflich as Mutter Aase * Marieluise Claudius as Solveig * Ellen Frank (actress), Ellen Frank as Ingrid * Olga Chekhova as Baronin * Lizzi Waldmüller as Tatjana * Zehra Achmed as Anitra * Richard Ryen as Gunarson * Hans Schultze as Schmied Aslak * F. W. Schröder-Schrom as Vater Solveigs * Leopoldine Sangora a sMutter Solveigs * Friedrich Kayßler as Kiensley * Otto Wernicke as Parker * Fritz Odemar as Silvan * Alfred Döderlein as Mats Moen * Mina Höcker-Behrens as Frau Rink * Philipp Veit (actor), Philipp Veit as Landstreicher * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mountain Eagle
''The Mountain Eagle'' is a 1926 silent film, and Alfred Hitchcock's second as director, following '' The Pleasure Garden''. The film, a romantic drama set in Kentucky, is about a widower ( Bernhard Goetzke) who jealously competes with his crippled son (John F. Hamilton) and a man he loathes ( Malcolm Keen) over the affections of a schoolteacher ( Nita Naldi). The film was mostly produced at the Emelka Film studios in Munich, Germany in autumn of 1925, with exterior scenes shot in the village of Obergurgl in the State of Tyrol, Austria. Production was plagued with problems, including the destruction of a village roof and Hitchcock experiencing altitude sickness. Due to producing the film in Germany, Hitchcock had more directorial freedom than he would have had in England, and he was influenced by German cinematic style and technique. The film was released in Germany in May 1926 and screened for its British distributors in October 1926. It was met with disapproval and it was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
