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Benno Vigny
Benno Vigny (real name Benoit Philippe Weinfeld; 28 October 1889 – 31 October 1965) was a French-German novelist and screenwriter. Life and works Vigny was born in Commercy and grew up in Vienna. He moved to Berlin in the 1920s. There he began working as a screenwriter in collaboration with other writers, particularly for German-British co-productions. In 1927, his novel ''Amy Jolly, die Frau aus Marrakesch'' (Amy Jolly, the Woman from Marrakesh) was published, which became the 1930 film ''Morocco'' in the USA, in which Marlene Dietrich made her Hollywood debut. Another novel, ''Nell John. Der Roman einer Verjüngten'' (Nell John, The Tale of a Rejuvenated Woman), also appeared in 1927. At the beginning of the 1930s, Vigny went to Paris, where he continued to collaborate as a screenwriter for international co-productions. The little-known film ''Bariole'', from this period, is his only work as a film director. After this period, Vigny worked only occasionally as a screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benno Vigny - Marie-Louise Caussat
Benno may refer to: People Mononym * (927–940), saint * (1049–1061) *Benno I of Osnabrück (bishop, 1052–1067) *Benno of Meissen (bishop, 1066–1106), saint *Benno II of Osnabrück (bishop, 1068–1088) *Benno of Santi Martino e Silvestro (fl. 1082–1098), cardinal * Benno (bishop of Cesena) (1123–1141) * (1126–1139) * (1230–1242) First name * (1861–1936), German racecar driver * Benno Adam (1812–1892), German painter * (1912–1967), German physician * (1904–1986), Swiss conductor and composer *Benno von Arent (1898–1956), German film director * (1876–1944), German industrialist * (1933–2010), German mathematician *Benno Baginsky (1848–1919), German physician * (died 1936), German entrepreneur and politician * (1860–1938), German painter * (died 1942), German footballer * (1883–1916), German painter *Benno Besson (1922–2006), Swiss actor and director * (1571–1625), member of the Fruitbearing Society * (1869–1965), Austrian industrialist * (182 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Reichmann
Max Reichmann (1884-1958) was a German film director active during the silent and early sound eras. Before making his own films, Reichmann worked as an assistant director on several E.A. Dupont productions. After graduating to directing, he directed the tenor Richard Tauber in several films following the introduction of sound in the late 1920s.Bock & Bergfelder p.467 Reichmann was Jewish, and was therefore forced to go into exile in France when the Nazi Party took power in Germany in 1933. He later emigrated to the United States, where he died in 1958. Selected filmography Director * ''The Battle Against Berlin'' (1926) * ''Derby'' (1926) * ''The Strange Case of Captain Ramper'' (1927) * ''Knights of the Night'' (1928) * ''Life's Circus'' (1928) * ''Weib in Flammen'' (1928) * ''Der Herzensphotograph'' (1928) * ''Never Trust a Woman'' (1930) * '' End of the Rainbow'' (1930) * ''How Do I Become Rich and Happy?'' (1930) * '' You'll Be in My Heart'' (1930) * '' The Land of Smiles'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Case Of Colonel Redl
''The Case of Colonel Redl'' (German: ''Der Fall des Generalstabs-Oberst Redl'') is a 1931 German spy drama film directed by Karl Anton and starring Theodor Loos, Lil Dagover and Otto Hartmann. It was co-production between the Prague-based company Elektafilm and Sonor Film. A separate Czech-language film ''The Affair of Colonel Redl'' was also produced.Von Dassanowsky p.337 It was based on a 1924 novel of the same title by Egon Kisch, based on the story of Alfred Redl. Synopsis In the years leading up to the First World War, Colonel Redl of the Austrian army acts as a double agent for enemy powers. Cast * Theodor Loos as Oberst Alfred Redl * Lil Dagover as Vera Nikolayevna * Otto Hartmann as Stephan Dolan, Ulanenleutnant * Friedrich Hölzlin as Marchenko * Alexander Murski as Daragaieff, russischer Spion * Werner Jansch as Der Chef des russischen Spionageddienstes in Petersburg * Michael von Newlinsky as Der russische Botschafter in Wien * Willy Bauer as General Conrad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Mittler
Leo Mittler (18 December 1893 – 16 May 1958) was an Austrian playwright, screenwriter and film director. Mittler was born in Vienna, then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to a Jewish family. He attended the University of Music and Performing Arts and worked as a playwright and director in the German theatre. Mittler then switched to work in the booming German film industry during the silent era. Mittler's best known film as director was '' Beyond the Street'' (1929), a "street film" influenced by Soviet cinema.Prawer p.89 As well as his work in the German industry, Mittler also spent time at the American company Paramount's French language-subsidiary based at the Joinville Studios in Paris. Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, Mittler spent many years in exile in several countries including Britain and France before settling in the United States during the Second World War. Mittler's career as a director had all but ended in the mid-1930s, after making the Stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reckless Youth (1931 Film)
''Reckless Youth'' (german: Leichtsinnige Jugend) is a 1931 German film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Camilla Horn, Walter Rilla and Alfred Gerasch.Beckman p. 256 It was made by Paramount Pictures at the Joinville Studios in Paris as a remake of the company's American film '' Manslaughter''. Cast * Camilla Horn as Lydia Thorne * Walter Rilla as Dan O'Bannon, Prosecutor * Alfred Gerasch as Dr. Albee, Lawyer * Grit Haid as Ellinor * Hertha von Hagen as Miß Bennett * Marguerite Roma as Bessie * Harald Smith * Jaro Fürth as Pierce * Elisabeth Bechtel as 1. Aufseherin * Vera Baranovskaya as * Eugen Jensen Eugen Jensen (1871–1957) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He worked frequently in the Austrian and German cinemas during the silent era in supporting roles in films such as ''The Love of Jeanne Ney'' (1927).Eisner p.351 Following the Anchlu ... as Morson * Josef Bunzl as Peters * Maroth Marothy as Forster * Emil Ritter as Kommissar References Bibliog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manslaughter (1930 Film)
''Manslaughter'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fredric March. An original print of the film is saved in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This film is a sound remake of Cecil B. DeMille's 1922 silent classic '' Manslaughter''. Paramount also released a French-language version of this 1930 film as '' The Indictment'', directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki. Plot summary A wealthy woman runs over and kills a man in an automobile accident. Cast *Claudette Colbert as Lydia Thorne *Fredric March as Dan O'Bannon *Emma Dunn as Miss Bennett *Natalie Moorhead as Eleanor Bellington *Richard Tucker as J.P. Albee *Hilda Vaughn as Louise Evans * G. Pat Collins as John Drummond *Steve Pendleton as Bobby * Stanley Fields as Peters *Arnold Lucy Arnold Lucy (born Walter George Campbell, 8 August 1865 – 15 December 1945) was a British theatre and film actor, best known as Professor Kantorek in ''All Quiet on the Western F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitri Buchowetzki
Dimitri Buchowetzki (1885–1932) born Dmitry Savelyevych Bukhovecky was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor in Germany, Sweden, United States, United Kingdom, and France. Life and career Initially Buchowetzki studied law. Later he starred in a number of silent films, mostly playing antagonistic characters, including Yakov Protazanov’s melodramas ''Giant of the Spirit'' (1918) and ''Maidservant Jenny'' (1918). He played the hussar officer Minski in Aleksandr Ivanovski’s Pushkin adaptation ''The Stationmaster'' (1918) and appeared in the title role of Aleksandr Razumnyi’s pro-Bolshevik film ''Comrade Abram'' (1919). In 1919, Buchowetzki immigrated to Germany, via Poland, where he directed his most artistic works: the expressionistic Fedor Dostoevsky adaptation ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1921), the historical drama ''Danton'' (1921, based on Georg Büchner’s play), and '' Othello'' (1922), all starring Emil Jannings. Bukhovetski also made high-budget period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indictment (film)
''The Indictment'' (French: ''Le réquisitoire'') is a 1931 drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Marcelle Chantal, Fernand Fabre and Elmire Vautier.Beckman p.256 It was made by Paramount Pictures at the Joinville Studios in Paris as the French-language version of '' Manslaughter''. Paramount was a leader in producing Multi-language versions during the early 1930s, and German, Spanish and Swedish versions were also made of the film. Cast * Marcelle Chantal as Lydia Alton * Fernand Fabre as Georges Sainclair * Elmire Vautier as Eliane Belling * Gaston Jacquet as J.B. Albey * Héléna Manson as Annette Evans * Rachel Launay as Mlle. Bennett * Pierre Piérade as Carter * Pierre Labry as Peters * Raymond Leboursier as Bobby * Max Arditi as Alex * André Brévannes as Alfred * Maurice Maillot * Renée Fleury Renée (without the accent in non-French speaking countries) is a French/Latin feminine given name. Renée is the female form of R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Girl From The Reeperbahn
''A Girl from the Reeperbahn'' (german: Ein Mädel von der Reeperbahn) is a 1930 Czech-German musical film directed by Karl Anton and starring Olga Chekhova, Trude Berliner, and Hans Adalbert Schlettow. It was made in studios in the Czech capital Prague. Julius von Borsody worked on the film's set design. The film is set in a lighthouse on a small island and on the Reeperbahn, the entertainment centre of the port city of Hamburg. Cast *Olga Chekhova as Hanne Bull *Trude Berliner as Margot *Hans Adalbert Schlettow Hans Adalbert Schlettow (11 June 1888 – 30 April 1945) was a German film actor. Schlettow appeared in around a hundred and sixty films during his career, the majority during the silent era. Among his best-known film roles was ''Hagen von Tronje' ... as Uwe Bull * Josef Rovenský as Nemý Jens *Manfred Koempel-Pilot as Sailor Pepito * Antonin Fric as churchman *Josef Kytka as bar visitor References External links *''A Girl from the Reeperbahn''at thFilmportal.de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg (; born Jonas Sternberg; May 29, 1894 – December 22, 1969) was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major Hollywood studios. He is best known for his film collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s, including the highly regarded Paramount/UFA production, '' The Blue Angel'' (1930). Sternberg's finest works are noteworthy for their striking pictorial compositions, dense décor, chiaroscuro illumination, and relentless camera motion, endowing the scenes with emotional intensity. He is also credited with having initiated the gangster film genre with his silent era movie ''Underworld'' (1927). Sternberg's themes typically offer the spectacle of an individual's desperate struggle to maintain their personal integrity as they sacrifice themselves for lust or love. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for ''Morocco' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morocco (film)
''Morocco '' is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, and Adolphe Menjou. Based on the 1927 novel ''Amy Jolly'' (the on-screen credits state: from the play 'Amy Jolly') by Benno Vigny and adapted by Jules Furthman, the film is about a cabaret singer and a Legionnaire who fall in love during the Rif War, and whose relationship is complicated by his womanizing and the appearance of a rich man who is also in love with her. The film is famous for a scene in which Dietrich performs a song dressed in a man's tailcoat and kisses another woman (to the embarrassment of the latter), both of which were considered scandalous for the period. Dietrich was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, von Sternberg for Best Director, Hans Dreier for Best Art Direction, and Lee Garmes for Best Cinematography. In 1992, ''Morocco'' was selected for preservation in the United States Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Anton
Karl Anton or Karel Anton (25 October 1898 12 April 1979) was a Bohemian-born German film director, screenwriter and film producer. Biography He was born in Prague on 25 October 1898. His father Wilhelm Anton (1861–1918) was a physician. Anton studied medicine, but left the school after his father's death. He started as a stage actor and director in Vienna, Linz and Prague. During the World War I Anton made amateur documentaries with his friends Karel Lamač and Otto Heller. He directed his first movie, a lyrical drama ''Gypsies'', in 1921. Anton is considered an early proponent of Czech lyrical cinema tradition. He founded his own production companies Antonfilm (1923–30) and Sonorfilm (1930–32). After the international success of ''Tonka of the Gallows'' he worked in Paris for Paramount Pictures from 1932 to 1935. After leaving Paramount he moved to Germany in 1935. He died in Berlin, Germany in 1979. Czech actor Raoul Schránil was his cousin. Selected filmography * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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