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Elisabeth Of Austria (film)
''Elisabeth of Austria'' () is a 1931 German historical drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Lil Dagover, Paul Otto, and Maria Matray. It is a biopic of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. Plot Empress Elizabeth of Austria (Lil Dagover) is a free spirit expected to conform herself in a regal manner and wed to Franz Joseph (Paul Otto Paul Otto Schlesinger (8 February 1878 – 25 or 30 November 1943) was a German film actor and director. Born in Berlin, he began a qualification as a retail merchant and made his actor's debut at the age of 17. Otto worked at Theaters in ...) . Elizabeth cannot stand her royal life and all its protocol and decides to run away from the royal court to live a carefree existence among the people. Cast References Bibliography * External links *Overview 1931 films 1930s biographical drama films 1930s historical drama films G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Trotz
Adolf Trotz (September 6, 1895 – after 1937) was a German film director. He was known for his films in the '' Mittelfilme'' (mid-budget) genre. Early life Trotz was born in Janow in what is now Poland in Silesia. He originally studied pharmacy and philosophy, but began a career in film after the first World War. Career Trotz's 1932 film ''Rasputin, Demon with Women'' was certified as "artistically valuable"; however, in 1933, Joseph Goebbels banned the film throughout Germany and ordered all prints and advertising materials to be destroyed. Trotz smuggled both the original pictorial and soundtrack negatives to a farmhouse in Austria. At one point in 1933, he was part of the wave of German émigrés who fled to Paris. In 1936, Goebbels banned his 1933 film ''Ways to a Good Marriage'', which depicted the path to happiness as advice based on the sexology research done by Magnus Hirschfeld, and Trotz fled to Spain in 1936. He continued producing films there until the outbreak of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Schroedter
Franz Schroedter (9 May 1897 – 14 November 1968) was a German art director.Giesen p.212 Selected filmography * '' The Black Count'' (1920) * ''The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (1921) * '' The New Paradise'' (1921) * '' The Queen of Whitechapel'' (1922) * '' The Men of Frau Clarissa'' (1922) * ''The Cigarette Countess'' (1922) * '' The Shadows of That Night'' (1922) * '' The Shadow of the Mosque'' (1923) * '' The Woman from the Orient'' (1923) * '' The Voice of the Heart'' (1924) * '' Strong Winds'' (1924) * '' The Heart of Lilian Thorland'' (1924) * ''Chamber Music'' (1925) * ''Tragedy'' (1925) * '' The Adventures of Sybil Brent'' (1925) * '' The Elegant Bunch'' (1925) * '' The Doll of Luna Park'' (1925) * '' The Morals of the Alley'' (1925) * '' The Flower Girl of Potsdam Square'' (1925) * '' Roses from the South'' (1926) * '' The Last Horse Carriage in Berlin'' (1926) * '' Only a Dancing Girl'' (1926) * '' The Flames Lie'' (1926) * '' When She Starts, Look Out'' (1926) * '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Von Newlinsky
Michael von Newlinsky (21 June 1891 – 14 August 1964) was an Austrian film actor who appeared in numerous supporting roles during his career, in films such as Georg Wilhelm Pabst's ''Pandora's Box'' (1929).Roberts p.82 Selected filmography * '' Under Suspicion'' (1928) * '' The Republic of Flappers'' (1928) * ''My Heart is a Jazz Band'' (1929) * '' Inherited Passions'' (1929) * '' The League of Three'' (1929) * '' The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna'' (1929) * '' Ludwig II, King of Bavaria'' (1929) * '' Katharina Knie'' (1929) * ''Pandora's Box'' (1929) * '' Morals at Midnight'' (1930) * '' Two Worlds'' (1930) * ''The Son of the White Mountain'' (1930) * '' Mountains on Fire'' (1931) * '' The Street Song'' (1931) * '' The Case of Colonel Redl'' (1931) * '' The Little Escapade'' (1931) * '' Her Grace Commands'' (1931) * '' Elisabeth of Austria'' (1931) * '' Children of Fortune'' (1931) * ''The Magic Top Hat'' (1932) * '' A Tremendously Rich Man'' (1932) * ''The Invisible Front'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen Burg
Eugen Burg (6 January 1871 – 17 April 1944) was a German actor. His daughter was Hansi Burg. Burg was a close friend of the actor Hans Albers. Burg was born Eugen Hirschburg into a Jewish family, but later converted to Protestantism. He was banished from the film industry when the Nazi Party came to power in Germany. He later died in Theresienstadt concentration camp. Selected filmography * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1915) * '' In the Castle by the Lake'' (1918) * '' The Secret of Wera Baranska'' (1919) * '' The Secret of the Scaffold'' (1919) * '' A Night in Paradise'' (1919) * '' Colonel Chabert'' (1920) * '' The Black Panther'' (1921) * ''Violet'' (1921) * ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922) * '' Circus People'' (1922) * ''Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King'' (1922) * '' The Island of Tears'' (1923) * '' Old Heidelberg'' (1923) * '' The Wonderful Adventure'' (1924) * '' Gobseck'' (1924) * '' The Third Squadron'' (1926) * '' Wrath of the Seas'' (1926) * '' Fadette'' (1926) * '' Eyes O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Wüst
Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA). Life and career Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discovered early the world of theater, and decided to make it her career. After attending secondary school in Frankfurt am Main, Wüst took acting lessons from Thessa Klinghammer and at the age of 16 received her first engagement at the StadtTheatre of Colmar, and further stage productions in Bromberg, and in 1904 performed extensively in Leipzig. In 1907 she became a member of the ensemble of the Lessing-Theater in Berlin, where she performed roles in ''Hosenrollen'' (roles in which women impersonate men in trousers), and comedies and became sought after actress. She befriended and married actor Bruno Kastner, with whom she began writing screenplays. The couple married in 1918, divorced in 1924, and had no children. Wüst appeared in the four-si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergius Sax , an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Pula, Croatia
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Sergius or Sergia may refer to: * Sergius (name), including a list of people with the name, and variants * Sergia gens, a Roman patrician gens * ''Sergia'' (plant) See also * Patriarch Sergius (other) * Pope Sergius (other) * Saint Sergius (other) * Sergius III (other) * Sergius of Naples (other) * Sergius and Bacchus, 4th century saints * "Father Sergius", a short story by Leo Tolstoy, and two film adaptations * Arch of the Sergii Arch of the Sergii ( Croatian: ''Slavoluk Sergijevaca''; Italian: ''Arco dei Sergi'') is an Ancient Roman triumphal arch located in Pula, Croatia. The arch commemorates three members of the Sergii family, specifically Lucius Sergius Lepidus, a tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Stössel
Ludwig Stössel (12 February 1883 – 29 January 1973) was an Austrian actor. He was one of many Jewish actors and actresses who were forced to flee Germany when the Nazis came to power in 1933. Biography Stössel began performing on the stage in Austria and Germany when he was only 17. He soon became a successful character actor and performed on the most prestigious stages in Germany, among them the Max Reinhardt, the stage and the in Berlin. Stössel later became a movie actor. His first motion picture was a small role in the silent movie '' In der Heimat, da gibt's ein Wiedersehn!'' (''We'll Meet Again in the Homeland'') in 1926 at the age of 43. He appeared in about a half dozen silent movies in Germany and landed more roles with the arrival of sound. Stössel's first sound movie was Georg Wilhelm Pabst's '' Skandal um Eva'' (''Scandalous Eva'') in 1930. The following year, he appeared in Max Neufeld's ''Opernredoute'' ('' The Opera Ball''). Later that year, he appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Sophie Of Bavaria
Princess Sophie of Bavaria (Sophie Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine; 27 January 1805 – 28 May 1872) was the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife, Caroline of Baden. The identical twin sister of Queen Maria Anna of Saxony, Sophie became Archduchess of Austria by marriage to Archduke Franz Karl of Austria. Her eldest son, Franz Joseph, reigned as Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary; her second son, Maximilian, briefly reigned as Emperor of Mexico. Childhood (1805–1824) The fourth child of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Princess Caroline of Baden, Princess Sophie Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine was born on 27 January 1805 in Nymphenburg Palace, Munich. She was said to be her father’s favorite daughter although she was more attached to her mother, whom she loved dearly. Sophie adored her twin sister Maria Anna and was very close to all her sisters. Archduchess of Austria (1824–1872) On 4 November 1824, she married Archduke Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf, Crown Prince Of Austria
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (Rudolf Franz Karl Josef; 21 August 1858 – 30 January 1889) was the only son and third child of Franz Joseph I of Austria, Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. He was heir apparent to the imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from birth. In 1889, he died in a suicide pact with his mistress (lover), mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera at the Mayerling incident, Mayerling hunting lodge. The ensuing scandal made international headlines. Background Rudolf was born at Schloss Laxenburg,"Crown Prince Rudolf (1858–1889)" (museum notes), Natural History Museum, Vienna, 2006. a castle near Vienna, as the son of Franz Joseph I of Austria, Emperor Franz Joseph I and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Empress Elisabeth. He was named after the first Habsburg King of Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekkehard Arendt
Ekkehard Arendt (10 June 1892 – 10 May 1954) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Arendt served in the Austrian Army during the First World War, before moving to Germany to work in the theatre and film industry. He played the role of Handel Vane in Alfred Hitchcock's 1931 film ''Mary'' and the dishonest bank director in '' The Virtuous Sinner'' (1931).Prawer p.137 Arendt later returned to live in Austria. Selected filmography * '' The Vice of Humanity'' (1927) * '' The Catwalk'' (1927) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * '' The Old Fritz'' (1928) * '' Eva in Silk'' (1928) * '' Phantoms of Happiness'' (1929) * '' The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna'' (1929) * '' The Love of the Brothers Rott'' (1929) * '' Elisabeth of Austria'' (1931) * '' Der Herzog von Reichstadt'' (1931) * '' Louise, Queen of Prussia'' (1931) * '' The Virtuous Sinner'' (1931) * ''Mary'' (1931) * '' Children of Fortune'' (1931) * '' Louise, Queen of Prussia'' (1931) * ''Viennese Waltz'' (1932) * '' Bon Voyage'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroness Mary Vetsera
Baroness Marie Alexandrine "Mary" von Vetsera (19 March 1871 – 30 January 1889) was an Austrian nobility, Austrian noblewoman and the Mistress (lover), mistress of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria. Vetsera and the crown prince were found dead at his hunting lodge in Mayerling on 30 January 1889, following an apparent murder-suicide, which is known as the Mayerling incident. Family and early life Marie Alexandrine ''Mary'' ''Freiin'' von Vetsera was born on 19 March 1871 as the third child and second daughter of Albin ''Freiherr'' von Vetsera (1825–1887), an Austrian diplomat from Bratislava, Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (present day Bratislava, Slovakia),Markus, George, ''Crime at Mayerling: The Life and Death of Mary Vetsera'', Ariadne Press, 1995, p. 23. and his wife, born Helene von Vetsera, Eleni ''Hélène'' Baltazzi (1847–1925), member of a wealthy noble family from Chios, Greece (then part of the Ottoman Empire). Albin Vetsera had been the Legal guardian, guardian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Ander
Charlotte Ander (born Charlotte Andersch, 14 August 1902 – 5 August 1969) was a German actress. She was born in Berlin, the daughter of German stage/film couple and . Ander was trained at the Berliner Staatstheater. Ander was a star in the silent era before making the transition to sound. Her film career started in 1920 with the film ''Die letzte Stunde'' and ''Danton'' (1921). Innumerable starring roles in silent movies and early talkies with super-stars Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, and Hans Albers followed. On 21 February 1927, she created the role of Mascha in the world premiere of Der Zarewitsch by Franz Lehar at the Deutsche Künstler Theater in Berlin, alongside Rita Georg and Richard Tauber, with the composer conducting. She celebrated her greatest success in 1933 with the role of the record shop assistant Nina in ''Ein Lied geht um die Welt'' aka ''A Song Goes Around the World'' in which she starred with then popular singer Joseph Schmidt and her mother, Id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
