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Eugen Schüfftan
Eugen Schüfftan (21 July 1893, in Breslau, Silesia, Germany, now Wroclaw, Poland – 6 September 1977, in New York City) was a German cinematographer. He invented the Schüfftan process, a special effects technique that employed mirrors to insert actors into miniature sets. One of the early uses of the process was for ''Metropolis'' (1927), directed by Fritz Lang. The technique was widely used throughout the first half of the 20th century until it was supplanted by the travelling matte and bluescreen techniques. Schüfftan won the 1962 Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White for his work on the film ''The Hustler ''The Hustler'' is a 1961 American sports romantic drama film directed by Robert Rossen from Walter Tevis's 1959 novel of the same name, adapted by Rossen and Sidney Carroll. It tells the story of small-time pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson a ...''. Selected filmography See also * List of German-speaking Academy Award winners and nominees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People On Sunday
''People on Sunday'' (german: Menschen am Sonntag) is a 1930 German silent drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer from a screenplay by Robert and Curt Siodmak. The film follows a group of residents of Berlin on a summer's day during the interwar period. Hailed as a work of genius, it is a pivotal film in the development of German cinema and Hollywood. The film features the talents of Eugen Schüfftan (cinematography), Billy Wilder (story) and Fred Zinnemann (cinematography assistant). Production The film is subtitled "a film without actors" and was filmed on Sundays in the summer of 1929. The actors were amateurs whose day jobs were those that they portrayed in the film—the opening titles inform the audience that these actors have all returned to their normal jobs by the time of the film's release in February 1930. They were part of a collective of young Berliners who wrote and produced the film on a shoestring. This lightly scripted, loosely observational w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Gerron
Kurt Gerron (11 May 1897 – 28 October 1944) was a German Jewish actor and film director. He and his wife, Olga were murdered in the Holocaust. Life Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he studied medicine before being called up for military service in World War I. After being seriously wounded, he was qualified as a military doctor in the German Army, despite having been only in his second year at university. After the war Gerron turned to a stage career, becoming a theatre actor under director Max Reinhardt in 1920. He appeared in secondary roles in several silent films and began directing film shorts in 1926. Gerron's popular cinema breakthrough came with '' The Blue Angel'' (''Der Blaue Engel'', 1930) opposite Marlene Dietrich. Two years before, Gerron originated the role of "Tiger" Brown in the 1928 premiere production of ''The Threepenny Opera'' (''Die Dreigroschenoper'') at the Berlin Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, in which he also performed the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Wife, The Impostor
''My Wife, the Impostor'' (german: Meine Frau, die Hochstaplerin) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Kurt Gerron and starring Heinz Rühmann, Käthe von Nagy and Fritz Grünbaum.Hake p. 95 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. A separate French-language version was also made, with a different cast. Cast * Heinz Rühmann as Peter Bergmann, Bankbeamter * Käthe von Nagy as Jutta Bergmann, seine Frau * Fritz Grünbaum as Silbermann, ein Agent * Hermann Vallentin as Marty, Würstchen en gros * Alfred Abel as Mr. Knast, Senf en gros * Maly Delschaft as Ileana * Theo Lingen as Manager Ileanas * Hans Wassmann as Dr. Sommer, Nervenarzt * Fritz Albertia as Direktor der Landeskreditbank * Else Heimsas as Frau Klaffke, Zimmervermieterin * Edith Meinhard * Ernst Wurmser * Hubert von Meyerinck * Georg Schmieter Georg may refer to: * ''Georg'' (film), 1997 * Georg (musical), Estonian musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Wenzler
Franz Wenzler (26 April 1893 – 9 January 1942) was a German film director.Grange p.384 Selected filmography * '' The Scoundrel'' (1931) * '' The Night Without Pause'' (1931) * ''Marriage with Limited Liability'' (1931) * ''When Love Sets the Fashion'' (1932) * ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' (1932) * ''Scandal on Park Street ''Scandal on Park Street'' (german: Skandal in der Parkstraße) is a 1932 German film directed by Franz Wenzler and starring Camilla Spira, Fritz Kampers, and Kurt Lilien. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is t ...'' (1932) * '' The Peak Scaler'' (1933) * ' (1935) References Bibliography * Weniger, Kay. ''‘Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben …’. Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945. Eine Gesamtübersicht.'' ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, , p. 656 * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scoundrel (1931 Film)
''The Scoundrel'' (german: Das Ekel) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Eugen Schüfftan and Franz Wenzler and starring Max Adalbert, Emilia Unda, and Evelyn Holt.Bock & Bergfelder p. 236 It is based on the play '' The Scoundrel'' by Hans Reimann and Toni Impekoven. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Otto Erdmann. The film was remade in 1939 and 1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1931 films Films of the Weimar Republic German comedy films 1931 comedy films 1930s German-language films German films based on plays Films directed by Eugen Schüfftan Films directed by Franz Wenzler Films set in Berlin German bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lupu Pick
Lupu Pick (2 January 1886 – 7 March 1931) was a German actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 50 films between 1910 and 1928. Born in Romania, Pick's father was a Jewish Austrian,Hans Morgenstern "Jüdisches biographisches Lexikon. Eine Sammlung von bedeutenden Persönlichkeiten jüdischer Herkunft ab 1800", LIT Verlag, Vienna; p.637 his mother, of Romanian origin. He began as a stage actor in Hamburg, Flensburg and Berlin before 1910. In 1917 he founded the film company Rex-Film AG. He served on the board of the Film Association of Industrialists (''Vorstand des Verbandes der Filmindustriellen''), SPIO and the Film Directors Association of Germany (''Verbandes der Filmregisseure Deutschlands'') and worked intensively to establish the union-based umbrella organization of Filmmakers in Germany (''Filmschaffenden Deutschlands'') (Dacho). He was the organization's first chairman. Pick was married to actress Edith Posca. Selected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Street Song
''The Street Song'' or ''The Streetsweeper'' (German: ''Gassenhauer'') is a 1931 German musical crime film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Ina Albrecht, Ernst Busch and Albert Hoermann.Carol Anne Costabile-Heming, Rachel J. Halverson & Kristie A. Foell. ''Berlin: The Symphony Continues : Orchestrating Architectural, Social, and Artistic Change in Germany's New Capital''. Walter de Gruyter, 2004. p.304 The film was shot at the Grunewald Studios. It is a Berlin-set film, with sets designed by art director Robert Neppach. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in the German capital. The film was a considerable public success and one of its songs, "Marie, Marie," by the Comedian Harmonists, became a hit record. A separate French-language version, '' The Four Vagabonds'', was also made. Cast * Ina Albrecht as Marie * Ernst Busch as Peter * Albert Hoermann as Paul * Hans Deppe as Max * Martin Jacob as Emil * Wolfgang Staudte as Gustav * Karl Hannemann as Hausverwalter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Lothar Mayring
Philipp Lothar Mayring (19 September 1879 – 6 July 1948) was a German screenwriter, actor and film director. He worked on the screenplays for over seventy films, and directed another twelve. Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' Love's Carnival'' (1930) * ''My Wife, the Impostor'' (1931) * '' The Upset Plan'' (1932) * '' The White Demon'' (1932) * '' Narcotics'' (1932) * '' The Black Hussar'' (1932) * ''Spoiling the Game'' (1932) * '' Things Are Getting Better Already'' (1932) * '' A Mad Idea'' (1932) * ''When Love Sets the Fashion'' (1932) * ''The Oil Sharks'' (1933) * ''Invisible Opponent'' (1933) * '' Today Is the Day'' (1933) * ''Decoy'' (1934) * '' The Girlfriend of a Big Man'' (1934) * '' Hubertus Castle'' (1934) * '' The Higher Command'' (1935) * '' Fresh Wind from Canada'' (1935) * '' Last Stop'' (1935) * '' One Too Many on Board'' (1935) * '' The Girl from the Marsh Croft'' (1935) * '' The Devil in the Bottle'' (1935) * '' Harvest'' (1936) * '' Thank You, Madame'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stolen Face
''The Stolen Face'' (German: ''Das gestohlene Gesicht'') is a 1930 German crime film directed by Philipp Lothar Mayring and Erich Schmidt, and starring Hans Otto, Friedl Haerlin and Max Adalbert.Bock & Bergfelder p.193 The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. It was shot on location in Berlin and Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul .... Cast References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1930 films 1930 crime films German crime films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films Films directed by Philipp Lothar Mayring UFA GmbH films Films shot in Hamburg German black-and-white films 1930s G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farewell (1930 Film)
''Farewell'' (German: ''Abschied'') is a 1930 German comedy drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Brigitte Horney, Aribert Mog and Emilia Unda. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Knaake. Plot Peter Winkler and his fiancee Hella live together in Berlin, in a guesthouse called "Splendide", run by Mrs Weber. Peter and Hella seem to be the only happy people in the house, all others are misfits of various kinds. One day, Peter is offered a well paid position in Dresden. He is hoping that with greater professional success he will finally be able to marry Hella. In this joyful mood he tells the other guests about the news, but not Hella, who he wants to surprise. Unfortunately some of the guests can't keep a secret and so Hella learns of the news. She in turn doesn't tell Peter that she already had a dress and a hat reserved in a local store, without owning the required amount of money. In this diffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Zinnemann
Alfred ''Fred'' Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an Austrian Empire-born American film director. He won four Academy Awards for directing and producing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play adaptations. He made 25 feature films during his 50-year career. He was among the first directors to insist on using authentic locations and for mixing stars with civilians to give his films more realism. Within the film industry, he was considered a maverick for taking risks and thereby creating unique films, with many of his stories being dramas about lone and principled individuals tested by tragic events. According to one historian, Zinnemann's style demonstrated his sense of "psychological realism and his apparent determination to make worthwhile pictures that are nevertheless highly entertaining." Among his films were '' The Search'' (1948), '' The Men'' (1950), ''High Noon'' (1952), '' From Here to Eternity'' (1953), ''Oklahoma!' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
