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Fred Williams (actor)
Friedrich Wilhelm Löcherer (born 9 February 1938), known professionally as Fred Williams, is a German actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1962 to 1992. 1977 came his most well-known international role as Captain Gräbner, the commander of the reconnaissance battle group of 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen in Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, (; 29 August 192324 August 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. He was the president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Televisio ...'s film '' A Bridge Too Far''. Filmography References Bibliography * * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Fred 1938 births Living people Male actors from Munich German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km2). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area, after the Austrian capital of Vienna. The city was first mentioned in 1158. Catholic Munich strongly resisted the Reformation and was a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anyone Can Play
''Anyone Can Play'' ( it, Le dolci signore) is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring two Bond girls Ursula Andress and Claudine Auger. Cast * Ursula Andress as Norma * Virna Lisi as Luisa * Claudine Auger as Esmerelda * Marisa Mell as Paola * Brett Halsey as Norma's husband * Jean-Pierre Cassel as Luisa's husband * Frank Wolff as Paola's husband * Marco Guglielmi as Esmerelda's husband * Mario Adorf as Traffic cop * Vittorio Caprioli as Thief * Franco Fabrizi as Luisa's lover * Luciano Salce as Psychiatrist * Lando Buzzanca * Stash De Rola as second mistress of Luisa * Margherita Guzzinati as Countess Matilde * Arthur Hansel as Playboy * Pietro Morfea as blackmailer * Fred Williams as Esmeralda lover * Lia Zoppelli Lia Zoppelli (16 November 1920 – 2 January 1988) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. Life and career Born in Milan, Zoppelli made her stage debut in 1939, shortly after her high school graduation, with the company Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1938 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime. ** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After The Battle
''After the Battle'' was a military history magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ... published quarterly in the United Kingdom by Battle of Britain International Limited between 1973 and 2021. History and profile ''After the Battle'' was first published in 1973, and appears on the 15th of February, May, August and November each year. The editor-in-chief since 1973 is Winston Ramsey, assisted by his co-author Gail Parker Ramsey. The magazine deals with World War II in a "then and now format". Articles are illustrated by historical photographs matched with a modern-day photograph of the identical scene to show how much (or how little) things have changed. Most issues feature a major article on a specific subject, with several smaller articles. All areas of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamish Hamilton
Hamish Hamilton Limited was a British book publishing house, founded in 1931 eponymously by the half- Scot half- American Jamie Hamilton (''Hamish'' is the vocative form of the Gaelic Seumas eaning James ''James'' the English form – which was also his given name, and ''Jamie'' the diminutive form). Jamie Hamilton was often referred to as ''Hamish Hamilton''. The Hamish Hamilton imprint is now part of the Penguin Random House group. History and current publishing Hamish Hamilton Limited originally specialized in fiction, and was responsible for publishing a number of American authors in the United Kingdom, including Nigel Balchin (including pseudonym: Mark Spade), Raymond Chandler, James Thurber, J.D. Salinger, E. B. White and Truman Capote. In 1939 Hamish Hamilton Law and Hamish Hamilton Medical were started but closed during the war. Hamish Hamilton was established in the literary district of Bloomsbury and went on to publish many promising British and American aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick The Sting
''Nick the Sting'' ( it, Gli amici di Nick Hezard) is a 1976 Italian film directed by Fernando Di Leo. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. Cast *Luc Merenda as Nick Hezard * Lee J. Cobb as Robert Clark *Gabriele Ferzetti as Maurice *Luciana Paluzzi as Anna *Dagmar Lassander as Chantal *Isabella Biagini as Edy *Mario Pisu as Phil * Riccardo Salvino as Mark * William Berger as Roizman *Valentina Cortese as Nick's mother Production ''Nick the Sting'' was described by Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti as a "work for hire" for director Fernando Di Leo. The film went into production after finishing '' Kidnap Syndicate'' with a screenplay already written by Alberto Silvestri based around the film ''The Sting''. Di Leo commented that film had "quite a good script ..but it had a couple huge problems: it would cost too much to film as it was written, and badly needed a charismatic lead." ''Nick the Sting'' was shot at Elios Studio in Rome and on location in Geneve. Leo recalle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Desperate Hours
''The Last Desperate Hours'' ( it, Milano: il clan dei calabresi) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco (Italian crime genre) Mafia film directed by Giorgio Stegani. Plot Cast * Antonio Sabàto: Paolo Mancuso *Silvia Monti: Laura Monachesi *Pier Paolo Capponi: Police Commissioner * Nicoletta Rizzi: Lidia Mancuso *Toni Ucci: Ugo Merenda *Peter Carsten: Maraschi Production The film was shot on location in Milan and in Incir-De Paolis Studios in Rome. Release ''The Last Desperate Hours'' was released in Italy on November 29, 1974 where it was distributed by the Overseas Film Company. It grossed a total of 560.728 million Italian lire on its release. Reception In his book ''Italian Crime Filmography 1968-1980'', Roberto Curti noted that "the sociological ambitions end up in excruciating banalities, such as the confrontation between Mancuso and his poor but honest wife (Nicoletta Rizzi)" The score by Gianni Marchetti was re-used partially in the films '' Emanuelle's Revenge'' by Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Killed In Ecstasy
''She Killed in Ecstasy'' (german: Sie tötete in Ekstase es, Mrs. Hyde) is a 1971 West German-Spanish erotic thriller film directed by Jesús Franco. The film's plot borrows elements from previous Franco films ''Miss Muerte'' and '' Venus in Furs''. The film's productions staff includes many cast members and nearly the same crew as his previous film ''Vampyros Lesbos''. Plot Dr. Johnson (Fred Williams) lives in bliss with his beautiful wife (Soledad Miranda) until his unorthodox experiments with human embryos causes a medical committee to reject his findings and orders him to discontinue his work. The unstable doctor slashes his wrists in the bathroom. Devastated, his wife vows to seduce and kill the woman and three men "responsible" for the suicide. Cast * Soledad Miranda as Mrs. Johnson (as Susann Korda) * Fred Williams as Dr. Johnson * Ewa Strömberg as Dr. Crawford (as Ewa Stroemberg) * Paul Muller as Dr. Franklin Houston (as Paul Müller) * Howard Vernon as Prof. Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Came From Akasava
''The Devil Came from Akasava'' (german: Der Teufel kam aus Akasava) is a 1971 West German- Spanish adventure- spy film directed by Jesús Franco. It was based on a novel by Edgar Wallace called ''Keeper of the Stone''. The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin with location shooting in Lisbon and Spain. Background ''The Devil Came from Akasava'' is based on the short story ''Keepers of the Stone'' in the collection ''Sanders of the River'' by Edgar Wallace and forming a part of exotic stories on the fictional indigenous people of the Akasava. It is a late example of Edgar Wallace film adaptations that were particularly popular in Germany during the 1960s. The lead actress Soledad Miranda was killed in a car accident in Portugal soon after finishing this film. Plot Prof. Walter Forrester ( Ángel Menéndez) is a British scientist working in the Akasava jungle in South America. His assistant finds a mysterious stone but it is stolen and Forrester vanishes, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Harker
Jonathan Harker is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel ''Dracula''. His journey to Transylvania and encounter with the vampire Count Dracula and his Brides at Castle Dracula constitutes the dramatic opening scenes in the novel and most of the film adaptations. Stoker appropriated the surname from his friend Joseph Cunningham Harker (1855–1920), a set designer at the Lyceum Theatre and father of actor William Gordon Harker (1885–1967) as well as great-grandfather of actress Polly Adams, whose actress-daughters Susannah Harker and Caroline Harker adopted the Harker surname for their stage names. In the novel Harker is a recently qualified solicitor from Exeter, who is deputed by his employer, Mr. Hawkins, to act as an estate agent for a foreign client named Count Dracula who wishes to move to London. Harker discovers in Carfax, near Purfleet, Essex, a dwelling which suits the client's requirements and tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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