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Gregori Chmara
Gregori Mikhailovich Chmara ( Ukrainian: Григорій Михайлович Хмара, Russian: Григорий Михайлович Хмара; 29 July 1878 – 3 February 1970) was a Ukrainian-born stage and film actor whose career spanned six decades. Biography Born in Poltava, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), Chmara began his career in 1910 at the Moscow Art Theater. He made several films in Russia and following the Russian Revolution he went to Germany where he performed as a singer. After meeting the Danish actress Asta Nielsen, the two fell in love and lived together, but never married. In the 1930, he began appearing in Polish and French films, as well as German films. His last film role was in the Stellio Lorenzi-directed French television film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky novel ''Crime and Punishment'' (''Crime et châtiment''), filmed in 1970 and released in 1971. Chmara died in France in 1970. Selected filmography * '' Raskolnikow'' (1923) * ''I.N.R.I.' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poltava
Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. It has a population of History It is still unknown when Poltava was founded, although the town was not attested before 1174. However, for reasons unknown, municipal authorities chose to celebrate the city's 1100th anniversary in 1999. The settlement is indeed an old one, as archeologists unearthed a Paleolithic dwelling as well as Scythian remains within the city limits. Middle Ages The present name of the city is traditionally connected to the settlement Ltava which is mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle in 1174. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyless Street
''Joyless Street'' (german: Die freudlose Gasse), also titled ''The Street of Sorrow'' or ''The Joyless Street'', is a 1925 German silent film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst starring Greta Garbo and Asta Nielsen. It is based on a novel by Hugo Bettauer and widely considered an expression of New Objectivity in film. Plot In an alley called Melchiorgasse in a poor quarter of 1921 Vienna, Austria, the lives of several people coincide. Marie, daughter of an abusive war veteran father, hopes to escape her home with the help of her boyfriend Egon, a bank clerk. Grete is the elder daughter of impoverished civil servant Rumfort. Marie and Grete join the overnight line of waiting customers outside of the butcher's shop run by the abusive Josef Geiringer, but Grete passes out and loses her place. Marie and her friend Else manage to enter Geiringer's shop, where they receive a piece of meat in exchange for Else's sexual services. Else offers Marie to share the meat with her, but Marie decl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Does Not Exist
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannequins Of Paris
''Mannequins of Paris'' (French: ''Mannequins de Paris'') is a 1956 French drama film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Madeleine Robinson, Ivan Desny and Mischa Auer.Bessy, p. 91 It is set in the world of high fashion. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré. It was shot in Technicolor with location shooting in Paris, Cannes and Rome. Synopsis Promising artists Pierre gives up his career as a promising artist to help design styles for his wife Véronique's successful fashion house in Paris. Feeling neglected by her obsession with the business, he has an affair during a trip to Cannes to present the new collection and falls in love with an attractive singer. Cast * Madeleine Robinson as Véronique Lanier * Ivan Desny as Pierre Lanier * Mischa Auer as Yaschlik * Jacqueline Pierreux as Pearl * Max Révol as Max * Georges Chamarat as Boris Rabinowsky * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Gabrielle * Marie-Hélène Arnaud as Josette * Ghislaine Arsac as W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission In Tangier
''Mission in Tangier'' (French: ''Mission à Tanger'') is a 1949 French drama film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Raymond Rouleau, Gaby Sylvia and Mila Parély. It was the first in the trilogy of films featuring dashing reporter Georges Masse, it was followed in 1950 by '' Beware of Blondes''. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré. Plot During the Second World War, Georges Masse undergoes a dangerous mission by taking secret documents from Tangiers to London. Cast * Raymond Rouleau as Georges Masse * Gaby Sylvia as Lily * Mila Parély as Barbara * Henri Nassiet as Alexandre Segard * Louis de Funès as a Spanish general officer * Christian Bertola as Henri Pelletier * Pierre Destailles as Maurin * Jo Dest as Herr von Kloster * Max Révol as the barkeeper * Madeleine Barbulée as the typist in the editorial department * Billy Bourbon as the cabaret spectator * Gregori Chmara as the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Friend Will Come Tonight
''A Friend Will Come Tonight'' (French: ''Un ami viendra ce soir'') is a 1946 French drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Michel Simon, Madeleine Sologne and Paul Bernard.Rège p.620 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. Cast * Michel Simon as Michel Lemaret * Madeleine Sologne as Hélène Asselin * Paul Bernard as Le docteur Maurice Tiller * Louis Salou as Le commissaire Louis Martin * Saturnin Fabre as Philippe Prunier * Marcel André as Le docteur Lestrade * Lily Mounet as Alexandrine Jeanne Constance Létitia, baronne de Pontignac * Yvette Andréyor as Mademoiselle Béatrice * Jacques Clancy as Jacques Leroy, le pianiste * Daniel Gélin as Pierre Ribault * Claude Lehmann as Le docteur Pigaut * Cécilia Paroldi as Claire, la postière * Howard Vernon as Robert Langlois, le muet * Jane Marny as Madame Belin * Raoul Marco as Le maire * Pierre Sergeol as Charles Levallier * Odette Barencey as Une se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Voss, Thief Of Millions (1932 Film)
''Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (German: ''Peter Voss, der Millionendieb'') is a 1932 German comedy crime film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Willi Forst, Alice Treff, and Paul Hörbiger. It was based on the 1913 novel of the same title by Ewald Gerhard Seeliger which has been adapted into a number of films including previously in 1921 and later in 1946. It was the second to last film made by Dupont in Germany before he was forced to flee to the United States following the rise of the Nazi Party.Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. ''Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950''. Berghahn Books, 2008. pp. 33-34. It was shot at the Emelka Studios in Munich with location shooting in Marseille. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ludwig Reiber and Willy Reiber. Cast * Willi Forst as Peter Voß * Alice Treff as Polly *Paul Hörbiger as Bobby Dodd *Ida Wüst as Madame Bianca *Otto Wernicke as Pitt *Hans Hermann S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Without A Name (1932 Film)
''Man Without a Name'' (german: Mensch ohne Namen) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Helene Thimig and Mathias Wieman. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was produced and distributed by UFA and premiered on 1 July 1932. It was based on a novel by Honoré de Balzac. A separate French-language version '' Un homme sans nom'' was also produced. Cast *Werner Krauss as Heinrich Martin * Helene Thimig as Eva-Maria Sander * Mathias Wieman as Dr. Alfred Sander * Hertha Thiele as Helene Martin *Julius Falkenstein as Julius Hanke *Fritz Grünbaum as Erwin Gablinky * Eduard von Winterstein as Amtsrichter *Max Gülstorff as Amtsgerichtspresident * Maria Bard as Grete Schulze *Hans Brausewetter as Referendar Müller * Carl Balhaus *Alfred Beierle *Ernst Behmer *Gerhard Bienert * Gregori Chmara *Artur Menzel *Hermann Picha *Heinrich Schroth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Hussar (1932 Film)
''The Black Hussar'' (german: Der schwarze Husar) is a 1932 German historical drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Bernhard Goetzke, Conrad Veidt, Mady Christians, and Wolf Albach-Retty. It premièred at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo on 12 October 1932, part of a whole string of ' patriotic' movies released in the late days of the Weimar Republic. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was short at the Babelsberg Studios and on location around Schwedt in Brandenburg. Klaus Kreimeier: ''Die Ufa-Story. Geschichte eines Filmkonzerns.'' Carl Hanser Verlag, München/Wien 1992, , S. 236 Plot In 1812, during the French period, large parts of Germany are occupied by the troops of Napoleon. Several paramilitary Freikorps units battle the French forces, among them the Black Brunswickers led by the 'Black Duke' Frederick William of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After the War of the Fifth Coalition, the Black Hussars are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Murdered
''The Man Who Murdered'' (german: Der Mann, der den Mord beging) is a 1931 German crime drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Conrad Veidt, Trude von Molo and Heinrich George.Grange p. 357 It is adapted from the play by Pierre Frondaie. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Richter and Hermann Warm. Location filming took place in Istanbul. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin. The following year a separate English version, '' Stamboul'', was made. Cast * Conrad Veidt as Marquis de Sévigné * Trude von Molo as Lady Falkland * Heinrich George as Lord Falkland * Friedl Haerlin as Lady Edith * Frida Richard as Lady Foult * Friedrich Kayßler as Mehmed Pascha * Gregori Chmara as Prince Cernuwicz * Erich Ponto as Boucher - franz. Gesandter * Hans-Joachim Möbis as Terrail * Yvette Rodin as Mme. Terrail * Rolf Drucker as George Falkland - Sohn * Bruno Ziener Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 February 1941) was a German stage and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasputin (1928 Film)
''Rasputin, The Prince of Sinners'' (German: ''Dornenweg einer Fürstin''), or simply ''Rasputin'', is a 1928 German-Soviet drama film co-directed by Nikolai Larin and Boris Nevolin and starring Vladimir Gajdarov, Suzanne Delmas and Ernst Rückert. The film's poster showed the tagline "rysslands onda ande", which translates as "Russia's Evil Spirit". It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Carl Ludwig Kirmse. This film is sometimes confused with another 1928 German silent film made about Rasputin called '' Rasputin, the Holy Sinner''. This being the only known German-Russian co-production ever done about Rasputin, the filmmakers were able to shoot the film at or near the historical places where the real life incidents portrayed actually occurred. In 1928, the Russian royalty was interested in showing Rasputin as the monster he really was, rather than try to illicit sympathy for the character. He is depicted as a sexually promiscuous alc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orient (1928 Film)
''Orient'' (German title: ''Frauenraub in Marokko'') is a 1928 German silent adventure film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Dolly Davis, Vladimir Gajdarov and Claire Rommer.Bock & Bergfelder p.168 It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. It premiered at the Ufa-Pavillon am Nollendorfplatz. Cast * Dolly Davis as Daisy * Vladimir Gajdarov * Claire Rommer as Elinor * Gregori Chmara * Aruth Wartan as Ros Ben Rawak * Charlie Charlia Charlie may refer to: Characters * "Charlie," the head of the Townsend Agency', from the ''Charlie's Angels'' franchise * Charlie, a character on signs for the CharlieCard, a smart card issued by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority * ... as Bobby References Bibliography * Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books. External links * 1928 films Films of the Weimar Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
