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House Of Life
''House of Life'' (german: Haus des Lebens) is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Cornell Borchers and Edith Mill.Bock & Bergfelder p.139 The film's setting is a maternity hospital, portraying the stories of various staff and patients. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by Franz Bi and Botho Hoefer. Cast * Gustav Fröhlich as Dr. Peter Haidt * Cornell Borchers as Dr. Elisabeth Keller * Edith Mill as Oberschwester Hedwig * Viktor Staal as Willi Kuschitzky * Hansi Knoteck as Else Kuschitzky * Judith Holzmeister as Inge Jolander * Curd Jürgens as Axel Jolander * Gertrud Kückelmann as Christine * Edith Schultze-Westrum as Josepha Spratt * Petra Unkel as Grit Harlacher * Elfriede Kuzmany as Frau Frey * Paula Braend as Frau Wilk * Claire Reigbert as Schwester Sophie * Franz Muxeneder as Hense * Erich Ponto as Geheimrat Merk * Hans Leibelt as Portier Kögl * Joachim Brennecke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hartl
Karl Hartl (10 May 1899 – 29 August 1978) was an Austrian film director. Life Born in Vienna, Hartl began his film career at the Austrian Sascha-Film company of Alexander Kolowrat and from 1919 was assistant to the Hungarian director Alexander Korda. As a production manager, he in the 1920s accompanied Korda to Berlin, until in 1926 he returned to Vienna to work for his former class-mate director Gustav Ucicky. From 1930 he worked for Universum Film AG (UFA) and debuted as director of ''Ein Burschenlied aus Heidelberg'' ("A Fraternity Song from Heidelberg") starring Hans Brausewetter and Willi Forst, with young Billy Wilder as a screenwriter. Together with Luis Trenker he directed the ''Gebirgsjäger'' drama ''Berge in Flammen'' ("Mountains in Flames") in 1931. He then experimented with other genres, for example the comedy ''Die Gräfin von Monte Cristo'' ("The Countess of Monte Cristo") (1932) with Brigitte Helm and Gustaf Gründgens, and in the same year achieved his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Bi
Franz Bi (2 April 1899 – 25 December 1968) was a German art director.Giesen p.197 He worked on the set design of more than forty films during his career, often in collaboration with Bruno Monden. Selected filmography * ''The Rainer Case'' (1942) * ''The Golden Spider'' (1943) * '' Beloved Darling'' (1943) * '' When the Young Wine Blossoms'' (1943) * '' A Man Like Maximilian'' (1945) * '' In the Temple of Venus'' (1948) * '' Chased by the Devil'' (1950) * '' The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice'' (1950) * ''Five Suspects'' (1950) * '' Fanfares of Love'' (1951) * '' The Blue and White Lion'' (1952) * '' House of Life'' (1952) * ''The Great Temptation'' (1952) * '' Street Serenade'' (1953) * ''A Heart Plays False'' (1953) * '' The Eternal Waltz'' (1954) * '' A Woman of Today'' (1954) * '' André and Ursula'' (1955) * '' San Salvatore'' (1956) * '' A Piece of Heaven'' (1957) * '' Restless Night'' (1958) * '' A Summer You Will Never Forget'' (1959) * ''People in the Net ''People in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Ponto
Erich Johannes Bruno Ponto (14 December 1884 – 14 February 1957) was a German film and stage actor. Career Erich Ponto was born in Lübeck as the son of a merchant. After his family had moved to Hamburg-Eimsbüttel, he attended the gymnasium secondary school in Altona and upon his Abitur exam began a study of pharmacy at the University of Munich, where he went to lectures delivered by Nobel prize laureate Wilhelm Röntgen. He worked for a few years as a pharmacist, but was already passionate about acting during his university time – he started to take acting lessons and eventually became a full-time actor. Ponto gave his debut on stage at the Stadttheater Passau in 1908, followed by engagements in Nordhausen, Reichenberg (Liberec), and Düsseldorf. From 1914 to 1947 he was a member of the Hoftheater Dresden ensemble (Staatstheater Dresden from 1918), in the season 1946/47 also as intendant. On stage his most famous role was that of J.J. Peachum in the original productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Muxeneder
Franz Muxeneder (19 October 1920 - 3 January 1988) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1948 to 1987. Muxeneder is best known in Great Britain for his part in the Yugoslav-German television series ''The White Horses ''The White Horses'' is a 1965 television series co-produced by RTV Ljubljana (now RTV Slovenija) of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia and German TV (''Südwestfunk''). Plotline The story follows the adventures of a teenage gi ...'' (1966–1967). Selected filmography References External links * 1920 births 1988 deaths Austrian male film actors Austrian male television actors 20th-century Austrian male actors {{Austria-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Reigbert
Clair or Claire may refer to: *Claire (given name), a list of people with the name Claire * Clair (surname) Places Canada * Clair, New Brunswick, a former village, now part of Haut-Madawaska * Clair Parish, New Brunswick * Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada, municipality located on the Island of Montreal * Clair, Saskatchewan United States * Lake Claire (Atlanta), Georgia, neighborhood * Le Claire, Iowa, city in Scott County * Eau Claire, Michigan, village in Berrien County * Eau Claire, Pennsylvania, borough in Butler County * Claire City, South Dakota, town in Roberts County * Eau Claire, Wisconsin, city * Eau Claire County, Wisconsin * Saint Clair, Missouri, city * St. Clair County, Michigan * St. Clair, Michigan, city * St. Clair, Minnesota, city * St. Clair, Pennsylvania, city * St. Clair Shores, Michigan, city Scotland * Clair oilfield in the Atlantic Ocean, 75 km west of Shetland Other uses * Clair (Hampshire cricketer), English professional cricketer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Braend
Paula Braend (1905–1989) was a German actress.http://www.volkstheater-fan.de/actors/paula_braend.php Paula Braend Selected filmography * ''A Heart Beats for You'' (1949) * '' After the Rain Comes Sunshine'' (1949) *'' Die Alm an der Grenze'' (1951) * ''The Blue Star of the South'' (1951) * ''The Last Shot'' (1951) *'' The Exchange'' (1952) * '' Oh, You Dear Fridolin'' (1952) * ''The Great Temptation'' (1952) *''House of Life'' (1952) * ''Scandal at the Girls' School'' (1953) *'' The Poacher'' (1953) * '' The Bachelor Trap'' (1953) * '' The Immortal Vagabond'' (1953) * ''Cabaret'' (1954) *'' The Czar and the Carpenter'' (1956) * ''The Elephant in a China Shop'' (1958) *'' Love Now, Pay Later'' (1959) * ''Jacqueline'' (1959) * ''Oh! This Bavaria! ''Oh! This Bavaria!'' (german: O, diese Bayern!) is a 1960 West German comedy film directed by Arnulf Schröder and starring Rudolf Vogel, Liesl Karlstadt and Jürgen von Alten.Höfig p. 183 Cast References Bibliography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elfriede Kuzmany
Elfriede Kuzmany (1915–2006) was an Austrian film and television actress.Parrill & Robison p.142 Selected filmography * ''The Falling Star'' (1950) * ''House of Life'' (1952) * ''The River Line ''The River Line'' (german: Kennwort... Reiher) is a 1964 West German war drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Peter van Eyck, Marie Versini and Walter Rilla Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German f ...'' (1964) * '' The Sternstein Manor'' (1976) * '' Der Schatz im Niemandsland'' (1987, TV miniseries) References Bibliography * Parrill, Sue & Robison, William B. ''The Tudors on Film and Television''. McFarland, 2013. External links * 1915 births 2006 deaths Austrian film actresses Austrian television actresses Austrian people of German Bohemian descent German Bohemian people People from Rychnov nad Kněžnou District {{Austria-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Unkel
Petra Unkel (3 March 1925 – 2001), also known as Petra Unkel-Klinder, was a Hungarian-born actress of German film, singer, voice actress, radio spokesperson and cabaret artist, who was active in the industry from 1929 until 1958. Life and career Unkel was born in Budapest, in what was then the Kingdom of Hungary, as the daughter of opera tenor Petra Unkel (1880–1942), Unkel started became her career as a child star. She made her debut appearance on screen in 1929 as a four-year-old during the silent film era, in ''Napoleon at Saint Helena'', starring Werner Krauss as Napoleon. Her first starring role came three years after in the 1932, operetta film '' Melody of Love''. Making the successful transition as an adult star, she appeared in films for the next four decades, with her final screen appearance in 1958. From 1946 she also appeared as a performer and singer in cabaret. As a voice artist she lent herself to becoming a radio spokeswoman, and provided voices for such sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Schultze-Westrum
Edith Käthe Elisabeth Schultze-Westrum (30 December 1904 – 20 March 1981) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1932 and 1979. These included the role of Mrs. Hudson in the 1962 film ''Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace''. Selected filmography * '' Kiki'' (1932) * ''The Time with You'' (1948) - Fürsorgehelferin * ''Tragödie einer Leidenschaft'' (1949) - Frau Berowska * ''Heimliches Rendezvous'' (1949) - Fräulein Diethof * ''Verspieltes Leben'' (1949) - Elisabeth von Kanzler * ''Chased by the Devil'' (1950) - Schwester Grete * ''Das ewige Spiel'' (1951) * ''Captive Soul'' (1952) * ''House of Life'' (1952) - Josepha Spratt * ''The Great Temptation'' (1952) - Frau Riebold * ''Zwerg Nase'' (1953) - Hexe * ''I and You'' (1953) - Mutter Erdmann * '' Love and Trumpets'' (1954) - Frau von Barro * ''Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben'' (1954) - Sekretärin (uncredited) * ''The Beginning Was Sin'' (1954) - Mutter der Rosalia * ''La Paura'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrud Kückelmann
Gertrud Christine Franziska Kückelmann (3 January 1929 – 17 January 1979) was a German actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1949 to 1979. Filmography References External links * 1929 births 1979 deaths German film actresses German television actresses 20th-century German actresses {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curd Jürgens
Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 191518 June 1982) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens. He was well known for playing Ernst Udet in '' Des Teufels General''. His English-language roles include ''James Bond'' villain Karl Stromberg in '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977), Éric Carradine in '' And God Created Woman'' (1956), and Professor Immanuel Rath in ''The Blue Angel'' (1959). Early life Jürgens was born on 13 December 1915 in the Munich borough of Solln, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire. His father, Kurt, was a trader from Hamburg, and his mother, Marie-Albertine, was a French teacher. He had two elder twin sisters, Jeanette and Marguerite. He began his working career as a journalist before becoming an actor at the urging of his actress wife, Louise Basler. He spent much of his early acting career on the stage in Vienna. Due to serious injuries that he sustained in a car accident in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Holzmeister
Judith Maria Holzmeister (14 February 1920 – 23 June 2008) was an Austrian actress. Her performances included ''Kunigunde'' opposite Ewald Balser in Franz Grillparzer's '' König Ottokars Glück und Ende'' at the reopening of the famed Vienna Burgtheater in 1955. Judith Holzmeister was born in Innsbruck, Austria, on 14 February 1920, the daughter of Clemens Holzmeister. She began her career in acting with her debut at the Provincial Theater in Linz, Austria. Holzmeister began working at the Burgtheater in 1947, and remained at that particular theater until her retirement. Holzmeister worked at the Vienna Volkstheater during World War II. She was involved with anti- Nazi resistance groups during the war and helped to hide Jews from Nazi German authorities. Holzmeister also enjoyed an acting career within television and film. She was a recipient of the Kainz Medal, an award for prominent actors which was handed out annually between 1958 and 1999. She was married to the ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
