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The Trunks Of Mr. O.F.
''The Trunks of Mr. O.F.'' (German: ''Die Koffer des Herrn O.F.'') is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Alexis Granowsky and starring Alfred Abel, Peter Lorre, and Harald Paulsen. Produced by Tobis Film, it was made at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Erich Czerwonski. The film was shot between 15 September and 17 October 1931 and premiered in Berlin's Mozartsaal on 2 December 1931. The film was then heavily cut down to a shorter running time, and re-released under the alternative title ''Building and Marrying'' (''Bauen und heiraten''). It received its Viennese premiere on 4 June 1932. It received a mixed reception from critics who were divided over its non- realist, fantastical elements. The film's screenwriter Léo Lania intended it to be a critique of capitalism Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for Profit (economics), profit. Central charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Granowsky
Alexis Granowsky (russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Грано́вский; 1890–1937) was a Russian theatre director who later became a film director. Granowsky was born as Abraham Azarkh to a Jewish family in Moscow. After studying in St. Petersburg, he went to Munich where he gained valuable theatre experience working under Max Reinhardt. He served in the Russian army during the First World War before in 1919 he set up his own Jewish-orientated theatre in St. Petersburg, which under a new director became GOSET. Granowsky's reputation rose quickly over the following years, as he became one of the most celebrated theatre directors in Europe. In 1925 Granowsky directed his first film, a silent, but concentrated his efforts on his stage work. After the Russian Revolution, and the Communist victory in the Russian Civil War, Granowsky continued to live in the country even though he felt himself culturally Western European. Granowsky was initially feted by the Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style(s) to use, and when to use motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas and inconsistenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Weber (actor)
Franz Weber (24 March 1888 – 10 August 1962) was a German actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during a lengthy screen career.Giesen p.208 He appeared in a diverse range of productions which encompassed the Weimar, Nazi and post-war (both East and West Germany) eras. Selected filmography * ''There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You'' (1930) * ''Panic in Chicago'' (1931) * '' Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * '' The Trunks of Mr. O.F.'' (1931) * '' The Spanish Fly'' (1931) * ''Spell of the Looking Glass'' (1932) * '' Little Girl, Great Fortune'' (1933) * '' Paganini'' (1934) * ''The Two Seals'' (1934) * ''Such a Rascal'' (1934) * '' Gypsy Blood'' (1934) * ''The Island'' (1934) * '' The Brenken Case'' (1934) * ''The Double'' (1934) * '' Pillars of Society'' (1935) * ''A Strange Guest'' (1936) * '' Family Parade'' (1936) * ''Capers'' (1937) * '' Freight from Baltimore'' (1938) * '' Triad'' (1938) * ''Dance on the Volcano'' (1938) * ''Yvette' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertha Von Walther
Hertha von Walther (born Hertha Stern und Walter von Monbary, 12 June 1903 – 12 April 1987) was a German film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1921 and 1983. Biography Hertha von Walther was born Hertha Stern und Walther von Monbary on 12 June 1903 to Clara Stern und Walther von Monbary (née Gabain) and the Prussian general Arthur Stern und Walther von Monbary (1853–1917). Her father had been born Arthur Stern-Gwiazdowski in Poland to a mother of French descent and was the adopted son of Rudolf Walther von Monbary. At 17 years old, von Walther left the boarding school she had been attending in Wolfenbüttel and went to the Leipzig acting school with a scholarship. Her first stage experience came at the Leipzig Opera, where she played as an extra. She later moved to Berlin and found work at the Theater am Zoo and the Renaissance Theater. von Walther made her film debut in ''Destinée'' (1920), followed by Julot the Apache (1921), and Duke Ferrante's E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadrian Maria Netto
Hadrian Maria Netto (1885–1947) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.228 He was also a playwright. Selected filmography * '' A Woman for 24 Hours'' (1925) * ''Destiny'' (1925) * ''The Armoured Vault'' (1926) * '' Love in the Cowshed'' (1928) * '' There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You'' (1930) * '' Fire in the Opera House'' (1930) * '' The Trunks of Mr. O.F.'' (1931) * '' 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman'' (1931) * '' Under False Flag'' (1932) * '' The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'' (1933) * '' Just Once a Great Lady'' (1934) * '' The Two Seals'' (1934) * '' Love Conquers All'' (1934) * '' Gypsy Blood'' (1934) * '' Land of Love'' (1937) * '' My Son the Minister'' (1937) * '' The Secret Lie'' (1938) * '' Dance on the Volcano'' (1938) * ''Target in the Clouds ''Target in the Clouds'' (German: ''Ziel in den Wolken'') is a 1939 German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Albert Matterstock, Leny Marenbach and Brigitte Horney. It was based on a novel by Hans R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liska March
Liska March (February 17, 1906 – May 30, 2003) was a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, an actress in motion pictures of the early sound era, and a producer of Broadway plays. March was born in St. Louis, Missouri and played in stock there prior to going to New York, New York. While in New York City Liska appeared in the Follies and also took part in ''Sunny'', a play which featured actress Marilyn Miller. She died in 2003 at the age of 97. Career She came to Hollywood, California to act in films in April 1929. Her first movie appearance was a role in support of Eddie Leonard in the Universal Pictures production, ''Melody Lane''. She was in the cast of ''Koffer des Herrn O.F..Die'' (1931), aka '' The Trunks of Mr. O.F.''. She once told a reporter that she never wanted a ''voice double'' in her film roles, commenting ''Wouldn't it be quite annoying if your voice would refuse to renew its contract and you would have to scurry around and find another one like it?'' One of a select ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilse Korseck
Ilse Korseck (1911–1933) was a German stage and film actress.Young p.89 After working initially in theatre she began to appear in films from 1930 onwards during the early sound era. In 1933 she died suddenly at the age of twenty one. Selected filmography * ''How Do I Become Rich and Happy?'' (1930) * ''The Trunks of Mr. O.F.'' (1931) * ''The Night Without Pause'' (1931) * '' A Blonde Dream'' (1932) * ''When Love Sets the Fashion'' (1932) * ''Scandal on Park Street'' (1932) * ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' (1932) * ''The Pride of Company Three'' (1932) * '' Madame Makes Her Exit'' (1932) * ''What Men Know ''What Men Know'' (German: ''Was wissen denn Männer'') is a 1933 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Brausewetter, Erwin Kalser and Toni van Eyck.Kreimeier p.218 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The ...'' (1933) References Bibliography * Christopher Young. ''The Films of Hedy Lamarr''. Citadel Press, 1978. External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margo Lion (cabaret Singer)
Marguerite Hélène Barbe Elisabeth Constantine Lion (28 February 1899 – 24 February 1989), known as Margo Lion, was a Jewish singer and actress. She was born in Constantinople during Ottoman rule. She moved to Berlin after World War I with her father to join the school of Russian ballet. When the Nazi Party rose to power in 1933 she moved to France to flee antisemitic persecution. She was a successful chanteuse, parodist, cabaret singer, and actress, best known for her role as Pirate Jenny in director G. W. Pabst's 1931 French language adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's ''Threepenny Opera'' (''Die Dreigroschenoper''). She appeared in several French films until the early 1970s, including ''Docteur Françoise Gailland'', ''L'Humeur Vagabonde'', ''La Faute De L'Abbe Mouret'', ''Le Petit Matin'', ''Le Fou Du Labo'', ''Julie La Rousse'', and the French romantic melodrama '' Martin Roumagnac'', which starred Marlene Dietrich. Lion and Dietrich sang a famous duet, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Stössel
Ludwig Stössel (12 February 1883 – 29 January 1973) was an actor born in Lockenhaus, now Austria, then Hungary. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, price system, private property, property rights recognition, voluntary exchange, and wage labor. In a market economy, decision-making and investments are determined by owners of wealth, property, or ability to maneuver capital or production ability in capital and financial markets—whereas prices and the distribution of goods and services are mainly determined by competition in goods and services markets. Economists, historians, political economists and sociologists have adopted different perspectives in their analyses of capitalism and have recognized various forms of it in practice. These include '' laissez-faire'' or free-market capitalism, anarcho-capitalism, state capitalism and welfare capitalism. Different forms of capitalism feature varying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Realism (arts)
Realism in the arts is generally the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding speculative fiction, speculative and fantasy literature, supernatural elements. The term is often used interchangeably with naturalism, although these terms are not synonymous. Naturalism, as an idea relating to visual representation in Western art, seeks to depict objects with the least possible amount of distortion and is tied to the development of linear perspective and illusionism in Renaissance Europe. Realism, while predicated upon naturalistic representation and a departure from the idealization of earlier academic art, often refers to a Realism (art movement), specific art historical movement that originated in France in the aftermath of the French Revolution of 1848. With artists like Gustave Courbet capitalizing on the mundane, ugly or sordid, realism was motivated by the renewed interest in the common man and the rise of leftist politics. The Realist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
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