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The Merry Farmer (1927 Film)
''The Merry Farmer'' (German: ''Der fidele Bauer'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Carmen Boni, Werner Krauss and S.Z. Sakall.Bock & Bergfelder p.197 It is based on the 1907 operetta of the same title. A 1951 film adaptation was also made. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann. Cast In alphabetical order * Achmed Beh * Carmen Boni as Spreewälderin * Hans Brausewetter * Ivy Close * Harry Frank * Werner Krauss as Bauer Mathäus Reuther * André Nox as Prof. von Grumow * Leo Peukert * S.Z. Sakall as Dorfpolizist * Simone Vaudry * Peter Voß * Mathias Wieman Mathias Wieman (Carl Heinrich Franz Mathias Wieman; 23 June 1902 – 3 December 1969) was a German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor. Life and career Early life Wieman was born in Osnabrück, the only son of Carl Philipp ... as Sohn Stephan Reuther References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The ...
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Franz Seitz, Sr
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Ivy Close
Ivy Lilian Close (15 June 1890 – 4 December 1968) was a British actress. She acted in 44 films between 1912 and 1929."Ivy Close"
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Ivy Lilian Close was born 15 June 1890 in , , the daughter of Emma ( Blackburn) and John Robert Close. She had a younger brother, Raymond, and a sister, Dorothy. Her first husband was photographer and filmmaker Elwin Neame (1885–1923), who she married in 1910. Together they established Ivy Close Films in 1914, one of the first movie production companies founded by a film star. This marriage pro ...
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Films Based On Operettas
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ...
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UFA GmbH Films
Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the Ufa Plateau to the west of the southern Ural Mountains, with a population of over 1.1 million residents, up to 1.4 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Ufa is the tenth-most populous city in Russia, and the fourth-most populous city in the Volga Federal District. The city is considered to have been founded in 1574, when a fortress was built on the site of the city by order of Ivan the Terrible. Ufa was made capital of Ufa Governorate in 1865 when the governorate split from Orenburg Governorate. Ufa's population expanded during the early 20th century. Today, Ufa's economy consists primarily of the oil refining, chemistry, and mechanical engineering industries; the petroleum company Bashneft and several of its subsidiaries are he ...
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German Silent Feature Films
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Films Directed By Franz Seitz
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ...
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Films Of The Weimar Republic
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ...
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1927 Films
The following is an overview of 1927 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1927 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 10 – Fritz Lang's science-fiction fantasy ''Metropolis'' premieres in Germany. The film receives its American premiere in New York City on March 6. *March 11 – World's largest movie theatre, the Roxy Theatre, opens in New York City. *April 7 – Abel Gance's ''Napoleon'' often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premieres (in a shortened version) at the Paris Opéra and demonstrates techniques and equipment that will not be revived for years to come, such as hand-held cameras, and what is often considered the first widescreen projection format Polyvision. It will be more than three decades before films with a widescreen format would again be attempted. *May 11 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts a ...
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Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation
The Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation (german: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung ), based in Wiesbaden, was founded in 1966 to preserve and curate a collection of the works of Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau as well as a collection of other German films totaling to about 6,000 produced between 1890 and 1960. History The foundation is owned by the Federal Republic of Germany and was founded in 1966 out of fear that classic German cinema's original stock, and the rights to these films, would be sold off internationally. The stock was originally owned by Bertelsmann. The foundation maintains about 80% of Germany's forbidden Nazi-era films and acts as a gate keeper for public access to these films via archives and curated public screenings. As an archive and rights holder the Murnau Foundation curates Its most important endowment is the unique, cohesive movie stock, which comprises copies and material as well as rights from the former production companies UFA, Decla, Universum- ...
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Mathias Wieman
Mathias Wieman (Carl Heinrich Franz Mathias Wieman; 23 June 1902 – 3 December 1969) was a German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor. Life and career Early life Wieman was born in Osnabrück, the only son of Carl Philipp Anton Wieman and his wife Louise. Raised in Osnabrück, Wiesbaden and Berlin, where he studied four terms of philosophy, history of art and languages, Wieman wanted to actually become an airplane technical designer and flier. He started his acting career on the stage in Berlin under the direction of Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater (Berlin), Deutsches Theater. In the early 1920s, he was a member of the Holtorf-Truppe, a stock theater group that included future director Veit Harlan. His fellow stage actors included his future wife, :de:Erika Meingast, Erika Meingast, Marlene Dietrich, Dora Gerson and Max Schreck (the vampire in ''Nosferatu)''. Later he began working in silent and sound films; he landed supporting roles in ''Assassinatio ...
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Peter Voß
Peter Voß (29 June 1891 – 9 January 1979) was a German film actor. Partial filmography * '' Love and Trumpets'' (1925) - Rekrut Dirmoser * '' Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928) - Edward Whymper * ''Diane - Die Geschichte einer Pariserin'' (1929) - Kapitän Rimbaud * ''The Jolly Peasant'' (1929) * '' Tracks in the Snow'' (1929) - Klaus Meill * ''Storm of Love'' (1929) - Matei * '' Katharina Knie'' (1929) - Rothhacker, Gutsbesitzer * ''The Ring of the Empress'' (1930) * '' Two Worlds'' (1930) - Stanislaus (German Version) * '' Love's Carnival'' (1930) - Harold Hofmann - Oberleutnant * '' Two Worlds'' (1930) - Leutnant Stanislaus von Kaminsky * '' The Stranger'' (1931) * '' The Night of Decision'' (1931) - Viktor Boris Sablin * '' The Paw'' (1931) - Propagandachef Gastal * ''Sergeant X'' (1932) * ''Die Vier vom Bob 13'' (1932) - Baron Plessow * '' The Heath Is Green'' (1932) - Walter - Ein junger Förster * '' Death Over Shanghai'' (1932) - John Baxter * ''Schüsse an der Gren ...
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Simone Vaudry
Simone Vaudry (25 February 1906 – 3 January 1993) was a French film actress, most of whose films were made during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''L'épingle rouge'' (1921) * ''The Black Sheep (1922 film), The Black Sheep'' (1922) * ''Vingt ans après (film), Vingt ans après'' (1922) * ''The Mysteries of Paris (1922 film), The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) * ''Mimi Pinson (1924 film), Mimi Pinson'' (1924) * ''Mylord l'Arsouille'' (1925) * ''Fanfan la Tulipe (1925 film), Fanfan la Tulipe'' (1925) * ''The Woman's Crusade'' (1926) * ''The Master of Death (film), The Master of Death'' (1926) * ''The Porter from Maxim's (1927 film), The Porter from Maxim's'' (1927) * ''The Sea (1927 film), The Sea'' (1927) * ''Homesick (1927 film), Homesick'' (1927) * ''Odette (1928 film), Odette'' (1928) * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''When Do You Commit Suicide? (1931 film), When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) * ''The Eaglet (1931 film), The Eaglet'' (1931) * ''Les amours ...
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