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A Double Life (1954 Film)
''A Double Life'' or ''Double Destiny'' (French: ''Double destin'', German: ''Das zweite Leben'') is a 1954 French-West German drama film based upon the play ''Siegfried'' (1928) by Jean Giraudoux, directed by Victor Vicas and starring Michel Auclair, Simone Simon and Barbara Rütting.Goble p.742 It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios in Hesse and on location around Paris and Kiedrich in the Rhineland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfred Bütow and Ernst Schomer. Cast * Michel Auclair as Jacques Frontenac * Simone Simon as Françoise Dunoyer * Barbara Rütting as Sybil * Bernhard Wicki as Rainer von Hohenburg * Yves Brainville as Garreau * Gert Fröbe as Mittelmeier * Rolf von Nauckhoff as Professeur Werner * Walter Clemens as L'Italien * Georges Vitray as Gervais * Herbert von Boxberger * Otto Friebel * Marcel Rouzé Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Vicas
Victor Vicas (25 March 1918 – 9 December 1985) was a French film director and screenwriter. His film ''The Wayward Bus (film), The Wayward Bus'' was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Between 1974 and 1983 he directed all thirty six episodes of the French TV series ''The Tiger Brigades''. Selected filmography * ''Dreams That Money Can Buy'' (1947, director: Hans Richter (artist), Hans Richter) - cinematographer * ''No Way Back (1953 film), No Way Back'' (1953) - director * ''A Double Life (1954 film), A Double Life'' (1954) - director * ''Master of Life and Death'' (1955) - director * ''I'll Get Back to Kandara'' (1956) - director * ''The Wayward Bus (film), The Wayward Bus'' (1957) - director * ''Count Five and Die'' (1957) - director * ''Amour de poche'' (1957, director: Pierre Kast) - actor * ' (1959) - director * ''Jons und Erdme'' (1959) - director * ''Two Among Millions'' (1961) - director; co-director: Wieland Liebske * ''Stop Train 349'' (1963 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegfried (play)
'' Siegfried '' is a play written in 1928 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, adapted from his own 1922 novel, ''Siegfried et le Limousin''. The novel had launched Giraudoux's literary career, and the play based upon it established his reputation as a playwright. "It iegfriedmarked the beginning of a productive, lifelong collaboration with actor-director Louis Jouvet, whom Giraudoux credits with transforming his literary plays into theater pieces."A noted Frenchman turns to playwriting, New York Times, May 20, 1928, pg. 101 Original productions ''Siegfried'' was translated into English in 1930 by Philip Carr and again in 1964 by Phyllis La Farge and Peter H. Judd. ''Siegfried'' was first performed on 3 May 1928 in Paris at the Comedie des Champs-Elysees in a production by Louis Jouvet Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet (; 24 December 1887 – 16 August 1951) was a French actor, theatre director and filmmaker. Early life Jouvet was born in Crozon. He had a Stuttering, stutt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Von Nauckhoff
Rolf von Nauckhoff (1909–1968) was a Swedish film actor who worked mainly in Germany.World Filmography: 1967 p.152 Selected filmography * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1936) - Student reading a poem (uncredited) * ''Shipwrecked Max'' (1936) - Waiter * '' All Lies'' (1938) - Paul, Rechtsanwalt * ''Hurrah! I'm a Father'' (1939) - Freund von Peter * '' Duel with Death'' (1949) - Dr. Ernst Romberg * ''White Gold'' (1949) - Ing. Hopkins * '' The Orplid Mystery'' (1950) - Pastor Johannes Klappstein * '' The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice'' (1950) - Dr. Ihlenfeld * ''Crown Jewels'' (1950) - Minister * ''Die Tat des Anderen'' (1951) * '' Heart's Desire'' (1951) - Chefarzt Dr. Thomas * ''Begierde'' (1951) - Martin Reval * '' The Lady in Black'' (1951) - Henry Richards * '' The Clang of the Pick'' (1952) - Gert Willenhart * ''Man on a Tightrope'' (1953) - Police Agent (uncredited) * ''A Heart Plays False'' (1953) - Direktor Hersbach * '' Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine'' (1953) - Kunsthändler Thorm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gert Fröbe
Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He was known in English-speaking countries for his work as the title character in the James Bond film '' Goldfinger'', as Peachum in ''The Threepenny Opera'', as Baron Bomburst in ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', as Hotzenplotz in '' The Robber Hotzenplotz'', General Dietrich von Choltitz in '' Is Paris Burning?'', as Colonel Manfred von Holstein in '' Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines'', and as Inspector Bauer in Ingmar Bergman's '' The Serpent's Egg''. Fröbe was a three-time German Film Award nominee, twice for Best Leading Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor. In 1978, he won an honorary award for "outstanding individual contributions to the German cinema over the years." Early life and education Fröbe was born in Oberplanitz, today part of Zwickau. He was initially a violinist, but he abandoned it for Kabarett and theatre work. He joined the Nazi Party in 1934 at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Brainville
Yves Brainville (; 8 March 1914 – 16 November 1993) was a French film and television actor.Hayward p.245 Selected filmography * ''Entrée des artistes'' (1938) - Sylvestre * '' Final Accord'' (1938) - Chenal - l'ami de Georges * ''Entente cordiale'' (1939) - Un journaliste * ''Le monde en armes'' (1939) * '' Musicians of the Sky'' (1940) - (uncredited) * '' Special Mission'' (1946) - Le gestionnaire * ''La Maison sous la mer'' (1947) - Un mineur (uncredited) * ''Vertigo'' (1947) - Un assistant *''Judicial Error'' (1948) - Jacques Heurteaux * '' The Wolf'' (1949) - Le docteur Maillet * ''Cartouche, King of Paris'' (1950) - Le comte de Horn * '' The Seven Deadly Sins'' (1952) - Le commandant (segment "Orgueil, L' / Pride") (uncredited) * '' The Slave'' (1953) - Dr. Vienne * '' Act of Love'' (1953) - (uncredited) * ''Hungarian Rhapsody'' (1954) - Dingelstedt * '' At the Order of the Czar'' (1954) - d'Ingelstedt * '' The Big Flag'' (1954) - Un lieutenant * '' A Double Life'' (1954) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Wicki
Bernhard Wicki (28 October 1919 – 5 January 2000) was an Austrian-Swiss actor, film director and screenwriter. He was a key figure in the revitalization of post-war German-language cinema, particularly in West Germany, and also directed several Hollywood films. His works as a director include his debut 1959 anti-war film ''Die Brücke'', the religious drama '' The Miracle of Father Malachia'' (1961), the Friedrich Dürrenmatt adaptation ''The Visit'' (1964), and the German segments of the World War II epic ''The Longest Day'' (1962). He won four German Film Awards for Best Direction. Life and career Wicki studied in the city of Breslau such topics as art history, history and German literature. In 1938, he transferred to the drama school of the Staatliches Schauspielhaus in Berlin. In 1939, because of his membership in the ''Bündische Jugend'', he was imprisoned for many months in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. After his release, he moved to Vienna, then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Schomer
Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (born 1975), South African film producer * Alice Henson Ernst (1880-1980), American writer and historian * Bastian Ernst (born 1987), German politician * Britta Ernst (born 1961), German politician * Cornelia Ernst (born 1956), German politician * Edzard Ernst (born 1948), German-British academic * Emil Ernst (1889–1942), astronomer * Ernie Ernst (1924/25–2013), American judge * Eugen Ernst (1864–1954), German politician * Fabian Ernst (born 1979), German soccer player * Fedir Ernst (1891-1942), Ukrainian art historian * Gustav Ernst (born 1944), Austrian writer * Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812–1865), Moravian violinist and composer * Jim Ernst (born 1942), Canadian politician * Jimmy Ernst (1920–1984), American painter, son of Max Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Bütow
Alfred Bütow (1902 – 1986) was a German art director. Originally he worked on scenic design in the theatre before switching to the film industry.Giesen p.236-37 He worked on the set design of over fifty films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1934) * '' Moscow-Shanghai'' (1936) * '' The Czar's Courier'' (1936) * '' Alarm in Peking'' (1937) * '' Talking About Jacqueline'' (1937) * ''Police Report'' (1939) * '' Mask in Blue'' (1943) * '' Carnival of Love'' (1943) * '' The Roedern Affair'' (1944) * '' Thank You, I'm Fine'' (1948) * ''Search for Majora'' (1949) * ''Madonna in Chains'' (1949) * '' Wedding with Erika'' (1950) * '' The Thief of Bagdad'' (1952) * '' Fritz and Friederike'' (1952) * ''Prosecutor Corda ''Prosecutor Corda'' () is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Ingeborg Engholm, Paul Klinger and Eva Probst.Parish p.304 It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios in Hesse and on location around the Rheingau. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Directors
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated 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 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Worms, and Neuwied. It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and by France, Luxembourg and Belgium. Rhineland-Palatinate was established in 1946 after World War II, from parts of the former states of Prussia (part of its Rhineland and Nassau provinces), Hesse ( Rhenish Hesse) and Bavaria (its former outlying Palatinate kreis or district), by the French military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 and shared the country's only border with the Saar Protectorate until the latter was returned to German control in 1957. Rhineland-Palatinate's natural and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiedrich
Kiedrich is a municipality in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Geography Kiedrich lies in the Rheingau region on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains, approximately 2 km north of the town of Eltville am Rhein and 3 km from the banks of the Rhine. It borders the community of Schlangenbad to the north and the town of Eltville in the east, south, and west. History Kiedrich was first mentioned in a document from the Archbishopric of Mainz, which, though undated, is known to have originated during the tenure of Archbishop Frederick (937-954). Around 1160, construction began on Scharfenstein Castle. Winegrowing in Kiedrich was recorded as early as 1131. Kiedrich was part of Electoral Mainz (the Archbishopric) and passed to the Duchy of Nassau in 1806. In 1866, it was incorporated into Prussia. The community avoided amalgamation with other municipalities during Hesse's municipal restructuring. Government Throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
