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A Shot At Dawn
''A Shot at Dawn'' () is a 1932 German crime film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Ery Bos, Genia Nikolaieva and Karl Ludwig Diehl. It was based on the play ''The Woman and the Emerald'' by Harry Jenkins and recounts a jewel theft.Youngkin p.72-73 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam with sets designed by the art director 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 supe ...s Willi Herrmann and Herbert O. Phillips. A separate French-language version ''Coup de feu à l'aube'' was also produced. Cast * Ery Bos as Irene Taft * Genia Nikolajewa as Lola * Karl Ludwig Diehl as Petersen * Theodor Loos as Bachmann * Fritz Odemar as Dr. Sandegg * Peter Lorre as Klotz * Heinz Salfner as Joachim Taft * Gerhard Tandar as Müller IV * Kurt Vesperma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Zeisler
Alfred Zeisler (September 26, 1897 – March 1, 1985) was an American-born German film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. He produced 29 films between 1927 and 1936. He also directed 16 films between 1924 and 1949. Selected filmography *''Rivals'' (1923) * ''The Last Battle'' (1923) * ''Docks of Hamburg'' (1928) * '' Guilty'' (1928) * '' Sajenko the Soviet'' (1928) * '' Under Suspicion'' (1928) * '' The League of Three'' (1929) * ''High Treason'' (1929) * '' The Smuggler's Bride of Mallorca'' (1929) * '' Scandal in Baden-Baden'' (1929) * '' The Tiger Murder Case'' (1930) * ''Express 13'' (1931) * '' A Shot at Dawn'' (1932) * '' Spoiling the Game'' (1932) * '' The Country Schoolmaster'' (1933) * '' The Star of Valencia'' (1933 – director) * '' Viktor und Viktoria'' (1933) * '' A Door Opens'' (1933) * '' George and Georgette'' (1934) * ''Gold'' (1934) * '' Love and the First Railway'' (1934) * '' Holiday From Myself'' (1934) * '' The Young Count'' (1935) * ''Punks A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babelsberg Studios
Babelsberg Film Studio () (also known as Studio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world, producing films since 1912. With a total area of about and a studio area of about it is one of Cinema of Europe, Europe's large film studios. Hundreds of films, including Fritz Lang's ''Metropolis (1927 film), Metropolis'' and Josef von Sternberg's ''The Blue Angel'' were filmed there. More recent productions include ''V for Vendetta (film), V for Vendetta'', ''Captain America: Civil War'', ''Æon Flux (film), Æon Flux'', ''The Bourne Ultimatum (film), The Bourne Ultimatum'', ''Valkyrie (film), Valkyrie'', ''Inglourious Basterds'', ''Cloud Atlas (film), Cloud Atlas'', ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'', ''The Hunger Games (film series), The Hunger Games'', ''Isle of Dogs (film), Isle of Dogs'' and ''The Matrix Resurrections''. Today, Studio Babelsberg remains operational mainly for feature film productions. It also ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Speelmans
Hermann Speelmans (14 August 1906 – 9 February 1960) was a German stage and film actor.Capua p. 120 Selected filmography * '' Her Dark Secret'' (1929) - Emil * ''Diana'' (1930) * ''There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You'' (1930) * '' Danton'' (1931) - Legendre * ''The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) - Jim * ''Inquest'' (1931) - Bruno Klatte, Artist * ''Kinder vor Gericht'' (1931) - August Schulze, Vater * ''Checkmate'' (1931) - Markutius, pensionierter Kriminalbeamter * '' No More Love'' (1931) - Tom * '' The Battle of Bademunde'' (1931) - Hannes * ''Der Herr Finanzdirektor'' (1931) - Albert Boudaine * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) - Wachtmeister Killian * '' At Your Orders, Sergeant'' (1932) * '' Night Convoy'' (1932) - Banjospieler * '' Under False Flag'' (1932) - Kriminalkommissar Schulz * ''Crime Reporter Holm'' (1932) * ''A Shot at Dawn'' (1932) - Schmitter * '' Spoiling the Game'' (1932) - Erwin Banz - Rennfahrer * '' F.P.1'' (1932) - Chefingenieur Damsky * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curt Lucas
Curt Lucas (20 January 1888 – 12 September 1960) was a German stage, film and voice actor. Partial filmography * ''Wie das Schicksal spielt'' (1920) - Dr. Heinrich Jessen - Thoras Verlobter * ''A Shot at Dawn'' (1932) - Holzknecht * '' A Door Opens'' (1933) - Martin Fichtner, sein Kompagnon * ''Gold'' (1934) - (uncredited) * '' Herr Kobin geht auf Abenteuer'' (1934) - Kriminalrat Winkelmann * ''Madrigal'' (1935) * ''Augustus the Strong'' (1936) - Graf Hoym * ''Arzt aus Leidenschaft'' (1936) - Staatsanwalt * ''Moral'' (1936) - Direktor Bollandt * ''Truxa'' (1937) - Jimmy, Garvins Assistenz * ''The Glass Ball ''The Glass Ball'' () is a 1937 German drama film directed by Peter Stanchina and starring Albrecht Schoenhals, Sabine Peters, and Hilde von Stolz.Bock & Bergfelder p. 193 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Guelstorff an ...'' (1937) - Diener * ''Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit'' (1937) - Staatsanwalt * ''Mit versiegelter Order'' (1938) - Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Behmer
Ernst Behmer (22 December 1875 – 26 February 1938) was a prolific German stage and film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during the silent and early sound eras. Behmer was born in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia) and died in Berlin at age 62. Selected filmography * '' Ferdinand Lassalle'' (1918) * '' The Enchanted Princess'' (1919) * ''The Commandment of Love'' (1919) * '' State Attorney Jordan'' (1919) * ''Only a Servant'' (1919) * ''Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac'' (1920) * '' Kean'' (1921) * '' The Story of a Maid'' (1921) * '' The Golden Bullet'' (1921) * '' The Homecoming of Odysseus'' (1922) * '' A Woman, an Animal, a Diamond'' (1923) * '' By Order of Pompadour'' (1924) * '' The Girl with a Patron'' (1925) * '' Children of No Importance'' (1926) * '' The Armoured Vault'' (1926) * ''Watch on the Rhine'' (1926) * '' Love's Joys and Woes'' (1926) * '' The Violet Eater'' (1926) * '' Roses from the South'' (1926) * '' Sister Ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Vespermann
Kurt Vespermann (1 May 1887 – 13 July 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Career Vespermann was born into a theatrical family in Culmsee, West Prussia, Imperial Germany, now Chełmża, Poland. His great-grandparents were actors and directors at different operas and theatres. Vespermann began his career in 1913 at the Royal Schauspielhaus Berlin and first appeared in silent movies in 1915. Kurt Vespermann was married to actress Lia Eibenschütz and was the father of actor Gerd Vespermann. Vespermann died in 1957 and was buried at the ''Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis'' cemetery in Berlin. Selected filmography *1915: ''Manya, die Türkin'' *1915: ''Im Feuer der Schiffskanonen'' *1915: ''Police Nr. 1111'' - Baron von Bode *1916: ''Ein tolles Mädchen'' *1916: ''Stolz weht die Flagge schwarz-weiß-rot'' *1917: ''Das durfte nicht kommen'' *1917: ''Let There Be Light'' (part 1, 4) - Gerd *1917: ''Königliche Bettler'' *1917: ''Der Tod des Baumeisters Olsen'' (Short) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Tandar
Gerhard is a name of Germanic origin and may refer to: Given name * Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–1983), German World War II flying ace * Gerhard Berger (born 1959), Austrian racing driver * Gerhard Boldt (1918–1981), German soldier and writer * Gerhard de Beer (born 1994), South African football player * Gerhard Diephuis (1817–1892), Dutch jurist * Gerhard Domagk (1895–1964), German pathologist and bacteriologist and Nobel Laureate * Gerhard Dorn (c.1530–1584), Flemish philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile * Gerhard Ertl (born 1936), German physicist and Nobel Laureate * Gerhard Fieseler (1896–1987), German World War I flying ace * Gerhard Flesch (1909–1948), German Nazi Gestapo and SS officer executed for war crimes * Gerhard Gentzen (1909–1945), German mathematician and logician * Gerhard Armau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Salfner
Heinz Salfner (31 December 1877 – 13 October 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Salfner appeared in more than sixty films during his career. He played the lead in the 1932 crime film ''A Shot at Dawn''.Youngkin p.465 Selected filmography * '' The Skull of Pharaoh's Daughter'' (1920) * ''Youth'' (1922) * ''Judith'' (1923) * '' The Fifth Street'' (1923) * '' Time Is Money'' (1923) * '' The Beautiful Girl'' (1923) * '' Luther'' (1928) * '' Guilty'' (1928) * '' The Stranger'' (1931) * ''A Shot at Dawn'' (1932) * '' A Mad Idea'' (1932) * ''And the Plains Are Gleaming'' (1933) * ''Gold'' (1934) * ''I Love All the Women'' (1935) * '' I Was Jack Mortimer'' (1935) * ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1935) * '' Victoria in Dover'' (1936) * '' Tomfoolery'' (1936) * ''A Wedding Dream'' (1936) * '' Scandal at the Fledermaus'' (1936) * ''A Hoax'' (1936) * '' Donogoo Tonka'' (1936) * '' Love's Awakening'' (1936) * '' Togger'' (1937) * '' Five Million Look for an Heir'' (1938) * ''Marionette'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre (; born László Löwenstein, ; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, active first in Europe and later in the United States. Known for his timidly devious characters, his appearance, and accented voice, he was frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner. He has been caricatured throughout his life and his cultural legacy remains in media today. He began his stage career in Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, before moving to Germany, where he worked first on the stage, then in film, in Berlin during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Lorre, who was Jewish, left Germany after Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power. Lorre caused an international sensation in the Weimar Republic–era film ''M (1931 film), M'' (1931) where he portrayed a serial killer who preys on little girls. His second English-language film was Alfred Hitchcock's ''The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film), The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1934), made in the United K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Odemar
Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, West Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar Sr. (Karl Julius Friedrich Odemar; 1858–1926). Selected filmography * '' The Merry Vineyard'' (1927) - Knuzius, Klärchens Verlobter * '' The Devious Path'' (1928) - Möller, Regierungsrat * ''The Last Fort'' (1929) - Lieutenant Brand * '' Crucified Girl'' (1929) * '' Napoleon at Saint Helena'' (1929) - Lt. Nichols * '' Scandalous Eva'' (1930) - Lämmerberg * '' The Song Is Ended'' (1930) - Der Verlager / The Editor * ' (1930) * '' The Stolen Face'' (1930) - Hempel * ''Petit officier... Adieu!'' (1930) - Teschner * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931) - Fitzke * ''Madame Pompadour'' (1931) - Minister Maurepas * ''1914'' (1931) - Prince Lichnowsky * ''The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) * '' Three Days of Love'' (1931) * '' The Merry Wiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genia Nikolajewa
Genia Nikolajewa (1904–2001) was a Russian-born German actress who made films in several countries, notably in Germany where she appeared in films such as Robert Siodmak's 1932 comedy ''Quick''Alpi p.345 in a succession of supporting or minor roles. She later moved to Hollywood. She was sometimes credited as ''Genia Nikolaieva'' or ''Eugenia Nikolajewa''. Life Nikolaieva was born in St Petersburg to German-Russian parents, but moved to Germany at an early age. She starred in a series of stage revues which led to her being employed by the film industry. Because she was considered "Half-Jewish" (cf. Mischling) by the Nazis, she found it increasingly difficult to gain roles following the Nazi takeover of Germany and in 1938 she went into exile in Hollywood. As well as making occasionally films, she also worked for Warner Brothers in an administrative role. In 1937, she married the film editor Carl Forcht. Selected filmography * '' Shooting Festival in Schilda'' (1931) * ''Quick' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert O
Herbert may refer to: People * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, Northern Territory, a rural locality * Herbert, South Australia. former government town * Division of Herbert, an electoral district in Queensland * Herbert River, a river in Queensland * County of Herbert, a cadastral unit in South Australia Canada * Herbert, Saskatchewan, Canada, a town * Herbert Road, St. Albert, Canada New Zealand * Herbert, New Zealand, a town * Mount Herbert (New Zealand) United States * Herbert, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Herbert, Michigan, a former settlement * Herbert Creek, a stream in South Dakota * Herbert Island, Alaska Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Herbert (Disney character) * Herbert Pocket, a character in the Charles Dickens novel ''Great Expectations'' * Herbert West, title cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
