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Abschied
''Farewell'' (German: ''Abschied'') is a 1930 German comedy drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Brigitte Horney, Aribert Mog and Emilia Unda. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Knaake. Plot Peter Winkler and his fiancee Hella live together in Berlin, in a guesthouse called "Splendide", run by Mrs Weber. Peter and Hella seem to be the only happy people in the house, all others are misfits of various kinds. One day, Peter is offered a well paid position in Dresden. He is hoping that with greater professional success he will finally be able to marry Hella. In this joyful mood he tells the other guests about the news, but not Hella, who he wants to surprise. Unfortunately some of the guests can't keep a secret and so Hella learns of the news. She in turn doesn't tell Peter that she already had a dress and a hat laid away in a local store, without having the required amount of money. In this diffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Ziegler
Martha Ziegler (; 20 March 1899 – 2 December 1957) was a German actress. Life Martha Ziegler was born in the German Empire in Darmstadt on March 20, 1899. After completing her high school education, she attended drama school in Frankfurt, and then found acting work in a series of roles over the years at Berlin's Schiller Theater and in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, and Frankfurt am Main. In 1928, she was awarded legal protection against the Landestheater Darmstadt. By the time she was in her early 30s, she was steadily employed in Germany's movie business, making an average of three to four films per year. In 1930, she appeared in ''Abschied'', the first sound film produced by UFA (Universum Film). As a member of record of the Genossenschaft Deutscher Bühnenangehöriger (" Guild of the German Stage"), she automatically became a member of arts groups which were strongly tied to Joseph Goebbels when the GDBA and similar organizations were forceably merged into the Reichsfilmkammer u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |