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Adolf Fischer (actor)
Adolf Fischer (18 November 1900 – 21 October 1984) was a German actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1931 to 1977. Selected filmography References External links * 1900 births 1984 deaths German male film actors {{Germany-film-actor-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odessa
ODESSA is an American codename (from the German language, German: ''Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen'', meaning: Organization of Former SS Members) coined in 1946 to cover Ratlines (World War II aftermath), Nazi underground escape-plans made at the end of World War II by a group of ''SS'' officers with the aim of facilitating secret escape routes, and any directly ensuing arrangements. The concept of the existence of an actual ODESSA organisation has circulated widely in fictional Spy fiction, spy novels and movies, including Frederick Forsyth's best-selling 1972 thriller ''The Odessa File''. The escape-routes have become known as "Ratlines (World War II), ratlines". Known goals of elements within the ''SS'' included allowing ''SS'' members to escape to Argentina or to the Middle East under false passports. Although an unknown number of wanted Nazis and war criminals escaped Germany and often Europe, most experts deny that an organisation called ODESSA ever existed. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uproar In Damascus
''Uproar in Damascus'' (German: ''Aufruhr in Damaskus'') is a 1939 German thriller film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Hans Nielsen. It is set during the First World War with German troops battling the Arab Revolt led by Lawrence of Arabia and the British.Richards, Jeffrey. ''Visions of Yesterday''. Routledge, 1973. p. 356. The film was officially honored as "artistically valuable" (''künstlerisch wertvoll'') and having "special political value" (''staatspolitisch wertvoll''). It was made at the Marienfelde Studios in Berlin with extensive location shooting in Italian-ruled Libya, particularly around the capital Tripoli. The film's sets were 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 Karl B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1900 Births
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2100. Summary Political and military The year 1900 was the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Two days into the new year, the U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy regarding China, advocating for equal access for all nations to the Chinese market. The Galveston hurricane would become the deadliest natural disaster in United States history, killing between 6,000 and 12,000 people, mostly in and near Galveston, Texas, as well as leaving 10,000 people homeless, destroying 7,000 buildings of all kinds in Galveston. As of 2025, it remains the fourth deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. An ongoing Boxer Rebellion in China escalates with multiple attacks by the Boxers on Chines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incorrigible Barbara
''The Incorrigible Barbara'' () is a 1977 East German drama film written and directed by Lothar Warneke. It was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Cox Habbema as Barbara * Peter Aust as Herbert * Hertha Thiele as Schwiegermutter * Werner Godemann as Ferdinand * Eberhard Esche Eberhard Esche (October 25, 1933 in Leipzig – May 15, 2006 in Berlin) was a German film and television actor. He studied at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig. He appeared in the following: *'' For Eyes Only'' (1961) *''Nebel'' (1963) *'' Divided ... as Ekki * Adolf Fischer * Renate Krößner * Lothar Warneke References External links * 1977 films 1977 drama films East German films German drama films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Lothar Warneke 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solange Leben In Mir Ist
Solange Leben in mir ist (English: As Long As There's Life in Me) is a 1965 German biopic from the East German state-owned DEFA studios and director Günter Reisch following the life of the German communist leader Karl Liebknecht during the first half of World War I. It is the first part in a two-part film series about Liebknecht directed by Reisch, starring Horst Schulze as Karl Liebknecht and Lyudmila Kasyanova as Sophie Liebknecht. It is followed by the 1972 sequel '' Trotz alledem!'' (English: In Spite of Everything!) which follows Liebknecht's life during the second half of the war and beyond. Plot The film opens in Berlin in 1914, as Germany is preparing for World War I. Liebknecht (Schulze) receives a call from a fellow lawyer and revolutionary, Mr. Rauch, that documents have been found proving the German heavy arms industry's secret involvement in the buildup to the war. He brings these documents to a meeting of the Reichstag, accusing Gustav Krupp and his company of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quax In Africa
''Quax in Africa'' () is a German comedy adventure film produced from 1943–1944 and released in 1947, directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler, and Lothar Firmans. It is a sequel to the 1941 film '' Quax the Crash Pilot''. Plot The year is ''circa'' 1932, and the initial setting is Bavaria, Germany. The novice aviator Otto Groschenbügel, nicknamed Quax (see the previous film '' Quax the Crash Pilot''), has advanced to become a professional flying instructor at the Flying School of Bergried. Although by nature a congenial fellow, he decides to adopt an authoritarian manner when learning of his pupils' unruly womanising. However his stern lectures that women have no place on an aerodrome are undermined when his friend Marianne unexpectedly visits him, and even more so when two female trainee pilots are assigned to him. Soon, the flying school's chief instructor announces that the ''Europaflug'' contest (an air rallye from Germany via Spain to Africa a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somewhere In Berlin
''Somewhere in Berlin'' () is a film produced in the Soviet occupation zone of Allied-occupied Germany, the area that later became East Germany. It was released in 1946, and was the third DEFA film. It sold 4,179,651 tickets. It was part of the group of rubble films made in the aftermath of the Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo .... Cast * Harry Hindemith – Iller * Hedda Sarnow – Frau Iller * – Gustav Iller * Hans Trinkhaus – Willi, sein Freund * Siegfried Utecht – „Kapitän“ * Hans Leibelt – Eckmann * Paul Bildt – Birke * Fritz Rasp – Waldemar * Walter Bluhm – Onkel Kale * – Frau Steidel Plot A group of children play in the ruins of Berlin after World War II. One boy's father comes home from a POW camp. The boy is sad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Renz (1943 Film)
''Circus Renz'' () is a 1943 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring René Deltgen, Paul Klinger and Angelika Hauff. It is a circus film, made as a deliberately escapist release at a time when the Second World War was starting to turn against Germany and its allies. The film takes its title from the real Circus Renz and is loosely based on the career of its founder Ernst Renz. It premiered at Berlin's UFA-Palast am Zoo in September 1943. It was a major commercial success. It was made partly at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht. Location shooting took place around Breslau in Silesia. Cast *René Deltgen as Ernst Renz * Paul Klinger as Harms * Angelika Hauff as Bettina Althoff * Alice Treff as Frau von Grunau * Fritz Odemar as Herr von Grunau * Herbert Hübner as Circus Master Déjean * Willi Rose as Schwenz * Ernst Waldow as Polizeirat Bastian * Werner Pledath as The King *Rudolf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Crippen (1942 Film)
''Doctor Crippen'' or ''Doctor Crippen on Board'' () is a 1942 German crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Rudolf Fernau, René Deltgen, and . It was shot at the Barrandov and Hostivar Studios in Prague. The film's sets were 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 Artur Günther and Willi Eplinius. Cast References External links * Films of Nazi Germany German historical films German crime films German black-and-white films 1942 crime films 1940s historical films Films directed by Erich Engels Films set in London Seafaring films Films set in the 1910s Crime films based on actual events 1940s German-language films 1940s German films Films scored by Bernhard Eichhorn German-language crime films {{19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beloved World
''Beloved World'' () is a 1942 German romantic comedy film directed by Emil Burri and starring Brigitte Horney, Willy Fritsch, and Paul Dahlke.Hake p. 195 It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no .... Plot Director General Dr. Blohm and his secretary Karin Hanke are both unmarried and a close-knit couple at work. Professionally, the two play perfectly hand in hand. Since both of them have no private commitments, they focus exclusively on their professional activities. When the two are seen in public, where they inevitably go out together in the evenings, those around them suspect that the two are a couple. One day, Blohm's friend Strickbach, who of course knows that the two are not together, asks Blohm why he actually doesn' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stukas (film)
''Stukas'' is a 1941 Nazi propaganda film, directed by Karl Ritter and starring Carl Raddatz, which follows three squadrons of Luftwaffe dive-bomber ( Stuka) flyers. Plot and themes The plot largely alternates between combat and lulls in combat,Rotherp. 357 with the exception of two narratives. In one, three of the flyers who have been shot down behind enemy lines make their way back to the German position, finally succeeding after one of them manages to talk a French unit into capitulating. In the other, a shell-shocked flyer whose doctor has prescribed "a profound experience" recovers the will to fight when he hears "Siegfried's Rhine Journey" during a performance of Wagner's ''Götterdämmerung'' at the Bayreuth Festival.Rotherp. 358Howard K. Smith, ''Last Train from Berlin'', New York: Knopf, 1942, p. 157 quoted in Rolf Giesen, ''Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography'', Jefferson, North Carolina / London: McFarland, 2003, p. 82 (He has a flashback to his commander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoulder Arms (1939 Film)
''Shoulder Arms'' (German: ''Das Gewehr über'') is a 1939 German drama film directed by Jürgen von Alten and starring F.W. Schröder-Schrom, Rolf Moebius and Rudi Godden. It was based on a novel by Wolfgang Marken. The film's German title refers to a word of command in the German drill book. A German emigrant to Australia becomes concerned that his son has been too strongly influenced by the democratic, permissive attitudes of the country and decides to send him back to Germany for military service. While his son at first resents and resists his new lifestyle, he is eventually converted to the cause of Nazi Germany.Richards p.325 The film was made as a piece of propaganda to support the policies of the Nazi regime. It was one of a growing number of films of the late 1930s that were disparaging of life in the British Empire on the eve of the Second World War. Plot Cast * F.W. Schröder-Schrom Hartwig sen. * Rolf Möbius as Paul Hartwig * Rudi Godden as Gestütaufse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
