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Anton Profes
Anton Profes (1896–1976) was an Austrian composer.von Dassanowsky p.98 Selected filmography * '' Josef the Chaste'' (1930) * '' Suburban Cabaret'' (1935) * '' The Eternal Mask'' (1935) * '' Hannerl and Her Lovers'' (1936) * ''The Postman from Longjumeau'' (1936) * '' The Empress's Favourite '' (1936) * '' Talking About Jacqueline'' (1937) * ''Linen from Ireland'' (1939) * '' The Eternal Spring'' (1940) * '' Everything for Gloria'' (1941) * ''Destiny'' (1942) * ''The White Dream'' (1943) * '' The Queen of the Landstrasse'' (1948) * ''Maresi'' (1948) * '' Vagabonds'' (1949) * '' Your Heart Is My Homeland'' (1953) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1953) * '' Victoria in Dover'' (1954) * '' The Red Prince'' (1954) * '' Sissi'' (1955) * '' Sissi – The Young Empress'' (1956) * '' Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress'' (1957) * ''Gustav Adolf's Page ''Gustav Adolf's Page'' (german: Gustav Adolfs Page) is a 1960 German-Austrian historical adventure film directed by Rolf Hansen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen Of The Landstrasse
''The Queen of the Landstrasse'' (German: ''Königin der Landstrasse'') is a 1948 Austrian romance film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Angelika Hauff, Rudolf Prack and Hermann Erhardt.Dassanowsky p.130 The film's sets were designed by art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff. Cast * Angelika Hauff as Flora Giebel genannt "Lulu" * Rudolf Prack as Michael von Dornberg * Hermann Erhardt as Johannes Giebel * Ditta Donnah as Nellie Giebel * Albin Skoda as Alfredo * Karl Skraup as Niko * Dagny Servaes as Regina von Dornberg, Michaels Tante * Karl Günther Karl Günther (25 November 1885 – 27 June 1951) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Masked Ones'' (1920) * ''The Riddle of the Sphinx'' (1921) * '' The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * '' The Call of Destiny'' (1922) * ... * Petra Trautmann as Gaby References Bibliography * Robert Dassanowsky. ''Austrian Cinema: A History''. McFarland, 2005. External links * 1948 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Male Composers
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1976 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party (1976), Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Adolf's Page
''Gustav Adolf's Page'' (german: Gustav Adolfs Page) is a 1960 German-Austrian historical adventure film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Liselotte Pulver, Curd Jürgens, and Ellen Schwiers.Bock & Bergfelder, p. 298 It is based on the 1882 novel by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna and on location in the Bavarian town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth, Leo Metzenbauer Leo Metzenbauer (15 January 1910 – 10 April 1993) was an Austrian art director.Kaul p.28 Selected filmography * '' Daughter of the Regiment'' (1953) * '' The Schimeck Family'' (1957) * ''The Forests Sing Forever'' (1959) * '' Gustav Adolf's ... and . Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1960 films 1960s historical drama films Austrian historical drama films German historical drama films West German films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Rolf Hansen Films base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissi – Fateful Years Of An Empress
''Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress'' (german: Sissi – Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin) is a 1957 Austrian film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth and Josef Meinrad, costumes by (Gerda Gottschlich). It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. It is the last film in the ''Sissi'' trilogy, following '' Sissi'' (1955) and ''Sissi – The Young Empress'' (1956). The director Ernst Marischka planned a fourth film, but Schneider refused to play ''Sissi'' any longer. She appeared 15 years later again as Empress Elisabeth in Luchino Visconti's 1972 film ''Ludwig''. Plot Empress Elisabeth of Austria, nicknamed Sissi, enjoys travelling in Hungary. She welcomes the politically valuable friendship of Count Andrássy, but when he confesses he is in love with her, she returns to Vienna lest the relationship become too intimate. Her time in Hungary is only a temporary relief from the frustrations of cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissi – The Young Empress
''Sissi – The Young Empress'' (german: Sissi – Die junge Kaiserin) is a 1956 Austrian film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz, Gustav Knuth, Vilma Degischer and Josef Meinrad. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. It is the second film in the ''Sissi'' trilogy, following '' Sissi'' and preceding '' Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress''. This movie in three parts tells the famous story of the Empress of Austria best known as Sissi. Plot Sissi slowly adapts to life as empress of Austria, but her mother-in-law is hard to live with. Archduchess Sophie adheres to the long-established rules protocol and etiquette, and constantly interferes not only with the emperor's government of the empire but in his family life as well. When Sissi's first child is born, the Archduchess Sophie insists on taking away the child to raise her, because she feels Sissi is too young and unqualified to do so. Sophie also feel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissi (film)
''Sissi'' is a 1955 Austrian film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz, Gustav Knuth, Vilma Degischer and Josef Meinrad. ''Sissi'' is the first installment in the trilogy of films about Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who was known to her family as "Sisi". It was followed by '' The Young Empress'' and '' Fateful Years of an Empress''. Plot Princess Elisabeth, nicknamed "Sissi", is the second oldest daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She is a carefree, impulsive and nature-loving child. She is raised with her seven siblings at the family seat Possenhofen Castle on the shores of Lake Starnberg in Bavaria. She has a happy childhood free of constraints associated with her royal status. With her mother and her demure older sister Helene (called "Néné"), 16-year-old Sissi travels from Possenhofen to the spa town of Bad Ischl in Upper Austria. Ludovika's sister, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Prince (film)
''The Red Prince'' (German: ''Der rote Prinz'') is a 1954 Austrian-West German historical drama film directed by Hans Schott-Schöbinger and Franz Antel and starring Inge Egger, Peter Pasetti and Richard Häussler.Fritsche p.250 It is based on the story of Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria. It was shot at the Thalerhof Studios in Graz and on location in a variety of sites including the Schönbrunn Palace, Bad Aussee and Gmunden. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eduard Stolba. Synopsis Archduke Johann Salvator, a member of the Habsburg Family and an officer serving in the Austrian Army causes a scandal by falling in love with and marrying the dancer Milly Stubel. Condemned as insane by his family and confined in the Schloss Ort in rural Austria, he manages to escape with his wife to Genoa where he renounces all his titles and calls himself Johann Orth. They plan to sail away to start a new life away from the conventions of Vienna, but a courtier seek vengean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria In Dover (1954 Film)
''Victoria in Dover'' (aka ''The Story of Vickie'') (German title: ') is a 1954 Austrian historical romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Adrian Hoven and Magda Schneider.Fritsche p. 62 It is a remake of the 1936 Erich Engel film '' Victoria in Dover'', which was based on a 1932 play by Sil-Vara. Romy Schneider's performance as a spirited young royal was a lead-in to her best known role in '' Sissi'' and its sequels, although Marischka had originally intended to cast Sonja Ziemann as Victoria. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff. Synopsis After her Prime Minister Lord Melbourne arranges a marriage for her with the German Prince Albert Prince Albert most commonly refers to: *Albert, Prince Consort (1819–1861), consort of Queen Victoria *Albert II, Prince of Monaco (born 1958), present head of state of Monaco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandstand For General Staff (1953 Film)
''Grandstand for General Staff'' (German: ''Der Feldherrnhügel'') is a 1953 Austrian comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Annemarie Düringer, Adrienne Gessner and Hans Holt. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff. Cast *Annemarie Düringer as Countess Julia Kopsch-Grantignan *Adrienne Gessner as Countess Kopsch-Grantignan, her mother *Hans Holt as First lieutenant Geza von Hajos *Harry Hardt as Captain von Mirkowitsch *Susi Nicoletti as Mrs. von Mirkowitsch *Paul Hörbiger as Colonel von Leuckfeld *Loni Heuser as his wife * Fred Liewehr as Erzherzog Karl Viktor * Wolfgang Lukschy as aide-de-camp von Lützelburg * Rolf Möbius as Duke Karl Eberhard *Alfred Neugebauer as Excellency von Hechendorf *Svet Petrovich as Colonel Esterhazy * Karl Schwetter as First lieutenant Riedl, Adjutant *Franz Böheim as Ulan Nepalek * Heinz Conrads as Ulan Lamatsch *Ernst Waldbrunn a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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