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Benjamin Sadler
Benjamin Sadler (born Benjamin Klimaschewski; 12 February 1971) is a German actor. Biography Sadler was born in Toronto, Canada, the son of a German graphic designer and a British teacher. He lived in Canada until he was five. In 1976 he moved with his parents to Germany. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, his career as actor started in 1994 with roles in German thrillers such as ''Wolffs Revier'' and ''SK-Babies''. In 2001 he appeared in the German-Italian film ''Maria Magdalena'' in the role as John the Baptist beside Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Danny Quinn. In 2002 he worked on two further religious films: '' The Bible – The Apocalypse'' with Richard Harris and '' Luther'' with Joseph Fiennes and Sir Peter Ustinov. He also appeared as the young emperor Augustus (Peter O'Toole was the emperor in later life). In 2006 he played the part of a physician in the film ''Dresden''. In 2007 he starred as a lawyer and father of a thalidomide-disabled daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada and the List of North American cities by population, fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with Toronto ravine system, rivers, deep ravines, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bambi Award
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book '' Bambi, A Life in the Woods'' and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen. Frequent awardees include Heinz Rühmann (12), Peter Alexander and O. W. Fischer (10), Sophia Loren (9), Maria Schell (8). Rock Hudson (6), Franz Beckenbauer, Pierre Brice (5), and Céline Dion (3). History The Bambi originate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Within The Whirlwind
''Within the Whirlwind'' is a 2009 German film directed by Marleen Gorris and based on the autobiographical book ' by Yevgenia Ginzburg. It stars Emily Watson and Pam Ferris.http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/within-the-whirlwind-v509053 Watson has described the film as "the most stretching thing I’ve done as a mature actress." Plot During Joseph Stalin's Great Purge, literature professor Yevgenia Ginzburg is falsely convicted of anti-Soviet agitation and sentenced to 10 years hard labor in a Soviet forced labour camp. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets Dr. Anton Walter, a Crimea German political prisoner who is a doctor in a Kolyma gulag labor camp. He recommends her for a position as a nurse in the camp infirmary. They fall in love and, slowly, Evgenia begins to come back to life. Cast *Emily Watson as Yevgenia Ginzburg *Pam Ferris as Genia's mother *Ian Hart as Beylin *Ben Miller as Krasny *Ulrich Tukur as Dr. Anton Walter Distribution As of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impact (miniseries)
''Impact'' is a 2009 Canadian action disaster miniseries directed by Mike Rohl, written by Michael Vickerman and distributed by Tandem Communications, starring David James Elliott, Natasha Henstridge, Benjamin Sadler, Steven Culp, James Cromwell and Florentine Lahme as the story shows about a meteor shower which eventually sends the Moon on a collision course with Earth. The two-part (Episodes were called Nights) mini-series premiered February 14 and 15, 2009 on the Canadian premium television channel Super Channel and was also shown on ABC on June 21 and 28, 2009 and on Alpha TV in September 2011. Plot During a meteor shower said to be the most spectacular in 10,000 years, an asteroid hidden by the meteor field strikes the Moon. Fragments of the asteroid and of the Moon itself penetrate Earth's atmosphere and make impact. The initial damage is minimal, though significant physical damage to the lunar surface can be seen from Earth. Experts believe that the Moon has stabili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War And Peace (2007 Miniseries)
''War and Peace'' (french: Guerre et Paix, it, Guerra e pace) is a 2007 French-Italian miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm. It was broadcast in Italy (Rai 1), Belgium (RTBF), in France (France 2) and in Russia ( Telekanal Rossiya) in four parts during October and November 2007. It was inspired by Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel ''War and Peace'', which also is divided into four parts. The actors are of different nationalities. Cast * Alexander Beyer as Pierre Bezukhov * Clémence Poésy as Natasha Rostova * Alessio Boni as Andrei Bolkonsky * Malcolm McDowell as Prince Bolkonsky, The father * Andrea Giordana as Count Rostov * Brenda Blethyn as Márja Dmitriyevna Achrosímova * Violante Placido as Helene Kuragina * Toni Bertorelli as Vasily Kuragin * Hannelore Elsner as Countess Rostova * Benjamin Sadler as Dolokhov * Pilar Abella as Mademoiselle Bourienne * Ken Duken as Anatole Kuragin * Hary Prinz as Denisov * Vladimir Ilyin as Kutuzov * Dimitri Isayev as Nikolai Rostov * Valent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onorio Longhi
Onorio Longhi (1568–1619) was an Italian architect, the father of Martino Longhi the Younger and the son of Martino Longhi the Elder. Born in Viggiù, Lombardy, Longhi began as assistant for his father, and inherited the latter's commission at his death in 1591. He is described by contemporary sources as a ruthless figure, a companion of Caravaggio, together with whom he was tried for homicide in Rome in 1606, and subsequently exiled. Returning to Lombardy he executed several unfinished plans for the Duomo of Milan and other churches, until a Papal amnesty allowed him to come back to Rome in 1611. Here he designed the first plan for the Milanese national church in Rome, San Carlo al Corso, which was completed by his son and by Pietro da Cortona. Other Longhi's works include the church of Santa Maria Liberatrice in the Roman Forum (later destroyed by the excavations which brought to light Santa Maria Antiqua Santa Maria Antiqua ( en, Ancient Church of Saint Mary) is a R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caravaggio (2007 Film)
''Caravaggio'' is a 2007 Italian television miniseries directed by Angelo Longoni. The film is based on real life events of Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Cast * Alessio Boni as Caravaggio * Elena Sofia Ricci as Costanza Colonna * Jordi Mollà as Francesco Maria del Monte * Claire Keim as Fillide Melandroni * Paolo Briguglia as Mario Minniti * Benjamin Sadler as Onorio Longhi * Sarah Felberbaum as Lena * Maurizio Donadoni as Ranuccio Tomassoni * Maria Elena Vandone as Beatrice Cenci * Luigi Diberti as Scipione Borghese * Ruben Rigillo as Fabrizio Colonna * Joachim Bißmeier Joachim Bißmeier (born 22 November 1936 in Bonn, Germany) is a German actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern ... as Cardinal Gonzaga References External links * {{Authority control Caravaggio 2000s Italian television miniseri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dresden (2006 Film)
''Dresden'' is a 2006 German television film directed by Roland Suso Richter Roland Suso Richter (born January 7, 1961 in Marburg) is a German film director and producer. Biography Richter was born in Marburg and lived there until making his Abitur in 1980 at the local Elisabethschule. Wanting to pursue a film career, .... It is set during the bombing of Dresden in World War II. This romance movie takes place during the historical Anglo-American bombing of the city of Dresden in February 1945. It was produced by the ZDF, a German Public Television Programme, and was originally split in two parts of 90 minutes each. A cinema version was then released in 2010. The film was inspired by Jörg Friedrich's book "The Fire". The €10 million production was shot on original locations in Dresden and Chemnitz. Plot Anna ( Felicitas Woll), daughter of a wealthy hospital director, works as a nurse along with her father and her future husband, Doctor Alexander ( Benjamin Sadler). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spuk Am Tor Der Zeit
''Spuk am Tor der Zeit'' ( en, Spook at the gate of time) is the conclusion of the trilogy ''The Mummy of Roggelin''. The children's series based on the "Spooky" series by Günter Meyer is thus the continuation of '' Spuk im Reich der Schatten'' (''Ghost in the Realm of Shadows''). Synopsis Marko (13) experiences a fantastic adventure. He lives in a village and makes a huge discovery in the cemetery. From a family vault, he is drawn into a time tunnel and lands in 1766. There, he meets one of his ancestors, who is only thirteen years old himself. Both are confused, and thus begins their adventure. Episodes #The gate in the time #The big game #Butterflies in the hay #Tree of Remembrance See also *'' Spuk aus der Gruft'' (1997) *'' Spuk im Reich der Schatten'' (2000) *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2017–2019) * '' Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Latin: ''Octavianus''), was the founder of the Roman Empire. He reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The reign of Augustus initiated an imperial cult, as well as an era associated with imperial peace (the ''Pax Romana'' or ''Pax Augusta'') in which the Roman world was largely free of armed conflict (aside from expansionary wars and the Year of the Four Emperors, the latter of which occurring after Augustus' reign). The Principate system of government was established during his reign and lasted until the Crisis of the Third Century. Octavian was born into an equestrian branch of the plebeian ''gens'' Octavia. His maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, and Octavian was named in Caesar's will as his adopted son and heir; as a result, he inherited Caesar's name, estate, and the loyalty of his le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Spalatin
Georg(e) Spalatin () was the pseudonym taken by Georg Burkhardt (; 17 January 1484 – 16 January 1545), a German humanist, theologian, reformer, secretary of the Saxon Elector Frederick the Wise, as well as an important figure in the history of the Reformation. Biography Burkhardt was born at Spalt (from which he took the Latinized name "Spalatinus"), near Nuremberg, where his father was a tanner. He went to Nuremberg for his education when he was thirteen years of age, and soon afterward to the University of Erfurt, he received his bachelor's degree in 1499. There he attracted the notice of Nikolaus Marschalk, the university's most influential professor, who made Spalatin his amanuensis and took him to the new University of Wittenberg in 1502. There he lived in quarters on the Schlossplatz just east of Schlosskirche, Wittenberg.Plaque commemorating Spalatin, Wittenberg In 1505 Spalatin returned to Erfurt to study jurisprudence. He was recommended to Conrad Mutianus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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