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Car-napping
''Car-napping'' is a German comedy about international car thieves from 1980 with Bernd Stephan and Anny Duperey. Story On returning from an extended vacation, designer Robert Mehring learns to his complete surprise that the company he used to work for does not exist anymore. The owner of the business, Benninger, has secretly liquidated it and fled abroad with Mehrings drafts. Mehring locates Benninger on the Côte d'Azur and confronts him – without any success. Later Mehring realizes that his Porsche 911 was stolen, including all his papers. The local police chief makes it clear that Mehring can't expect any help from the authorities. A short time later Mehring discovers his car in traffic and confronts the thieves, two Italians named Carlo and Mario, as they want to sell the 911 to a dealer. In return for not being reported to the police, the car thieves offer their cooperation. At first Mehring declines, but after learning that his former boss Benninger owns a car deal ...
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Anny Duperey
Anny Duperey (; born Annie Legras; 28 June 1947) is a French actress, published photographer and best-selling author with a career spanning almost six decades as of 2021 and more than eighty cinema or television credits, around thirty theatre productions and 15 books. She is a five-time Molière Award for Best Actress nominee (known as the French Tony Awards), was awarded two 7 d'Or (equivalent to the Emmy Awards) and was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress (known as the French Oscars) for Yves Robert's '' Pardon Mon Affaire'' (1976). In 1977, she received the awarded by the Académie Française. She is more commercially known for her leading role as Catherine Beaumont in the TF1 hit series '' Une famille formidable'' which ran for 15 seasons (1992-2018) regularly topping national primetime viewership numbers and also broadcast throughout French-speaking Europe peaking at 11 million viewers in France alone. Some of her most notable feature films includ ...
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Adrian Hoven
Adrian Hoven (18 May 1922 – 28 April 1981) was an Austrian actor, producer and film director. He appeared in 100 films between 1947 and 1981. He was born in Wöllersdorf, Austria as ''Wilhelm Arpad Hofkirchner'' and died in Tegernsee, West Germany. Selected filmography Actor * ''Quax in Africa'' (1947) - Statist (uncredited) * '' King of Hearts'' (1947) * '' Tromba'' (1949) - Rudy Walheim, Sportstudent * ''The Prisoner'' (1949) - Victor * ''Der Dorfmonarch'' (1950) - Stefan Wimpflinger - der Sohn * '' Who Is This That I Love?'' (1950) - Franz * '' The Orplid Mystery'' (1950) - (uncredited) * '' The White Hell of Pitz Palu'' (1950) - Peter Hofkirchner * '' Dr. Holl'' (1951) - Tonio / Gardener * ''Das seltsame Leben des Herrn Bruggs'' (1951) - Rupert - sein Sohn * ''Maria Theresa'' (1951) - Leutnant Cordona * ''Heimat, deine Sterne'' (1951) - Jagerloisl * '' Captive Soul'' (1952) * '' The White Adventure'' (1952) - Dr. Peter Wiedemann * '' I Can't Marry Them All'' (1952) - ...
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Ivan Desny
Ivan Desny (born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitsky; , 28 December 1922 – 13 April 2002) was a French actor of Russian Chinese origin. He had a lengthy career in French and German cinema, appearing in over 200 film and television roles over 50 years, and was a two-time German Film Award winner. Early life Desny was born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitsky () in Beijing, China. His Russian father, Nikolai Desnitsky, gained French citizenship and worked as a secretary at the French embassy. His mother was Swedish. Career Desny was a film actor. Bilingual in French and German, he acted in more than 150 films, both in Germany and France. In 1980, Desny received an honorary German Film Award for "his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years." Death Desny died in Ascona, Switzerland. Selected filmography * ''La fleur de l'âge'' (1947) * ''Bonheur en location'' (1949) - Gordon junior * '' Madeleine'' (1950) - Emile L'Anglier * ''Les mousquetaires ...
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Götz Kauffmann
Götz Kauffmann (15 January 1949 – 26 January 2010) was an Austrian stage, film and television actor, cabaret artist and writer. Life Gottfried Maria Kauffman was born in the fifteenth district of Vienna. His father was the noted Vienna organ builder, Johann M. Kauffmann (1910-1965). The Kauffmanns had indeed been active in Vienna as organ builders since 1877: between 1964 and 1968 Götz Kauffmann also studied as an apprentice to master the craft. He then decided to pursue a career not as an organ builder but as an actor and cabaret artist. Kauffmann undertook his drama training at Vienna's Max Reinhardt Seminar where he completed the four-year course in 1972. Early theatre engagements took him to the Salzburger Landestheater and then, in 1977, to the Raimund Theater and the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. He reached a wider audience through appearances in several long running television series such as "Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter" (''loosely "You ca ...
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Eddie Constantine
Eddie Constantine (born Israel Constantine; October 29, 1913 – February 25, 1993) was an American singer, actor and entertainer who spent most of his career in France. He became well-known to film audiences for his portrayal of secret agent Lemmy Caution and other, similar pulp heroes in French B-movies of the 1950s and 1960s. His celebrity and status as something of a pop icon saw him work with prominent arthouse directors like Jean-Luc Godard (as Caution in ''Alphaville (film), Alphaville'' and ''Germany Year 90 Nine Zero''), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (as himself in ''Beware of a Holy Whore'' 1971 and also ''World on a Wire''), Jesús Franco, Agnès Varda, Rosa von Praunheim, Lars von Trier, William Klein (photographer), William Klein and Mika Kaurismäki. Early life Constantine was born Israel Constantine"California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL4-VY1T : 1 March 2021), Israel Con ...
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Adolfo Celi
Adolfo Celi (; 27 July 1922 – 19 February 1986) was an Italian film actor and director. Born in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 films, specialising in international villains. Although a prominent actor in Italian cinema and famed for many roles, he is best remembered internationally for his portrayal of Emilio Largo in the 1965 James Bond film '' Thunderball''. Celi later spoofed his ''Thunderball'' role in the film '' OK Connery'' (aka ''Operation Double 007'') opposite Sean Connery's brother, Neil Connery. Life and career Celi became a film actor in post-war Italy. He left the Italian film industry when he emigrated to Brazil where he co-founded the Teatro Brasileiro de Comédia along with the Brazilian stage greats Paulo Autran and Tônia Carrero in São Paulo. He was successful as a stage actor in Argentina and Brazil. He directed three films in South America in the 1950s, including the Brazilian hit '' Tico-Tico no Fubá'' in 1952. Celi ...
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Gernot Roll
Gernot Roll (9 April 193912 November 2020) was a German cinematographer, film director and script writer. He collaborated on several films with directors Edgar Reitz and Sönke Wortmann. He was regarded as an expert on literary adaptations and film biographies, such as '' The Buddenbrooks'', filming Thomas Mann's novel in eleven television episodes directed by Franz Peter Wirth, and the same work again in 2008 in the film directed by Heinrich Breloer. Life Roll was born in Dresden and grew up in Pirna. At the age of 14 he began training as a cameraman and then worked at the DEFA Studios in Berlin-Babelsberg. His first film as a camera assistant was the fairy tale film '' The Singing Ringing Tree''. In 1960 he went to West Germany to work at Bavaria Film in Munich. He filmed literary works such as ', and television series such as '' Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre'' and '' Tatort''. From 1976, he worked as a freelance cinematographer. He was considered an expert in literar ...
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Sam Spence
Samuel Lloyd Spence (March 29, 1927February 6, 2016) was an American soundtrack composer best known for his work with NFL Films. His music has also been in the EA Sports ''Madden NFL'' football video games and many football-related commercials. His music has gained more widespread notoriety for its frequent use in the soundtracks of other films and television series. Biography Spence was born in San Francisco and attended the University of Southern California. In 1966, while working as a music instructor in Munich, he was hired to score the mini-documentaries that conveyed National Football League highlights and personalities to fans in the network-television era. His music cues, combined with the voices of announcers Pat Summerall, Tom Brookshier, Charlie Jones (sportscaster), Charlie Jones, John Facenda and Harry Kalas, created the trademark style of the NFL's sports highlights films. Initially, Mahlon Merrick was asked to provide scores for NFL Films. Merrick asked his friend ...
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German Heist Films
German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman era) *German diaspora * German language * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (disambiguat ...
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1980 Comedy Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and regent ...
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Films Set In Italy
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ...
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Films Set On The French Riviera
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of Visual arts, visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, Sound film, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual Recording medium, medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to ...
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