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Christian Redl
Christian Redl (born 20 April 1948) is a German actor and singer. Life Christian Redl is the son of a teacher. He grew up in Kassel, trained from 1967 to 1970 at the Schauspielschule Bochum and was then engaged in theatres in Wuppertal, Frankfurt, Bremen, and Hamburg, where he worked with Claus Peymann, Luc Bondy, and Peter Zadek. In 1986, he starred in his first big role in a cinema production, which is Uwe Schrader's '. He became well-known in the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s for films by Bernd Schadewald, especially for his lead role in the 1990 TV film ', for which he earned the Grimme-Preis and for the 1994 film ', for which he was nominated for a Telestar award. Along with his theatre work, there were more TV productions, in which he worked with Matti Geschonneck holding a special place: ''Der Rosenmörder'', ''Ein mörderischer Plan'', and ''Späte Rache''. Two more cinema productions were ''Lea'' directed by Ivan Fíla and ' directed by Hermine Hunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig (, , ; da, Slesvig; South Jutlandic: ''Sljasvig''; nds, Sleswig; archaic English: ''Sleswick'') is a town in the northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the '' Kreis'' (district) Schleswig-Flensburg. It has a population of about 27,000, the main industries being leather and food processing. It takes its name from the Schlei, an inlet of the Baltic sea at the end of which it sits, and ''vik'' or ''vig'' which means "bay" in Old Norse and Danish. Schleswig or Slesvig therefore means "bay of the Schlei". History The Viking settlement of Hedeby, located south of the modern town, was first mentioned in 804. It was a powerful settlement in the Baltic region, dominating the area for more than 200 years. In 1050, following several destructions, the population was moved to the opposite shore of the Schlei, becoming the city of Schleswig. In 1066 Hedeby was finally destroyed, and Schleswig remained as a part of the Danish kingdom. In 1544 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Jodl
Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (; 10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German ''Generaloberst'' who served as the chief of the Operations Staff of the '' Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' – the German Armed Forces High Command – throughout World War II. After the war, Jodl was indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression, war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Allied-organised Nuremberg trials. The principal charges against him related to his signature of the criminal Commando and Commissar Orders. Found guilty on all charges, he was sentenced to death and executed in Nuremberg in 1946. Early life and career Alfred Jodl was educated at a military cadet school in Munich, from which he graduated in 1910. Ferdinand Jodl, who would also become an army general, was his younger brother. The philosopher and psychologist Friedrich Jodl at the University of Vienna, was his uncle. Jodl was raised Roman C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Threepenny Opera
''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a " play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt Weill. Although there is debate as to how much, if any, Hauptmann might have contributed to the text, Brecht is usually listed as sole author. The work offers a socialist critique of the capitalist world. It opened on 31 August 1928 at Berlin's Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. Songs from ''The Threepenny Opera'' have been widely covered and become standards, most notably "" ("The Ballad of Mack the Knife") and "" (" Pirate Jenny"). Background Origins In the winter of 1927–28, Elizabeth Hauptmann, Brecht's lover at the time, received a copy of Gay's play from friends in England and, fascinated by the female characters and its critique of the condition of the London poor, began translating it into German. Brecht at first took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deathmaker
''Deathmaker'' () is a 1995 German film directed by Romuald Karmakar and starring Götz George, Jürgen Hentsch and Pierre Franckh. The film is based on the transcripts of the interrogation of the notorious serial killer Fritz Haarmann. The film received several awards and nominations. The film was awarded the Deutscher Filmpreis Best Feature Film, Deutscher Filmpreis Best Direction and Deutscher Filmpreis Best Actor in 1996. Götz George also won the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival for his role. It was chosen as Germany's official submission to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Götz George - Fritz Haarmann * Jürgen Hentsch - Prof. Dr. Ernst Schultze * Pierre Franckh - Stenograph * Hans-Michael Rehberg Hans-Michael Rehberg (2 April 1938 – 7 November 2017) was a German actor. Biography Rehberg, born in Fürstenwal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg Kammerspiele
The Hamburg Kammerspiele (German: ''Hamburger Kammerspiele'') is a private theatre in Rotherbaum, Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Eimsbüttel Eimsbüttel () is one of the seven boroughs (Bezirke) of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020 the population was 269,118. History On March 1, 2008 Eimsbüttel lost part of its area to the borough Altona where it formed the Sternschanze quarter. Geography .... References External links Official websiteHamburg Kammerspiele Logensaal Theatres in Hamburg Buildings and structures in Eimsbüttel {{Hamburg-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sönke Wortmann
Sönke Wortmann (; 25 August 1959 in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German film director and producer. Biography Wortmann's father was a miner. After Wortmann's A-Levels he wanted to become a professional football player and started playing with Westfalia Herne and later SpVgg Erkenschwick in the German 3rd division. After three years he gave up the idea of becoming a professional football player. One semester he studied sociology before entering the University of Television and Film Munich to study film directing. After spending some time at the London Royal College of Art he finished his career successfully. While studying, he worked as a taxi driver and actor, for example in the TV series '' Die glückliche Familie''. His debut feature film '' Der bewegte Mann'' was released in 1994. It became one of the most successful German film of the post-war era. '' The Superwife'' (1996) was filmed, as he himself said, to prove that it is possible to make "a successful film out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Joan (2009 Film)
''Pope Joan'' (german: Die Päpstin) is an international epic film produced by Bernd Eichinger, based on American novelist Donna Woolfolk Cross' novel of the same name about the legendary Pope Joan. Directed by Sönke Wortmann, it stars Johanna Wokalek as Joan, David Wenham as Gerold, her lover, and John Goodman as Pope Sergius II. The film's world premiere occurred in Berlin on 19 October 2009, with its general release in Germany on 22 October 2009. Plot Shortly after the death of Charlemagne a girl called Johanna is born in Ingelheim am Rhein. She is the daughter of a village priest ( Iain Glen). He also rules his wife (Jördis Triebel) and family with a rod of iron, though his Saxon wife still secretly worships the pagan god Wotan. Even so, Johanna grows up to be an articulate girl, who intensively studies the Bible, unbeknownst to her father. After her eldest brother's sudden death, their father wants to send his second son Johannes to the cathedral school in Dorestad, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Kreuzpaintner
Marco Johann Kreuzpaintner (born 11 March 1977) is a German film director, executive producer and screenwriter. Career In 1999, he began his career in the role of German dubbing assistant for the Stanley Kubrick film '' Eyes Wide Shut''. In the same year, his first short film, ''Entering Reality'', starring August Diehl attracted attention at film festivals. In 1999, he founded the production company ''Die Filmmanufaktur'' with Oliver Weiss. In 2000, he made the short film ''Der Atemkünstler'', for which he was nominated for the Talent award First Steps, and in 2002, he made a TV pilot, ''Rec – Kassettenmädchen/Kassettenjungs''. In 2003, his first feature-length film, ''Ganz und gar'', which describes the life of a young leg amputee, was released in theaters. This was followed in 2004 with the drama ''Sommersturm'' (Summer Storm), which, according to Kreuzpaintner, resembles his own coming out as a young homosexual. Summer Storm won The German Film Award (Germany’s ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krabat (film)
''Krabat'' () is a 2008 German fantasy film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner from a screenplay by Michael Gutmann and Kreuzpaintner, based on Otfried Preußler's 1971 novel of the same name. The plot is about a boy, Krabat (played by David Kross), who learns black magic from a sorcerer (played by Christian Redl). A DVD-Video encode of the film is distributed in the United Kingdom as ''Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill''. It premiered in the US at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2009. Plot When the Plague sweeps across Europe after the Thirty Years' War a boy named Krabat (David Kross) is left without family, food, or hope. An old Mill Keeper takes him in as an apprentice. There are eleven other boys working at the mill, and Krabat develops a friendship with one of them, a young man named Tonda (Daniel Brühl). Soon, Krabat learns that the apprentices are also taught dark sorcery by the master, and one of the rituals (during Easter) lead to an excursion to the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst
''KDD – Berlin Crime Squad'', German title ''KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst'' is a German television series that was broadcast from 2007 to 2010. The series differs from typical police procedurals by focusing on the daily work life and the private problems of the main characters instead of following a “case of the week” scheme, and because of the overarching storylines spanning one or several seasons. Due to its uncommon dramaturgy and its ambiguous drawing of the main characters, it was critically lauded and received several accolades. However, as the number of spectators remained behind expectations, the series was canceled after three seasons. Series premise In German law enforcement, the “''Kriminaldauerdienst''” is a 24/7 stand-by service of the ''Kriminalpolizei'' (responsible for criminal investigations). Divided into a day and night shift, the officers of the Kriminaldauerdienst are responsible for collecting information about a crime with the ultimate goal of ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Becker
Lars Becker (born 12 January 1954, Hanover) is a German film director, screenwriter, and crime writer True crime is a nonfiction literary, podcast, and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people associated with and affected by criminal events. The crimes most commonly include murder; about 40 pe .... Selected filmography * ''Schattenboxer'' (1992) * ' (1995) * ''Das Gelbe vom Ei'' (1999, TV film) * ' (2000) * ''Rette deine Haut'' (2001, TV film) * ' (since 2003, TV series, 16 episodes) * ' (2008, TV film) * ' (2010, TV film) * ''Unter Feinden'' (2013–2021, TV series, 4 episodes) * ''Der gute Bulle'' (since 2017, TV series, 3 episodes) External links * * * * German crime writers Mass media people from Lower Saxony Film people from Hanover 1954 births Living people {{Germany-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Schwentke
Robert Schwentke (; born 15 February 1968) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life and career Schwentke was born in Stuttgart, West Germany. He graduated from Los Angeles film school, Columbia College Hollywood (CCH), in 1992. His wife is an American. He directed two feature films in Germany, the thriller ''Tattoo'' and the comedy ''Eierdiebe'', the latter a semi-autobiographical film about a man being treated for testicular cancer, a disease he had been diagnosed with and survived himself in 1995. Although not intending to do Hollywood movies, he ended up doing so after having trouble financing a third German film. Schwentke directed 2009's ''The Time Traveler's Wife'', based on the best-selling novel, and starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams. That same year, Schwentke directed the pilot episode of Fox's ''Lie to Me''. In 2008, Summit Entertainment optioned ''Red'', the 2003 graphic novel thriller by writer Warren Ellis and artist Cully Hamner, as a feature film. Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
