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Christopher Buchholz
Christopher Buchholz (born 4 February 1962) is a German actor, who has appeared in more than 50 films since 1986. He is the son of actors Horst Buchholz and Myriam Bru Myriam Bru (born 20 April 1932, Paris)Some sources cite 1930 as Bru's year of birth. is a French retired actress and the wife of German actor Horst Buchholz, to whom she was married from 1958 until his death in 2003. She appeared in 16 films bet .... Buchholz created a documentary about his father's life, titled ''Horst Buchholz … mein Papa''. Selected filmography References External links * 1962 births Living people German male film actors {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Men (film)
''Free Men'' (french: Les Hommes libres) is a 2011 French war drama film written and directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi, which recounts the largely untold story about the role that Algerian and other Muslims from the Maghreb in Paris played in the French Resistance and as rescuers of Jews during the German occupation (1940–1944). It features two historic figures: Si Kaddour Benghabrit, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, and Salim Halali, an Algerian Jewish singer. The film stars Tahar Rahim playing a fictional young Algerian and Michael Lonsdale as the rector. Plot In occupied Paris, the young unemployed Algerian, Younes Ben Daoud, makes a living on the black market. He is arrested by the police, and to avoid prison he agrees to spy on the Paris Mosque. The police suspect that the mosque leadership, including its rector Si Kaddour Benghabrit, is helping resistance fighters and protecting North African Jews by giving them Muslim birth certificates. While at the mosque, Younes m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 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 * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward II Of England
Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir apparent to the throne following the death of his elder brother Alphonso. Beginning in 1300, Edward accompanied his father on invasions of Scotland. In 1306, he was knighted in a grand ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Following his father's death, Edward succeeded to the throne in 1307. He married Isabella, the daughter of the powerful King Philip IV of France, in 1308, as part of a long-running effort to resolve tensions between the English and French crowns. Edward had a close and controversial relationship with Piers Gaveston, who had joined his household in 1300. The precise nature of their relationship is uncertain; they may have been friends, lovers, or sworn brothers. Edward's relationship with Gaveston inspired Christopher Marlowe's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Rois Maudits (miniseries)
''The Accursed Kings'' (french: Les Rois maudits ) is a series of Historical fiction, historical novels by French author Maurice Druon about the French monarchy in the 14th century. Published between 1955 and 1977, the series has been adapted as a miniseries twice for television in France. American author George R. R. Martin called ''The Accursed Kings'' "the original game of thrones", citing Druon's novels as an inspiration for his own series ''A Song of Ice and Fire''. Plot Set in the 14th century during the reigns of the last five kings of the direct House of Capet, Capetian dynasty and the first two kings of the House of Valois, the series begins as the French King Philip IV of France, Philip the Fair, already surrounded by scandal and intrigue, brings a curse upon his family when he persecutes the Knights Templar. The succession of monarchs that follows leads France and England to the Hundred Years' War. Characters Novels The first six novels of ''Les Rois maudits'' we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthold Schenk Graf Von Stauffenberg
Berthold Alfred Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (15 March 1905, Stuttgart – 10 August 1944, Berlin- Plötzensee) was a German aristocrat and lawyer who was a key conspirator in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944, alongside his younger brother, Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. After the plot failed, Berthold was tried and executed by the Nazi regime. Early life Berthold was the oldest of four brothers (the second being Berthold's twin Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg) born into an old and distinguished aristocratic South German Catholic family. His parents were the last ''Oberhofmarschall'' of the Kingdom of Württemberg, Alfred Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, and Caroline née von Üxküll-Gyllenband. Among his ancestors were several famous Prussians, including most notably August von Gneisenau. In his youth, he and his brothers were members of the ''Neupfadfinder'', a German Scout association and part of the German Youth movement. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stauffenberg (film)
''Stauffenberg'' is a 2004 Germano–Austrian TV film by Das Erste (German TV ARD), about Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The film was first broadcast on 25 February 2004 on German TV ( ARD). Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg becomes an enemy of Hitler's policy, because Generalmajor Henning von Tresckow informs him about German war crimes behind the Russian front. On 20 July 1944 he goes with a time bomb in his briefcase to a conference room at Hitler's headquarter Wolfsschanze near Rastenburg in East Prussia. Four people were killed immediately, but Hitler survived. The film was awarded "best film" at the ''Deutscher Fernsehpreis'' (German Television Awards). The film goes by the international English name of ''Operation Valkyrie''. Cast *Sebastian Koch as Claus von Stauffenberg *Remo Girone as Ludwig Beck Ludwig August Theodor Beck (; 29 June 1880 – 20 July 1944) was a German general and Chief of the Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desert Of Fire (miniseries)
''Desert of Fire'' is a 1997 TV miniseries directed by Enzo G. Castellari. It is a European co-production between Italy (where the miniseries was broadcast with the title ''Deserto di fuoco''), Germany (where it is known as ''Prinzessin Amina - Das Geheimnis der Liebe'') and France (where its title is ''Le désert de feu''). Plot Cast * Anthony Delon as René / Ben * Mandala Tayde as Amina * Stéphane Freiss as Jacquot * Arielle Dombasle as Magda * Virna Lisi as Christine Duvivier * Claudia Cardinale as Leila * Vittorio Gassman as Tarek * Marie Laforêt as Rama * Fabio Testi as Diderot * Giuliano Gemma as Tafud * Franco Nero as Marcel Duvivier *Mathieu Carrière as François Legrand * Jean Sorel as Miller * Christopher Buchholz as Dubai * Orso Maria Guerrini as Alkan * Luca Lionello as Selim * Hans Peter Hallwachs Hans Peter Hallwachs (10 July 1938 – 16 December 2022) was a German actor. Hallwachs was born in Jüterbog, Brandenburg on 10 July 1938. He di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Justice (1994 Film)
''Wild Justice'' is an adventure novel by Wilbur Smith. It was partially set in Seychelles where Smith had a home for a number of years. It was the third best selling book in England in 1980. The novel was published in the US as ''The Delta Decision''. TV adaptation The novel was filmed for TV in 1993 as a two-part miniseries. It is also known as ''Covert Assassin''. Cast * Roy Scheider - Peter Stride * Patricia Millardet - Magda Altman * Christopher Buchholz - Colin Noble * Ted McGinley - Aubrey Billings * Clive Francis - Sir Steven * Sam Wanamaker - Kingston Parker * Kelly Marcel - Melissa Stride * Richard Ridings - Carl * Constantine Gregory - Sergei Bulov * David Yip - Wong * Kevork Malikyan - Ali Hassan * Rita Wolf - Vritra References External links''Wild Justice''at Pan MacMillan''Wild Justice'' (film)at IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai (2010 Film)
''Shanghai'' is a 2010 American neo-noir political thriller film directed by Mikael Håfström, starring John Cusack and Gong Li. The film was released in China on June 17, 2010. The film had a limited release in the United States on October 2, 2015, to negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. Plot In December 1941, just before the entry of the United States into World War II, an American agent from the Naval Intelligence Office (Cusack) arrives in Shanghai to find his friend Conner (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) was recently murdered. Determined to find out who killed Conner and why, he begins working at ''The Herald'' newspaper using the alias Paul Soames, a Nazi-sympathizer cover he used while stationed in Berlin. He meets Anthony Lan-Ting (Chow Yun-Fat), an influential crime lord, and Captain Tanaka (Ken Watanabe) at the German embassy in Shanghai, during an invitation-only event. He later befriends Anthony when he saves him during an attack on Japanese officers by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the most populous city in the state and the second most populous city in the country. San Francisco is the second most densely populated major city in the country. Los Angeles County is the country's most populous, while San Bernardino County is the largest county by area in the country. California borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eros (film)
''Eros'' is a 2004 anthology film consisting of three short segments: ''The Hand'' directed by Wong Kar-wai in Mandarin, ''Equilibrium'' by Steven Soderbergh in English, and ''The Dangerous Thread of Things'' by Michelangelo Antonioni in Italian. Each segment addresses the themes of love and sex. Plot ;''The Hand'' Miss Hua, a 1960s high-end call girl is visited by a shy dressmaker's assistant Zhang, to take her measure. He hears the sounds of sex, as he waits in her living room. He is drawn towards her but there is no meeting ground between the two individuals from completely different classes. She summons him when her client leaves. She tells him, she will supply him with an aid to his memory. He will think about her while designing her clothes, she says. ;''Equilibrium'' Nick Penrose is an advertising executive in the year 1955 under enormous pressure at work. He tells his psychiatrist Dr. Pearl about a recurring dream of a beautiful naked woman in his apartment, as they dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
