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Diether Krebs
Diether Krebs (11 August 1947 – 4 January 2000) was a German actor, cabaret artist and comedian. Life and career Youth and initial success Diether Krebs was born on 11 August 1947 in Essen, the son of a stationery shop owner. His godfather was Diether Posser, a lawyer, SPD politician and erstwhile Minister for Justice and Finance for North Rhine-Westphalia. Krebs gained his first experience in the theatre at school at the Humboldt '' Gymnasium'' in Essen. He took acting lessons at the renowned "Folkwangschule" school of performing arts in the Ruhrgebiet and took on his first role at the theatre in Oberhausen, followed by some small film roles. Of these, his most noteworthy appearance was in the film '' Zoff'' (1971) in which he played alongside well-known actors such as Jürgen Prochnow and Claus Theo Gärtner. From 1973, Krebs became famous for his role as "Michael Graf" in the legendary comedy series ''Ein Herz und eine Seele'', the German version of ''Till Death Us Do Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essen
Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as the List of cities in Germany by population, tenth-largest city of Germany. Essen lies in the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top 4 German metropolitan regions, second largest by GDP in the EU, and is part of the cultural area of Rhineland. Because of its central location in the Ruhr, Essen is often regarded as the Ruhr's "secret capital". Two rivers flow through the city: the Emscher in the north, and in the south the Ruhr (river), Ruhr River, which is dammed in Essen to form the and reservoirs. The central and northern boroughs of Essen historically belong to the Low German Westphalian dialects area, and the south of the city to the Low Franconian Bergish dialects, Bergish ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberhausen
Oberhausen (, ) is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen ( ). The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. History Oberhausen was named for its 1847 railway station which had taken its name from the List of castles in North Rhine-Westphalia, Oberhausen Castle. The new borough was formed in 1862 following inflow of people for the local coal mines and steel mills. Awarded town rights in 1874, Oberhausen absorbed several neighbouring boroughs including Alstaden, parts of Styrum and Dümpten in 1910. Oberhausen became a city in 1901, and they incorporated the towns of Sterkrade and Osterfeld in 1929. The Hoechst AG, Ruhrchemie AG synthetic oil plant ("Oberhausen-Holten" or "Sterkrade/Holten") was a bombing target of the oil campaign of World War II, and the US forces reached the plant by 4 April 1945. In 1973, Thyssen AG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Judenbuche
''Die Judenbuche'', translated as ''The Jew's Beech'' or ''The Jew's Beech-Tree'', is a German novella written by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff and first published in 1842. The story about the unsolved murder of a Jewish citizen in a village in the Westphalian mountains was based on true events. Plot Friedrich Mergel is the only son of Hermann Mergel, a violent alcoholic, and his second wife Margreth. He grows up in the village of B. ("Dorf B."), a small, isolated village in 18th century Westphalia, whose inhabitants work mostly as farmers, some of whom are involved in illegal logging. After his father's death, 12-year-old Friedrich is adopted by Simon Semmler, his mother's younger brother and her only surviving relative, who lives in the nearby village of Brede. Over the years, Friedrich turns from a silent, pensive boy into an ostentatious young man. When a forester is killed with an axe after Friedrich deliberately sent him in the wrong direction, he is questioned by the autho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Bennent
Heinz Bennent (18 July 1921 – 12 October 2011) was a German actor. Biography Bennent was born in Stolberg. He was conscripted into the Luftwaffe during World War II, where he was captured by Allied forces and spent much of the war in POW camps. MSN. Retrieved February 2, 2024. His career began after the war in . He moved to Switzerland in the 1970s, where he lived until his death at age 90. He was survived by his son, actor [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Age (1975 Film)
''Ice Age'' () is a 1975 West German drama film directed by Peter Zadek. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival. Eiszeit began as a theatre play by Tankred Dorst (1973) about Knut Hamsun, a Nobel Prize–winning author but unrepentant admirer of Nazi Germany.Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre Colin Chambers - 2006 - Page 216 ".. and Eiszeit ('Ice age', 1973). His collaboration with ZADEK led to a film script of Eiszeit, ... Cast * O. E. Hasse as Old Man * Hannelore Hoger as Vera * Walter Schmidinger as Paul * Ulrich Wildgruber as Oswald Kronen * Elisabeth Stepanek as Sonja * Helmut Qualtinger as Fitler / Old Officer * Rosel Zech as Wanda * Heinz Bennent as Pastor Holm * Hans Hirschmüller as Reich * Hermann Lause as Director of Savings Bank * Diether Krebs as Consultant * Helmut Erfurth Helmut is a German name. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth. From old German, the first element deriving from either ''heil'' ("healthy") or ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
(; "West German Broadcasting Cologne"), shortened to WDR (), is a German public broadcasting, public-broadcasting institution based in the States of Germany, Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD (broadcaster), ARD. As well as contributing to the output of the national television channel , WDR produces the regional television service (formerly known as WDF and West3) and six regional radio networks. History Origins The Westdeutsche Funkstunde AG (WEFAG) was established on 15 September 1924. There was a substantial purge of left wing staff following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933. This included Ernst Hardt, Hans Stein and Walter Stern (art critic), Walter Stern. WDR was created in 1955, when Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR) was split into Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) – covering Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, and Hamburg – and West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Schubert (actor)
Heinz Schubert (12 November 1925 – 12 February 1999) was a German actor, drama teacher and photographer, best known for playing the role of Alfred Tetzlaff in the German television sitcom ''Ein Herz und eine Seele''. Life Schubert was born in Berlin, the son of a master tailor. He went to drama school after his release from captivity as a prisoner of war. In 1951, Bertolt Brecht asked for him directly to join his ''Berliner Ensemble'', where Schubert remained until the Berlin Wall was erected in 1961. From then on, Schubert worked in West Germany in theatre (in Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Berlin) and taught drama; he was first a docent and in 1985 was awarded a professorship at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. In 1958 Schubert also started to work in film, first for DEFA productions, playing the role of the ''Schweizerkas'' that he had been known for in the ''Berliner Ensemble'' in the film version of the Brecht drama. He also acted in fairy stories and the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Garnett
Alfred Edward Garnett is a fictional character from the British sitcom '' Till Death Us Do Part'' and its follow-on and spin-off series '' Till Death...'' and '' In Sickness and in Health''. He also appeared in the chat show ''The Thoughts of Chairman Alf''. The character was created by Johnny Speight and played by Warren Mitchell. In a 2001 poll conducted by Channel 4, Alf Garnett was ranked 49th on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters. Character History Alf Garnett was born in Wapping around 1917. Little is known of Alf's parents, but his father was sometimes mentioned negatively by Alf's wife Else, who said "nobody knew what he was - some say he was a gyppo (gypsy)." It was also hinted that Alf had Jewish ancestry, though he always denied this and often referred to his religion as Church of England, "same as Her Majesty the Queen", though he rarely attended services. He was unpopular as a youth and it was claimed he only began going out with Else, whom he had know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Booth
Anthony George Booth (9 October 1931 – 25 September 2017) was an English actor, often known for his role as Mike Rawlins in the BBC series '' Till Death Us Do Part''. He was the father-in-law of former prime minister Tony Blair and the widower of ''Coronation Street'' star Pat Phoenix, having married her a few days before her death in 1986. Early life Booth was born into a working-class family in Jubilee Road, Liverpool, in 1931 and raised Catholic. His mother was a Roman Catholic of Irish descent; his father, who worked as a merchant seaman during the Second World War, was a Catholic convert. Tony Booth attended St Edmund's Infants School and spent a year in hospital as a child with diphtheria. He then passed the Eleven-plus examination and attended St Mary's College, Crosby, where he was awarded a bursary to cover the cost of his books. His hopes of going to university were dashed when he had to leave school and get a job after his father was badly injured in an industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Till Death Us Do Part
''Till Death Us Do Part'' is a British television sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1965 to 1975. The show was first broadcast in 1965 as a '' Comedy Playhouse'' pilot, then as seven series between 1966 and 1975. In 1981, ITV continued the sitcom for six episodes, calling it '' Till Death...''. The BBC produced a sequel from 1985 until 1992, '' In Sickness and in Health''. Created by Johnny Speight, ''Till Death Us Do Part'' centred on the East End Garnett family, led by patriarch Alf Garnett ( Warren Mitchell), a reactionary white working-class man who holds racist and anti-socialist views. His long-suffering wife Else was played by Dandy Nichols, and his daughter Rita by Una Stubbs. Rita's husband Mike Rawlins ( Anthony Booth) is a socialist "layabout" from Liverpool who frequently locks horns with Garnett. Alf Garnett became a well-known character in British culture, and Mitchell played him on stage and television until Speight's death in 1998. In addition to the spin-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ein Herz Und Eine Seele
''Ein Herz und eine Seele'' (literally "One Heart and One Soul" i.e. "hand in glove") is a German television sitcom based on the British sitcom '' Till Death Us Do Part'' by Johnny Speight. The show premiered on 15 January 1973 and lasted for 25 episodes (22 original stories and 3 remakes), airing its last on 22 November 1976, the last four episodes featuring a revamped cast. ''Ein Herz und eine Seele'' was written by Wolfgang Menge. The show was extremely successful during its initial run and it still proves very popular in reruns, in which only the colour episodes are traditionally aired. Two episodes in particular, ''Sylvesterpunsch'' (about the family's New Year's Eve party) and ''Rosenmontagszug'' (set during the winter carnival season) have gained such popularity that they are now shown traditionally on German TV on New Year's Eve and ''Rosenmontag'', respectively. Storyline The show reflects the life of a petty bourgeois family in West German Wattenscheid, characterised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Television Comedy
Germany has a long tradition of television comedy stretching as far back as the 1950s, and with its origins in cabaret and radio. 1960s *1963: '' Der 90. Geburtstag'' (''Dinner for One'') is a comedy sketch recorded on 8 July 1963 at ''Theater am Besenbinderhof'' in front of a real audience by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). Although it is actually performed in English, it is considered a cult television classic in Germany and it is still an integral component of the New Year's Eve schedule at several German television stations. 1970s When Otto's first show came out in 1973, it differed in many ways from those of traditional comedians also around at the time, such as Rudi Carrell (then aged 39) and Loriot (then 50). Rudi Carrell and Loriot dressed rather more formally in a suit and tie, and stood on a large stage with the audience seated in rows, whereas Otto, then only 25, with his long blond hair falling in his face, wore T-shirts and jeans, and sat on a smaller cabaret-style s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
