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Dot And Anton
Dot and Anton (German language, German:''Pünktchen und Anton'') is a children's book by Erich Kästner that was published in 1931. Plot The novel is about the girl Luise Pogge, called Dot, who lives in Berlin with her wealthy parents, and about the boy Anton Gast, whose standard of living is far below that of Dot. Anton lives alone with his sick mother in a very small apartment. He has to earn money and help his mother do chores all while also going to school in order to make ends meet. Dot lives in a large apartment with her little brown Dachshund Piefke, the cook Berta (known as Fat Berta), the governess Miss Andacht and her parents: Fritz Pogge the Walking stick, walking-stick factory director and his wife, who both barely spend any time with her. Even though her parents are quite well off, Dot has to go begging with Miss Andacht without her parents' knowledge because Miss Andacht's dubious fiancé (Dot calls him Robert the Devil) extorts money from her. While begging, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German (, ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western Europe, Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and Official language, official (or co-official) language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It is also an official language of Luxembourg, German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium and the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol, as well as a recognized national language in Namibia. There are also notable German-speaking communities in other parts of Europe, including: Poland (Upper Silesia), the Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Denmark (South Jutland County, North Schleswig), Slovakia (Krahule), Germans of Romania, Romania, Hungary (Sopron), and France (European Collectivity of Alsace, Alsace). Overseas, sizeable communities of German-speakers are found in the Americas. German is one of the global language system, major languages of the world, with nearly 80 million native speakers and over 130 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerda Rist
Gerda is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: A *Gerda Ahlm (1869–1956), Swedish-born American painter and art conservator *Gerda Alexander (1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist * Gerda Antti (born 1929), Swedish writer B * Gerda Becker, Dutch table tennis player * Gerda Bengtsson (1900–1995), Danish textile artist * Gerda Blees (born 1985), Dutch writer * Gerda Blumenthal (1923–2004), German-American literary scholar *Gerda Boyesen (1922–2005), Norwegian psychotherapist * Gerda Bredgaard (1908–1996), Danish swimmer * Gerda Bryłka (born 1941), Polish gymnast * Gerda Bülow, (1904–1990), Danish violinist C *Gerda Charles, pseudonym of the British novelist Edna Lipson (1915–1996) *Gerda Christian (1913–1997), German private secretary of Adolf Hitler * Gerda Christophersen (1870–1947), Danish actress *Gerda Claeskens (fl. 2000s), Belgian statistician D *Gerda Daumerlang (1920–2006), German diver *Gerda Dendooven (born 1962), Belg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthias Von Stegmann
Matthias von Stegmann (born 1968) is a German actor, voice-over speaker and writer, author and stage director for theatre and especially opera who works internationally. He wrote dialogue and directed it for German versions of American series such ''The Simpsons''. In opera, he has focused on the work of Richard Wagner. He staged a version of his ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' for children, first in Tokyo, then in German at the Vienna State Opera and in Zurich. He staged in 2012 ''Tristan und Isolde'' in Minden, and in 2013 the first performance of ''Rienzi'' at the Bayreuth Festival. Career Stegmann is the son of a Japanese mother and a German father. He began a career as a voice-over speaker () at age ten, and was heard in TV series such as ''Little House on the Prairie'' (''Unsere kleine Farm'') and ''The Bad News Bears'' (''Die Bären sind los''). He received the Abitur of the in Gauting in 1987. Stegmann wrote his first voice-over script at age 19 and first worked directing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libretto
A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as the Mass (liturgy), Mass, requiem and sacred cantata, or the story line of a ballet. The Italian language, Italian word (, ) is the diminutive of the word ''wiktionary:libro#Italian, libro'' ("book"). Sometimes other-language cognates, equivalents are used for libretti in that language, ''livret'' for French works, ''Textbuch'' for German and ''libreto'' for Spanish. A libretto is distinct from a synopsis or scenario of the plot, in that the libretto contains all the words and stage directions, while a synopsis summarizes the plot. Some ballet historians also use the word ''libretto'' to refer to the 15- to 40-page books which were on sale to 19th century ballet audiences in Paris and contained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Erőd
Iván Erőd ( ; 2 January 1936 – 24 June 2019; sometimes spelled ''Eröd'') was a Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist. Educated in Budapest, he emigrated to Austria in 1956, where he studied at the Vienna Music Academy. He was successful as a pianist and composer of operas, chamber music and much more, with elements from serialism, Hungarian folk music and jazz. He first was a professor of music theory and composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (1967–1989), then a professor of composition at the Vienna Music Academy from 1989. Career Born in Budapest, Erőd studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music with Pál Kadosa (piano) and Ferenc Szabó (composition). He emigrated to Austria in 1956 and studied there at the Vienna Music Academy, with (piano) and Karl Schiske (composition). He received diplomas in piano and composition in 1961. He took several summer classes at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse, studying with Eduard Steuermann and Luigi Nono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meret Becker
Meret Becker (; born 15 January 1969) is a German actress and singer. Life and career Meret Becker was born in Bremen, the daughter of the actors Monika Hansen and Rolf Becker. She was raised in Berlin by her mother with her stepfather Otto Sander along with her brother Ben Becker. She is the granddaughter of comedian Claire Schlichting and the niece of the acrobat and comedian Jonny Buchardt. In 1996, she married Alexander Hacke, a member of the band Einstürzende Neubauten, who contributed songs to Becker's albums, including ''Noctambule''. They separated in 2000 and divorced two years later. Becker was a guest musician on Einstürzende Neubauten's album '' Ende Neu'', singing ''Stella Maris'' in a duet with Blixa Bargeld. She played the character Ernal Eggstein in the 1997 German film '' Comedian Harmonists'', as well as Katya, a prostitute, in '' Painted Angels''. A year later, in 1998, she gave several performances along with Nina Hagen. The short but sold-out tour w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Zirner
August Zirner (born 7 January 1956) is an American-Austrian actor, who starred in over 60 film productions. He is one of the most popular actors in Germany. Biography Zirner was born as son of Austrian Jewish immigrants in the United States in Urbana, Illinois. His father had fled from the Nazis. In 1976 he studied drama at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna before he made his debut as an actor at the Volkstheater in Vienna. After that he was engaged in Hanover, Wiesbaden and at the Munich Kammerspiele. His breakthrough into film was in '' The Promise'' in 1994. He has appeared in numerous films and television films, e. g. in ' (1990) by , '' Voyager'' (1991) by Volker Schlöndorff, '' Talk of the Town'' (1995) by Rainer Kaufmann, ' (1997) by Margarethe von Trotta, '' The Pharmacist'' (1997) by Rainer Kaufmann and '' The Counterfeiters'' by Stefan Ruzowitzky, which was awarded with the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2008. For the film ''Rage'', he got the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliane Köhler
Juliane Köhler (born 6 August 1965) is a German theatre, television and film actress. She was born in Göttingen to a puppeteer. During the period from 1985 to 1988, she studied under Uta Hagen in New York City and attended HB Studio. She also received ballet instruction in Munich. Since her first appearance at Hanover's Lower Saxon State Theatre in 1988, she has regularly appeared in German theatre productions. She performed in an ensemble cast of the Bavarian State Theatre during 1993–1997. She left the company because her filming of '' Aimée & Jaguar'' interfered with rehearsals for a production of '' Das Käthchen von Heilbronn''. She later returned to Munich to participate with the Munich Kammerspiele The Munich Kammerspiele (German: Münchner Kammerspiele) is a state-funded German-language theater company based at the ''Schauspielhaus'' on Maximilianstraße (Munich), Maximilianstrasse in the Bavarian capital. The company currently has three .... She has starred i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Felder
Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (American dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (British dog), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of the OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1971–2004), a western lowland gorilla at the Johannesburg Zoo who was shot by a criminal in 1997 Brands and enterprises * Australian Max Beer * Max Hamburgers, a fast-food corporation * MAX Index, a Hungarian domestic government bond index * Max Fashion, an Indian clothing brand Computing * MAX (operating system), a Spanish-language Linux version * Max (software), a music programming language * MAX Machine * Multimedia Acceleration eXtensions, extensions for HP PA-RISC Films * ''Max'' (1994 film), a Canadian film by Charles Wilkinson * ''Max'' (2002 film), a film about Adolf Hitler * ''Max'' (2015 film), an American war drama film * ''Max'' (2024 film), an Indian Kannada language film by Vijay Karthikeyaa Games * '' Dancing Stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elea Geissler
__NOTOC__ Elea may refer to: Greek-speaking cities and derived items * "Elean", a common archaic adjective meaning someone from ancient Elis * Elea, ancient name of an Italian-Greek colony, now known as Velia **Eleatics, a school of pre-Socratic philosophers at Elea * Elea in Aeolis, an ancient Greek city in Turkey * Elaea (Epirus), an ancient city in Greece in the regional unit of Thesprotia Cypriot towns * Elea, a city in Cyprus destroyed by earthquake in 343 AD, near modern Ayios Theodoros Karpasias * Elia, Kyrenia, a settlement in Cyprus * Elia, Nicosia, a settlement in Cyprus Other * Olivetti Elea, a mainframe computer manufactured from 1959 through 1964 * ''Elea'' (bryozoan), an extinct genus in the order Cyclostomatida Cyclostomatida, or cyclostomata (also known as cyclostomes), are an ancient order of stenolaemate bryozoans which first appeared in the Lower Ordovician. It consists of 7+ suborders, 59+ families, 373+ genera, and 666+ species. The cyclostome ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Link
Caroline Link (born 2 June 1964) is a German TV and film director and screenwriter. She is best known for directing critically acclaimed Beyond Silence, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, and for directing '' Nowhere in Africa'', which won an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Life and work Caroline Link is the daughter of Jürgen and Ilse Link. From 1986 to 1990 she studied at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF), and then worked as an assistant director and script writer. Link's early work includes the short film ''Bunte Blumen'', from 1988. She was a co-director on the documentary film ''Das Glück zum Anfassen'' (1989). For Bavaria Film, she wrote two screenplays to the detective series ''Der Fahnder'' (''The Investigators''). Caroline Link grew up in a small town outside of Frankfurt, Germany in 1968. Despite her family giving her a strong moral compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annaluise & Anton
''Annaluise & Anton'' () is a 1999 German family film based on the eponymous children's book by Erich Kästner. A previous version '' Anna Louise and Anton'' was made in 1953. Cast * - Annaluise * - Anton * Juliane Köhler - Bettina Pogge * August Zirner - Richard Pogge * Meret Becker - Elli Gast * Sylvie Testud Sylvie Testud (born 17 January 1971) is a French actress whose film career began in 1991. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for '' Murderous Maids'' (2000), the César Award for Best Actress for '' Fear and Trembling'' (2003) ... - Laurence * Gudrun Okras - Dicke Bertha * Benno Fürmann - Carlos References External links * 1999 films German children's films Films based on works by Erich Kästner Films based on children's books Films based on German novels Remakes of German films Films directed by Caroline Link 1990s German films Films scored by Niki Reiser Buena Vista International films {{1990s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
