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Ella Ensink
Ella Ensink (1897–1968) was a German film editor.Giesen p.217 She frequently worked with the Czech director Carl Lamac. Selected filmography * '' The Cruel Mistress'' (1932) * '' A Night in Paradise'' (1932) * '' Should We Wed Them?'' (1932) * '' The Ringer'' (1932) * ''Scampolo'' (1932) * ''The Love Hotel'' (1933) * '' Madame Wants No Children'' (1933) * ''Little Dorrit'' (1934) * ''Polish Blood'' (1934) * ''The Switched Bride'' (1934) * ''The Double'' (1934) * ''Peer Gynt'' (1934) * ''The Young Count'' (1935) * ''Knockout'' (1935) * '' A Girl from the Chorus'' (1937) * ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1937) * '' The Stars Shine'' (1938) * ''Fools in the Snow'' (1938) * ''The Merciful Lie'' (1939) * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1939) * '' The Vulture Wally'' (1940) * ''My Daughter Doesn't Do That'' (1940) * ''The Degenhardts'' (1944) * ''Anna Alt'' (1945) * ''The Song of the Rivers ''The Song of the Rivers'' (german: Das Lied der Ströme) is a 1954 documentary film production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, most populous city, as measured by population within city limits having gained this status after the United Kingdom's, and thus London's, Brexit, departure from the European Union. Simultaneously, the city is one of the states of Germany, and is the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country in terms of area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.5 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knockout (1935 Film)
''Knockout'' (german: Knockout – Ein Junges Mädchen, ein Junger Mann) is a 1935 German sports film directed by Carl Lamac and Hans H. Zerlett and starring Anny Ondra, Max Schmeling, and Hans Schönrath. After impressing a boxing trainer during a brawl over a woman, a young man is recruited and trained to be a boxer. He fights and defeats the British champion. Schmeling was a leading international boxer and the film was an attempt to capitalize on his fame. Schmeling and Ondra, who plays the romantic love interest, were married in real life. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Erich Zander Erich Zander (11 April 1905 – 15 April 1991) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the bronze medal .... Cast References External links * German boxing f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Deaths
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being elected leader of the Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8. ** 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash: A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland, discharging 4 nuclear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punitive expedition against Benin. * January 7 – A cyclone destroys Darwin, Australia. * January 8 – Lady Flora Shaw, future wife of Governor General Lord Lugard, officially proposes the name "Nigeria" in a newspaper contest, to be given to the British Niger Coast Protectorate. * January 22 – In this date's issue of the journal ''Engineering'', the word '' computer'' is first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. * January 23 – Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only capital case in United States history, where spectral evidence helps secure a conviction. * January 31 – The Czechoslovak Trade Union Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Song Of The Rivers
''The Song of the Rivers'' (german: Das Lied der Ströme) is a 1954 documentary film production by the East Germany film studio DEFA. Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens was the leading director. The sprawling film celebrates international workers movements along six major rivers: the Volga, Mississippi, Ganges River, Ganges, Nile River, Nile, Amazon River, Amazon and the Yangtze River, Yangtze. Shot in many countries by different film crews, and later edited by Ivens, Song of the Rivers begins with a lyrical montage of landscapes and laborers and proceeds to glorify labor and modern industrial machinery. The musical score is by Dmitri Shostakovich, with lyrics written by Bertolt Brecht, and songs performed by German communism's star Ernst Busch (actor), Ernst Busch and famous American actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson who also narrates. ''Song of the Rivers'' is an ode to ''international solidarity''. Popularity in communist countries After World War II, Ivens spent several year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Alt
''Anna Alt'' or ''Soloist Anna Alt'' (german: Solistin Anna Alt) is a 1945 German drama film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Anneliese Uhlig, Will Quadflieg and Emil Lohkamp.Hake p. 200 A gifted pianist gives up her career to support her composer husband. It was one of twelve films released in Nazi Germany in 1945, due to increasing difficulties of film production during the later stages of the Second World War. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U .... Cast References Bibliography * * External links * 1945 films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1945 drama films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Werner Klingler Films about pianos and pianists Films about composers German blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Degenhardts
''The Degenhardts'' (german: Die Degenhardts) is a 1944 German drama film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Heinrich George, Ernst Schröder and Gunnar Möller. Karl Degenhardt, the patriarch of a family in Lübeck, leads his wife and five children through the opening stages of Second World War culminating in the Bombing of Lübeck on 28 March 1942 by the Royal Air Force. The film was part of a cycle of home front films produced in Germany during the war. The film was intended to fan anti-British sentiment and prepare Germans psychologically for the destruction of their cities by Allied bombing raids and invasions.O'Brien p. 145 It premiered in Lübeck on 6 July 1944. Cast * Heinrich George as Karl Degenhardt * Ernst Schröder as Jochem Degenhardt * Gunnar Möller * Ernst Legal * Renée Stobrawa * Wolfgang Lukschy * Heinz Klingenberg * Knut Hartwig * Günther Körner * Walter Bechmann * Robert Forsch * Herwart Grosse * William Huch * Hilde Jansen * Karl Kemper * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Daughter Doesn't Do That
''My Daughter Doesn't Do That'' (german: Meine Tochter tut das nicht) is a 1940 German romantic comedy film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Erika von Thellmann, and Geraldine Katt.Bock & Bergfelder p. 550 The film's sets were designed by the art directors and Erich Czerwonski Erich Czerwonski (1889–1940) was a German art director.Kreimeier p.73 He designed the sets for around a hundred productions during his career. He died in 1940 after being struck by a train during a blackout. Filmography * '' The Black Panther .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1940 films Films of Nazi Germany German romantic comedy films 1940 romantic comedy films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Hans H. Zerlett German black-and-white films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vulture Wally (1940 Film)
''The Vulture Wally'' (german: Die Geierwally) is a 1940 German drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Heidemarie Hatheyer, Sepp Rist and Eduard Köck.Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p. 775. It was shot on location in the Tyrol. The film is based on a popular novel which has been adapted for the screens several times. Cast See also *'' The Vulture Wally'' (1921) *'' La Leggenda di Wally'' (1930) *''La Wally'' (1932, based on the opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libre ...) *'' The Vulture Wally'' (1956) References External links * Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1940 drama films Films directed by Hans Steinhoff Films set in the Alps Mountaineering films Remakes of German f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert And Bertram (1939 Film)
''Robert and Bertram'' (german: Robert und Bertram) is a 1939 German musical comedy film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Rudi Godden, Kurt Seifert, and Carla Rust. It premiered in Hamburg on 7 July 1939. It was based on the 1856 play '' Robert and Bertram'' by Gustav Räder about two wandering vagrants which had been adapted into several film versions including a Polish film of the same title the previous year. It was set in 1839. It was made by Tobis Film at the company's Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Machus and Erich Zander. It was the only anti-semitic musical comedy released during the Nazi era and the first film since Kristallnacht to focus on Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merciful Lie
''The Merciful Lie'' (German: ''Die barmherzige Lüge'') is a 1939 German drama film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Hilde Krahl, Elisabeth Flickenschildt and Ernst von Klipstein.Waldman p.266 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Böhm and Erich Czerwonski. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in Bremen. Synopsis In a frontier town on the border between Manchuria and Mongolia Anja, the niece of the owner of a rough local entertainment venue, waits for the return of her lover Doctor Thomas Clausen with whom she has had a child. Clausen is part of an expedition planning to explore into the wild lands on the Soviet side of the border. To Anja's dismay, however, he returns with a new wife. When the new wife dies of food poisoning and Clausen away on his expedition, Anja goes to Bremen to stay with his wealthy family and masquerades as his wife. They welcome her as has a child who will carry on the family line. Cast * Hilde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fools In The Snow
''Fools in the Snow'' (German: ''Narren im Schnee'') is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Anny Ondra, Paul Klinger and Gisela Schlüter. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in South Tyrol in the Dolomites.Klaus p.156-57 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Artur Günther. Cast * Anny Ondra as Dorothee Heinemann * Paul Klinger as Toni Notnagel * Gisela Schlüter as Margot * Paul Richter as Dr. Hans Sieck * Eva Tinschmann as Ottilie Konstantin * Willi Schaeffers as Professor Konstantin * Thorby Wörndle as Der lange Tobias * Karel Stepanek as Rolf Pinkenkötter * Paul Heidemann as Baron Göckler * Edna Greyff as Lisa 'Krümel' * Günther Vogdt as Gustl 'Knirps' * Werner Schott as Der Sonderbare * Hans Zesch-Ballot as Vater Heinemann * Rudolf Vones as Der schöne Valentino * Beppo Brem as Hausdiener Franzl * Hermine Ziegler as Wirtschafterin Rosa * Josef Eichheim Josef T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
