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Ellen Frank (actress)
Ellen Frank (1904–1999) was a German film actor, film and television actress.Goble p.4 Early life Frank was the daughter of a Prussian government councilor, Georg Frank, and his wife Paula (née Heckmann). She grew up in Cologne, and, from 1911, in Hanover, where she attended a secondary school for girls. She received training at a commercial school and at an engineering firm. She then worked as a secretary at a concert agency. She lost her father in 1921 and her mother in 1922. Career Frank took dance lessons and appeared as a dancer at the Hanover City Theater. In 1924 she danced at the Dreistädtebundtheater Hamborn/Gladbeck/Oberhausen, then in Duisburg. She received acting lessons at Erwin Piscator's acting school and made her debut as Amalia in Die Räuber at the Volksbühne Berlin. She played in various theaters in Berlin, including the cabaret Die Katakombe, and occasionally in Würzburg and Dresden and was very active as a singer and cabaret artist. From 1933 onwards, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurich
Aurich (; East Frisian Low Saxon: ''Auerk'', West Frisian: ''Auwerk'', ) is a town in the East Frisian region of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Aurich and is the second largest City in East Frisia, both in population, after Emden, and in area, after Wittmund. History The history of Aurich dates back to the 13th century, when the settlement of ''Aurechove'' was mentioned in a Frisian document called the '' Brokmerbrief'' in 1276. There are various hypotheses about the interpretation of the city name. It either refers to a person (Affo, East Frisian first name ) and his property (Reich) or it refers to waterworks on the fertile, water-rich lowland of the Aa (or Ehe) river, upon which the city was built; medieval realizations were Aurichove, Aurike, Aurikehove, Auerk, Auryke, Auwerckhove, Auwerick, Auwerck, Auwreke, Awerck, Awreke, Awrik, Auwerich and Aurickeshove . In 1517, Count Edzard from the House of Cirksena began rebuilding the town after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old And The Young King
''The Old and the Young King'' (German: ''Der alte und der junge König'') is a 1935 German historical drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Emil Jannings, Werner Hinz and Leopoldine Konstantin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Maurischat and Karl Weber. It was produced by a subsidiary of Tobis Film. Location shooting took place around Potsdam, including at the Garrison Church. Interiors were shot at the Grunewald and Johannisthal Studios. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. Part of the tradition of Prussian films of the Weimar and Nazi eras, the film ostensibly deals with the intense conflict between Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I and his son and heir, Crown Prince Friedrich – the future King Friedrich II "The Great". This well-known incident of 18th century German history drew much contemporary attention and subsequently inspired a number of works of art and entertainment, including various stage and screen productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Television Actresses
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1999 Deaths
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1904 Births
Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * January 12 – The Herero Wars in German South West Africa begin. * January 17 – Anton Chekhov's last play, ''The Cherry Orchard'' («Вишнëвый сад», ''Vishnevyi sad''), opens at the Moscow Art Theatre directed by Constantin Stanislavski, 6 month's before the author's death. * January 23 – The Ålesund fire destroys most buildings in the town of Ålesund, Norway, leaving about 10,000 people without shelter. * January 25 – Halford Mackinder presents a paper on "The Geographical Pivot of History" to the Royal Geographical Society of London in which he formulates the Heartland Theory, originating the study of geopolitics. February * February 7 – The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland, destroys over 1,500 build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Braake
''Lina Braake'' ( Brechtian subtitle: ''Die Interessen der Bank können nicht die Interessen sein, die Lina Braake hat'') is a 1975 West German drama film directed by Bernhard Sinkel and starring Lina Carstens, Fritz Rasp and .The A to Z of German Cinema p.23 The film's sets were designed by the art director Nicos Perakis. Cast * Lina Carstens as Lina Braake * Fritz Rasp as Gustaf Haertlein * as Johannes Koerner * Ellen Mahlke as Scholz * Benno Hoffmann as Jawlonski * Rainer Basedow as Fink * Erica Schramm as Lene Schoener * Walter Sedlmayr as Emil Schoener * Oskar von Schab as Duerr * Gustl Datz as Gruber * Ellen Frank as Mangold * Wilfried Klaus Wilfried Klaus is a German television actor best known for playing Kriminalhauptkommissar Horst Schickl in the police procedural '' SOKO München'' from 1978 to 2008. Selected filmography * '' Lina Braake'' (1975) * ''Derrick'' - Season 3, Episo ... as Wenzel * Teseo Tavernese as Ettore Falconi References B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Royal Waltz (1955 Film)
''The Royal Waltz'' (German: ''Königswalzer'') is a 1955 West German musical film romance film directed by Victor Tourjansky starring Marianne Koch, Michael Cramer and Linda Geiser.Bock & Bergfelder p.456 It is a remake of the 1935 film of the same name, part of the tradition of operetta films. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Carlton Studios in the same city. Location shooting took place in Munich's Englischer Garten and Nymphenburg Palace. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hermann Warm. Synopsis Austrian Count von Tettenbach is sent by Emperor Franz Joseph to Munich to ask the King of Bavaria Maximilian for the hand in marriage of his daughter Prinzessin Elisabeth. While there he falls in love with Therese, the daughter of a cafe A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café (), is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino, among other hot beverages. Many coffeehouses in West Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Angel With The Flaming Sword
''The Angel with the Flaming Sword'' () is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Gertrud Kückelmann, Martin Benrath and Petra Peters.Goble p.672 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wolf Englert and Max Mellin. Cast * Gertrud Kückelmann as Helga Marein * Martin Benrath as Jürgen Marein * Petra Peters as Inge Lennartz * Maria Wimmer as Gitta Binder * Heini Göbel as Ernst Faber * Paul Bildt as Regierungsrat Marein * Hilde Sessak as Elfriede Marein * Jan Hendriks as Freddy * Siegfried Lowitz as Krüger * Werner Hessenland as Dr. Arlin * Christian Wilhelm as Ulli * Monika Franke as Monika - genannt Puppe * Robert Dietl * Lucie Englisch * Ellen Frank * Auguste Hansen-Kleinmichel * Maria Krahn * Carsta Löck * Karl-Heinz Peters * Arthur Schröder * Kai-Siegfried Seefeld * Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur (6 March 1886 – 13 May 1960) was a German film actor. Early life Stahl-Nachbaur was born in Muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansel And Gretel (1954 Janssen Film)
''Hansel and Gretel '' () is a 1954 German film, directed by Walter Janssen, based on the story of Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm. It should not be confused with either ''Hansel and Gretel'', another German film, or an American film ''Hansel and Gretel "Hansel and Gretel" (; ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' (KHM 15). Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch ...'', both of which were released in the same year. Cast * Jürgen Micksch – Hansel * Maren-Inken Bielenberg – Gretel * Jochen Diestelmann – The Father * Ellen Frank – The Mother * Barbara Gallauner – The Evil Witch DVD release In 2007, ''Hänsel und Gretel'' was released on DVD in Germany. The film was also part of a five DVD boxset, which contained other classic live-action German fairytale films made in the 1950s. References External links * Kinowel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Red Riding Hood (1954 Film)
''Little Red Riding Hood'' () is a German film, directed by Walter Janssen, based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood by the Brothers Grimm. It should not be confused with the 1953 German film ''Little Red Riding Hood "Little Red Riding Hood" () is a fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European Fable, folk tales. It was later retold in the 19th-century by the Broth ...'' which is also based on the fairy tale. Cast * Maren-Inken Bielenberg – Little Red Riding Hood * Elinor von Wallerstein – The Mother * Ellen Frank – The Grandmother * Wolfgang Eichberger – The Hunter Little Red Riding Hood's Brothers: * Peter Lehmann – Bammel * Michael Beutner – Bommel * Rudolf Gerhofer – Bummel * Götz Wolf – Flock * Helge Lehmann – Flick DVD release In 2007, ''Rotkäppchen'' was released on DVD in Germany. The film was also part of five DVD boxset, which contai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold In New Frisco
''Gold in New Frisco'' is a 1939 German adventure film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Hans Söhnker, Alexander Golling, and Otto Wernicke. It was one of a number of western-themed films made in Germany during the late 1930s including '' Sergeant Berry'', '' Water for Canitoga'', and '' The Kaiser of California''.O'Brien p. 99 It was popular enough to be rereleased in 1949. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... Wilhelm Depenau and Ludwig Reiber. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1939 films 1939 Western (genre) films German Western (genre) films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Paul Verhoeven (Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
