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Erich Waschneck
Erich John Waschneck (29 April 1887, in Grimma, Kingdom of Saxony – 22 September 1970, in Berlin) was a German cameraman, director, screenwriter, and film producer. Early life Erich was the son of Karl Hermann Waschneck, a blacksmith, and his wife Therese Emilie, née Schneider. Waschneck went to finishing school at the Leipzig Art Academy and studied painting. Career He came in contact with the film industry in 1907 when he began to paint posters for films. He then worked as a still photographer and later as a camera assistant to cinematographer Fritz Arno Wagner . In 1921, he did his first work as a cameraman in the adaptation of the fairy tale ''The Little Muck'' by Wilhelm Hauff. From 1924 he worked as a director. His film ''Eight Girls in a boat'' (1932) won the Gold Medal at the Venice Film Festival. In 1932 he became managing director of Beacon-Film GmbH in Berlin and film producer. After the Nazi rise to power, into force on 4th Waschneck April 1933 the National S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimma
Grimma ( hsb, Grima) is a town in Saxony, Central Germany, on the left bank of the Mulde, southeast of Leipzig. Founded in 1170, it is part of the Leipzig district. Location The town is in northern Saxony, southeast of Leipzig and south of Wurzen. Flooding The river Mulde flows through the town, a significant section of which is situated in a floodplain. Massive floods in 2002 washed away the old Pöppelmannbrücke bridge and caused significant damage to buildings in the town. In the summer of 2013 there was further flood damage. Suburbs * Großbardau (merged with Grimma January 2006) * Döben * Hohnstädt * Höfgen * Beiersdorf * Kaditzsch * Schkortitz * Naundorf * Neunitz * Grechwitz * Dorna * Kleinbardau (merged with Grimma January 2006) * Bernbruch (merged with Grimma 2006) * Waldbardau (merged with Grimma 2006) * Nerchau (merged with Grimma 2011) * Thümmlitzwalde (merged with Grimma 2011) * Großbothen (merged with Grimma 2011) * Mutzschen (merged with Grimma 1 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man In The Fire
''The Man in the Fire'' (German: ''Der Mann im Feuer'') is a 1926 German silent film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Helga Thomas, Olga Tschechowa and Henry Stuart.Bock & Bergfelder p.485 It was shot at the Weissensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Botho Hoefer. It was released in the United States under the alternative title of ''When Duty Calls''. Cast * Rudolf Rittner as Feuerwehrmann Johann Michael * Helga Thomas as Tochter Lore Michel * Olga Tschechowa as Diva Romola * Henry Stuart as Hellmuth Frank * Kurt Vespermann as Karl Winter * Jakob Tiedtke Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Doll'' (1919) * ' ... as Freund der Diva References Bibliography * Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impossible Love (film)
''Impossible Love'' (german: Unmögliche Liebe) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Asta Nielsen, Ery Bos and Ellen Schwanneke. It was the final film of Nielsen, and the only sound film she appeared in. It premiered at the Mozartsaal in Berlin. Neilsen had been a major star during the First World War and the early 1920s but her screen career gradually declined and she hadn't appeared in a film since '' That Dangerous Age'' in 1927. Four years after making ''Impossible Love'' she returned to her native Denmark. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Crown of Thorns''. The film is based on the 1929 novel of the same title by Alfred Schirokauer. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby.Klaus p.246 Synopsis The widowed Vera Holgk arrived in Germany from Riga in 1917 and raised her two daughters alone. Working as a successful sculptor she has provided for them, directing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eight Girls In A Boat (1932 Film)
''Eight Girls in a Boat'' (german: Acht Mädels im Boot) is a 1932 German musical film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Karin Hardt, Theodor Loos, and Helmuth Kionka. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by art director Alfred Junge Alfred Junge (29 January 1886, Görlitz, Silesia (now Saxony), Germany – 16 July 1964, London) was a German-born production designer who spent a large part of his career working in the British film industry. Junge had wanted to be an ar .... The film has been remade twice, as the 1934 American film '' Eight Girls in a Boat'' and as the 1958 Dutch film '' Jenny''. Neither remake was a musical. Plot 18-year-old schoolgirl Christa realizes that she is pregnant. Urged to have an abortion by the child's father and rejected by her father, she is in despair. She gets hold and support from her friends in the "Seeschwalben" rowing club. With their help, it is possible to persuade father and fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacred Waters (1932 Film)
''Sacred Waters'' (German: ''An heiligen Wassern'' or ''Stürzende Wasser'') is a 1932 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Karin Hardt, Eduard von Winterstein and Hans Adalbert Schlettow. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Hans Jacoby.Klaus p.17 It is part of the heimatfilm genre. The film was based on a novel by Jakob Christoph Heer, which was later adapted into a 1960 Swiss film. Cast * Karin Hardt as Sabine Waldisch * Eduard von Winterstein as Peter Waldisch * Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Sepp Blattrer * Carl Balhaus as Josi Blattrer * Theodor Loos as Landowner * Reinhold Bernt as Töni * Peter Erkelenz as Engineer * Martha Ziegler as Fränzi Blattrer * Erika Dannhoff as Vroni Blattrer * Hans Henninger as Franz * Otto Kronburger as Water Technician * Elisabeth Wendt * Dorothea Thiess * Klaus Pohl * Clemens Hasse * Willi Schur * Eugen Rex * Gustav Rickelt Gustav R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two People (1930 Film)
''Two People'' (German: ''Zwei Menschen'') is a 1930 German historical drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Charlotte Susa, Gustav Fröhlich and Fritz Alberti. The film was distributed by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures. It is adapted from 1911 novel of the same title by Richard Voss. It has been filmed in Germany on two other occasions a 1924 silent '' Two People'' by Hanns Schwarz and a 1952 sound film '' Two People'' by Paul May.Goble p.484 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Leopold Blonder and Willy Schiller. It was partly shot on location in Italy. Plot Junker Rochus and Judith Platter are in love. Rochus' mother, a domineering religious fanatic, wants him to break off the relationship and become a priest, but he is reluctant to do so. The mother swears that he will take up orders, but when he does not follow through she dies of grief. Feeling guilty, Rochus reluctantly abandons his romance with Judith and enters the priestho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Of The Brothers Rott
''The Love of the Brothers Rott'' (German: ''Die Liebe der Brüder Rott'') is a 1929 German silent film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Olga Tschechowa, Jean Dax and Paul Henckels.Bock & Bergfelder p.485 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. Cast * Olga Tschechowa as Theresa Donath * Jean Dax as Donath - ihr Vater * Paul Henckels as Clemens Rott * Jameson Thomas as Robert * Ekkehard Arendt as Wolf * Alexej Bondireff as John Meyer * Jakob Tiedtke * Fritz Greiner * Paul Otto * Philipp Manning * Hermann Krehan * Charles Vanel Charles-Marie Vanel (21 August 1892 – 15 April 1989) was a French actor and director. During his 76-year film career, which began in 1912, he appeared in more than 200 films and worked with many prominent directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, ... References Bibliography * Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane (1929 Film)
''Diane'' (german: Diane – Die Geschichte einer Pariserin, translation=''Diane, the Story of a Parisian'') is a 1929 German silent film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Olga Chekhova, Pierre Blanchar, and Henry Victor Henry Victor (2 October 1892 – 15 March 1945) was an English-born character actor who had his highest profile in the film silent era, he appeared in numerous film roles in Britain, before emigrating to the US in 1939 where he continued .... The film's sets were designed by the art director André Andrejew. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Erich Waschneck German black-and-white films Bavaria Film films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Favorite Of Schonbrunn
''The Favourite of Schonbrunn'' (German: ''Der Günstling von Schönbrunn'') is a 1929 German historical film directed by Erich Waschneck and Max Reichmann and starring Iván Petrovich, Lil Dagover and Vera Malinovskaya.Kosta p.115 It was a part-talkie, with some sequences in sound and others silent. The film's sets were designed by Erich Czerwonski and Alfred Junge. Cast * Iván Petrovich as Oberst Trenck * Lil Dagover as Kaiserin Maria Theresia * Vera Malinovskaya as Gräfin Nostiz * Henry Stuart as Kaiser Franz * Kurt Vespermann as Trencks Diener * John Mylong as Ordonnanz des Kaisers * Ferdinand von Alten * Valeria Blanka * Ludwig Stössel Ludwig Stössel (12 February 1883 – 29 January 1973) was an actor born in Lockenhaus, now Austria, then Hungary. He was one of many Jewish actors and actresses who were forced to flee Germany when the Nazis came to power in 1933. Biography St ... * Alexander Murski See also * '' Trenck, der Pandur'' (1940) Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandal In Baden-Baden
''Scandal in Baden-Baden'' (German: ''Skandal in Baden-Baden'') is a 1929 German silent film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Brigitte Helm, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur and Henry Stuart.Bock & Bergfelder p.33 The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Czerwonski. Cast * Brigitte Helm as Vera Kersten * Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as John Leeds * Henry Stuart as Baron Egon von Halden * Lili Alexandra as Fernande Besson * Leo Peukert as Edgar Merck * Rudolf Biebrach as Juwelier Hess * Albert Karchow as Makler Urban * Walter von Allwoerden as Sekretär * Anna von Palen as Wirtin * Adolf E. Licho as Agent * Otto Kronburger Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ... as Kommissar References Bibliography * Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Docks Of Hamburg
''Docks of Hamburg'' or ''The Carmen of St. Pauli'' (german: Die Carmen von St. Pauli) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Jenny Jugo, Willy Fritsch, and Fritz Rasp. It was made by UFA at their Babelsberg Studio with location shooting in Hamburg. Art direction was by Alfred Junge. The film was released in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ... in 1930. Premise A merchant sailor becomes involved with a woman who works in a St. Pauli beer hall, leading him into a life of crime. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1928 films Films of the Weimar Republic 1928 drama films German silent feature films German drama films Films directed by Erich Waschneck Films set in Hamburg Films shot in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajenko The Soviet
''Sajenko the Soviet'' (German: ''Die geheime Macht'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Michael Bohnen, Suzy Vernon and Walter Rilla.Bock & Bergfelder p.33 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil. Cast * Michael Bohnen as Sajenko * Suzy Vernon as Prinzessin Sinaide * Walter Rilla as Mirow, Sekretär des Handelsbüros * Henry Stuart as Edward, der Sohn von P.L. Harland * Truus van Aalten as Lilian, Edwards Schwester * Paul Otto as Major Raschoff * Ferdinand von Alten as Baron Sterny * Rudolf Biebrach as Admiral Reeve * Leopold Kramer as Fürst Balyzin * Max Magnus as Leutnant Daboro * Max Maximilian as Pferdeknecht Kosma * Alexander Murski Alexander Alexandrovich Murski (Russian: Александр Александрович Мурский) (1 November 1869 – April 1943) was a Saint Petersburg, Russian-born German actor. Murski died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
