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Ernst Pittschau
Ernst Pittschau (5 October 1883 – 2 June 1951) was a German stage actor, stage and film actor. Biography Pittschau, whose father's name was also named Ernst Pittschau, a stage actor, received an education in business and had a brief career selling dental products. However, he then chose his father's profession and had his first theatrical engagement at the end of 1905 in Koblenz. In 1910, he appeared in New York City, and in 1911, he was a stage actor in Berlin. A year later, he took roles in the still undervalued Film industry, cinema. Pittschau personified elegant lovers and was a partner of Hanni Weisse and Henny Porten, among others. In the 20s, his film roles became smaller; after that, he barely received work. He now mostly played at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm, at the Komödie and at the Tribüne. In the 1940s, he lived in poverty and had to rely on the support of the Goebbels-supported foundation for people who worked in the arts, "Künstlerdank." After World W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altona, Hamburg
Altona (), also called Hamburg-Altona, is the westernmost Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg#Boroughs, urban borough (''Bezirk'') of the Germany, German States of Germany, city state of Hamburg. Located on the right bank of the Elbe river, Altona had a population of 270,263 in 2016. From 1640 to 1864, Altona was under the administration of the Denmark, Danish monarchy. Altona was an independent borough until 1937. History Danish period Altona was founded in 1535 as a village of fishermen in what was then Holstein-Pinneberg. In 1640, Altona came under Denmark-Norway, Danish rule as part of Holstein-Glückstadt, and in 1664 was granted town rights, municipal rights by the Danish King Frederik III of Denmark, Frederik III, who then ruled in personal union as Duke of Holstein. Altona was one of the Danish monarchy's most important harbor towns. The railway from Altona to Kiel, the Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway (), was opened in 1844. Imperial period The wars between Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician and philologist who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted followers, known for his skills in public speaking and his virulent antisemitism which was evident in his publicly voiced views. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust. Goebbels, who aspired to be an author, obtained a doctorate in philology from the University of Heidelberg in 1921. He joined the Nazi Party in 1924 and worked with Gregor Strasser in its northern branch. He was appointed ''Gauleiter'' of Berlin in 1926, where he began to take an interest in the use of propaganda to promote the party and its programme. After the Nazis came to power in 1933, Goebbels's Propaganda Ministry quickly gain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman In The Dolphin
''The Woman in the Dolphin'' () is a 1920 silent German film directed by Artur Kiekebusch-Brenken for Gaci Film, written by Jan Gramatzki and featuring Béla Lugosi. The camerawork was handled by Karl Freund, who years later was the cinematographer on Lugosi's 1931 ''Dracula'' and Universal Pictures' classic ''The Mummy''. A still from the film exists online showing a youthful Lugosi with a very full moustache in this lead role. The film itself is lost. Cast * Emilie Sannom as Ellinor Wingord * Magnus Stifter as Gordon * Rudolf Hilberg as Fürst * Béla Lugosi as Tom Bill * Ernst Pittschau Ernst Pittschau (5 October 1883 – 2 June 1951) was a German stage actor, stage and film actor. Biography Pittschau, whose father's name was also named Ernst Pittschau, a stage actor, received an education in business and had a brief career sel ... as Harold Holm * Jacques Wandryck * Max Zilzer See also * Béla Lugosi filmography References External links * 1920 films 1920 lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rose Of Stamboul (1919 Film)
''The Rose of Stamboul'' () is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Felix Basch and Arthur Wellin and starring Fritzi Massary, Gustav Botz, and Ernst Pittschau. It is based on the 1916 operetta '' The Rose of Stamboul''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Stern. Cast *Fritzi Massary as Tochter von Pascha Kondja Gül *Felix Basch as Achmed Bei / André Lery * Gustav Botz as Minister Kemal Pascha *Ernst Pittschau Ernst Pittschau (5 October 1883 – 2 June 1951) was a German stage actor, stage and film actor. Biography Pittschau, whose father's name was also named Ernst Pittschau, a stage actor, received an education in business and had a brief career sel ... as Baron Rangen *Franz Groß as dance master See also * ''The Rose of Stamboul'' (1953 film) References Bibliography * External links * Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Felix Basch Films directed by Arthur Wellin German black-and-white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil And The Madonna
''The Devil and the Madonna'' (German: ''Der Teufel und die Madonna'') is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Carl Boese and starring Gertrude Welcker, Magnus Stifter and Reinhold Schünzel.Bock & Bergfelder p.434 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Dreier. Cast * Magnus Stifter as Doktor Canzarro / Teufel * Gertrude Welcker as Tochter Gesina Tradler * Ernst Pittschau as Graf Jervis * Emil Rameau as Meister Tradler * Reinhold Schünzel Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despit ... References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Carl Boe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady In The Car
''The Lady in the Car'' (German: ''Die Dame im Auto'') is a 1919 German silent crime film directed by Adolf Gärtner.Bock & Bergfelder p.167 It was one of a series of films featuring Rolf Loer as Phantomas. Cast In alphabetical order * Rolf Loer as Phantomas * Ernst Pittschau as Jens Lofthus - bankier * Emil Rameau as Hansen - makler * Preben J. Rist as Unbekannter * Lya Sellin as Dame im Auto * Elsa Wagner Elsa Wagner (24 January 1881 – 17 August 1975) was a German actress who appeared in numerous theatrical productions and feature films during the 20th century, including 1920's ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari''. Life and career Born as Elisabe ... as Schwester References Bibliography * Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books. External links * 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Adolf Gärtner German silent feature films Fantômas films German black-and-white f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Different From The Others
''Different from the Others'' () is a silent German melodramatic film produced during the Weimar Republic. It was first released in 1919 and stars Conrad Veidt and Reinhold Schünzel. It was directed by Richard Oswald, and the story co-written by Oswald and Magnus Hirschfeld, who also had a small part in the film and partially funded the production through his Institute for Sexual Science. The film was intended as a polemic against the then-current laws under Germany's Paragraph 175, which made homosexuality a criminal offense. It was one of the first sympathetic portrayals of gay men in cinema. Censorship laws were enacted in reaction to films like ''Anders als die Andern'' and by October 1920 only doctors and medical researchers could view it. Prints of the film were among the many "decadent" works burned by the Nazis after they came to power in 1933. The cinematography was by Max Fassbender, who two years previously had worked on '' Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray'', one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Dida Ibsen
''The Story of Dida Ibsen'' (German: ''Dida Ibsens Geschichte'') is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Anita Berber, Conrad Veidt and Werner Krauss. It is an adaptation of Margarete Böhme's 1907 novel of the same title, a sequel to her best-known work '' The Diary of a Lost Girl''. It was one of a series of enlightenment films made by Oswald during the period.Prawer p.75 Cast * Anita Berber as Dida Ibsen * Conrad Veidt as Erik Norrensen * Werner Krauss as Philipp Galen * Emil Lind as Vater Ibsen * Clementine Plessner as Frau Ibsen * Ernst Pittschau Ernst Pittschau (5 October 1883 – 2 June 1951) was a German stage actor, stage and film actor. Biography Pittschau, whose father's name was also named Ernst Pittschau, a stage actor, received an education in business and had a brief career sel ... as Eken Kornils * Eugen Rex as Lude Schnack * Ilse von Tasso-Lind as Dame * Maria Forescu as Dienerin * Loni Nest as Didas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let There Be Light (1917 Film)
''Let There Be Light'' () is a 1917 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Bernd Aldor, Hugo Flink and Nelly Lagarst. It was followed by three sequels. The film was a protest against Germany's anti-abortion law, and also touched on the dangers of syphilis. It is a lost film. 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 ... August Rinaldi. Manfred Noa was employed as an artistic consultant. Cast * Bernd Aldor as Georg Mauthner, Arzt * Hugo Flink as Paul Maunther, Maler, Georgs Bruder * Nelly Lagarst as Assistantin * Ernst Ludwig as Stadtrat Kaufherr *Leontine Kühnberg as Else, dessen Tochter * Lupu Pick as Dr. Franzius, annoncierender Arzt * Max Gülstorff as Patient * Kurt Vespermann as Gerd * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1917 German Film)
''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (German: ''Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray'') is a 1917 German silent fantasy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Bernd Aldor, Ernst Pittschau, and Ernst Ludwig. The film is based on the 1890 novel ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' by Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwright .... Plot summary Cast * Bernd Aldor as Dorian Gray * Ernst Pittschau as Sir Henry Wotton * Ernst Ludwig as Basil Hallward, painter * Andreas Van Horn as Alan Campbell, pharmacist * Lea Lara as Sibyl Vane * Sophie Pagay as Dorian's mother * Arthur Wellin as James Vane, Sibyl's brother * Lupu Pick as Dorian's valet Reception The film received a positive review in the German film magazine ''Der Kinematograph,'' specifically praising Oswald's ski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vengeance Is Mine (1916 Film)
''Vengeance Is Mine'' (German: ''Mein ist die Rache'' ) is a 1916 German silent crime film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Hans Mierendorff, Herr Forstner and Marie von Buelow. It was part of a popular series of films featuring the fictional detective Harry Higgs.Bock & Bergfelder p. 106 It was the first screenplay written by Ewald André Dupont, who later went on to be a leading filmmaker. Cast * Hans Mierendorff - Harry Higgs * Herr Forstner - Graf Löwe * Marie von Buelow * Ernst Pittschau * Erna Flemming * Alice Ferron * Stefanie Hantzsch * Franz Ramharter * Franz Verdier Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ... * Johannes Müller References Bibliography * Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German''. Berg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grehn Case
''The Grehn Case'' (German: ''Der Fall Grehn'') is a 1916 German silent crime film directed by William Kahn and starring Reinhold Schünzel and Ernst Pittschau.Bock & Bergfelder p.433 A detective investigates the murder of a painter. Cast * Reinhold Schünzel as Kriminalrat Rat Anheim * Ernst Pittschau as Professor Herkdal * Conrad Barden as Mahler Jan Grehn * Gernot Bock-Stieber Gernot Bock-Stieber (born August 25, 1892 – December 7, 1943) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker. Early life Born in Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria-Hungary, Bock-Stieber attended the conservatory in Vien ... as Globetrotter Diaz Ramson * Otto Collet * August Rotter as van Gylhem * Lo Vallis as Cläre Pontda References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1916 films Films of the German Empire German silent feature films Films dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
