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Erwin Biegel
Erwin Friedrich Richard Biegel (25 March 1896 – 24 May 1954) was a German stage and film actor who appeared in over eighty feature films in a variety of supporting roles. Selected filmography * ''The Young Count'' (1935) * '' His Late Excellency'' (1935) * '' Dinner Is Served'' (1936) * '' The Mysterious Mister X'' (1936) * '' The Accusing Song'' (1936) * ''Truxa'' (1937) * '' The Ways of Love Are Strange'' (1937) * '' Fremdenheim Filoda'' (1937) * ''Gasparone'' (1937) * ''Seven Slaps'' (1937) * '' Fanny Elssler'' (1937) * '' Revolutionshochzeit'' (1938) * '' The Stars Shine'' (1938) * '' Anna Favetti'' (1938) * '' The Man Who Couldn't Say No'' (1938) * '' Zwei Frauen'' (1938) * ''The Green Emperor'' (1939) * '' Woman Without a Past'' (1939) * ''Stars of Variety'' (1939) * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1939) * '' The Rothschilds'' (1940) * '' Wunschkonzert'' (1940) * ''The Girl at the Reception'' (1940) * '' Melody of a Great City'' (1943) *'' The Master of the Estate'' (1943) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the states of Germany, being the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country by 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 4.6 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 region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, as well as the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gasparone (film)
''Gasparone'' is a 1937 German musical comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Marika Rökk, Johannes Heesters and . It is based on the operetta ''Gasparone'' by Carl Millöcker with a libretto by F Zell and Richard Genée. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios and on location in Croatia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. Cast *Marika Rökk as Ita *Johannes Heesters as Erminio Bondo * as Sindulfo * as Carlotta *Oskar Sima as Massaccio *Leo Slezak as Nasoni *Rudolf Platte as Benozzo *Elsa Wagner as Zenobia *Ursula Herking as Sora *Arnim Suessenguth as Jucundus *Ernst Behmer as Sokrates *Erwin Biegel as man with white clove *Erich Kestin Erich Kestin (25 June 1895 – 22 May 1969) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films shows between 1930 and 1953. Selected filmography * '' Dolly Gets Ahead'' (1930) * '' The Tiger Murder Case'' (1930) * '' The Stolen Face'' ( ... as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wunschkonzert
''Wunschkonzert'' (''Request Concert'') is a 1940 German drama propaganda film by Eduard von Borsody. After '' Die große Liebe'', it was the most popular film of wartime Germany, reaching the second highest gross. Background The popular music show ' (Request Concert for the Wehrmacht) was broadcast on the German radio network every Sunday afternoon at 3.00 from the Great Broadcasting Room of the Haus des Rundfunks on Masurenallee in Berlin. Its popularity was based in part on its claims to broadcast music requested by men in the armed forces, thus uniting the armed forces and the homefront in ''Volksgemeinschaft''. Reich Minister Goebbels insisted that all German performers contribute to it, and concluded that a film based on it would be even more successful. Plot During the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, the young Inge Wagner and Luftwaffe Fliegerleutnant ( Flight Lieutenant) Herbert Koch meet, and within a few days fall in love. They make plans for their joint future, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rothschilds (film)
''The Rothschilds'' () is a 1940 Nazi German historical propaganda film directed by Erich Waschneck. The film is also known as ''The Rothschilds' Shares in Waterloo'' (International recut version, English title). It portrays the role of the Rothschild family in the Napoleonic wars. The Jewish Rothschilds are depicted in a negative manner, consistent with the anti-Semitic policy of Nazi Germany. The 1940 film has a similar title and a similar plot to a 1934 American film, ''The House of Rothschild'', starring George Arliss and Boris Karloff, that presented the Rothschilds in a more positive light. It is one of three Nazi-era German films that provide an antisemitic retelling of an earlier film. The others, both released in 1940, bore titles similar to films released in 1934: ''The Eternal Jew'' was a documentary-format film with the same title as the 1934 film and ''Jud Süss'' was a drama based on a 1934 film adaptation of a 1925 novel. Plot As William I, Elector of Hesse ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert And Bertram (1939 Film)
''Robert and 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 (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ... as cultural and economic outsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stars Of Variety
''Stars of Variety'' (German: ''Menschen vom Varieté'', Hungarian: ''A varieté csillagai'') is a 1939 German-Hungarian drama film directed by Josef von Báky and starring La Jana, Christl Mardayn and Karin Hardt. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Artur Günther. Separate German and Hungarian-language versions were produced.Rentschler p.273 Cast German version * La Jana as Silvia Castellani * Christl Mardayn as Alice Mc'Lean * Karin Hardt as Gloria Mc'Lean * Hans Holt as Freddy Danz * Attila Hörbiger as Jack Carey * Edith Oß as Ruby Mc'Lean * Hans Moser as Miller - stage manager * Jack Trevor as Jeffrey Keats * Victor Janson as Manager of Variety * Willi Schur as Serna - Dompteur * Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Tom * Rudolf Klein-Rogge as police inspector * Erwin Biegel as Kellner in der Artistenpension * Eduard von Winterstein as Theaterarzt * Else Ehser as Emilie Schmitz - Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman Without A Past (1939 Film)
''Woman Without a Past'' () is a 1939 German drama film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Sybille Schmitz, Albrecht Schoenhals, and Maria von Tasnady. It was shot at the Grunewald and Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.60 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger. Synopsis After an accident, a young woman completely loses her memory and forgets who she is. She is discovered with a gun in her handbag and the police are called. A sympathetic neurologist takes her on as his laboratory assistant while he works on a cure for malaria Malaria is a Mosquito-borne disease, mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates and ''Anopheles'' mosquitoes. Human malaria causes Signs and symptoms, symptoms that typically include fever, Fatigue (medical), fatigue, vomitin .... Then her husband arrives and her memory returns. It was his gun and she had seized it after he committed murder. Cast References Bibliography * Klaus, Ulrich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Emperor
''The Green Emperor'' () is a 1939 German crime film directed by Paul Mundorf and starring Gustav Diessl, Carola Höhn and René Deltgen. It was inspired by the real-life case of a Belgian financier who had gone missing during a flight across the English Channel.Waldman p. 59 The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. Location shooting took place in the countryside outside Berlin during 1938. It premiered in Vienna in February 1939. Synopsis A shady British businessmen frames his pilot for his staged murder. After being released from prison, the pilot attempts to track down his former employer who is still alive. Cast * Gustav Diessl as Henry Miller / Hendrik Mylius * Carola Höhn as Joana Martinez * René Deltgen as Jan Karsten * Ellen Bang as Eva Latour * Aribert Wäscher as Bankier Vandermer * Hilde Hildebrand as Nora * Paul Westermeier as Hoyens * Alexander Engel as Sekretär Favard * Albert Hörrmann as Marcel Carraux * Hans Leibelt as Picard * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zwei Frauen (1938 Film)
''Silence Like Glass'' (German title: ''Zwei Frauen'') is a 1989 German-American drama film. Though made in Germany, it is set in America and features an American cast with all English dialogue. The film stars Jami Gertz, Martha Plimpton, George Peppard, Bruce Payne, and Rip Torn. Plot Eva is a wealthy, snobbish ballerina who is diagnosed with cancer. She is admitted into the youth cancer ward at a hospital where she is forced into humility by her disease. She rooms with fellow cancer patient Claudia, and the majority of the film revolves around their interactions together in their hospital room. She is treated with "concern and compassion" by Dr. Burton. Ultimately Eva goes into remission and is able to continue her life, but not before witnessing another young woman's death and also assisting Claudia to suicide. Cast *Jami Gertz as Eva Martin *Martha Plimpton as Claudia Jacoby *George Peppard as Mr. Martin *Bruce Payne as Dr. Burton *Rip Torn as Dr. Markowitz *Gayle Hunnicutt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Couldn't Say No (1938 Film)
''The Man Who Couldn't Say No'' () is a 1938 German romantic comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Karin Hardt, and Leo Slezak. It is a remake of the 1936 Italian film '' But It's Nothing Serious'' also directed by Camerini. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin.KLaus p.131 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter Heinrich Richter (1884–1981) was a German painter and art director.Soister p.122 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The Confessions of the Green Mask'' (1916) * '' The Sensational Tr .... Plot German version of the Italian film Ma Non È Una Cosa Seria, from a Pirandello story: a man inoculates himself against emotional entanglement by deliberately marrying a woman he has no interest in and with whom he will spend no time. Cast References Bibliography * * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Favetti
''Anna Favetti'' is a 1938 German romantic drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Brigitte Horney, Mathias Wieman and Gina Falckenberg.Bock & Bergfelder p. 217 The screenplay was written by Walter von Hollander, adapted from his own novel '' Licht im dunklen Haus''. The film was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. Location filming took place in Italy and Switzerland. Its sets were designed by the art director Gustav A. Knauer. Cast * Brigitte Horney as Anna Favetti * Mathias Wieman as Hemmstreet * Gina Falckenberg as Irene Hemmstreet * Maria Koppenhöfer as Frau Favetti * Friedrich Kayßler as Herr Favetti * Karl Schönböck as Kingston * Elsa Wagner as Frau Stetius * Franz Schafheitlin as Dr. Thom * Jeanette Bethge as Bertha * Paul Bildt as Dr. Fister * Beppo Brem as Billy Blake * Rolf Wernicke as Reporter * Edwin Jürgensen as Empfangschef * Erwin Biegel as Kellner im Café * Hubert von Meyerinck Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 &ndash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stars Shine (film)
''The Stars Shine'' () is a 1938 German musical revue directed by Hans H. Zerlett and written by Zerlett and Hans Hannes. Synopsis A young secretary leaves the country and travels to Berlin to seek work as an actress. In a comedy of errors, she is mistaken for a famous dancer, which results in her heading the cast of a star-studded musical. The plot acts as a backdrop for this musical revue film, which includes many German film, sports, and entertainment stars of the 1930s. Background ''Es leuchten die Sterne'' was a remake of the 1930 Tobis film ''Die Große Sehnsucht'' (''The Great Yearning''), directed by Stefan Szekely, a Hungarian Jew. The remake was created as a Busby Berkeley-style musical set inside a movie studio, and featured appearances by numerous stage personalities, athletes, and Tobis Films stars. Joseph Goebbels was Propaganda Minister and considered entertainment films to be the best type of media with which to convey the political message of the Nazi regime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
