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Fritz Wenneis
Fritz Wenneis (1889–1969) was a German composer.Giesen p.200 He worked on more than fifty film scores. Selected filmography * ''A Storm Over Zakopane'' (1931) * ''Bobby Gets Going'' (1931) * ''Shadows of the Underworld'' (1931) * ''Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932) * ''Ship Without a Harbour'' (1932) * ''Secret Agent'' (1932) * ''Rasputin, Demon with Women'' (1932) * ''Jumping Into the Abyss'' (1933) * '' Master of the World'' (1934) * ''Artisten'' (1934) * ''The World Without a Mask'' (1934) * '' The Sporck Battalion'' (1934) * ''The Red Rider'' (1935) * '' The Bird Seller'' (1935) * ''The Schimeck Family'' (1935) * ''The Call of the Jungle'' (1936) * '' Orders Are Orders'' (1936) * '' His Best Friend'' (1937) * ''Men, Animals and Sensations'' (1938) * '' The Right to Love'' (1939) * ''The Tiger Akbar'' (1951) * ''Border Post 58'' (1951) * ''Elephant Fury'' (1953) * ''A Woman of Today ''A Woman of Today'' (german: Eine Frau von heute) is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannheim
Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 21st-largest city, with a 2020 population of 309,119 inhabitants. The city is the cultural and economic centre of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, Germany's seventh-largest metropolitan region with nearly 2.4 million inhabitants and over 900,000 employees. Mannheim is located at the confluence of the Rhine and the Neckar in the Kurpfalz (Electoral Palatinate) region of northwestern Baden-Württemberg. The city lies in the Upper Rhine Plain, Germany's warmest region. Together with Hamburg, Mannheim is the only city bordering two other federal states. It forms a continuous conurbation of around 480,000 inhabitants with Ludwigshafen am Rhein in the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the other side of the Rhine. Some northe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artisten
Artisten (aka ''Harry Piel's 100. film'' or ''Prince of the arena'') is a German circus movie from 1934 to 1935 starring Susi Lanner, Hans Junkermann, Hilde Hildebrand and Harry Piel, who also acted as director. The screenplay was written by Max W. Kimmich after the silent movie ''The secret of the circus Barré''. Plot The famous artist Harry Peters works on his new vaudeville act at the "Tivoli" music hall. He is assisted by Hella Stoll, who is his foster daughter since her parents, friends of Harry, died years ago. At the premiere of his new act, Harry surprisingly meets his old friend Franz Hofer from Vienna, an agent who also knew Hella as a child. He recognizes immediately that the little girl from the past has turned into a pretty young lady who is deeply in love with her foster father. Harry himself seems to be quite unaware of that. Instead, he finds himself stalked by beautiful Vera Leander, who follows him everywhere. After much hesitation, Harry is so trapped by her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elephant Fury
''Elephant Fury'' (german: Gesprengte Gitter) is a 1953 West German drama war film directed by and starring Harry Piel.Rentschler p.283 It also features Herbert A.E. Bohme, Hans Zesch-Ballot and Dorothea Wieck. The film had a troubled production history. Originally made between 1940 and 1943 under the title of ''Panic'', it faced censorship problems. Following the end of the Second World War, Piel recovered the negative which had fallen into the hands of the occupying Soviet forces. He re-shot some scenes, and the film was eventually released more than a decade after it had first begun shooting. Synopsis During the Second World War, an air raid on a zoo leads to the animals escaping across the city. Cast * Harry Piel as Großtierfänger Peter Volker * Herbert A.E. Böhme as Mitarbeiter Fritz Kröger * Hans Zesch-Ballot as Zoodirektor Thiele * Dorothea Wieck as Hella Thiele * Wilhelm P. Krüger as Farmer A. R. Brinkmann * Ruth Eweler as Christa Brinkmann * Fritz Hoopts as Farmer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Border Post 58
''Border Post 58'' (german: Grenzstation 58) is a 1951 West German crime film directed by Harry Hasso and starring Hansi Knoteck, Mady Rahl and Elise Aulinger.Höfig p.144 Cast * Hansi Knoteck as Anna Leitner * Mady Rahl as Retta Schwaiger * Elise Aulinger as Rosl * Elisabeth Biebl as Maria Brandl * Heinz Engelmann as Grenzoberjäger Reitlechner * Sepp Rist as Sepp * Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Grenzpolizeiinspektor Hirzinger * Hannes Keppler as Grenzoberjäger Mayer * Willy Rösner as Leitnerbauer * Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Kriminalkommissar Bernrieder * Gustl Gstettenbaur as Grenzjäger Mitterer * Heinz Ohlsen as Grenzjäger Schulze * José Held as Grenzjäger Gschwendtner * Viktor Afritsch as Kaufmann Springer * Jochen Hauer as Dorfmüller Hauser * Georg Vogelsang as Förster Guggemoos * Hans Erich Pflegeras Gendermariewachtmeister Brandl * Jutta Demeter as Teresa Pacosta * Jeanette Heim as Sennerin * Maria Freiberger as Lene Reitlechner * Hans Bergmann as Krimina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tiger Akbar
''The Tiger Akbar'' (german: Der Tiger Akbar) is a 1951 West German thriller film directed by Harry Piel and starring Piel, Friedl Hardt and Hilde Hildebrand Emma Minna Hilde Hildebrand (10 September 1897 – 12 May 1976) was a German actress born in Hanover, Germany on 10 September 1897. She died at the age of 78 in Grunewald, Berlin, on 27 May 1976. Selected filmography * ''Die Scheidungsehe'' ( ....Goble p. 379 Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1951 films 1950s thriller films German thriller films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Harry Piel Circus films Films about tigers Films based on German novels German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{1950s-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right To Love (1939 Film)
''The Right to Love'' (German: ''Das Recht auf Liebe'') is a 1939 German drama film directed by Joe Stöckel and starring Magda Schneider, Anneliese Uhlig and Viktor Staal.Waldman p.252 Location shooting took place in the Tyrol. Synopsis The daughter of a wealthy landowner is engaged to be married. However a lowly maid on the estate comes between them, before eventually finding her own happiness with a local forester A forester is a person who practises forestry, the science, art, and profession of managing forests. Foresters engage in a broad range of activities including ecological restoration and management of protected areas. Foresters manage forests .... Cast References Bibliography * Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942''. McFarland & Co, 2008. External links * 1939 films 1939 drama films German drama films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Joe Stöckel German black-and-white films 1930s German f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men, Animals And Sensations
''Men, Animals and Sensations'' (German: ''Menschen, Tiere, Sensationen'') is a 1938 German drama film directed by and starring Harry Piel and also featuring Ruth Eweler and Elisabeth Wendt. It is a circus film. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Max Knaake.Klaus p.136 Location filming took place at the Sarrasani circus in Dresden. Cast * Harry Piel as Robert Hansen / Gen. Bobby / Artist * Ruth Eweler as Fedora * Elisabeth Wendt as Maja de Passy * Edith Oß as Estrella - genannt Ella * Josef Karma as Franz - Tierpfleger * Egon Brosig as Hopkins - Assistent bei Fedora * Willi Schur as Theateragent * Eugen Rex as Der Zauberkünstler * Franz Arzdorf as Gast in der Hotelbar "Astoria" * Charly Berger as Ringmeister im Varieté * Raffles Bill as Varietéartist * Gerhard Dammann as Krause, Hausmeister * Liesl Eckardt as Garderobenfrau von Fedora * Charles Francois (actor), Charles Francois as Ein Ober in der Bar * Knut Hartwig (acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Best Friend (1937 Film)
''His Best Friend'' (german: Sein bester Freund) is a 1937 German crime film directed by and starring Harry Piel. It also features Edna Greyff, Henry Lorenzen and Lissy Arna.Rentschler p. 284 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Weber 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 The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officiall .... Piel had previously starred in a 1929 film of the same title. Plot It's already dark outside and the rain is falling in torrents. A German Shepherd appears to be wandering aimlessly down the sidewalk when he bumps into detective Harry Peters. Peters first takes the seemingly abandoned dog with him and the next day goes in search of the owner. He is a dog dealer from whom he quickly buys the shepherd dog d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orders Are Orders (1936 Film)
''Orders Are Orders'' (German: ''Befehl ist Befehl'') is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Alwin Elling and starring Weiss Ferdl, Trude Hesterberg and Eric Helgar. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. Synopsis Bavarian Sergeant Josef Murr tries to readjust to civilian life after twelve years serving in the German Army. At first he struggles to settle in various jobs, buy eventually flourishes when he is called upon to impose discipline on the staff of a badly-managed hotel.https://www.nytimes.com/1936/11/28/archives/at-the-86th-street-casino.html Cast * Weiss Ferdl as Josef Murr * Trude Hesterberg as Alwine Sommer * Elfriede Sandner as Inge * Eric Helgar as Hubert * Vicky Werckmeister as Mali * Else Reval as Leni * Oskar Sima as Schwanke * Hubert von Meyerinck as Rittmeister von Schlackberg * Leopold von Ledebur as Der Oberst * Carl Auen as Der Hauptmann * Gerhard Dammann as Hinrichs - Konfektionär * Kurt Vespermann as Hibberlich - Verkäufer * H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Call Of The Jungle
''The Call of the Jungle'' (German: ''Der Dschungel ruft'') is a 1936 German adventure film directed by and starring Harry Piel and also featuring Paul Henckels, Ursula Grabley and Gerda Maurus.Reimer & Reimer p.227 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Karl Vollbrecht, Erich Grave and Artur Günther. Location shooting took place on Rügen in the Baltic Sea. It was based on a 1930 novel by Georg Mühlen-Schulte and features a hero in the style of Tarzan. The film premiered at the UFA-Palast am Zoo. Synopsis The wealthy American Dina Morris and her friends are travelling on a yacht on the Indian Ocean and land and head into the jungle where the encounter Bobby Roeder who lives there in harmony with the animals and the locals. He is attracted to Dana, despite his friendship with Rose, the daughter of a butterfly researcher who lives in the vicinity. Things her out of hand when William Edwards, a member of Dina's party begins sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Schimeck Family (1935 Film)
''The Schimeck Family'' (German: ''Familie Schimek'') is a 1935 German comedy film directed by E.W. Emo and starring Hans Moser, Käthe Haack and Hilde Schneider. It was shot at Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.60 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Böhm and Heinrich Richter. It is based on the play ''The Schimek Family'' by Gustaf Kadelburg, previously adapted into a 1926 silent film and later into a 1957 Austrian film. Synopsis In Berlin in 1908, after the death of their father three children go to live with their aunt and uncle. Cast * Hans Moser as Ludwig Schigl * Käthe Haack as Frau Schimek * Hilde Schneider as Hedwig, ihre Nichte * Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Franz Baumann, Tischlergeselle * Grethe Weiser as Cilli Kaltenbach * Fritz Odemar as Anton Kaltenbach * Cecile Gehlers as Ilse, Cillis Freundin * Wilhelm Bendow as Weigel, Kaltenbachs Kompagnon * Eduard von Winterstein as Gerichtsvorsitzender * Heinrich Schroth as Der Staatsanw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bird Seller (1935 Film)
''The Bird Seller'' (german: Der Vogelhändler) is a 1935 German musical comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Maria Andergast, Wolf Albach-Retty, and Lil Dagover. It is an operetta film, based on the work of the same name by Carl Zeller. Cast See also *''Roses in Tyrol'' (1940) *'' The Bird Seller'' (1953) *''Die Christel von der Post ' is a 1956 West German film directed by Karl Anton. The film is also known as ' (German title in Belgium). Plot summary The title refers to the leading character, the post mistress Christel, in Carl Zeller's 1891 operetta '. Cast *Gardy ...'' (1956) *'' The Bird Seller'' (1962) References External links * 1935 musical comedy films 1930s historical comedy films German musical comedy films German historical comedy films Films of Nazi Germany Films directed by E. W. Emo Operetta films Films based on operettas Tobis Film films German black-and-white films 1930s historical musical films German historical musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
