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Gaston Briese
Gaston Briese (19 August 1898 – 22 March 1953) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than forty films during his career, which spanned from the late silent era to the mid-1940s. His final appearance was in the 1946 rubble film ''Somewhere in Berlin''.Shandley p.218 Selected filmography * '' The Pink Slippers'' (1927) * ''Always Be True and Faithful'' (1927) * '' Gentlemen Among Themselves'' (1929) * '' Distinguishing Features'' (1929) * '' The Love Market'' (1930) * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931) * ''Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete'' (1931) * '' Terror of the Garrison'' (1931) * ''Bashful Felix'' (1934) * '' The Bird Seller'' (1935) * '' Trouble Backstairs'' (1935) * ''The Dreamer'' (1936) * '' Paul and Pauline'' (1936) * '' Orders Are Orders'' (1936) * '' Hilde and the Volkswagen'' (1936) * ''Red Orchids'' (1938) * ''Somewhere in Berlin ''Somewhere in Berlin'' (german: Irgendwo in Berlin) is a film produced in the Soviet occupation zone of Allied- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, most populous city, as measured by population within city limits having gained this status after the United Kingdom's, and thus London's, Brexit, departure from the European Union. Simultaneously, the city is one of the states of Germany, and is the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country in terms of 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 4.5 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 reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashful Felix
''Bashful Felix'' or ''Felix is Right on Target'' (german: Schützenkönig wird der Felix) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Rudolf Platte, Ursula Grabley, and Jakob Tiedtke.Bock & Bergfelder p. 367 It was made by Terra Film, with sets designed by art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Bruno Lutz Bruno Lutz (7 June 1889 – 5 March 1964) was a German art director.Kester p.294 Selected filmography * ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927) * '' The Lady in Black'' (1928) * '' The Beaver Coat'' (1928) * ''Two Good Comrades'' (1933) * '' .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1934 films 1934 comedy films Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Carl Boese German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Male Film Actors
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1953 Deaths
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. ** The Central Intelligence Agency, CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the Unidentified flying object, UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Upr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. * January 13 – Novelist Émile Zola's open letter to the President of the French Republic on the Dreyfus affair, '' J'Accuse…!'', is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper '' L'Aurore'', accusing the government of wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus and of antisemitism. * February 12 – The automobile belonging to Henry Lindfield of Brighton rolls out of control down a hill in Purley, London, England, and hits a tree; thus he becomes the world's first fatality from an automobile accident on a public highway. * February 15 – Spanish–American War: The USS ''Maine'' explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, Cuba, for reasons never fully established, killing 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falstaff In Vienna
''Falstaff in Vienna'' (german: Falstaff in Wien) is a 1940 German musical comedy film directed by Leopold Hainisch and starring Hans Nielsen, Gusti Wolf and Paul Hörbiger.Fawkes p. 110 It portrays the life of the nineteenth century composer Otto Nicolai, known for works such as ''The Merry Wives of Windsor''. Cast In alphabetical order * Wolf Albach-Retty as Robert von Weitenegg * Ernst Benzinger as Prompter at the premiere * Erna Berger as Soprano * Helmut Berndsen as Falstaff actor * Luise Bethke-Zitzmann as Gardenfrau Mizzi's in Berlin * Eduard Bornträger as Theatre box attendant * Julius Brandt as Clerk Pokorny * Theo Brandt * Gaston Briese as Stage manager of the Royal Opera House Berlin * Curt Cappi as Organ grinder * Michele Danton as Italian street hawker * Karl Etlinger as Senior clark Mödlinger * Hugo Flink * Senta Foltin as Demoiselle Leonie * Charles Francois as Guest in the theatre box * Hans Göbel as Singer * Harry Hardt as Policeman * Franz Heigl as Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Orchids
''Red Orchids'' (german: Rote Orchideen) is a 1938 German crime film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Olga Tschechowa Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova (; russian: Ольга Константиновна Чехова; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980), known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred ..., Albrecht Schoenhals and Camilla Horn.Bock & Bergfelder p. 485 Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1938 films 1930s spy thriller films German spy thriller films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma Films of Nazi Germany Films set in Europe German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilde And The Volkswagen
''Hilde and the Volkswagen'' (german: Hilde und die vier PS) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Ludwig Manfred Lommel, Grethe Weiser and Hilde Schneider. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.97 Cast * Ludwig Manfred Lommel as Buchhalter Lohbusch * Grethe Weiser as Nelly Hopp * Hilde Schneider as Hilde Lenz * Frank Zimmermann * Friedl Haerlin as Hella Lenius * Walter Steinbeck as Direktor Scheffel * Werner Stock as Nellys Bruder * Gerhard Dammann as Aktuar Kramer * Ethel Reschke as Hildes Freundin * Carl Auen as Amtsgerichtsrat * Gaston Briese Gaston Briese (19 August 1898 – 22 March 1953) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than forty films during his career, which spanned from the late silent era to the mid-1940s. His final appearance was in the 1946 rubble film ... as Chauffeur References Bibliography * * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. External links * ... [...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] |
Paul And Pauline
''Paul and Pauline'' (German: ''Paul und Pauline'') is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Ludwig Manfred Lommel, Trude Hesterberg and Erika Helmke. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Marienfelde in Berlin.Klaus p.164 Synopsis Paul Neugebauer has a scheme to transform his small town into a famous spa resort. To do so he plans to make a radio broadcast in order to boost the scheme, but a series of confusions unfold. Cast * Ludwig Manfred Lommel as Paul Neugebauer * Trude Hesterberg as Bertha Wohlleben * Erika Helmke as Karoline - ihre Tochter * Kurt Vespermann as Heinrich Zehnpfennig, Friseur * Hubert von Meyerinck as Apotheker Knullingen * Paul Westermeier as Warenhausbesitzer Großkopf * Paul Henckels as Bürgermeister Kleinmichel * Werner Stock as Gustav - sein Sohn * Walter Steinbeck as Bellermann - ein Spekulant * Ernst Behmer as Hermann - Faktotum * Leo Peukert * Erich Kestin * Erich Fiedler * Gaston Briese * Carl Walther Meyer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dreamer (1936 Film)
''The Dreamer'' (german: Traumulus) is a 1936 German historical drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Emil Jannings, Hilde Weissner, and Harald Paulsen. It is based on the play of the same name by German playwrights Oskar Jerschke and Arno Holz. The film's art direction was by Franz Schroedter, a leading set designer of the era. It premiered at Berlin's Ufa-Palast am Zoo The Ufa-Palast am Zoo, located near Berlin Zoological Garden in the New West area of Charlottenburg, was a major Berlin cinema owned by Universum Film AG, or Ufa. Opened in 1919 and enlarged in 1925, it was the largest cinema in Germany until 19 .... Plot A small garrison town in northern Germany. Professor Niemeyer is the director of the Königliches Gymnasium there and is nicknamed “Traumulus” by his students because of his traditional views and his unworldly demeanor. His values are those of the last century, and his ideas of decency, custom and morals elicit no more than shakes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
