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Grete Minde
''Grete Minde'' is an 1880 German novel by Theodor Fontane Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known tod ..., based on the case of Margarete von Minden who in 1619 took revenge on corrupt officials in Tangermünde by setting fire to the town, in which she and her child also perished. Works based on the novel include: * ''Grete Minde'' (film), 1977 German film * ''Grete Minde'' (opera), German opera by Eugen Engel {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Fontane
Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known today, only at age 58 after a career as a journalist. Fontane's novels are known for their complex, often sceptical view of society in the German empire; he shows different social and political parts of society meeting and sometimes clashing. Other trademarks of Fontane's work are their strongly drawn female characters (such as '' Effi Briest'' and ''Frau Jenny Treibel''), tender irony and vivid conversations between characters. Life Youth Fontane was born in Neuruppin, a town 30 miles northwest of Berlin, into a Huguenot family. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to an apothecary, his father's profession. He became an apothecary himself and in 1839, at the age of 20, wrote his first work (''Heinrichs IV. erste Liebe'', now lost). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grete Minde (film)
''Grete Minde'' is a 1977 Austrian-German drama film based on the novel by Theodor Fontane and directed by Heidi Genée. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. The plot is based on the case of a young woman deprived of her rightful inheritance by officials in her home town, who takes her revenge by setting fire to the town, in which she and her child also perish. Cast * Katerina Jacob as Grete Minde * Siemen Rühaak as Valtin Zernitz * Hannelore Elsner as Trude Minde * Tilo Prückner as Gerd Minde * Brigitte Grothum as Emerentz Zernitz * Käthe Haack as Domina * Hans Christian Blech as Gigas * Hilde Sessak as Regine * Martin Flörchinger as Vater Minde * Horst Niendorf Horst Hermann Heinrich Niendorf (28 June 1926 – 17 June 1999) was a German actor and voice actor. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1951 to 1996. Selected filmography References External links * 1926 births 1999 deaths ... as Valtins Onkel References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
