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Hans Ledersteger
Hans Ledersteger (1898–1971) was an Austrian art director who worked for many years in the German film industry. While mainly employed in Germany, he occasionally also worked in other countries such as Italy and his native Austria including on some post-war Heimatfilm.Fritsche p.240 He worked on around eighty films as Art Director or production designer during his career. He was married to the actress Irmgard Alberti. Their daughter was the actress Barbara Valentin. Selected filmography * '' Schweik in Civilian Life'' (1927) * ''The Woman of Yesterday and Tomorrow'' (1928) * ''Marriage'' (1928) * '' The Missing Wife'' (1929) * '' The Midnight Waltz'' (1929) * '' Madame Bluebeard '' (1931) * ''Viennese Waltz'' (1932) * '' A Woman Between Two Worlds'' (1936) * '' The Love of the Maharaja'' (1936) * ''The Charm of La Boheme'' (1937) * '' Darling of the Sailors'' (1937) * ''Hotel Sacher'' (1939) * ''Judgement Day'' (1940) * '' Nothing But Coincidence'' (1949) * '' Kissing Is No Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the Culture of Austria, cultural, Economy of Austria, economic, and Politics of Austria, political center of the country, the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most-populous of the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. The city lies on the eastern edge of the Vienna Woods (''Wienerwald''), the northeasternmost foothills of the Alps, that separate Vienna from the more western parts of Austria, at the transition to the Pannonian Basin. It sits on the Danube, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Between Two Worlds
''A Woman Between Two Worlds'' () is a 1936 Italian white telephone drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Isa Miranda, Assia Noris and Giulio Donadio. The film's sets were designed by art director Hans Ledersteger. It is the Italian version of the German film '' The Love of the Maharaja''. The film largely takes place in a grand hotel setting.Clarke & Doel p.37 It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. Cast *Isa Miranda as Mina Salviati *Assia Noris as Daisy Atkins *Giulio Donadio as Suraj *Váša Příhoda as Saverio Lancia *Mario Ferrari as dottor Lawburn *Oreste Bilancia as Saverio Lancia * Tatiana Pavoni as Mimi * Ernesto Sabatini as Lord Winston *Vinicio Sofia as l'amministratore di Trenchman *Renato Malavasi as il segretario di Trenchman *Alfredo Martinelli as Il barbiere *Gino Viotti as Il direttore dell'hotel *Olinto Cristina * Carlo Petrangeli References Bibliography *Clarke, David B. & Doel, Marcus A. ''Moving Pictures/Stopping Places: Hotels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of Life And Death
''Master of Life and Death'' (German: ''Herr über Leben und Tod'') is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Victor Vicas and starring Maria Schell, Ivan Desny and Wilhelm Borchert. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location around the city and in Brittany. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter. It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Carl Zuckmayer.Goble p.796 Synopsis Barbara is married to the distinguished professor of medicine Georg Bertram who once saved her father's life. When they have a mentally handicapped child together his clinical coldness comes to the fore and he wants to commit euthanasia on the child. She stops him and takes the child away to Brittany in the hope that a change of location and nursing will help them to improve. While there she encounters a much more sympathetic doctor. Cast * Maria Schell as Barbara Bertram, geb. Hansen * Ivan Desny as Dr. Daniel Karentis * Wilh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Musical War Of Love
''A Musical War of Love'' () is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters and Paul Kemp.Holmstrom p.206 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter. Cast * Marte Harell as Doctor Käthe Nimrod * Johannes Heesters as Ralph Beyron * Paul Kemp as Professor Melchior Quint * Ernst Waldow as Direktor Winkelmann * Ingrid Pan as Irmgard Schmuck * Rudolf Platte as Scharnagl * Peer Schmidt as Carlo Linetti * Wilfried Seyferth as Generaldirektor Rabenfuß * Viktoria von Ballasko as Fräulein Canisius * Claus Biederstaedt as Rautenkranz * Eugen Dumont Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pa ... as Justizrat * Adi Lödel as Stift Toni * Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Back (film)
''Come Back'' (German: ''Komm zurück'') is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and starring Winnie Markus, Rudolf Prack and Hans Stüwe.Bock & Bergfelder p.374 It was shot at the Bendestorf and Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. Location shooting took place around Stade and on the Rhine. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger, Ernst Richter and Hans Richter. Cast * Winnie Markus as Sabine Viborg * Rudolf Prack as Martin Larsen * Hans Stüwe as Konrad Frisius * Rasma Ducat as Titine Clomord-Singer * Joachim Rake as Gert Hassler * Margreth Meier-Wolters as Frau Muthesius * Alfred Braun as Vokrodt * Helmut Gmelin as Danehl * Eva Fiebig as Fräulein Kranboer * Carl Voscherau as Bloom * Etta Braun as Marguerite * Teddy Turai as La Chaussee * Kurt Fuß as Franz Zollinspektor * Axel Monjé Axel Monjé (1910 – 1962) was a German stage actor, stage and film actor.Giesen p.193 Selected filmography * ''Central Rio'' (1939) * ''Counterfeiters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ave Maria (1953 Film)
''Ave Maria'' is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and starring Zarah Leander, Hans Stüwe and Marianne Hold.Bock & Bergfelder p.279 It was part of the post-war comeback of Swedish-born Leander who had been one of the biggest German stars of the Nazi era. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Location filming took place in Hamburg, Finland and the Starnberger See. Cast * Zarah Leander as Karin Twerdy aka Maria Talland * Hans Stüwe as Dietrich Gontard * Marianne Hold as Daniela Twerdy * Hilde Körber as Schwester Benedikta * Carl Wery as Dr. Melartin * Ingrid Pan as Christa Gontard * Hans Henn as Thomas Gontard * Hedwig Wangel as Die Oberin * Charlotte Scheier-Herold as Schwester Luitgard * Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Dr. Rieser * Josef Sieber as Conny * Hans Stiebner as Hanke * Berta Drews as Kerstin Melartin * Elisabeth Wendt as Lisa Nilsson * Etta Braun as Selma * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Thousand Red Roses Bloom
''A Thousand Red Roses Bloom'' () is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and starring Rudolf Prack, Winnie Markus and O. W. Fischer. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter. Synopsis Engineer Andreas Mahler heads to Mexico for a job. His sweetheart Ebba promises her his eternal love. However, her father wants Ebba to marry Hannes a prosperous farmer's sons. He burns all letters from Andreas to Ebba, leading her to think that he has forgotten her. She agrees to the marriage proposal of Hannes and has a son with him. Years later Andreas returns to the area to work on a bridge across the Weser. Ebba runs into him and both realise that their letters had been intercepted. Ebba leaves her husband and son and goes away with Andreas. However, she soon comes to miss her son and decides that her place is with him and not her lover. Cast *Rudolf Prack as Hannes Frings *Winnie Markus as Eb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furioso (film)
''Furioso'' is a 1950 West German drama film directed by Johannes Meyer (director), Johannes Meyer and starring Ewald Balser, Kirsten Heiberg and Peter van Eyck.Bock & Bergfelder p.496 It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and location shooting, on location in Grömitz. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter (art director), Ernst Richter. Synopsis Celebrated music teacher Professor Soldin has a highly talented student in Peter von Rhoden. Soldin is heartbroken when his young wife and his protégé start having an affair. However, Soldin continues to support his favorite student's musical career even when his wife leaves him for the younger man. Cast * Ewald Balser as Professor Soldin * Kirsten Heiberg as Isa Soldin, seine Frau * Peter van Eyck as Peter von Rhoden * Petra Peters as Hilma Delius * Carl-Heinz Schroth as Carlo * Käthe Haack as Frau Delius * Ursula Herking as Erna * Josef Sieber as Gerhard * Karin Jacobsen a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kissing Is No Sin (1950 Film)
''Kissing Is No Sin'' (German: ''Küssen ist keine Sünd'') is a 1950 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Hubert Marischka and starring Curd Jürgens, Hans Olden and Hans Moser. The film takes its title from the waltz "Küssen ist keine Sünd" in Edmund Eysler's 1903 operetta '' Bruder Straubinger'' and features the song in its soundtrack.Höfig, Willi (1973). ''Der deutsche Heimatfilm 1947-1960'', p. 229. F. Enke. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Salzburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter. Cast * Curd Jürgens as Kammersänger, Felix Alberti * Hans Olden as Ferdinand Schwaighofer, sein Impresario * Hans Moser as Alois Eder, Gastwirt zur 'Goldenen Gans' * Erika von Thellmann as Anastasia, seine Frau * Elfie Mayerhofer as Tilly, deren Tochter * Adolf Gondrell as Generaldirektor Steinberger * Gisela Fackeldey as Mara, seine Freundin * Hans Leibelt * Theodor Danegger * Max Schipper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothing But Coincidence
''Nothing But Coincidence'' () is a 1949 West German comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Theo Lingen, Sonja Ziemann, and Josef Meinrad. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (24 October 18089 April 1879), was a German musical theorist and composer, born at Großschönau, Saxony. He first studied music at Zittau, and afterwards at Leipzig, where he attained so high a reputation that in .... Cast References External links * 1949 comedy films German comedy films West German films Films directed by E. W. Emo German black-and-white films 1940s German films Films shot at Göttingen Studios 1940s German-language films Films scored by Franz Grothe {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judgement Day (1940 Film)
''Judgement Day'' (German: ''Das jüngste Gericht'') is a 1940 German comedy drama film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Hans Holt, Olly Holzmann and Susi Nicoletti.Von Dassanowsky p.81 Location shooting took place in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Waidhofen . The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter (art director), Ernst Richter. It was produced in Vienna by Wien-Film, a company set up following the Anschluss , German annexation of Austria. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios, Rosenhügel and Sievering Studios in the city. Synopsis Ferdinand Strubel wants his daughter Marianne to marry the son of wealthy brewery owner Baron von Schnackenberg. However Marianne has fallen in love with teacher Leopold, despite her father already setting the wedding day. Leopold has an idea when he reads of the passing of Halley's Comet the day before the marriage is due to take place. He convinces Ferdinand Strubel that the world will end when the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Sacher (film)
''Hotel Sacher'' is a 1939 German drama film directed by Erich Engel and starring Sybille Schmitz, Willy Birgel, and Wolf Albach-Retty.Bock & Bergfelder p. 43 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger and Hans Richter. It was partly shot on location in Vienna, which had recently been taken over by Nazi Germany. Interior scenes were shot at the Rosenhügel Studios. Synopsis Shortly before the First World War at the Hotel Sacher in Vienna, a disgraced Austrian civil servant meets his ex-lover, a female Russian spy. Cast See also * ''Titanic'' (A similar nazi propaganda film from 1943, also starring Sybille Schmitz Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz (2 December 1909 – 13 April 1955) was a German actress. Biography Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927. Only one year l ... as a Russian socialite) References Bibliography * * External links * 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
