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Hans Richter (actor)
Hans Richter (12 January 1919 – 5 October 2008) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1931 and 1984, mostly in supporting roles. He was born in Brandenburg, Germany and died in Heppenheim, Germany. Life and career Hans Richter made his film debut as "Fliegender Hirsch" in Gerhard Lamprecht's ''Emil and the Detectives (1931 film), Emil and the Detectives'' (1931), based on the Emil and the Detectives, novel of the same name by Erich Kästner. In the following years, Richter become a popular juvenile actor; often playing clever, somewhat cheeky boys (a type similar to Mickey Rooney in the American film during the 1930s). When he reached legal age, he had appeared in over 50 films. After his supporting role as a lazy schoolboy in ''Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944 film), Die Feuerzangenbowle'' (1944), Richter got drafted into the German Wehrmacht and was also in war imprisonment for some time. After the World War, Richter worked as a cabaret artist an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944 Film)
' (, ''The Fire-Tongs Bowl'' or ''The Punch Bowl'') is a 1944 German comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss, based on the book of the Die Feuerzangenbowle, same name. It follows the book closely, as its author, Heinrich Spoerl, also wrote the script for the film. Both tell the story of a famous writer going undercover as a student at a small-town secondary school after his friends tell him that he missed out on the best part of growing up by being educated at home. The story in the book takes place during the time of the German Empire, Wilhelmine Empire in Germany. The film was produced and released in Germany during the last years of World War II and has been called a "masterpiece of timeless, cheerful escapism."Georg Seeßlen, 1994: In: ''epd Film'' 3/94. The film stars Heinz Rühmann in the role of the student Hans Pfeiffer, which is remarkable as Rühmann was already 42 years old at that time. The title comes from the German alcoholic tradition of ''Feuerzangenbowle''. Rühma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Burning Secret
''The Burning Secret'' () is a 1933 Austrian-German drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Alfred Abel, Hilde Wagener and Hans Joachim Schaufuß. It was based on the 1913 novella of the same title by Stefan Zweig. It was released by the German branch of Universal Pictures. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin and on location around Ascona in Switzerland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich. Because of its theme of adultery, the film was attacked by Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Propaganda Minister.Reimer & Reimer p. 275 Cast * Alfred Abel as Der Mann * Hilde Wagener as Die Frau * Hans Joachim Schaufuß as Edgar * Lucie Höflich as Mutter der Frau * Willi Forst as Herr von Haller, Rennfahrer * Ernst Dumcke as Baron Tosse * Alfred Beierle as Müller, Hoteldetektiv * Hans Richter as Fritz, Page * Rina Marsa as Fräulein de la Roche * Heinz Berghaus as Hotelportier * Lotte Stein as Frau Klappholz Production ''The Burni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter (1934 Film)
''Peter'' is a 1934 Austrian-Hungarian comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Franciska Gaal, Felix Bressart and Richard Eybner. Plot After a young woman and her grandfather run into financial trouble, she (forced by a thief to wear his clothes) tries to earn money selling newspapers, loudly yelling false news to advertise them. A young doctor arguing that "truth is the mothermilk of the civilisation", destroys the newspapers and tries to leave in his car, but is blocked by her, causing him to destroy a telephone booth. Arrested still wearing the thief's male clothes with his wig found in the trouser pocket, she and grandfather are dragged in front of an understanding but severe judge who make them to pay for the telephone booth. The doctor, moved by the tears for having caused trouble for the 'boy' and her grandfather, asks his garage manager to hire 'him' and secretly pays the fine. When she discovers the doctor has no clients, she starts helping him find some in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The English Marriage
''The English Marriage'' () is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Renate Müller, Anton Walbrook and Adele Sandrock. It was based on a novel of the same title by Ludwig von Wohl who also wrote the screenplay. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte. Location shooting took place at Berlin's Tempelhof Airport and on Heligoland. It was made by Cine-Allianz and a number of those involved including its director, producers, screenwriter and star Anton Walbrook soon after left Nazi Germany due to their Jewish 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 ... backgrounds. Synopsis A young German woman is engaged to marry a British aristocrat but has to win over his hostile family.Strobl p. 128 Cast * Renate Müller as Gerte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Parade (1934 Film)
''Spring Parade'' (, ) is a 1934 comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Paul Hörbiger, Franciska Gaal, and Wolf Albach-Retty. The film was made by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures to whom Gaal was under contract. However the rise of the Nazi Party to power meant that Gaal and several other Jewish figures involved with the film had to work in Budapest and Vienna. The film's sets were designed by art director Emil Hasler. In 1940 the film was remade in Hollywood as '' Spring Parade''. The screenwriter Ernst Marischka and producer Joe Pasternak Joseph Herman Pasternak (born József Paszternák; September 19, 1901 – September 13, 1991) was a Hungarian-American film producer in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood. Pasternak spent the Hollywood Musical film, "Golden Age" of musicals ... worked on both films. Cast References Bibliography * Von Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Screening Transcendence: Film Under Austrofascism and the Hollywood Hope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flower Girl From The Grand Hotel
''The Flower Girl from the Grand Hotel'' (German: ''Das Blumenmädchen vom Grand-Hotel'') is a 1934 German drama film directed by Carl Boese and starring Elsa Merlini, Georg Alexander and Hans Brausewetter.Cardullo p.268 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Alexander Mügge. A separate Italian-language version '' The Lucky Diamond'' was also produced starring Merlini with a different supporting cast. Synopsis A flower girl working at a grand hotel encounters a diamond that brings her luck and adventure. Cast * Elsa Merlini as Lis * Georg Alexander as Eduard Swalt * Hans Brausewetter as Fritz Peters * Fritz Odemar as Der Diener Hermann * Julius Falkenstein as Hoppe, Taxichauffeur * Hans Richter as Tommy, ein Straßenjunge * Jakob Tiedtke as Flindt, Theaterdirektor * Theo Lingen as Thumser, Spielleiter * Alfred Beierle Alfred Beierle (4 June 1885 – 16 March 1950) was a German stage actor, stage and film actor.Alpi p.346 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure On The Southern Express
''Adventure on the Southern Express'' () is a 1934 German thriller film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Charlotte Susa, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Ralph Arthur Roberts.Caneppele p. 149 It was shot on location in Northern Italy and Switzerland. Synopsis While a train is travelling through the Italian Alps, the jewellery of a wealthy young widow is stolen. An ex-soldier working as a waiter on the train comes under suspicion of the crime. Cast * Charlotte Susa as Lisa von Hellwitz, eine junge Witwe * Karl Ludwig Diehl as Hans Lenzfeld, Speisewagenkellner * Ralph Arthur Roberts as Prinz Tarnoff * Richard Romanowsky as Prof. Eberhard Degenfeld, Privatgelehrter * Charly Berger * Elli Blank * Walter Dysing * Angelo Ferrari * Baby Gray as Singer * Lotte Haas * Trude Haefelin * Paul Heidemann as Schnäbeli, Privatdetektiv * Carola Höhn * Fred Immler * Walter Krilla * Otto Kronburger as Diener des Prinzen * Maria Loja * Hans Richter as Max, Pikkolo im Speisewagen * Annemarie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Whale
''The Black Whale'' () is a 1934 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Emil Jannings, Angela Salloker and Max Gülstorff. It is based on the 1931 play '' Fanny'' by Marcel Pagnol. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. Because the film had a Jewish producer, it had some production issues due to the takeover of the Nazi Party. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. Plot ''The Black Whale'' is the German version of Marcel Pagnol's masterpiece '' Fanny,'' the second part of his Marseilles trilogy. Many years ago, Peter Petersen's son Martin had abandoned his pregnant girlfriend Fanny to chase adventures on the sea. Peter Petersen had then married Fanny with his friend Pannies, who adopted and raised the baby as his own. Martin returns after several years, determined to get Fanny and his child back. Cast *Emil Jannings as Peter Petersen * Angela Salloker as Fanny Jürgen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Precocious Girl
''A Precocious Girl'' (German title: ''Csibi, der Fratz'' aka ''Früchtchen'') is a 1934 Austrian comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and Richard Eichberg and starring Franciska Gaal, Leopoldine Konstantin and Herbert Hübner. The film's sets were designed by art director Julius von Borsody. The film was made by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures. Because of the Nazi rise to power Gaal and other Jewish filmmakers went to Austria and Hungary to work on a series of comedy films.Bock & Bergfelder p.144 A separate Italian version of the story '' Unripe Fruit'' was released the same year. It was remade in Hollywood in 1942 as '' Between Us Girls'', with the setting moved to America. Cast * Franciska Gaal as Lucie Carell, nicknamed Csibi * Leopoldine Konstantin as Maria, her mother * Herbert Hübner as Hartwig * Friedl Haerlin as Eva, seine Frau * Hermann Thimig as Dr. Werner * Anton Edthofer as Dr. Lohnau * Tibor Halmay as Berky * Theo Lingen as Anton, Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Page From The Dalmasse Hotel (1933 Film)
''The Page from the Dalmasse Hotel'' (German: ''Der Page vom Dalmasse Hotel'') is a 1933 German comedy filmHake p.58 directed by Victor Janson and starring Dolly Haas, Harry Liedtke and Hans Junkermann. The art direction was by Fritz Maurischat and Hans Minzloff Hans Minzloff (1890–1962) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 His life The son of sculptor Viktor Minzloff, he trained as a theater painter and briefly studied architecture at the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now Technische .... The film is based on the novel of the same title by Maria von Peteani. It was later adapted into a . Cast References Bibliography * Hake, Sabine. ''German National Cinema''. Routledge, 2008. External links * 1933 films 1933 comedy films German comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films Films directed by Victor Janson Films based on Austrian novels Films set in hotels Cross-dressing in German films Terra Film films German bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tsarevich (1933 Film)
''The Tsarevich'' (German: ''Der Zarewitsch'') is a 1933 German Historical drama, historical musical film directed by Victor Janson and starring Mártha Eggerth, Hans Söhnker and Ery Bos. It is based on the 1927 operetta ''Der Zarewitsch'' by Franz Lehar. It was one of a number of operetta film that Eggerth appeared in during the decade. The film's sets were designed by Walter Haag and Franz Schroedter. A separate French-language version ' was also released. Cast *Mártha Eggerth as Mary Collin *Hans Söhnker as Der Zarewitsch *Ery Bos as Prinzessin Dorothea *Ida Wüst as Gräfin Landa *Georg Alexander as Fürst Symoff *Otto Wallburg as Graf Narkyn *Anton Pointner as Ein Adjutant *Paul Otto as Der Großfürst *Max Gülstorff as Berthel *Paul Heidemann as Iwan *Hans Joachim Schaufuß as Stups See also *''The Tsarevich (1929 film), The Tsarevich'' (1929) *''The Little Czar'' (1954) References External links * 1930s historical musical films German h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Bluejackets And A Blonde
''Three Bluejackets, One Blonde Girl'' (German: ''Drei blaue Jungs, ein blondes Mädel'') is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Charlotte Ander, Heinz Rühmann and Friedrich Benfer. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Machus. Cast *Charlotte Ander as Ilse Schröder *Heinz Rühmann as Cadet Heini Jäger * Friedrich Benfer as Willy Thiem *Fritz Kampers as Heini's Butenschön * Hans Richter as Fritz, Ilse's brother *Sophie Pagay as Heini's mother *Gerhard Dammann *Karl Hannemann Karl Hannemann (4 March 1895 – 13 November 1953) was a German film actor. Born in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany, he died at the age of 55 in Berlin. Selected filmography * '' The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * '' And Yet Luck Came'' (1923) * '' ... *Hans Hemes * Hans Albin * Adolf Fischer * Karl Klöckner References Bibliography * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933''. Klaus-Archiv, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |