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Helen Vita
Helen Vita (7 August 1928 in Hohenschwangau – 16 February 2001 in Berlin) was a Swiss chanson singer, actress, and comedian. In 1966 Vita recorded ''Freche Chansons aus dem alten Frankreich'', traditional French chansons translated into German. The explicit content of the songs was under scrutiny by courts in Germany before the Protests of 1968 The protests of 1968 comprised a worldwide escalation of social conflicts, which were predominantly characterized by the rise of left-wing politics, Anti-war movement, anti-war sentiment, Civil and political rights, civil rights urgency, youth C .... She was married to the composer Walter Baumgartner. Filmography References External links * 1928 births 2001 deaths Swiss film actresses 20th-century Swiss women singers 20th-century Swiss actresses People from Ostallgäu Swiss women comedians Actresses from Bavaria Comedians from Bavaria {{Switzerland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hohenschwangau
Hohenschwangau is a former village and now an urban district of the municipality of Schwangau, Ostallgäu district, Bavaria, Germany. It is located between Schloss Neuschwanstein and Schloss Hohenschwangau and is visited by about 2 million people annually, where they start tours to the former royal palaces. The village is dominated by car parks, restaurants, guest house (lodging), guesthouses, hotels and souvenir shops. Hohenschwangau is bordered by the Alpsee in the West. Here the ''Museum of the Bavarian Kings'' was established in 2011 in a former ancient hotel building (Alpseestraße 27). The actress and singer Helen Vita was born in Hohenschwangau. Julien Duvivier shot exterior scenes for his film ''Marianne de ma jeunesse'' here. External links Hohenschwangau Village {{Authority control Villages in Bavaria Ostallgäu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert And Bertram (1961 Film)
''Robert and Bertram'' () is a 1961 West German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Willy Millowitsch, Vico Torriani and Trude Herr. It was inspired by the characters in Gustav Raeder's 1856 play '' Robert and Bertram'', updated to the modern era. Two vagabonds, Robert and Bertram, are hired by a shoe company to walk 500 kilometres to test their new product. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in the Bavarian town of Eichstätt. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Wilhelm Vorwerg. Cast *Willy Millowitsch as Robert Ziegel *Vico Torriani as Bertram Weiler *Trude Herr as Klara Ziegel *Marlies Behrens as Yvonne Berger *Helen Vita as Mieze Frühling *Erwin Strahl as Franco *Hubert von Meyerinck as Detective Commissioner Wolf *Ralf Wolter as Toni Knauer *Margarete Haagen as old lady in the car *Arno Paulsen as Direktor Malina *Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann as policeman *Erich Fiedler as Dr. Abendroth * Kurt Waitzmann as Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Film Actresses
Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland *Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located in Baghdad, Iraq *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss International Air Lines **Swiss Global Air Lines, a subsidiary *Swissair, former national air line of Switzerland * .swiss alternative TLD for Switzerland See also *Swiss made, label for Swiss products *Swiss cheese (other) *Switzerland (other) *Languages of Switzerland, none of which are called "Swiss" *International Typographic Style, also known as Swiss Style, in graphic design *Schweizer (other), meaning Swiss in German *Schweitzer, a family name meaning Swiss in German *Swisse Swisse is a vitamin, supplement, and skincare brand. Founded in Australia in 1969 and globally headquartered in Melbourne, and was sold to Health & Happ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Births
Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, Joseph Stalin's personal secretary, crosses the border to Iran to defect from the Soviet Union. * January 17 – The OGPU arrests Leon Trotsky in Moscow; he assumes a status of passive resistance and is exiled with his family. * January 26 – The volcanic island Anak Krakatau appears. February * February – The Ford River Rouge Complex at Dearborn, Michigan, an automobile plant begun in 1917, is completed as the world's largest integrated factory. * February 8 – Scottish-born inventor John Logie Baird broadcasts a transatlantic television signal from London to Hartsdale, New York. * February 11 – February 19, 19 – The 1928 Winter Olympics are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the first as a separate event. Sonja Henie of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Alexanderplatz (miniseries)
''Berlin Alexanderplatz'' (), originally broadcast in 1980, is a 14-part West German crime television miniseries, set in 1920s Berlin and adapted and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder from Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel of the same name. It stars Günter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, Elisabeth Trissenaar and Gottfried John. The complete series is 15 hours ( NTSC and home media releases expand the runtime by half an hour). In 1983, it was released theatrically in the United States by TeleCulture, where a theater would show two or three parts per night. It garnered a cult following there and was eventually released on VHS and broadcast on PBS and then Bravo. In 1985, it was transmitted in the United Kingdom on Channel 4. Episodes Synopsis "The Punishment Begins" Berlin, 1928. Franz Biberkopf is released after serving four years in Tegel prison for killing his girlfriend Ida. After settling into his old apartment he visits Minna, Ida's sister, and rapes h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lili Marleen (film)
''Lili Marleen'' is a 1981 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder that stars Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, and Mel Ferrer. Set in the time of the Third Reich, the film recounts the love affair between a German singer who becomes the darling of the nation, based on Lale Andersen, and a Swiss conductor, based on Rolf Liebermann, who is active in saving his fellow Jews. Though the screenplay uses the autobiographical novel ''Der Himmel hat viele Farben'' (''The Heavens Have Many Colors'') by Lale Andersen, her last husband, Arthur Beul, said the film bears little relation to her real life. Plot In Switzerland, an aspiring German singer called Willie is in love with Robert, a trainee conductor who is Jewish. His family are part of a network enabling Jews and their money to find safety in neutral Switzerland. Fearing that the network could be endangered by Robert's involvement with a German woman, his wealthy father has her deported. Back in Germany, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Can Only Get Worse
It or IT may refer to: * It (pronoun), in English * Information technology Arts and media Film and television * ''It'' (1927 film), a film starring Clara Bow * ''It! The Terror from Beyond Space'', a 1958 science fiction film * ''It!'' (1967 film), a British horror film starring Roddy McDowell * ''It'' (1989 film), a Soviet comedy film directed by Sergei Ovcharov * ''It'' (miniseries), a 1990 television miniseries film based on Stephen King's novel * ''It'' (Phish video), a 2004 DVD set about the Phish festival * ''Incredible Tales'', simply known as ''I.T.'', a 2004 Singaporean horror anthology TV series * ''I.T.'' (film), a 2016 film starring Pierce Brosnan * ''It'' (2017 film), a film adaptation of Stephen King's novel **''It Chapter Two'' (2019), the direct sequel to the 2017 film **''It – Welcome to Derry,'' an upcoming prequel television series scheduled to be released in 2026 Characters * It, properly the Psammead, the title character of the 1902 novel ''Five Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satan's Brew
''Satan's Brew'' () is a 1976 German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Plot The poet Walter Kranz and his wife Luise live with Walter's mentally disabled brother Ernst. They have money problems, as the formerly successful "poet of the revolution" has not written anything in two years. His bank account is overdrawn, his publisher refuses to give him an advance, and he has already accumulated too many debts with his friends Lisa and Rolf. One of Walter's mistresses, Irmgard von Witzleben, writes him a check, but he shoots her while roleplaying with a gun. Walter gets the idea to write about a prostitute and begins to interview Lana von Meyerbeer, but soon runs out of questions and has sex with her. Luise watches and complains that he has not had sex with her in seventeen days. Meanwhile, Ernst is increasing his collection of dead flies. While a policeman comes to ask for Walter's alibi for Irmgard's supposed murder, movers come to repossess his furniture. Walter visits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabaret (1972 Film)
''Cabaret'' is a 1972 American musical period drama film directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse from a screenplay by Jay Presson Allen, based on the 1966 stage musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff, which in turn was based on the 1951 play '' I Am a Camera'' by John Van Druten and the 1939 novel '' Goodbye to Berlin'' by Christopher Isherwood. It stars Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Marisa Berenson, and Joel Grey. Multiple numbers from the stage score were used for the film, which also featured three other songs by Kander and Ebb, including two written for the adaptation. In the traditional manner of musical theater, most major characters in the stage version sing to express their emotions and advance the plot; in the film, however, the musical numbers are almost entirely diegetic and take place inside the club, with the exception of " Tomorrow Belongs to Me", which is not performed in the club or by the club characters, but is still diegetic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holiday Report
''Holiday Report'' (German: ''Urlaubsreport - Worüber Reiseleiter nicht sprechen dürfen'') is a 1971 West German comedy film directed by Ernst Hofbauer and starring Sybil Danning, Astrid Frank and Werner Abrolat.Bergfelder p.225 It was produced by Wolf C. Hartwig's Rapid Film, in an attempt to capitalise on the success of the company's hit ''Schoolgirl Report'' series. Cast * Sybil Danning as Ina, die Anhalterin * Astrid Frank as Andrea * Werner Abrolat as Wieland * Laurence Bien as Miguel * Josef Fröhlich as Ignaz Schneider, der Urlaubspfarrer * Max Grießer as Xaver * Wolf Harnisch as Fred * as Maxl * Helen Vita as Gitta Mitterer * Ralf Wolter as Horst-Dieter Mitterer * Harald Baerow as Steinlechner * Nadine De Rangot as Karla * Karin Götz as Blonde Nichte von Tante Paula * Josef Moosholzer as Wirt des Gasthofs, wo Ina mit Jürgen übernachtet * Gernot Möhner as Franz * Juliane Rom-Sock as Helga * Marianne Sock as Helga * Véronique Vendell as Tisch-Tänzeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Feuerzangenbowle (1970 Film)
''Die Feuerzangenbowle'' is a 1970 West German film based on the book of the same name and a remake of the 1934 and 1944 films. This version of was part of a number of 1970s films concentrating on the theme of modernizing the school system. It was much less successful than its predecessors. Cast *Walter Giller as Dr. Hans Pfeiffer * Uschi Glas as Eva Knauer * Theo Lingen as Professor Crey *Fritz Tillmann as Direktor Knauer *Willy Reichert as Professor Bömmel * Hans Richter as Dr. Brett *Rudolf Schündler Rudolf Ernst Paul Schündler (17 April 1906, in Leipzig – 12 December 1988, in Munich) was a German actor and director. He played "Karl" in ''The Exorcist'' (1973). After finishing the film ''The Nasty Girl'', Schündler died of a heart attac ... as Musiklehrer * Helen Vita as Frau Windscheid * Nadja Tiller as Marion Xylander * Wolfgang Condrus as Husemann * Alice Treff as Frau Knauer * Herbert Weißbach as Oberschulrat Hinzelmann * Willi Rose as Klemke *Karl-Josef Cram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
