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Hilde Sessak
Hilde Sessak (27 July 1915 – 17 April 2003) was a German actress who appeared in more than ninety film and television series during her career. She appeared in a number of films during the Nazi era including ''Quax the Crash Pilot'' (1941).Reimer p. 97 Selected filmography * ''Herr Kobin geht auf Abenteuer'' (1934) * ''Light Cavalry (1935 German film), Light Cavalry'' (1935) - Kellnerin Catella * ''The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935 film), The Girl from the Marsh Croft'' (1935) * ''Liebeslied'' (1935) * ''Trouble Backstairs (1935 film), Trouble Backstairs'' (1935) - Paula Schulze, Tochter * ''The Abduction of the Sabine Women (1936 film), The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (1936) - Marianne Neumeister * ''Schloß Vogelöd'' (1936) - Wally, Tochter des Waldhüters * ''Orders Are Orders (1936 film), Orders Are Orders'' (1936) - Annerl * ''Der verkannte Lebemann'' (1936) - Elsie Schultze - Stubenmädchen im Hotel * ''City of Anatol'' (1936) - Dienstmädchen bei Franziska * ''Die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the states of Germany, being the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country by 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 4.6 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 region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, as well as the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Curtain Falls
''The Curtain Falls'' () is a 1939 German crime film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Anneliese Uhlig, Elfie Mayerhofer and Hilde Sessak. It was based on a play by Paul van der Hurck and was made by UFA at the company's Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.195 The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. Cast * Anneliese Uhlig as Alice Souchy * Elfie Mayerhofer as Inge Blohm *Hilde Sessak as Vera Findtejs *Gustav Knuth as Doctor Cornelsen * Rudolf Fernau as Rodegger * Rolf Möbius as Hans Günther * Carl Kuhlmann as Walldorf * Rudolf Platte as Buttje *Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film ''The Treasure (1923 film), The Treasu ... as Berg * Aribert Mog as Wilke *Eberhard Leithoff as Nierweg * Volker von Collande as Rapp *Eduard Wenck as Reinicke * Alexander Engel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Staircase (1950 Film)
''The Staircase'' () is a 1950 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and (uncredited) Wolfgang Staudte, and starring Hilde Körber, Herbert Stass and Paul Westermeier.Bock & Bergfelder p. 315 It was partly shot at the Wiesbaden Studios in Hesse. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat. Synopsis The film portrays the lives of the inhabitants of the four floors of a tenement A tenement is a type of building shared by multiple dwellings, typically with flats or apartments on each floor and with shared entrance stairway access. They are common on the British Isles, particularly in Scotland. In the medieval Old Town, E ... building, connected by the staircase. Cast References Bibliography * Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1950 films 1950 drama films German drama films West German films 1950s Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman From Last Night
''The Woman from Last Night'' () is a 1950 West German comedy film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Heli Finkenzeller, Albert Matterstock, and Hilde Sessak. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... Gabriel Pellon. Cast References External links * 1950 films 1950 comedy films German comedy films German-language comedy films West German films Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt Films shot at Tempelhof Studios German black-and-white films 1950s German films 1950s German-language films Films scored by Herbert Windt {{1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orient Express (1944 Film)
''Orient Express'' () is a 1944 German thriller film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Siegfried Breuer, Gusti Wolf and Rudolf Prack.Wiesenthal p. 28 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. Synopsis As the Orient Express hurtles through the Balkans, a loud scream is heard and the communication cord is pulled. The guard investigates and discovers a dead man in one of the compartments. Police from the nearest town arrive to investigate. It seems most of the passengers are suspicious. Cast * Siegfried Breuer as Baron Erich Hübner * Gusti Wolf as Sonja Promshek * Rudolf Prack as Franz Schulz * Lisa Siebel as Frau Dr. Inge Geldern * Paul Dahlke as Police Commisar Iwanowitsch * Oskar Sima as Mischa Kowa, reporter * Joseph Offenbach as Inspector Kosta Balaban * Hilde Sessak Hilde Sessak (27 July 1915 – 17 April 2003) was a German actress who appeared in more than ninety film and television ... [...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] |
A Salzburg Comedy
''A Salzburg Comedy'' or ''Little Border Traffic'' () is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Willy Fritsch, Hertha Feiler and Heinz Salfner.Rentschler p. 380 Erich Kästner wrote the screenplay based on one of his own novels. As he had been blacklisted by the Nazi Party, he used the pseudonym Berhold Bürger. The novel was again adapted for the 1957 film '' Salzburg Stories''. Although it was set in Austria, the film was not made by the Vienna-based Wien-Film which had been set up following the Anschluss of 1938. Instead it was produced by the dominant German studio UFA and shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Röhrig. Location shooting took place at Bad Reichenhall and Salzburg towards the end of 1942. It was premiered in Frankfurt, while the first Berlin screening took place at the Marmorhaus. Cast * Willy Fritsch as Georg Rentmeister * Hertha Feiler as Konstanze * Heinz Salfner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paracelsus (film)
''Paracelsus'' is a 1943 German drama film directed by G. W. Pabst, based on the life of Paracelsus Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. H .... Cast References External links * 1943 films 1943 drama films 1940s biographical drama films 1940s German-language films German biographical drama films German black-and-white films Films of Nazi Germany Films directed by G. W. Pabst Films set in 16th-century Holy Roman Empire Cultural depictions of Swiss people Cultural depictions of physicians Cultural depictions of chemists Paracelsus 1940s German films Films scored by Herbert Windt German-language biographical drama films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luisa Sanfelice (1942 Film)
''Luisa Sanfelice'' is a 1942 Italian historical drama film directed by Leo Menardi and starring Laura Solari, Massimo Serato and Osvaldo Valenti.Marrone & Puppa p.461 The film is an adaptation of a novel by Alexandre Dumas based on the story of Luisa Sanfelice (1764-1800) an Italian aristocrat executed in Naples by Ferdinand I for supporting a Republican attempt to overthrow him during the French Revolutionary Wars. Horatio Nelson and Lady Hamilton both feature prominently. It was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. One of the film's screenwriters was Vittorio Mussolini, the son of dictator Benito Mussolini, who was heavily involved in the Italian film industry. The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi. Main cast * Laura Solari as Luisa Sanfelice * Massimo Serato as Ferdinando Ferri * Osvaldo Valenti as Nelson * Carlo Ninchi as Il banchiere Gerardo Bacher * Hilde Sessak Hilde Sessak (27 July 1915 – 17 April 2003) was a German actress who appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alarm (1941 Film)
''Alarm'' is a 1941 German crime film directed by Herbert B. Fredersdorf and starring Karl Martell, Maria von Tasnady and Paul Klinger.Davidson & Hake p. 59 The production was made by the independent Aco-Film rather than one of Germany's major film companies. It was shot at the Althoff Studios and various locations around Berlin including Tempelhof Airport and the Karstadt Department Store. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bruno Lutz. Cast * Karl Martell as Kriminalkommissar Petersen * Maria von Tasnady as Sekretärin Vera Kaufmann * Paul Klinger as Herbert Flügger * Rolf Weih as Werkpilot Werner Blennemann * Hilde Sessak as Platzanweiserin Helene Hoesch * Hilde Hildebrand as Pensionsinhaberin Frau Anders * Lotte Rausch as Dienstmädchen Meta * Theodor Loos as Rentner Ophagen * Fritz Rasp as Feinmechaniker Stülken * Alexander Engel as Barpianist Ölkers * Gerhard Bienert as Kriminalkommissar Dr. Dittmann * Albert Venohr as Kriminaloberassistent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleider Machen Leute (film)
''Clothes Make the Man'' () is a 1940 German historical comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler and Hilde Sessak. The film is based on the Novella '' Kleider machen Leute'', published by realist author Gottfried Keller in 1874. It was shot at the Barrandov Studios in German-occupied Prague as well as at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi .... Cast Release The film was released in the USA only in 1958, in German but with no subtitles. Reception Thomas Kramer of the ''Reclams Lexikon of the German Films'' References External links * Films of Nazi Germany Films directed by Helmut Käutner Films based on Swiss novels Films based on works by Gottfried Keller Films set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
