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Jörg Graser
Jörg Graser (born 30 December 1951) is a German film director and screenwriter. His film ''Abraham's Gold'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * '' Trokadero'' (dir. Klaus Emmerich, 1981) * ' (1981) * '' Magdalena'' (1983, TV film) — (based on a play by Ludwig Thoma) * ''Via Mala'' (dir. Tom Toelle, 1985, TV miniseries) — (based on ''Via Mala'' by John Knittel) * '' Storms in May'' (dir. Xaver Schwarzenberger, 1987, TV film) — (based on '' Storms in May'' by Ludwig Ganghofer) * ''Abraham's Gold ''Abraham's Gold'' () is a 1990 German drama film directed by Jörg Graser. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Hanna Schygulla – Barbara "Bärbel" Hunzinger * – Karl Lechner * Daniela ...'' (1990) * '' Ich schenk dir die Sterne'' (1991) * '' Drei Sekunden Ewigkeit'' (1995, TV film) References External links * 1951 births Living people Film people fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of students, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 51st-largest city. Located about south of Frankfurt, Heidelberg is part of the densely populated Rhine-Neckar, Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region which has its centre in Mannheim. Heidelberg is located on the Neckar River, at the point where it leaves its narrow valley between the Oden Forest and the Kleiner Odenwald, Little Oden Forest, and enters the wide Upper Rhine Plain. The old town lies in the valley, the end of which is flanked by the Königstuhl (Odenwald), Königstuhl in the south and the Heiligenberg (Heidelberg), Heiligenberg in the north. The majority of the population lives in the districts west of the mountains in the Upper Rhine Plain, into which the city has expan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Toelle
Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name. Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tom'' (1973 film), or ''The Bad Bunch'', a blaxploitation film * ''Tom'' (2002 film), a documentary film * ''Tom'' (American TV series), 1994 * ''Tom'' (Spanish TV series), 2003 Music * ''Tom'', a 1970 album by Tom Jones * Tom drum, a musical drum with no snares * Tom (Ethiopian instrument), a plucked lamellophone thumb piano * Tune-o-matic, a guitar bridge design Places * Tom, Oklahoma, US * Tom (Amur Oblast), a river in Russia * Tom (river), in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob Science and technology * A male cat * A male wild turkey * Tom (pattern matching language), a programming language * TOM (psychedelic), a hallucinogen * Text Object Model, a Microsoft Windows programming interface * Theory of mind In psychology and philosophy, theory of mind (often abbreviated to ToM) refers to the capacity to unders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 11 – In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not not be declassified until 1978. * January 15 – In a criminal court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drei Sekunden Ewigkeit (1925–1996), Italian racing cyclist
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Drei (German: "three") may refer to: * ''Drei'' (Glashaus album), a 2005 album by pop band Glashaus * ''Drei'' (Emika album) (stylised form: ''DREI''), a 2015 album by electronic artist Emika * ''Three'' (2010 film), a German film called ''Drei'' in German * Drei Oesterreich, Austrian mobile phone provider People with the surname * Alisa Drei (born 1978), Finnish figure skater * José Luis Drei (born 1973), Brazilian football player * Umberto Drei Umberto Drei (1 May 1925 – 14 January 1996) was an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1948 Tour de France The 1948 Tour de France was the 35th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 25 July 1948. It consisted of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ich Schenk Dir Die Sterne
Ich, ich or ICH may refer to: Places * Ich, Semnan, a village in Semnan Province, Iran * Ich, Zanjan, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran * Ich, alternative name of Ij, Zanjan, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran Medicine * The ego (German: ''Ich''), one of the psychic apparatus defined in Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche * Infectious canine hepatitis, an acute liver infection in dogs * ''Ichthyophthirius multifiliis'', often shortened to ich, a disease of freshwater fish ** '' Cryptocaryon'' or marine ich, a similar disease of marine fish * Intracranial hemorrhage, bleeding within the skull ** Intracerebral hemorrhage, bleeding into brain tissues and/or brain vessicles * International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use * UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK Science and technology * Intangible cultural heritage, a concept in cultural anthropology Technology * I/O Controller Hub, an Intel Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Ganghofer
Ludwig Ganghofer (7 July 1855 – 24 July 1920) was a German writer. He has been called the "most-adapted author in the history of German cinema", as many of his novels were turned into films. Biography Ganghofer was born in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, the son of forestry official August Ganghofer (1827–1900). His younger sister Ida (1863–1944) married the geologist and geographer Albrecht Penck in 1886. The geomorphologist Walther Penck was Ganghofer's nephew. He graduated from gymnasium secondary school in 1873 and subsequently worked as a fitter in Augsburg engine works. In 1875, he entered Munich Polytechnic as a student of mechanical engineering, but eventually changed his major to history of literature and philosophy, which subjects he studied in Munich, Berlin and Leipzig. In 1879, he was awarded a doctorate from the Leipzig University. Ganghofer wrote his first play "Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau" (''The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau'') in 1880 for the Munich Gärtne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storms In May (novel)
''Storms in May'' (German: ''Gewitter im Mai'') is a 1904 novel by the German writer Ludwig Ganghofer. Adaptations It has been adapted twice for film. A 1920 silent film '' Storms in May'' and a 1938 sound film '' Storms in May'' directed by Hans Deppe and starring Viktor Staal and Hansi Knoteck.Goble p.173 A 1987 television film with Claudia Messner and Gabriel Barylli was directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger Xaver Schwarzenberger (born 21 April 1946) is an Austrian cinematographer and film director. He has worked on more than 100 films since 1970. His 1983 film '' Der Stille Ozean'' was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival, wher .... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. 1904 German novels German novels adapted into films Novels by Ludwig Ganghofer {{1900s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xaver Schwarzenberger
Xaver Schwarzenberger (born 21 April 1946) is an Austrian cinematographer and film director. He has worked on more than 100 films since 1970. His 1983 film '' Der Stille Ozean'' was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement. Selected filmography * '' The First Day'' (1971, directed by Herbert Holba) * ''Berlin Alexanderplatz'' (1980, TV miniseries, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) * ''Lili Marleen'' (1981, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) * ''Lola'' (1981, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) * ''Veronika Voss'' (1982, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) * '' Kamikaze 1989'' (1982, directed by Wolf Gremm) * ''Querelle'' (1982, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) * '' Ace of Aces'' (1982, directed by Gérard Oury) * '' Der Stille Ozean'' (1983, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger) * '' Le Marginal'' (1983, directed by Jacques Deray) * ' (1984, TV film, directed by Xaver Schwarzenbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storms In May (1987 Film) , a 1904 novel by Ludwig Ganghofer
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Storms in May may refer to: * Storms in May (1938 film), a German drama film * Storms in May (1920 film), a German silent drama film * Storms in May (novel) ''Storms in May'' (German: ''Gewitter im Mai'') is a 1904 novel by the German writer Ludwig Ganghofer. Adaptations It has been adapted twice for film. A 1920 silent film '' Storms in May'' and a 1938 sound film '' Storms in May'' directed by Hans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Knittel
John Knittel, originally Hermann Emanuel Knittel (March 24, 1891 in Dharwar, India – April 26, 1970 in Maienfeld, Graubünden) was a Swiss writer. Life John Knittel was the son of a Württemberg missionary, Hermann Wilhelm Knittel, who was in the service of the Baseler Mission, along with his wife Ana née Schultze, was from the South Tyrol. Knittel was born in India, where his parents were engaged in missionary work. In 1895, the Knittels traveled with their children from India and returned to Switzerland and settled in Basel. John Knittel enrolled at the Gymnasium am Münsterplatz and was a schoolmate of Carl Jacob Burckhardt. He left the school and search for a vocational school in which to study and eventually became an apprentice in a cotton textile factory owned by an uncle. Writing career In 1908 he moved to London and worked as a bank teller for Crédit Lyonnais. He then worked as a projectionist in some theaters. In London, he met his future wife Frances White Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Via Mala (novel)
''Via Mala'' is a novel by the Swiss writer John Knittel, which was first published in 1934. After the disappearance of a tyrannical sawmill owner in a village in Switzerland, his family is widely suspected of having murdered him. The title ''Via Mala'' refers to the Viamala, a historic route through the Rhine canyon in Switzerland. Literally, it means ''bad path''. All main characters in the novel walk on a ''bad path'', not only the miller Jonas Lauretz, but also his family, guilty or not, and even the judge. The criminal story is based on a case of murder reported from the Obermühle (Upper Mill) in Kirchensittenbach, Bavaria, in 1817. Adaptations The novel was turned into a film '' Via Mala'' directed by Josef von Báky during the Nazi era Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
