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Karl Julius Fritzsche
Karl Julius Fritzsche (1883–1954) was a German film producer. He is best known for his role as managing director of the German major studio Tobis Film during the Nazi era.Moeller p.60 The son of a baker he originally worked in publishing before entering the film business in 1909. Initially working in distribution he moved into production from 1914. After service in the First World War he founded his own company Transocean-Film which made several films during the silent era. From 1934 he headed a production unit Tobis-Magna, producing several prestige films starring Emil Jannings, and then in 1940 he was promoted to oversee the entire Tobis outfit. After the Second World War he resumed filmmaking in 1948, establishing a Hamburg-based distribution company Deutsche London Film that handled the release of both foreign and domestic productions. Selected filmography * ''Ikarus, the Flying Man'' (1918) * ''Herzen im Sturm'' (1921) * ''Louise de Lavallière'' (1922) * ''Poor Sinne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as well as the second most populous city in the area of the former East Germany after ( East) Berlin. Together with Halle (Saale), the city forms the polycentric Leipzig-Halle Conurbation. Between the two cities (in Schkeuditz) lies Leipzig/Halle Airport. Leipzig is located about southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain (known as Leipzig Bay), at the confluence of the White Elster River (progression: ) and two of its tributaries: the Pleiße and the Parthe. The name of the city and those of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin. Leipzig has been a trade city since at least the time of the Holy Roman Empire. The city sits at the intersection of the Via Regia and the Via Imperii, two important medie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss born German actor, popular in the 1920s in Hollywood. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in '' The Last Command'' and ''The Way of All Flesh''. As of , Jannings is the only German ever to have won the category. Jannings is best known for his collaborations with F. W. Murnau and Josef von Sternberg, including the 1930 film '' The Blue Angel'' (''Der blaue Engel'', with Marlene Dietrich. ''The Blue Angel'' was meant as a vehicle for Jannings to score a place for himself in the new medium of sound film, but Dietrich stole the show. Jannings later starred in a number of Nazi propaganda films, which made him unemployable as an actor after the defeat of Nazi Germany. Childhood and youth Jannings was born in Rorschach, Switzerland, the son of Emil Janenz, an American businessman from St. Louis, and his wife Margarethe (''née'' Schwabe), ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ruler
''The Ruler'' (German: ''Der Herrscher'') is a 1937 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan. It was adapted from the play of the same name by Gerhart Hauptmann. Erwin Leiser calls it a propagandistic demonstration of the Führerprinzip of Nazi Germany. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth. Location shooting took place around Oberhausen and Pompeii near Naples. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. Plot Matthias Clausen (Emil Jannings) is the head of Clausen Works, an old and prosperous munitions firm. He falls in love with a secretary in the office (Marianne Hoppe), and his children conspire against him in order to protect their inheritance. Clausen disowns them and bestows the firm on the state, confident that one of his workers capable of carrying on his work will arise. Sources The movie was based on the play ''Before Sunset'' by Nobel Prize recipient Gerhart Hauptmann, but the themes have been utterly altered. A mild-mannered art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truxa
''Truxa'' is a 1937 German drama film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring La Jana, Hannes Stelzer, and Ernst Fritz Fürbringer. It is a Circus film, based on a novel by Heinrich Seiler. The film was released in the United States and was one of the most successful German films show in America that year.Waldman p. 152 It was remade in Britain the following year as ''Star of the Circus ''Star of the Circus'' is a 1938 British drama film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Otto Kruger, Gertrude Michael and John Clements. It is a remake of the 1937 German circus film ''Truxa'', itself based on a novel by Heinrich Seil ...''. Partial cast References Bibliography * * External links * 1937 films 1930s thriller films German thriller films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Hans H. Zerlett Films based on German novels Circus films Films about magic and magicians German black-and-white films Tobis Film films 1930s German films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irresistible Man
''The Irresistible Man'' (german: Der Unwiderstehliche) is a 1937 German romantic comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Anny Ondra, Hans Söhnker, and Trude Hesterberg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler Emil Hasler (November 8, 1901 – January 15, 1986) was a German art director who worked on more than a hundred films during his career. These included a number of Weimar classics such as ''Diary of a Lost Girl, M'' and ''The Blue Angel''.Prawe ... and Arthur Schwarz. Cast References External links * Films of Nazi Germany German romantic comedy films 1937 romantic comedy films Films directed by Géza von Bolváry Terra Film films Tobis Film films Films set in Paris 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Broken Jug (film)
''The Broken Jug'' (german: Der zerbrochene Krug) is a 1937 German historical comedy film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Emil Jannings, Friedrich Kayßler and Max Gülstorff. It is an adaptation of the play ''The Broken Jug'' by Heinrich von Kleist. The film was popular with Adolf Hitler. It was shot partly at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. Plot A village judge is trying a case to determine who broke the jug. Long before the evidence becomes conclusive against the suspects, it becomes apparent that the judge himself is the guilty one. Cast *Emil Jannings as Adam *Friedrich Kayßler as Walter *Max Gülstorff as Licht *Lina Carstens as Marthe Rull * Angela Salloker as Eva Rull * Bruno Hübner as Veit Tümpel * Paul Dahlke as Ruprecht Tümpel *Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Frau Brigitte *Walter Werner as operator *Erich Dunskus as beadle *Gisela von Collande as Grethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Wedding Dream
''A Wedding Dream'' (German: ''Ein Hochzeitstraum'') is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Ida Wüst, Heinz Salfner and Inge List. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios of Tobis Film in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Haacker and Hermann Warm. Plot Taking place just after the First World War in Poland close to the border with Russia where a widow runs a successful inn. She has made enough money and now wishes to settle down and marry a nobleman, which will consequently allow her daughter Vera to make a good social match. However things go wrong during a holiday on the French Riviera when her daughter falls in love with a chauffeur instead of the prince she had planned for her. To cap it all she discovers that the supposed nobleman she herself has married is in fact just a servant. Cast * Ida Wüst as Frau Polenska *Heinz Salfner as Fürst Narischkin *Inge List as Vera Polenska * Ferdinand Marian as Paul Puschk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Valley Of Love (1935 Film)
''The Valley of Love'' (German: '' Das Tal der Liebe'' or ''Der Ammenkönig'') is a 1935 German comedy film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Käthe Gold, Richard Romanowsky and Marieluise Claudius. Bock & Bergfelder p.251 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios of Tobis Film in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. It is based on the 1902 farce ''Das Tal des Lebens'' by Max Dreyer. It was given a fresh release in 1950 by Deutsche London Film. Cast * Käthe Gold as Die Marktgräfin * Richard Romanowsky as Der Marktgraf * Gustav Knuth as Hans Stork * Marieluise Claudius as Lisbeth * Erika von Thellmann as Prinzessin Mathilde, die Schwester des Marktgrafen * Fita Benkhoff as Theres * Theo Lingen as Der Keuschheitskommissar * Georg H. Schnell as Herr von Geldern * Erhard Siedel as Flitzinger * Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Herr von Roden * Ernst Behmer as Leibdiener Pfeffermann * Gerhard Dammann as Wachtmeister Schlippenbach * Flocki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poor Sinner
''Poor Sinner'' (german: Arme Sünderin) is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by Pier Antonio Gariazzo and starring Alfred Abel, Diana Karenne and Fritz Kortner.Bock & Bergfelder p. 256 Cast * Alfred Abel * Diana Karenne as Nell * Fritz Kortner as Canary * Waldemar Potier Waldemar, Valdemar or Woldemar is an Old High German given name. It consists of the elements ''wald-'' "power", "brightness" and ''-mar'' "fame". The name is considered the equivalent of the Slavic name Vladimir, Volodymyr, Uladzimir or Wł ... References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1923 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Pier Antonio Gariazzo German black-and-white films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise De Lavallière (film)
''Louise de Lavallière'' is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Georg Burghardt and starring Emmy Schaeff, Fritz Delius and Ernst Hofmann.Grange p.109 It portrays the life of the seventeenth century French courtesan Louise de La Vallière, a lover of Louis XIV. The film's sets were designed by the art director Botho Hoefer. Cast * Emmy Schaeff as Louise de La Valliére * Fritz Delius as Louis XIV * Ernst Hofmann as Graf Pierre de Renauld * Eva Speyer as Maria Theresia * Olga Engl as Anna von Österreich * Erna Morena as Henriette Anna von England * Leo Connard as Herzog Philipp von Orleans * Poldi Augustin as Marquise von Remis * Hans Wassmann as Graf de Guiche * Max Kronert as La Vienne, Kammerdiener * Gertrude Hoffman as Marquise Françoise Athenais von Montespan * Kurt Middendorf as Herzog von Lauzun * Boris Michailow as Colbert, Generalkontrolleur * Max Mothes as Le Nôtre, Chef der königlichen Gärten * Toni Tetzlaff as Gräfin von Sois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herzen Im Sturm , television series
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Herzen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Herzen (1812–1870), writer * Édouard Herzen (1877–1936), chemist * Jana Herzen, singer See also * 3052 Herzen, asteroid * ''Flammende Herzen'', 1977 album * Herzen University * Starke Herzen Stark or Starke may refer to: Places Antarctica and vicinity * Stark Point, James Ross Island * Stark Ridge, Churchill Mountains * Stark Rock, south of the Crulls Islands United States * Stark, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Stark, Ill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikarus, The Flying Man
''Ikarus, the Flying Man'' (German: ''Ikarus, der fliegende Mensch'') is a 1918 German silent war film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Ernst Hofmann, Esther Carena and Gustav Botz.Bock & Bergfelder p.138 While a press screening was held in October 1918, during the final weeks of the First World War, it did not go on general release until the following July when it premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Artur Günther. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Cast * Gustav Botz as Günthers Father * Esther Carena as Clemense de * Olga Engl as Günthers Mother * Ernst Hofmann as Günther Ellinghaus * Heinz Sarnow The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six contin ... * Edith Sorel as Eriks References Bibliography * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
