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Knut Christian Langaard
Knut Christian Langaard (February 2, 1886 – May 1, 1965) was a Norwegian athlete, Olympic competitor, landowner, dog breeder, and actor. Family Langaard was the son of the businessman and patron of the arts Christian Langaard (1849–1922) and Ellevine Marie Langaard (1857–1890). His first marriage was to Elisif Fearnley (1889–1954), the daughter of the shipowner and industrialist Thomas Nicolay Fearnley, in the fall of 1910. In the next few years, the couple had the children Ella Marie (born 1911), Cecil (born 1912), Elisabeth (born 1914), Christian Knut (born 1915), and Elisif (born 1919). Langaard's only son, Christian K. Langaard, fought on the Allied side in the Second World War and fell during the campaign in North Africa in 1942. His first marriage ended in divorce. His second marriage was to the 23-year-old daughter of Didrik Cappelen: the actress Ingrid "Linge" Cappelen (1905–1981), an engagement announced in the summer of 1928. That marriage also ended in divo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality (''formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Arnold
Franz Arnold (1878–1960) was a German actor and playwright. He frequently collaborated with Ernst Bach after their debut play '' The Spanish Fly'' was a hit.Grange p.61 He emigrated to Britain in 1933. Plays by Arnold and Bach *'' The Spanish Fly'' (1913) *''Die schwebende Jungfrau'' (1916) *''Die Fahrt ins Glück'' (1916, Operetta, music by Jean Gilbert) *''Die bessere Hälfte'' (1917) *''Fräulein Puck'' (1919, Vaudeville, music by Walter Kollo) *''Das Jubiläum'' (1920) *''Zwangseinquartierung'' (1920) *''Der keusche Lebemann'' (1921) *''Die Königin der Nacht'' (1921, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo) *''Der kühne Schwimmer'' (1922) *''Dolly'' (1923, Operetta, music by Hugo Hirsch) *''Der Fürst von Pappenheim'' (1923, Operetta, music by Hugo Hirsch, English title: ''Toni'') *''Die vertagte Nacht'' (1924) *''Der wahre Jakob'' (1924) *''Die vertauschte Frau'' (1924, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo) *''Olly-Polly'' (1925, Operetta, music by Walter Kollo) *''Stöpsel'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Deaths
Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now treated as pseudoscience. * February 12 ** The African and Malagasy Republic, Malagasy Common Organization ('; OCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella '' Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White God
''The White God'' (German: ''Der weiße Gott'') is a 1932 Cinema of Denmark, Danish-Cinema of Germany, German adventure film directed by George Schnéevoigt and starring Paul Richter, Mona Mårtenson, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. It premiered on 14 May 1932.Grange p.387 It is the German-language version of George Schnéevoigt's Danish–Norwegian film ''Eskimo (1930 film), Eskimo'' (released 1930). There is also a French-language version. Cast * Paul Richter as Jack Norton * Mona Mårtenson as Ekalonk * Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Mariak * Ada Kramm as Anny * Henki Kolstad as the cabin boy * Knut Christian Langaard as the captain * Paul Rehkopf * Josef Dischner References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links * 1932 films 1932 adventure films Danish adventure films German adventure films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films Films directed by George Schnéevoigt German multili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eskimo (1930 Film)
''Eskimo'' is a Norwegian–Danish adventure and drama film from 1930 directed by George Schnéevoigt. It starred Mona Mårtenson, Paul Richter, and Henki Kolstad, for whom it was his film debut at age 14. Had it not been for the fact that Denmark was also involved in the production, ''Eskimo'' would have been considered the first feature-length Norwegian sound film (rather than ''Den store barnedåpen'' from 1931). The language in the film is Norwegian. Plot Jack Norton is a gambler, and his father often lends him money to pay off his gambling debts. Finally, his father's patience runs out. He refuses to lend him more money, and he no longer wants to acknowledge Jack as his son. In desperation, Jack takes a motorboat and sails to sea. His boat sinks, but he is picked up by a fishing vessel on its way to the Arctic Ocean. The captain is a brutal man, and both he and the crew treat Jack badly. The only exception is the cabin boy Jimmy, who eventually becomes close friends with Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Bach
Ernst Bach (10 May 1876 – 1 November 1929) was an Austrian actor and playwright. He made his debut as an actor at the Wiener Raimond Theater in 1899. In 1903 he moved to Berlin to the Residenztheater, then to Lustspielhaus in 1905, where he became Regisseur in 1906 and in 1908 Oberregisseur. In 1909 he started what was to become a 20-year partnership with Franz Arnold with whom he wrote more than 20 plays, mainly farces and operettas. Their first hit play was '' The Spanish Fly'' in 1913. They went on to become one of the leading playwriting teams in Weimar Germany.Grange p.61 In 1917 he became the director of the Muenchener Volkstheater in Munich, whilst continuing his writing partnership with Franz Arnold at Starnberg. He remained in Munish until his death in 1929. Plays by Arnold and Bach *'' The Spanish Fly'' (1913) *''Die schwebende Jungfrau'' (1916) *''Die Fahrt ins Glück'' (1916, Operetta, music by Jean Gilbert) *''Die bessere Hälfte'' (1917) *''Fräulein Puck'' (1919, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spanish Fly (play)
''The Spanish Fly'' (German: ''Die spanische Fliege'') is a 1913 German comedy play written by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. When it premiered Arnold himself played the male lead. It was the first of many successful collaborations between the two writers.Grange p.61 Adaptations It has been adapted for film and television several times including: * '' The Spanish Fly'', a 1931 film by Georg Jacoby * '' The Spanish Fly'', a 1955 film by Carl Boese. References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945''. Scarecrow Press, 2010. 1913 plays German plays adapted into films Plays by Franz Arnold Plays by Ernst Bach {{1910s-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Henrik Lund
Knut Henrik Lund (July 20, 1909 – May 15, 1991) was a Norwegian sculptor known for his portrait busts. Career Lund originally worked in shipping, a job he held until 1940. Before the Second World War, he was also a pupil of Wilhelm Rasmussen. During the war he fled to Sweden, and then from 1945 to 1948 he was at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. The rest of his life he worked as a sculptor. Family Lund was the son of the painter Henrik Lund and Gunbjør Olsen, and he was the nephew of the composer Signe Lund. He married Irene Una Rasmussen in 1937, and in 1959 he married the actress Linge Langård. Works Lund's busts or portrait heads included the following: *Rolf Stranger, at Høyres Hus in Oslo (unveiled 1968) *Johan Hjort, director of the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Bergen (1968) *Georg Ossian Sars, director of the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Bergen (1968) *Gunnar Kristian Lindeman, director of Vinmonopolet at Hasle in Oslo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didrik Cappelen (1873–1941)
Didrik Cappelen (8 October 1900 – 27 August 1970) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He was born at Kviteseid in Telemark, Norway. He was a son of Supreme Court Attorney Didrik Cappelen (1873-1941) and Antoinette Therese von der Lippe (1876-1934). His brother was the jurist Hans Cappelen and his sister was the actress and singer Linge Langård. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Cappelen worked together with his father, Carl P. Wright and Sverre Løberg in organizing resistance activities in the county of Telemark, Norway. Cappelen was arrested and in prison from 1940 to 1942 in Oslo, but escaped 30 January 1942. The escape was planned by his wife Gudrun née Knudsen (1910-1997), and assisted with great personal risk by Arne Qvenild, Kristian Aubert and Torolf Prytz junior.Haugen, Lambrecht: ''Cappelen-slekten 1627-2008'', Rosendal 2008, pages 107, 124-129 Cappelen was appointed at the Norwegian Legation in Stockholm from 1942, and then at the Norwegi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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