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Mademoiselle De Scuderi
''Mademoiselle de Scuderi. A Tale from the Times of Louis XIV'' () is a 1819 novella by E. T. A. Hoffmann which was first published in the ''Yearbook for 1820. Dedicated to Love and Friendship'' (). It was later included in the third volume of Hoffmann's collection ''The Serapion Brethren''. The 1819 edition was an immediate commercial and critical success and led to Hoffmann's becoming a popular and well-paid author. ''Mademoiselle de Scuderi'' is regarded as one of Hoffmann's best, not only because of its exciting, suspenseful plot and interesting descriptions of life, places, and people in late 17th-century Paris but also because of the many different levels of interpretation that it allows. Plot summary The action takes place in Paris during the reign of King Louis XIV of France. The city is under siege by what is presumed to be an organized band of thieves whose members rob citizens of costly jewelry in their homes or on the street. Some of the street victims are simply r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Serapion Brethren
The Serapion Brethren (''Die Serapionsbrüder'') is the name of a literary and social circle, formed in Berlin in 1818 by the German romantic writer E. T. A. Hoffmann and several of his friends. The Serapion Brethren also is the title of a four-volume collection of Hoffmann's novellas and fairytales that appeared in 1819, 1820, and 1821. The literary circle Seraphin Brethren In 1814, Hoffmann returned to Berlin from Dresden and Leipzig, where he had been working as an orchestra conductor and opera director, to return to work as a Prussian civil servant. In that year, he and a group of friends formed an association for the purpose of reading from and discussing works of literature (primarily their own). The group first met on October 12, which happened to be the feast day of Saint Seraphin of Montegranaro. The friends therefore decided to refer to their group as an “order” and to give it the name The Seraphin Brethren 'Die Seraphinenbrüder'' After about two years of gathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine De Vivonne, Marquise De Rambouillet
Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet ({{IPA, fr, katʁin də vivɔn maʁkiz də ʁɑ̃bujɛ; 1588 – 2 December 1665), known as Madame de Rambouillet ({{IPA, fr, madam də ʁɑ̃bujɛ), was a society hostess and a major figure in the literary history of 17th-century France. {{French literature sidebar Life Born in Rome, she was the daughter and heiress of Jean de Vivonne, marquis of Pisani, and Giulia Savelli, who belonged to a noble Roman family. She was married at the age of twelve to Charles d'Angennes, ''vidame du Mans'', and in 1612, ''marquis de Rambouillet''. They had seven children, two sons and five daughters. The young and witty marquise found the coarseness and intrigues of the French court little to her taste and, in 1620, she began to gather around her the circle that gave its renown to her salon. She and her husband had taken residence in Paris at the Hôtel Pisani, later renamed ''Hôtel de Rambouillet'', and which she restored between 1618 and 1620. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. The purpose of the movement was to advocate for the importance of subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy), subjectivity, imagination, and appreciation of nature in society and culture in response to the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. Romanticists rejected the social conventions of the time in favour of a moral outlook known as individualism. They argued that passion (emotion), passion and intuition were crucial to understanding the world, and that beauty is more than merely an classicism, affair of form, but rather something that evokes a strong emotional response. With this philosophical foundation, the Romanticists elevated several key themes to which they were deeply committed: a Reverence (emotion), reverence for nature and the supernatural, nostalgia, an idealization of the past as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardillac (film)
''Cardillac'' is a 1969 West German drama film directed by Edgar Reitz, starring Hans-Christian Blech and Catana Cayetano. It tells the story of a goldsmith who is so obsessed with his own craft that he murders his customers. The film is a modern adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's novella '' Mademoiselle de Scuderi''. (Composer Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advo ... also used the novella as the basis of his 1926 opera '' Cardillac''.) Cast * Hans Christian Blech as Cardillac * as Madelon * Rolf Becker as Olivier * Liane Hielscher as Liane S. * Werner Leschhorn as Albert von Boysen * Gunter Sachs as Kunstsammler Release The film premiered on 28 August 1969 at the 30th Venice International Film Festival. It was released in West Germany on 1 March 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Reitz
Edgar Reitz (born 1 November 1932) is a German filmmaker and Professor of Film at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung (State University of Design) in Karlsruhe. He is best-known for his internationally acclaimed Heimat (film series), ''Heimat'' film series (1984–2013). Early life and education Reitz was born in Morbach, Hunsrück. His father Robert was a watchmaker and his business in Morbach was later taken over by Reitz's brother Guido. Reitz's interest in acting and producing plays began in his school years in Simmern, where he was encouraged by his German teacher Karl Windhäuser. After taking his Abitur, he studied German studies, journalism, art history and theatre studies in Munich from 1952. His first experiences in film-making however were not theoretical; he worked as a camera, editing, and production assistant from 1953. His interests in the advancement of new developments in film went as far as he cooperated with Wolfgang Georgsdorf and his ''Osmodrama'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Fräulein Von Scuderi
''Das Fräulein von Scuderi'' is an East German crime film directed by Eugen York, and starring Henny Porten in the title role. It was released in 1955. The film is an adaptation of ''Mademoiselle de Scuderi'', a 1819 novella by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Cast * Henny Porten as Fräulein von Scuderi * Willy A. Kleinau as Cardillac * Anne Vernon as Madelon * Roland Alexandre as Olivier Brusson * Angelika Hauff as St Croix * Richard Häussler as Miossens * Mathieu Ahlersmeyer as Louis XIV * Alexander Engel as La Regnie * Hans-Peter Thielen as Degrais * Johannes Arpe as Louvois * Barbro Hiort af Ornäs Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921 – 27 November 2015) was a Swedish stage and film actress. Biography She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, the daughter of Alma (née Ärnström) and Erik Hiort af Ornäs. She had a brother, Torbjorn. ... as La Matiniere * Pat Svenson as Hofdame * Ruth Arnim as Hofdame * Alf Östlund as Theaterdirektor References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen York
Eugen York (26 November 1912 – 18 November 1991) was a German film director. He directed 35 films between 1938 and 1984. He was born in Rybinsk, Russian Empire and died in Berlin, Germany. After a career in Germany until the 1940s, he made films for ZFO in the United States, including Morituri (1948 film), ''Morituri'' and ''Shadows in the Night (1950 film), Shadows in the Night.'' Selected filmography Film * ''Morituri (1948 film), Morituri'' (1948) * ''The Last Night (1949 film), The Last Night'' (1949) * ''Shadows in the Night (1950 film), Shadows in the Night'' (1950) * ''Blondes for Export'' (1950) * ' (1950) * ''The Allure of Danger'' (1950) * ''Das Fräulein von Scuderi'' (1955) * ''A Heart Returns Home'' (1956) * ''The Heart of St. Pauli'' (1957) * ''The Copper (1958 film), The Copper'' (1958) * ''Man in the River'' (1958) * ' (1958) * ''Murderer in the Fog'' (1964) * ' (1977) Television * ''Das Sparschwein'' (1952) * ''Aufruhr'' (1960) — based on the play ''Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deadly Dreams
''The Deadly Dreams'' (German: ''Die tödlichen Träume'') is a 1951 West German fantasy drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Rudolf Forster, Will Quadflieg and Cornell Borchers. The film is based on several stories by the romantic era writer E. T. A. Hoffmann. Karl & Skopal p.122 It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios and on location around Bamberg in Bavaria. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Rudolf Forster as Opitz / E.T.A. Hoffmann / Gefreiter * Will Quadflieg as Winter / Barravas / Florestan * Cornell Borchers as Angelika / Inez / Lisette / Maria * Walter Franck as Alexis / Don d'Alvarez / Cardillac * Harald Paulsen Harald Paulsen (26 August 1895 – 4 August 1954) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in 125 films between 1920 and 1954. Career Paulsen first appeared on stage at age sixteen. He then studied under Leopold Jessner, who ... as Magier / Rodriguez / Olivier References Bibliography * Karl, Lars & Skop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Martin (director)
Paul Martin (8 February 1899 – 26 January 1967) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter who worked for many years in the German film industry. He directed 60 films between 1932 and 1967. He was romantically involved with the film star Lilian Harvey and directed her in a number of films until he left her in 1938 for the actress Frauke Lauterbach. They made one final film '' Woman at the Wheel'' together during the filming of which their relationship remained cold. Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' Come Back, All Is Forgiven'' (1929) Director Film * '' Happy Ever After'' (1932) * '' The Victor'' (1932) * '' A Blonde Dream'' (1932) * '' Orient Express'' (1934) * '' Black Roses'' (1935) * ''Lucky Kids ''Lucky Kids'' () is a 1936 German romantic comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, and Paul Kemp. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director ...'' (1936) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Lion
Ferdinand Lion (11 June 1883 – 21 January 1968) was a Swiss journalist and writer. Life Born in Mulhouse, Lion studied history and philosophy in Strasbourg, Munich and Heidelberg, got to know André Gide during a stay in Paris and worked as a journalist during the First World War, among others for the ''Neuen Merkur''. Since 1917 he became friends with Thomas Mann, later also with Alfred Döblin. After the end of the war he became literary editor by Ullstein Verlag in Berlin, employee of the ''Neue Rundschau'' and wrote libretti, among others for Eugen d'Albert and Paul Hindemith. He emigrated to Switzerland in 1933, was editor of the magazine ''Maß und Wert'' in 1937/1938, lived in France during the Second World War and returned to Zurich in 1946. In addition to fiction, Lion wrote literary, historical, and philosophical treatises, including ''Lebensquellen der deutschen Metaphysik'' (1960). Works ;Libretti *'' Revolutionshochzeit''; Opera, music by Eugen d’Albert (1919) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardillac
''Cardillac'', Op. 39, is an opera by Paul Hindemith in three acts and four scenes. Ferdinand Lion wrote the libretto based on characters from the short story '' Das Fräulein von Scuderi'' by E. T. A. Hoffmann. Performance history The first performance was at the Staatsoper, Dresden, on 9 November 1926. It was promptly performed throughout Germany. The opera's Italian premiere took place in 1948 at the Venice Biennale as part of the Venice Festival of Contemporary Music XI. Although Britain had to wait until 1970 for a staged performance, a concert performance was presented at the Queen's Hall, London, on 18 December 1936, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Clarence Raybould, and starring Miriam Licette as Cardillac's daughter. Hindemith revised both the score and the text, for the reason that, according to Ian Kemp, the musical idiom "seemed crude and undisciplined". This second version was first performed at the Zürich Stadttheater on 20 June 1952. Hans-Lud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ''Neue Sachlichkeit'' (New Objectivity) style of music in the 1920s, with compositions such as ''Kammermusik (Hindemith), Kammermusik'', including works with viola and viola d'amore as solo instruments in a neo-Bachian spirit. Other notable compositions include his song cycle ''Das Marienleben'' (1923), Das Unaufhörliche (1931), ''Der Schwanendreher'' for viola and orchestra (1935), the opera ''Mathis der Maler (opera), Mathis der Maler'' (1938), the ''Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber'' (1943), and the oratorio ''When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (Hindemith), When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd'' (1946), a requiem based on When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, Walt Whitman's poem. Hindem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
