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Matthias Habich
Matthias Habich (born 12 January 1940) is a German actor who has appeared in more than 110 film and television productions since 1965. Habich was born in Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) and lives in Paris. In the 2001 film '' Enemy at the Gates'' about Stalingrad, he played the part of General (later Field Marshal) Friedrich Paulus. In the 2004 film '' Downfall'', he portrayed Werner Haase. Films (selection) * 1973: ''Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck'' (TV miniseries, directed by Fritz Umgelter) – Friedrich von der Trenck * 1973: ''Abenteuer eines Sommers'' (directed by Helmut Pfandler) – Michelitsch * 1974: ' (TV film, directed by Fritz Umgelter) – Miroslav als Erwachsener * 1975: ' (TV miniseries, directed by Fritz Umgelter) – Orlov * 1975: ' (TV miniseries, directed by Fritz Umgelter) – Simplex * 1976: ''Fluchtgefahr'' (TV film, directed by Markus Imhoof) – Winarski * 1976: '' Coup de Grâce'' (directed by Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coup De Grâce (1976 Film)
''Coup de Grâce'' (German: ''Der Fangschuß'', French: ''Le Coup de grâce'') is a 1976 West German film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. Adapted from the novel '' Coup de Grâce'' by the French author Marguerite Yourcenar, the war film explores passion amid underlying political tones. The title comes from the French expression, meaning "finishing blow". An opening title dedicates the film to Jean-Pierre Melville, for whom Schlöndorff had worked as an assistant director. Plot In 1919 Latvia, a detachment of German Freikorps soldiers is stationed in a country chateau, referred to as Kratovice, not far from Riga, to fight Bolshevik guerrillas in the Latvian War of Independence, one element of the much broader Russian Civil War that followed the Bolshevik Revolution. The soldiers, led by Erich von Lhomond, are welcomed with open arms by the mansion's inhabitants, including Countess Sophie von Reval, her half-senile Jewish aunt Praskovia, and some servants. The chateau, it tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Morfalous
Les Morfalous (literally ''The Greedy-Guts'', in French argot ; English title: ''The Vultures'') is a 1984 French adventure film, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Henri Verneuil, featuring the French Foreign Legion during the Second World War. It is a remake of the 1970 American war film ''Kelly's Heroes''. Plot In French Tunisia, during the Second World War, a convoy of the French Foreign Legion is charged to recover gold bars of six billion francs from a bank in El Ksour in order to bring them into a safe place for the French government. On 5 April 1943, a contingent of the Foreign Legion enters the seemingly abandoned and partially destroyed town of El Ksour. Unbeknownst to them, a German platoon holds the town and ambushes the FFL convoy - killing most of them. Only five legionnaires survive the attack and take refuge in a hotel in ruins. At night, legionnaire Borzik heads out with Adjutant#Non-Commissioned rank, Adjudant Mahuzard (Michel Constantin) to recover a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Koerfer
Thomas Koerfer (born 23 March 1944) is a Swiss film director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Born in Bern, Koerfer studied economics and sociology in Berlin, Munich and St. Gallen. He started his career as assistant director of Alexander Kluge and Brunello Rondi. His film debut ' was screened at the International Critics' Week of the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, while his 1983 film ''Embers'' entered the main competition at the 40th Venice International Film Festival.Kennedy, Harlan (Nov/Dec 1983).Fellini's Ship Sails into Venice. ''New York'', Vol. 19, Fasc. 6. pp. 2-6. via ProQuest. Filmography * ''The Death of the Flea Circus Director'' (''Der Tod des Flohzirkusdirektors oder Ottocaro Weiss reformiert seine Firma'', 1973) * ''Der Gehülfe'' (1975) * ''Alzire oder der neue Kontinent'' (1977) * ''Die Leidenschaftlichen'' (1981) * ''Embers ''Embers'' is a radio play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in English in 1957. First broadcast on the BBC Third Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embers (1983 Film)
''Embers'' (German: ''Glut'') is a 1983 Swiss-West German drama film co-written and directed by Thomas Koerfer. The film was entered into the main competition at the 40th edition of the Venice Film Festival. Plot Cast * Armin Mueller-Stahl as François Korb / Andres Korb * Katharina Thalbach as Claire Korb * Matthias Habich as Albert Korb * Krystyna Janda as Anna * Sigfrit Steiner Sigfrit Steiner (31 October 1906 – 21 March 1988) was a Swiss actor. His first stage performance was in 1928 in Gera. He performed in more than one hundred films. He was married to journalist and author Anne Rose Katz. Selected filmography ... as Obert Wettach * Thomas Lücking as Andres * Agnes Zielinski as Anna * Barbara Freier as Antonia References External links * 1983 films Swiss drama films German drama films 1983 drama films Films scored by Peer Raben {{1980s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigi Rothemund
Siegfried Rothemund (born 14 March 1944) is a German film director. He directed more than ninety films since 1964. He is the father of Marc Rothemund who is also a film director. He was married to the actress Margit Geissler Margit Geissler (1958–2016) was a German model, film and television actress.Mitchell p.171 She co-hosted the 1985 competition to select the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. She was married to the film director Sigi Rothemund. Sel .... Selected filmography Films and Miniseries Television Series (as Sigi Rothemund) References External links * 1944 births Living people German mass media people {{Germany-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Holborn
Jack Holborn was a 1982 ZDF Adventure TV mini-series. The story is based on the 1964 book by Leon Garfield. It was shown in the United Kingdom by ITV. Plot Jack Holborn is a 13-year-old boy living in an orphanage in late 18th-century Bristol. Jack was found on the steps of a convent in Holborn in London when he was a toddler. He was wearing a leather armband with the name "Jack" on it. The nuns therefore called him Jack Holborn. Jack wants to go to sea, but is put in a foster home instead. He runs away in order to join the crew of the "Charming Molly", a privateering vessel commanded by Captain Sheringham. At the sight of Jack's armband, the Captain unwittingly reveals that it looks familiar, but he won't tell Jack what he knows and refuses to keep him aboard. Jack is desperately seeking answers to the mystery of his origins, and is not about to let the Captain off the hook. Meanwhile, the judge Lord Sheringham, who hates his twin brother the privateer for the dishonour that his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is also a professor at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice. He is the recipient of the Golden Lion at the 1984 Venice Film Festival for '' A Year of the Quiet Sun'', the Jury Prize at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival for '' The Constant Factor'' as well as two Grands Prix at the 1977 and 2000 Gdynia Film Festival for ''Camouflage'' and '' Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease'' respectively. Biography Zanussi was born in 1939 in Warsaw as an only child of Jerzy Zanussi and Wanda (''née'' Niewiadomska). His father was of Italian ancestry and worked as a structural engineer. Zanussi studied physics at Warsaw University (Uniwersytet Warszawski) and philosophy at the Jagiellonian University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperative (film)
''Imperativ'' (internationally released as ''Imperative'') is a 1982 German drama film written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. The film entered the competition at the 39th Venice International Film Festival The 39th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 2 September 1982. Jury The following people comprised the 1982 jury: * Marcel Carné (France) (head of jury) * Luis García Berlanga (Spain) * Mario Monicelli (Italy ..., where it received the Special Jury Prize. Cast * Robert Powell: Augustin * Brigitte Fossey: Yvonne * Sigfrit Steiner: the professor * Matthias Habich: the theologist * Leslie Caron: the mother * Jan Biczycki: the orthodox priest References External links * 1982 films 1982 drama films German drama films Films directed by Krzysztof Zanussi Films scored by Wojciech Kilar Venice Grand Jury Prize winners West German films English-language German films 1980s German films {{1980s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Van Ackeren
Robert van Ackeren (born 22 December 1946) is a German movie director, actor, producer, writer and cinematographer. Filmography (director) * ''Blondie's Number One'' (1971) * ''The Sensuous Three'' (1972) * '' The Last Word'' (1975) * ''Belcanto oder Darf eine Nutte schluchzen?'' (1977) * ' (1978, TV film) * ' (1980) * ' (1980) * ''A Woman in Flames ''A Woman in Flames'' (Die flambierte Frau, literally "The Flambéed Woman") is a German drama film from 1983, directed by Robert van Ackeren, starring Gudrun Landgrebe, Mathieu Carrière, and Hanns Zischler. The film was selected as the West Germ ...'' (1983) * ' (1988) * ''The True Story About Men and Women'' (1992) * ' (2007) External links imdb page* http://www.deutsches-filmhaus.de/bio_reg/a_bio_regiss/ackeren_bio.htm (in German) Living people 1946 births Film people from Berlin {{Germany-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egon Günther
Egon Günther (30 March 1927 – 31 August 2017) in: Tagesspiegel, 31 August 2017. was a German film director and writer. His film '' Lotte in Weimar'' was nominated for the at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. In 1985, his film '' Morenga'' was nominat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Tramont
Jean-Claude Tramont (May 5, 1930 - December 27, 1996) was a Belgian writer, producer and director best known for his marriage to famous Hollywood agent Sue Mengers and the film '' All Night Long'' (1981). accessed 2 November 2014 Select Credits *''Ash Wednesday
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