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Men, Animals And Sensations
''Men, Animals and Sensations'' (German: ''Menschen, Tiere, Sensationen'') is a 1938 German drama film directed by and starring Harry Piel and also featuring Ruth Eweler and Elisabeth Wendt. It is a circus film. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Max Knaake.Klaus p.136 Location filming took place at the Sarrasani circus in Dresden. Cast * Harry Piel as Robert Hansen / Gen. Bobby / Artist * Ruth Eweler as Fedora * Elisabeth Wendt as Maja de Passy * Edith Oß as Estrella - genannt Ella * Josef Karma as Franz - Tierpfleger * Egon Brosig as Hopkins - Assistent bei Fedora * Willi Schur as Theateragent * Eugen Rex as Der Zauberkünstler * Franz Arzdorf as Gast in der Hotelbar "Astoria" * Charly Berger as Ringmeister im Varieté * Raffles Bill as Varietéartist * Gerhard Dammann as Krause, Hausmeister * Liesl Eckardt as Garderobenfrau von Fedora * Charles Francois (actor), Charles Francois as Ein Ober in der Bar * Knut Hartwig (acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Piel
Heinrich Piel (12 July 1892 – 27 March 1963), known professionally as Harry Piel, was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer who was involved in over 150 films. Piel became a director in 1912, turning out such box-office successes as ''Mann Gegen Mann'' (1928), '' Achtung! - Auto-Diebe!'' (1930) and ''Artisten'' (1935). His last directorial effort was 1953's ''Gesprengte Gitter (Elephant Fury'', a.k.a. ''Panic''), which he also produced, wrote, and starred. Early life After attending elementary school in Benrath and High School in Derendorf, Piel became a cadet in 1909 on a sailing ship, the ''Grand Duchess Elizabeth''. In 1911, however, he finished his cadet hood and moved to Berlin in 1912 where he created the "Art Film Publishing House Company" and made, as a director, screenwriter and producer, his first feature ''Black Blood'' (1912) with Curt Goetz in the lead role. Further films followed, based on adventure and action. Career Piel rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Knaake
Max Knaake (1886–1968) was a German art director.Greco p.186 Selected filmography * ''La Boheme'' (1923) * ''Curfew'' (1925) * ''Battle of the Sexes'' (1926) * '' The Sporck Battalion'' (1927) * ''Hurrah! I Live!'' (1928) * '' The Sinner'' (1928) * ''Taxi at Midnight'' (1929) * '' Storm of Love'' (1929) * ''Farewell'' (1930) * '' Today Is the Day'' (1933) * '' Must We Get Divorced?'' (1933) * '' At the Strasbourg'' (1934) * ''Counsel for Romance'' (1936) * '' Men, Animals and Sensations'' (1938) * '' Glück bei Frauen'' (1944) * ''Elephant Fury ''Elephant Fury'' (german: Gesprengte Gitter) is a 1953 West German drama war film directed by and starring Harry Piel.Rentschler p.283 It also features Herbert A.E. Bohme, Hans Zesch-Ballot and Dorothea Wieck. The film had a troubled production ...'' (1953) * '' Wer seine Frau lieb hat'' (1955) References Bibliography * Greco, Joseph. ''The File on Robert Siodmak in Hollywood, 1941-1951''. Universal-Publishers, 1999. External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liesl Eckardt
Liesl is a feminine given name of German origin. It is a diminutive of Lieselotte and Elisabeth. Notable people with the name include: * Liesl Herbst 1903–1990), Austrian tennis player * Liesl Jobson, South African poet *Liesl Karlstadt (1892–1960), German actress and cabaret performer * Liesl Perkaus (1905–1987), Austrian track and field athlete * Liesl Ischia, Australian diver * Liesl Seewald, Austrian luger *Liesl Tommy, South African-American director Fictional characters *Liesl von Trapp, a character in ''The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...'' and fictionalized version of Agathe von Trapp {{given name German feminine given names Feminine given names Swiss feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Dammann
Gerhard Dammann (30 March 1883 – 21 February 1946) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''The Man in the Cellar'' (1914) * '' Under the Lantern'' (1928) * '' Eva in Silk'' (1928) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * '' When the Mother and the Daughter'' (1928) * ''The Strange Night of Helga Wangen'' (1928) * ''Death Drive for the World Record'' (1929) * '' Children of the Street'' (1929) * '' Zwei Brüder'' (1929) * '' Woman in the Moon'' (1929) * '' Roses Bloom on the Moorland'' (1929) * '' Sin and Morality'' (1929) * '' Giftgas'' (1929) * '' Masks'' (1929) * '' Painted Youth'' (1929) * '' The Cabinet of Doctor Larifari'' (1930) * '' Rag Ball'' (1930) * '' Marriage Strike'' (1930) * '' My Leopold'' (1931) * ''Grock'' (1931) * ''Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete'' (1931) * '' Marriage with Limited Liability'' (1931) * ''Different Morals'' (1931) * ''Crime Reporter Holm'' (1932) * ''Between Night and Dawn'' (1931) * '' A Crafty Youth'' (1931) * ''Bobby Gets Going'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffles Bill
Raffles may refer to: People *Sir Stamford Raffles (1781–1826), British statesman, Lieutenant Governor of Java and founder of Singapore in 1819 *Thomas Raffles (1788–1863), English Congregational minister *Frank Boucher (1901–1977), Canadian ice hockey player and executive nicknamed "Raffles" Schools *Raffles Girls' Primary School, an all-girls primary school in Singapore *Raffles Girls' School, an all-girls secondary school in Singapore *Raffles Institution, a pre-tertiary educational institution in Singapore *Raffles Junior College, the formerly independent junior college affiliate of Raffles Institution *National University of Singapore, formerly known as Raffles College *Raffles University, Neemrana, Rajasthan, India *Raffles International Christian School, a school in Indonesia Business *Raffles City Singapore, a shopping mall *Raffles City Shanghai, China *Raffles City Chongqing, China *Raffles Hotel in Singapore, named after Stamford Raffles *Raffles Hotels & Resort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charly Berger ''Charly'' (marketed and stylized as ''CHAЯLY'') is a 1968 American drama film directed and produced by Ralph Nelson and written by Stirling Silliphant. It is based on ''Flowers for Algernon'', a science-fiction short story (1958) and subsequent novel (1966) by Daniel Keyes. The film stars Cliff Robertson as Charly Gordon, an intellectually disabled adult who is selected by two doctors to undergo a surgical procedure that triples his IQ as it had done for a laboratory mouse who underwent the same procedure. The film also stars Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney, Dick Van Patten and Barney Martin. Robertson had played the same role in a 1961 television adaptation titled " The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon," an episode of the anthology series ''The United States Steel Hour''. The film received positive reviews and was a success at the box office and later in home media sales. Robertson won Best Actor at the Academy Awards. Plot Charly Gordon is an intellectually disabled m ... |
