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Nicolas Gessner
Nicolas Gessner (17 August 1931 – 22 August 2023) was a Hungarian-born filmmaker who mostly worked in France. Biography Nicolas Gessner was born in Budapest, Hungary on 17 August 1931. His films are often characterized by strange, quirky atmospheres and unusual cast mixing French and international actors. Starting from the early 1980s, Gessner mostly worked for television. Gessner died on 22 August 2023, at the age of 92. Filmography *''Auskunft im Cockpit'' (1959) *' (1964, TV film) *''Diamonds Are Brittle'' (1965) *''The Blonde from Peking'' (1967) *''The Thirteen Chairs'' (1969) *''Someone Behind the Door'' (1971) *''The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane'' (1976) *''It Rained All Night the Day I Left'' (1980) *''Herr Herr'' (1982, TV film) *''Le tueur triste'' (1984, TV film) *''Intrigues'' (1985, TV series) *''Macho (1986 film), Macho'' (1986, TV film) *''Das andere Leben (1987 film), Das andere Leben'' (1987, TV film) *' (1988) *''Tennessee Waltz (film), Tennessee Walt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a List of cities and towns of Hungary, city and Counties of Hungary, municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celts, Celtic settlement transformed into the Ancient Rome, Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia Inferior, Lower Pannonia. The Hungarian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Andere Leben (1987 Film)
''The Other Life'' (German: ''Das andere Leben'') is a 1948 Austrian drama film directed by Rudolf Steinboeck and starring Aglaja Schmid, Robert Lindner and Gustav Waldau.Fritsche P.232 The sets were designed by the art director Herbert Ploberger. It is based on the 1947 novella '' Twentieth of July'' by Alexander Lernet-Holenia. Synopsis During the Nazi era, an Austrian, Elisabeth Josselin, assists Suzette, a Jewish friend, by swapping papers with her so she can get medical treatment. When Suzette dies, Elisabeth finds herself officially dead and so decides to adopt the identity of Suzette. Meanwhile, her husband Major Walter Josselin becomes involved in the July Plot against Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea .... Cast * Aglaja Schmid as Elisabeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Film Directors
Hungarian may refer to: * Hungary, a country in Central Europe * Kingdom of Hungary, state of Hungary, existing between 1000 and 1946 * Hungarians/Magyars, ethnic groups in Hungary * Hungarian algorithm, a polynomial time algorithm for solving the assignment problem * Hungarian language, a Uralic language spoken in Hungary and all neighbouring countries * Hungarian notation, a naming convention in computer programming * Hungarian cuisine Hungarian or Magyar cuisine (Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Magyar konyha'') is the cuisine characteristic of the nation of Hungary, and its primary ethnic group, the Hungarians, Magyars. Hungarian cuisine has been described as being the P ..., the cuisine of Hungary and the Hungarians See also * * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Births
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. * January 30 – Charlie Chaplin comedy drama film ''City Lights'' receives its public premiere at the Los Angeles Theater with Albert Einstein as guest of honor. Contrary to the current trend in cinema, it is a silent film, but with a score by Chaplin. Critically and commercially successful from the start, it will place consistently in lists of films considered the best of all time. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estelle (miniseries)
Estelle may refer to: People * Estelle (given name), a female given name, including a list of people * Estelle (surname), a list of people * Estelle (musician), British singer/rapper Estelle Fanta Swaray (born 1980) * Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland Fictional characters * Estelle Blofis, a List of characters in mythology novels by Rick Riordan#The Jackson family, character in ''Trials of Apollo'' by Rick Riordan * Estelle Bright, a main character in the video game ''The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky'' * Estelle Costanza, on the television series ''Seinfeld'' * Estelle Leonard, a List of Friends recurring characters#Estelle Leonard, recurring character in the ''Friends'' television series * Estelle Green, in Diana Wynne Jones' fantasy novel ''Witch Week'' * Estellise Sidos Heurassein, a main List of Tales of Vesperia characters, character in the video game ''Tales of Vesperia'' * Estelle, in Jean-Paul Sartre's ''No Exit'' Places * Estelle (Arrigas), a hamlet in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee Waltz (film)
''Tennessee Waltz'', also known as ''Tennessee Nights'', is a 1989 American thriller film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Julian Sands, Stacey Dash, and Ed Lauter. It was adapted for the screen by Laird Koenig from the 1984 novel ''Minnie oder Ein Fall von Geringfügigkeit'' ("Minnie, or a Case of Insignificance") by Hans Werner Kettenbach. Premise A British lawyer on holiday in Tennessee is blamed for a murder. Cast * Julian Sands as Wolfgang Leighton * Stacey Dash as Minnie * Ed Lauter as Sheriff Williams * Ned Beatty as Charlie Kiefer * Denise Crosby as Sally Lomas * Brian McNamara as Hewitt * Rod Steiger as Judge Prescott * Wallace Wilkinson as Record Producer * Johnny Cash as himself * David Hess David Alexander Hess (September 19, 1936 – October 7, 2011) was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and director. He came to prominence for his portrayals of murderous rapists, villains and gruff characters in several films in the 1970 ... as Hank * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macho (1986 Film)
Machismo (; ; ; ) is the sense of being " manly" and self-reliant, a concept associated with "a strong sense of masculine pride: an exaggerated masculinity". Machismo is a term originating in the early 1940s and 1950s and its use more widespread in popular culture in the 60s. While the term is associated with "a man's responsibility to provide for, protect, and defend his family", machismo is strongly and consistently associated with dominance, aggression, grandstanding, and an inability to nurture. Machismo is found to be deeply rooted in family dynamics and culture in Latin America and is exclusive to the region. The word has a long history both in Spain and Portugal, including the Spanish and Portuguese languages. in Portuguese and Spanish is a strictly masculine term, derived from the Latin ''mascŭlus'', which means "male". It was originally associated with the ideal societal role men were expected to play in their communities, most particularly Iberian language-sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
