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Nicolas Koline
Nicolas Koline (1878–1973) was a Russian stage and film actor. He established himself in Russia as a stage performer with the Moscow Art Theatre. He emigrated from Russia after the October Revolution of 1917 and came to France with La Chauve-Souris cabaret run by Nikita Balieff. In Paris he then joined Joseph Ermolieff's film company at Montreuil. He appeared in numerous French and German films during his career, initially often as a leading player during the silent era and later in supporting roles.Michelangelo Capua. ''Anatole Litvak: The Life and Films''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2015. p. 6. Selected filmography * 1923: '' La Maison du mystère'' / ''The House of Mystery'' (dir. Alexandre Volkoff) * 1923: ''Le Brasier ardent'' (dir. Ivan Mosjoukine) * 1924: '' Kean ou Désordre et génie'' / ''Kean'' (dir. Alexandre Volkoff) * 1924: '' Âme d'artiste'' / ''Heart of an Actress'' (dir. Germaine Dulac) * 1926: '' Michel Strogoff'' (dir. Victor Tourjansky) * 1926: '' 600, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.4 million residents. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
600,000 Francs A Month (1926 Film)
''600,000 Francs a Month'' (french: 600000 francs par mois) is a 1926 French silent comedy film directed by Nicolas Koline and Robert Péguy and starring Charles Vanel and Madeleine Guitty.Parish p.565 It was released in the United Kingdom in 1927 with the alternative title of ''Mister Mustard's Millions''. In 1933 it was remade as '' 600,000 Francs a Month''. Cast * Nicolas Koline as Anatole Galupin * Charles Vanel as John Durand * Madeleine Guitty as Ernestine Galupin * Hélène Darly Hélène Darly (born Éliane Émilienne Pauline Pilate; 4 May 1900 – 17 May 1994) was a French film actress whose career was most prominent in the silent film era. Biography Hélène Darly was born Éliane Émilienne Pauline Pilate in the 11th ... as Anna Galupin * as Le secrétaire References Bibliography * Parish, James Robert. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977. External links * 1926 films Films based on French novels 1926 comedy films Silent French comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Without A Fatherland
''Men Without a Fatherland'' (german: Menschen ohne Vaterland) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Willy Fritsch, Maria von Tasnady and Willy Birgel.Richards p. 371 The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. In Latvia at the end of the First World War, a group of Freikorps battle against an attempted takeover of the Baltic States by Communist forces. Cast * Willy Fritsch as Oberleutnant Maltzach * Maria von Tasnady as Irene Marellus * Willy Birgel as Baron Falen * Grethe Weiser as Jewa - Chansonette * Siegfried Schürenberg as Hauptmann Angermann * Werner Stock as Leutnant Berndt * Erich Dunskus as Steputat - Unteroffizier * Josef Sieber as Pleikies - Bursche * Willi Schaeffers as Soykas - Landesrat * Nicolas Koline as Diener Stepan * Luis Rainer as Wolynski * Aribert Grimmer as Bauer Rauta * Lissy Arna as Mila Wentos * Hans Stiebner as Kigull * Maria Loja as Orla, Wirtin * Traute Baumbach as Maruschka, ein russisches Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Ritter (director)
Karl Ritter (7 November 1888 – 7 April 1977) was a German film producer and director responsible for many Nazi propaganda films. He had previously been one of the first German military pilots. He spent most of his later life in Argentina. Early life Ritter was born in Würzburg. His father was a professor at the conservatoire; his mother was an opera singer.Rolf Giesen, ''Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography'', Jefferson, North Carolina/London: McFarland, 2003, p. 256"Karl Ritter" ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema'', ed. Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder, Film Europa 1, New York: Berghahn, 2009, , p. 399. He was a career officer in the German military, built hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriots (1937 Film)
''Patriots'' (german: Patrioten) is a 1937 German film directed by Karl Ritter. Plot Cast *Mathias Wieman as Peter Thomann, called Pierre *Lída Baarová as Thérèse, called Jou-Jou *Bruno Hübner as Jules Martin, director of a front-line theatre *Hilde Körber as Suzanne * Paul Dahlke as Charles *Nicolas Koline as Nikita *Kurt Seifert as Alphonse *Edwin Juergenssen as commandant *Willi Rose as desk officer *Ewald Wenck as police officer *Otz Tollen as judge in wartime court *Ernst Karchow as prosecutor * André Saint-Germain as defending counsel *Lutz Götz as German POW * Paul Schwed as German POW *Karl Hannemann Karl Hannemann (4 March 1895 – 13 November 1953) was a German film actor. Born in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany, he died at the age of 55 in Berlin. Selected filmography * '' The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * ''And Yet Luck Came'' (1923) * ''U ... as janitor * Gustav Mahnke as sergeant External links * * 1937 films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Farkas
''The native form of this personal name is Farkas Miklós. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.'' Nicolas Farkas (Margitta, Austro-Hungarian Empire, July 27, 1890 – New York, March 22, 1982) was a Hungarian-born cinematographer, screenwriter, producer and film director. He is also known as Farkas Miklós, Miklós Farkas, Mikolaus Farkas, Nikolaus Farkas and Nikolas Farkas. Early years and career in Europe After studying in Budapest, Farkas went to Vienna in 1919 and trained as a cinematographer. He worked for the Austrian film industry until 1924. During the 1920s he collaborated frequently with another Hungarian famous film directors and producers such as Sándor Korda and Mihály Kertész. In 1925 Farkas started working in Germany. Individual projects also took him to the Soviet Union and Poland. Among his last important German projects was ''Berlin - Alexanderplatz'' (1931, directed by Phil Jutzi). After 1933 he worked in France, where he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (1935 German Film)
''Variety'' (German title: ''Varieté '') is a 1935 French-German drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas and starring Annabella, Hans Albers and Attila Hörbiger.Bock & Bergfelder p.8 It is based on the 1912 novel '' The Oath of Stephan Huller'' by Felix Hollaender. It features a love triangle between three performers of a high wire act. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. A separate French-language film ' was also produced. The following year a British remake '' Three Maxims'' was produced by Herbert Wilcox and starred Anna Neagle. Cast * Annabella as Jeanne * Hans Albers as Pierre * Attila Hörbiger as Georges * Karl Etlinger as Max * Ernst Rotmund as Varieté-Direktor * Gerhard Dammann as Varieté-Regisseur * Gustav Püttjer as Emil * Else Reval as Frau Thomas * Arthur Reinhardt as Der Pressechef * Walter Steinweg as Ein Schneider * Nico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets Of The Orient
''Secrets of the Orient'' (german: Geheimnisse des Orients) is a 1928 German- French silent drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Nikolas Kolin, Iván Petrovich and Dimitri Dimitriev.Bock p. 237 It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin while Location shooting took place in Nice and French Tunisia. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alexandre Lochakoff and Vladimir Meingard. Cast * Nikolas Kolin as Ali, shoemaker in Cairo * Iván Petrovich as Prince Achmed * Dimitri Dimitriev as Sultan Schariah * Gaston Modot as Prince Hussein * Julius Falkenstein as Astrologer * Hermann Picha as Sultan's fool * Aleksandr Vertinsky as Vezir * Marcella Albani as Sobeide, Sultan's favorite * Agnes Petersen-Mozzuchinowa as Princess Gylnare, daughter of Sultan * Nina Koshetz as Fatme, wife of Ali * Dita Parlo as Slave of the Princess * Brigitte Helm * Steffie Vida Stephanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Thiele
Wilhelm Thiele (1890–1975) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He directed over 40 films between 1921 and 1960. Life and career Thiele started his show career as a stage actor. He got his start in Austrian and German film during the 1920s, most often as a director of film comedies. His biggest success was the highly influential musical film '' The Three from the Filling Station'' (1930), the highest-grossing film in Germany that year. Thiele, who was of Jewish descent,Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 211 left Germany during the Nazi Era. His first film in Hollywood, '' Lottery Lover'' in 1935, was without success and Thiele never achieved the same level of fame in Hollywood as he had Germany. He mostly made B-Pictures, but is credited with giving actress Dorothy Lamour her big start in movies with '' The Jungle Princess'' (1936). In the 1950s, he worked as a direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurrah! I Live!
''Hurrah! I Live!'' (german: Hurrah! Ich lebe!) is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Nicolas Koline, Max Gülstorff, and Alexej Bondireff. It was adapted from the play '' Der mutige Seefahrer'' by Georg Kaiser Friedrich Carl Georg Kaiser, called Georg Kaiser, (25 November 1878 – 4 June 1945) was a German dramatist. Biography Kaiser was born in Magdeburg. He was highly prolific and wrote in a number of different styles. An Expressionist dramatist, .... The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Knaake and Vladimir Meingard Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1928 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films based on works by Georg Kaiser Films directed by Wilhelm Thiele German black-and-white films UFA GmbH films 1928 comedy films German comedy films Silent comedy films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Mercanton
Louis Mercanton (4 May 1879 – 29 April 1932) was a Swiss film director, screenwriter and actor. Mercanton was born in Nyon, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Partial filmography Director * '' Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth'' (1912) co-director * '' Adrienne Lecouvreur'' (1913) co-director * ''Infatuation'' aka ''Bouclette'' (1918) * '' Miarka'' (1920) * '' The Call of the Blood'' (1920) * '' Possession'' (1922) * '' The Gardens of Murcia'' (1923) * ''Les Deux Gosses'' (1924) adaptation of the novel by Pierre Decourcelle * ''Monte Carlo'' (1925) * '' The Maid at the Palace'' (1927) * ''Croquette'' (1927) * ''Venus'' (1929) * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * '' The Nipper'' (1930) * ''Octave'' (1930) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * ''A Man of Mayfair'' (1931) * '' These Charming People'' (1931) * '' Cognasse'' (1932) * ''Students in Paris'' (1932) * ''The Fish Woman'' (1932) * ''He Is Charming ''He Is Charming'' (French: ''Il est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croquette (film)
''Croquette'' is a 1927 French silent film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Betty Balfour, Walter Byron and Nicolas Koline.Goble p.311 Cast * Betty Balfour as Croquette * Walter Byron as Bob * Nicolas Koline as Morton * Rachel Devirys as Lola Morelli * Louis Baron fils as L'Indendant Blomart * Ernest Chambery as Monsieur Pluche, le pharmacien * Futelais as Clown * Madeleine Guitty as Madame Tromboli * Bonaventura Ibáñez as Le Duc de Valdomme * Jean Mercanton Jean Mercanton (20 May 1920 – 4 November 1947) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Mercanton began his career as a child actor, making his film debut in the year of his birth. Selected filmography * '' Miarka'' (1920) * '' The Two Boys'' (192 ... as Dickie * Bob O'Connor as Clown * Albert Rancy as Jose References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1927 films Films directed by Louis Mercanton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
