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Richard Münch (actor)
Richard Heinrich Ludwig Münch (10 January 1916 – 6 June 1987) was a German actor, best known for portraying Alfred Jodl in '' Patton'' (1970). He also portrayed General Erich Marcks in '' The Longest Day'' (1962). Selected filmography * ''Der Verlorene'' (1951) - Criminal Inspector No. 1 (uncredited) * ''Zwei blaue Augen'' (1955) - Schneider, Ingenieur * '' Doctor Crippen Lives'' (1958) - Reverend Bennet * '' Nasser Asphalt'' (1958) - Dr. Wolf * '' Restless Night'' (1958) - Kriegsgerichtsrat * ' (1959) - Herr Wegner, Director of the "Imperial" * '' Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?'' (1959) - Oberstleutnant Kesselbach * '' Crime After School'' (1959) - Oberst Dr. König * ''Heaven, Love and Twine'' (1960) - Major Knorr * ' (1961) * ''The Miracle of Father Malachia'' (1961) - Dr. Erwin Glass * ''Redhead'' (1962) - Joachim * '' The Longest Day'' (1962) - Gen. Erich Marcks * '' The Inn on the River'' (1962) - Dr. Collins * '' Waiting Room to the Beyond'' (1964) - M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giessen
Giessen, spelled in German (), is a town in the Germany, German States of Germany, state () of Hesse, capital of both the Giessen (district), district of Giessen and the Giessen (region), administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 university students. The name comes from ''Giezzen'', as it was first referred to in 1197, which refers to the position of the town between several rivers, lakes and streams. The largest river in Giessen is the Lahn, which divides the town in two parts (west and east), roughly north of Frankfurt am Main. Giessen is also home to the University of Giessen. In 1969, the town hosted the ninth ''Hessentag'' state festival. History Giessen came into being as a moated castle in 1152 built by Count Wilhelm von Gleiberg, although the history of the community in the northeast and in today's suburb called "Wieseck" dates back to 775. The town became part of Hesse-Marburg in 1567, passing to Landgraviate of Hess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven, Love And Twine
''Heaven, Love and Twine'' (German: ''Himmel, Amor und Zwirn'') is a 1960 West German comedy film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Hartmut Reck, Ann Smyrner and Hannelore Schroth. It is based on the 1952 novel of the same title by Thomas Westa.Goble p.793 Cast * Hartmut Reck as Friedrich Himmel * Ann Smyrner as Gerti * Grit Boettcher as Susanne Himmel * Hannelore Schroth as Madame Riffi * Elke Sommer as Eva * Ursula Grabley as Frau Kronberg * Romana Rombach as Frau Haberstein * Richard Münch as Major Knorr * Heinrich Gretler as Feller Hansi * Lutz Moik as Erich Hofmann * Gisela von Collande Gisela von Collande (5 February 1915 – 22 October 1960) was a German film actress. Gisela came from an acting family. She was the sister of the actor and director Volker von Collande. She married the actor Josef Dahmen, with whom she had a daug ... as Frau Knorr * Thomas Braut as Oberleutnant Allgeier * Ursula Herwig as Frau Allgeier * Albert Rueprecht as Leutnant Kosm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trap Snaps Shut At Midnight
''The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight'' () is a 1966 West German thriller film directed by Harald Philipp and starring George Nader, Horst Frank and Heinz Weiss. It is the fourth film in the Jerry Cotton series.Blake, Deal, p.20f Plot A truck delivering nitroglycerin is turned away from a mining area when an accident occurs. Two criminals, Lew Hutton and Fat Krusky, are waiting at a local diner to steal the truck, believing it to be empty. Hutton pulls over because the truck is driving sluggishly, and when the find the canisters of nitroglycerin, Krusky runs off. Later, Hutton uses the truck in Manhattan for a bogus accident which is a cover for a jewelry store robbery, committed by his accomplice, Maureen. The NYPD cordons off the area because of the warning notices on the truck, but when the head of the chemical company that owns the truck, Dr. Smeat, arrives, they discover the 20 canisters of nitroglycerin have been removed. The NYPD decides to call in the FBI. Jerry Cotton is cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer's Carnival
''Killer's Carnival'' (, , ) is a 1966 crime film directed by Alberto Cardone and starring Stewart Granger. Plot A murderer takes refuge in a doctor's home, and the doctor tells him three stories in an attempt to convince him that crime doesn't pay. Cast * Stewart Granger as David Porter (Vienna segment) * Lex Barker as Glenn Cassidy (San Francisco segment) * Pierre Brice as Agent Brice (Rome segment) * Karin Dor as Denise (San Francisco segment) * Pascale Petit as Lotty (Vienna segment) * Margaret Lee as Agent Linda (Rome segment) * Walter Giller as Karl (Vienna segment) * Johanna Matz as Monique Carrar (Vienna segment) * Klaus Kinski as Gomez (San Francisco segment) * Agnès Spaak as Nelly Small (San Francisco segment) * Peter Vogel as Wendt, Suspected girls' killer * Richard Münch as Professor Alden (Frame story) * Carmen Cervera as Joana (San Francisco segment) (as Tita Barker) * Allen Pinson as Ray Runner (San Francisco segment) (as Alan Pinson) * Herbert Fux as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Rechnung – Eiskalt Serviert
Die, as a verb, refers to death, the cessation of life. Die may also refer to: Games * Die, singular of dice, small throwable objects used for producing random numbers Manufacturing * Die (integrated circuit), a rectangular piece of a semiconductor wafer * Die (manufacturing), a material-shaping device * Die (philately) * Coin die, a metallic piece used to strike a coin * Die casting, a material-shaping process ** Sort (typesetting), a cast die for printing * Die cutting (web), process of using a die to shear webs of low-strength materials * Die, a tool used in paper embossing * Tap and die, cutting tools used to create screw threads in solid substances * Tool and die, the occupation of making dies Arts and media Music * Die (album), ''Die'' (album), the seventh studio album by rapper Necro * Die (musician), Japanese musician, guitarist of the band Dir en grey * DJ Die, British DJ and musician with Reprazent * "DiE", a 2013 single by the Japanese idol group BiS * die!, an inact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hocuspocus (1966 Film)
''Hocuspocus'' () is a 1966 West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Liselotte Pulver, and Fritz Tillmann.Bock & Bergfelder p. 208 It is based on the 1926 play by Curt Goetz, which had previously been adapted into several film versions, ''Hocuspocus'' (1930), with a parallel version in English), and ''Hocuspocus'' (1953) with Goetz himself. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Pischinger. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1966 films 1966 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Kurt Hoffmann German films based on plays Films based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tread Softly (1965 Film)
''Tready Softly''/''The Violin Case Murders'' (German title:''Schüsse aus dem Geigenkasten'') is a 1965 German thriller film directed by Fritz Umgelter and starring George Nader, Heinz Weiss and Sylvia Pascal. It is the first in the Jerry Cotton series of films.Blake, Deal, p.178f Plot A group of men murder two people in Pasadena, then rob a safe of a large amount of cash. Later the same men arrive at an isolated farm house near Chicago, kill the occupants, and retrieve a stash of (very light) gold bars. As the same gun was used in both cases, FBI director John High takes over the investigation, and assigns it to agents Jerry Cotton and his sidekick Phil Decker. High reveals that he had received phone calls from a woman calling herself Mary Springfield, who was concerned that her sister was involved with a gangster. The movements of the sister match well with the two crimes and High believes there is a connection. Cotton locates Mary Springfield and follows her. Unfortunately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Wants To Sleep?
''Who Wants to Sleep?'' () is a 1965 Austrian-West German comedy film directed by Rolf Thiele, Axel von Ambesser and Alfred Weidenmann and starring Curd Jürgens, Anita Ekberg, and Catherine Deneuve. It consists of a series of episodic tales about the relationships of the characters. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... Herta Hareiter. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1965 comedy films Austrian comedy films German comedy films West German films German anthology films Films directed by Rolf Thiele Films shot at Sievering Studios Constantin Film films 1960s German-language films 1960s German films Films scored by Erwin Halletz {{1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Night Of Murder
''Manhattan Night of Murder'' () is a 1965 German thriller film directed by Harald Philipp and starring George Nader, Heinz Weiss and Monika Grimm. It is the second of the Jerry Cotton series of films, depicting the adventures of an FBI agent.Blake, Deal, p.146f Plot A gang of extortionists murder owners of small businesses in case they refuse to pay for protection. After they have killed one of their victims, Jerry Cotton gets assigned to take care of this matter. Cast * George Nader as Jerry Cotton * Heinz Weiss as Phil Decker * Richard Münch as Mr. High * Monika Grimm as Sally * Slobodan Dimitrijevic as Alec Korsky * Silvia Solar as Wilma de Loy * Peter Kuiper as Bob * Siegurd Fitzek as Patrick * Allen Pinson as Jenkins * Elke Neidhardt as Sophie Latimore * Henri Cogan as Bruce * Willy Semmelrogge Willy Semmelrogge (15 March 1923 – 10 April 1984) was a German actor. He appeared in 65 films and television shows between 1957 and 1984. Partial filmography * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Train (1964 Film)
''The Train'' is a 1964 war film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield and Jeanne Moreau. The picture's screenplay—written by Franklin Coen, Frank Davis, and Walter Bernstein—is loosely based on the non-fiction book ''Le front de l'art'' by Rose Valland, who documented the works of art placed in storage that had been looted by Nazi Germany from museums and private art collections. Arthur Penn was ''The Train'' original director but was replaced by Frankenheimer three days after filming had begun. Set in August 1944 during World War II, it pits French Resistance-member Paul Labiche (Lancaster) against German Colonel Franz von Waldheim (Scofield), who is attempting to move stolen art masterpieces by train to Germany. Inspiration for the scenes of the train's interception came from the real-life events surrounding train No. 40,044 as it was seized and examined by Lt. Alexandre Rosenberg of the Free French forces outside Paris. The film rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Visit (1964 Film)
''The Visit'' is a 1964 drama film directed by Bernhard Wicki, adapted by Ben Barzman and Maurice Valency from Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1956 play of the same name. It stars Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn, who also produced. Irina Demick, Paolo Stoppa, Hans Christian Blech, Romolo Valli, Valentina Cortese and Claude Dauphin play supporting roles. An international co-production between American, French, West German and Italian companies, ''The Visit'' premiered at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or. It was released in the United States on September 17, 1964, and received generally positive reviews. Plot Karla Zachanassian, a wealthy woman, returns to the decaying village where she grew up. She had been run out of town twenty years prior when, at 17 years old, she was impregnated by local shopkeeper Serge Miller; at his trial, Serge denied paternity and bribed two local men to testify that they had slept with Karla, destroying her credi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waiting Room To The Beyond
''Waiting Room to the Beyond'' ( and also known as ''Mark of the Tortoise'') is a 1964 German thriller film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Hildegard Knef. Cast * Hildegard Knef as Lorelli * Götz George as Donald 'Don' Micklem * Richard Münch as Mario Orlandi di Alsconi * Heinz Reincke as Inspektor Dickes * Carl Lange as Crantor * Pinkas Braun as Felix * Adelheid Seeck as Lady Helen Bradley * Hans Paetsch as Sir Cyrus Bradley * Jan Hendriks as Carlos * Klaus Kinski as Shapiro * Hans Clarin Hans Clarin (14 September 1929 – 28 August 2005) was a German actor. He became a well-known voice actor of characters in children audio plays, particularly the kobold '' Pumuckl'' (including its TV and cinematic film adaptations), the German voi ... as Harry Mason References External links * 1964 films 1960s crime thriller films German crime thriller films West German films 1960s German-language films German black-and-white films Films based on works by James Hadley C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |