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Sophienlund
''Sophienlund'' is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Heinz Rühmann and starring Harry Liedtke, Käthe Haack and Hannelore Schroth. It was based on a play of the same title by Helmut Weiss and Fritz von Woedtke.Goble p.494 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location around the baroque Buckow Castle. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann . The 1956 Austrian film '' Engagement at Wolfgangsee'' was an Agfacolor remake directed by Helmut Weiss. Synopsis When the Eckberg family gather at the manor house Sophienlund it transpires that two twin brothers are not really children of the house, and therefore one of them can marry the girl he thought to be his sister. Cast * Harry Liedtke as Erick Eckberg * Käthe Haack as Sigrid Eckberg * Hannelore Schroth as Gabriele Eckberg * Robert Tessen as Michael Eckberg * Fritz Wagner as Knut Eckberg * Stina Sorbon as Birgit Lundquist * Hans Quest as Jürgen * Jeanette Bethge as Selma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Rühmann
Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a German film legend. Rühmann is best known for playing the part of a comic ordinary citizen in film comedies such as '' Three from the Filling Station'' and '' The Punch Bowl''. During his later years, he was also a respected character actor in films such as '' The Captain from Köpenick'' and ''It Happened in Broad Daylight''. His only English-speaking movie was ''Ship of Fools'' in 1964. Biography Early life Rühmann was born in Essen as the son of a restaurateur. His father Hermann Rühmann moved to Berlin in 1915, where he probably committed suicide a little later. The exact circumstances of death could never be clarified. His son Heinz began his acting career during the early 1920s and appeared in numerous theatres in Germany during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engagement At Wolfgangsee
''Engagement at Wolfgangsee'' (German: ''Verlobung am Wolfgangsee'') is a 1956 Austrian comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Ingrid Andree, Wolf Albach-Retty and Maria Andergast. The film was shot in Agfacolor at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna and on location around Lake Wolfgang. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wolf Witzemann. It is a remake of the 1943 film ''Sophienlund'' which was itself based on a 1941 play of the same title which Weiss co-authored. It was part of a large number of heimatfilm made in Germany and Austria during the decade.Von Dassanowsky p.166 Synopsis When the Eckberg family gathers at their home by Lake Wolfgang, their father reveals to them that their relationships to each other are different to what they had been brought up to believe. Cast * Ingrid Andree as Gabriele * Wolf Albach-Retty as Erich Eckberg * Maria Andergast as Sigrid Eckberg * Michael Cramer as Knut * Michael Heltau as Michael * Sylvia Lund as Barb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Quest
Hans Quest (1915–1997) was a German actor and film director. Selected filmography Director *'' Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne'' (1955) *''The Happy Wanderer'' (1955) *''Charley's Aunt'' (1956) *'' Wenn Poldi ins Manöver zieht'' (1956) *''Ein Mann muß nicht immer schön sein'' (1956) *'' The Girl Without Pyjamas'' (1957) *'' Kindermädchen für Papa gesucht'' (1957) *'' The Big Chance'' (1957) *'' Die Lindenwirtin vom Donaustrand'' (1957) *' (1958) *'' Mein Schatz ist aus Tirol'' (1958) *'' Nick Knatterton’s Adventure'' (1959) *'' Twelve Girls and One Man'' (1959) *'' Bei der blonden Kathrein'' (1960) *'' The Time Has Come'' (1960, TV series) *' (1961) *' (1962, TV miniseries) *' (1963, TV miniseries) *' (1964, TV miniseries) *' (1968, TV miniseries) *''Father Brown'' (1970-1972, TV series) *''Manolescu – Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners'' (1972, TV film) Actor * ''The Immortal Heart'' (1939) - Henner * ''Der dunkle Punkt'' (1940) * '' Friedrich Schiller – The Triump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Peter Buch
Fritz Peter Buch (21 December 1894 – 6 November 1964) was a German screenwriter and film director. He worked frequently during the Nazi period, but struggled in the post-war years. He directed Zarah Leander in one of her comeback films '' Cuba Cabana'' (1952), in what proved to be his final directorial effort.Goble p.514 Selected filmography Director * '' Winter in the Woods'' (1936) * '' Fräulein Veronika'' (1936) * '' The Citadel of Warsaw'' (1937) * ''The Deruga Case'' (1938) * '' Detours to Happiness'' (1939) * '' Menschen im Sturm'' (1941) * ''The Black Robe'' (1944) * '' Cuba Cabana'' (1952) * '' A Very Big Child'' (1952) Screenwriter * ''Sophienlund ''Sophienlund'' is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Heinz Rühmann and starring Harry Liedtke, Käthe Haack and Hannelore Schroth. It was based on a play of the same title by Helmut Weiss and Fritz von Woedtke.Goble p.494 It was shot at the B ...'' (1943) * '' Engagement at Wolfgangsee'' (1956) References Bib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Liedtke
Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor. Early life Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a merchant as the seventh out of 12 children. After the death of his father in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage and began a qualification in retail business. By the chance acquaintance of Hans Oberländer, a stage director at Berlin, he started to take stage classes and was first engaged at the municipal Theater of Freiberg, Saxony. In 1908 Liedtke worked at the New German Theatre in New York City and in 1909 at the Deutsches Theater Berlin. Career In 1912 Liedtke appeared for the first time in the silent movie ''Zu spät'' and from now on usually as a young "Charming Boy" and gentleman. With Ernst Lubitsch he made movies like ''Das fidele Gefängnis'' (1917), '' Die Augen der Mumie Ma'' (1918), ''Carmen'' (1918), '' Die Austernprinzessin'' (1919), '' Madame DuBarry'' (1919), '' Sumurun'' (1920) and '' Das Weib des Pharao'' (1921). He also appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Käthe Haack
Käthe Haack (born Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack; 11 August 1897 – 5 May 1986) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 200 films and 30 television productions between 1915 and 1985. Life and career Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack was born in Berlin on 11 August 1897. After finishing school education, Haack had her first engagement as an actress in Göttingen. Since 1915, she regularly appeared in Berlin theatres like Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Volksbühne and Deutsches Theater. Between 1934 and 1945, she worked at the Konzerthaus Berlin under direction of Gustaf Gründgens. She also appeared in the original production of '' The Captain of Köpenick''. Haack remained in demand as a stage actress for the rest of her life, for example as Mrs. Higgins in ''My Fair Lady'' during the 1960s. Haack started her film career as early as 1915 with the Max Mack's silent film ''Der Katzensteg''. She was initially cast as Lola-Lola in the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannelore Schroth
Hannelore Emilie Käte Grete Schroth (; 10 January 1922 – 7 July 1987) was a German film, stage, and television actress whose career spanned over five decades. Career Born in Berlin in 1922, she was the daughter of popular stage and film actors Heinrich Schroth and Käthe Haack. Her older half-brother was actor and film director Carl-Heinz Schroth (1902–1989), who was the product of Schroth's father's earlier marriage to Else Ruttersheim. Schroth began her career as a child actress, and made her film debut at the age of nine in 1931's Max Ophüls' comedy ''Dann schon lieber Lebertran'' opposite her mother. Until age sixteen she attended drama school in Lausanne, Switzerland. Her early film successes include ''Spiel im Sommerwind'' (1938), ''Weisser Flieder'' (1939) and ''Kitty and the World Conference'' (1939) - the latter of which was her first leading role. During World War II, Hannelore Schroth continued performing in films. Unlike her father, Heinrich Schroth, who was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Bochmann
Werner Bochmann (17 May 1900, Meerane, Kingdom of Saxony – 3 June 1993) was a German composer. Selected filmography * '' Playing with Fire'' (1934) * ''The Island'' (1934) * ''One Too Many on Board'' (1935) * ''Punks Arrives from America'' (1935) * '' Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden'' (1935) * ''Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine'' (1936) * ''The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss'' (1936) * '' The Grey Lady'' (1937) * ''Alarm in Peking'' (1937) * '' The Citadel of Warsaw'' (1937) * ''Between the Parents'' (1938) * ''The Marriage Swindler'' (1938) * ''I Love You'' (1938) * ''The Girl of Last Night'' (1938) * '' Who's Kissing Madeleine?'' (1939) * ''Detours to Happiness'' (1939) * ''Congo Express'' (1939) * '' My Aunt, Your Aunt'' (1939) * '' A German Robinson Crusoe'' (1940) * ''Happiness is the Main Thing'' (1941) * ''Quax the Crash Pilot'' (1941) * ''Sky Hounds'' (1942) * ''Front Theatre'' (1942) * ''Melody of a Great City'' (1943) * ''Sophienlund'' (1943) * ''The Green Salon'' (1944) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Winterstein
Willy Winterstein (1895–1965) was an Austrian cinematographer.Jacobsen & Prinzler p.275 Selected filmography * ''The Marquis of Bolibar'' (1922) * ''The Daughter of the Brigadier'' (1922) * ''The Harbour Bride'' (1927) * '' Almenrausch and Edelweiss'' (1928) * ''The Harbour Baron'' (1928) * '' The Call of the North'' (1929) * ''The Man Without Love '' (1929) * '' Josef the Chaste'' (1930) * ''Twice Married'' (1930) * '' Pension Schöller'' (1930) * '' The Spanish Fly'' (1931) * '' The Unknown Guest'' (1931) * ''The Emperor's Sweetheart'' (1931) * ''A Crafty Youth'' (1931) * ''The Magic Top Hat'' (1932) * ''The Judas of Tyrol'' (1933) * '' There Is Only One Love'' (1933) * '' Miss Madame'' (1934) * '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1934) * ''At the Strasbourg'' (1934) * ''Miss Liselott'' (1934) * ''A Night on the Danube'' (1935) * ''The Schimeck Family'' (1935) * '' The Girl from the Marsh Croft'' (1935) * '' She and the Three'' (1935) * '' A Girl from the Chorus'' (1937) * ''The Hound of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmuth Schönnenbeck
Helmuth Schönnenbeck (1902-1973) was a German film editor and producer. He edited the 1941 film '' Goodbye, Franziska''.Jacobsen & Prinzler p.277 He was married to Anneliese Schönnenbeck, who was also a film editor. Selected filmography Editor * ''Escape in the Dark'' (1939) * ''Marriage in Small Doses'' (1939) * ''Target in the Clouds'' (1939) * ''Men Are That Way'' (1939) * ''Hurrah! I'm a Father'' (1939) * '' Goodbye, Franziska'' (1941) * ''We Make Music'' (1942) * ''Front Theatre'' (1942) * ''Sophienlund'' (1943) * ''Quax in Africa'' (1947) Producer * ''And If We Should Meet Again'' (1947) * ''Love on Ice'' (1950) * '' Salto Mortale'' (1953) Screenwriter * ''Blocked Signals ''Blocked Signals'' (german: Blockierte Signale) is a 1948 German thriller film directed by Johannes Meyer (director), Johannes Meyer and starring Heidi Kürschner, Heinz Engelmann, and Wolfgang Lukschy.Bock & Bergfelder p. 305 Plot The story ...'' (1948) References Bibliography * Jacobse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Wagner (actor)
Fritz Wagner (19 March 1915 - 19 January 1982) was a German actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1939 to 1976. Filmography References External links * 1915 births 1982 deaths German male film actors {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clemens Hasse
Clemens Hasse (13 April 1908 – 28 July 1959) was a German actor and synchroniser. Biography Hasse was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a public official and attended his stage education at the ''Preussisches Staatstheater'' in Berlin. Between 1929 and 1944, when the Theater was closed down, he was a constant member of the Staatstheater ensemble. Hasse first appeared in a UFA movie in 1932 and acted in several movies next to popular stars like Heinz Rühmann or Hans Albers. He was the German dubbing voice of Eddie Albert, Lou Costello, José Ferrer, Oliver Hardy, Sid James and also the voice of the white rabbit in Disneys ''Alice in Wonderland''. After World War II Hasse worked at the ''Schlosspark-Theater'' Berlin and after 1951 at the ''Schillertheater''. He died of a heart attack at New York City on the occasion of his daughter's marriage and is buried at Waldfriedhof Dahlem The Waldfriedhof Dahlem ( Dahlem forest cemetery) is a cemetery in Berlin, in the distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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