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Strogoff
''Strogoff'' (French: ''Michel Strogoff, le courier du tsar''; Italian: ''Michele Strogoff, corriere dello zar''; German: ''Der Kurier des Zaren'') is a European adventure film directed in 1970 by Eriprando Visconti. It was an international co-production between Italy, West Germany and France. It is based on Jules Verne's 1876 novel ''Michael Strogoff'' reinterpreted through the lens of psychological realism. Plot Michael Strogoff, captain of the army of the Tsar Alexander II, is ordered to travel from Moscow to Irkutsk, in eastern Siberia, to inform the Grand Duke Dmitry that the Tartar army is moving to conquer the city. He leaves for Siberia in civilian clothes, in the guise of a horse trader and under the false name of Nikolai Korpanov. At the same time Ivan Ogareff, a Russian ex-colonel, is freed from a prison camp by his lover Sangarre. He joins the insurgent Tartars led by Feofar- Khan and undertakes Strogoff's same journey to learn the purpose of the Tsar's courier's mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Strogoff
''Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar'' () is a novel written by Jules Verne in 1876 in literature, 1876. Critic Leonard S. Davidow, considers it one of Verne's best books. Davidow wrote, "Jules Verne has written no better book than this, in fact it is deservedly ranked as one of the most thrilling tales ever written." Unlike some of Verne's other novels, it is not science fiction, but its plot device is a scientific phenomenon (Leidenfrost effect). The book was later adapted to a play, by Verne himself and Adolphe d'Ennery. Incidental music to the play was written by Alexandre Artus in 1880 and by Franz von Suppé in 1893. The book has been adapted several times for films, television and cartoon series. Plot summary Michael Strogoff, a 30-year-old native of Omsk, is a courier for Tsar Alexander II of Russia. The Tatars, Tartar Khan (title), khan (prince), Feofar Khan, incites a rebellion and separates the Russian Far East from the mainland, severing telegraph lines. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsar Alexander II
Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. Alexander's most significant reform as emperor was the emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator ( rus, Алекса́ндр Освободи́тель, r=Aleksándr Osvobodítel, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐsvəbɐˈdʲitʲɪlʲ). The tsar was responsible for other liberal reforms, including reorganizing the judicial system, setting up elected local judges, abolishing corporal punishment, promoting local self-government through the ''zemstvo'' system, imposing universal military service, ending some privileges of the nobility, and promoting university education. After an assassination attempt in 1866, Alexander adopted a somewhat more conservative st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiram Keller
Hiram Keller (May 3, 1944 – January 20, 1997), born Hiram Keller Undercofler Jr., was an American actor and model. Keller was an actor in the original line-up Broadway production of ''Hair'', but he is best known for his role as Ascyltus in Federico Fellini's 1969 film ''Satyricon''. He also worked as a runway and print model and acted in the New York underground scene with Andy Warhol. Early life and education Hiram Keller Undercofler Jr. was born to Hiram Keller Undercofler Sr. and Flora Gatewood in Moody Field, Georgia on May 3, 1944. His father was a lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps before becoming the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Keller studied law at the University of Georgia before dropping out and moving to Palm Beach, Florida, where he worked as a window designer. After a vacation in California, he moved to New York to live with an uncle. Career In 1966, Keller attended classes taught by Stella Adler at Lee Strasberg's Actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irkutsk
Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and , ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 Irkutsk is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, 25th-largest city in Russia by population, the fifth-largest in the Siberian Federal District, and one of the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, cities in Siberia. Located in the south of the eponymous oblast, the city proper lies on the Angara River, a tributary of the Yenisei River, Yenisei, about 850 kilometres (530 mi) to the south-east of Krasnoyarsk and about 520 kilometres (320 mi) north of Ulaanbaatar. The Trans-Siberian Highway (Federal M53 and M55 Highways) and Trans-Siberian Railway connect Irkutsk to other regions in Russia and Mongolia. Many distinguished Russians were sent into exile in Irkutsk for their part in the Decembrist revolt of 1825, and the city became an exile-post for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraordinaires'', a series of bestselling adventure novels including ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (1864), ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (1870), and ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' (1872). His novels are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account contemporary scientific knowledge and the technological advances of the time. In addition to his novels, he wrote numerous plays, short stories, autobiographical accounts, poetry, songs, and scientific, artistic and literary studies. His work has been adapted for film and television since the beginning of cinema, as well as for comic books, theater, opera, music and video games. Verne is considered to be an important author in France and most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Phillip Law
John Phillip Law (September 7, 1937 – May 13, 2008) was an American film actor. Following a breakthrough role as a Russian sailor in '' The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming'' (1966), Law became best known for his roles as gunfighter Bill Meceita in the spaghetti western ''Death Rides a Horse'' (1967) with Lee Van Cleef, the blind angel Pygar in the science fiction film '' Barbarella'' (1968) with Jane Fonda, the title character in the action film '' Danger: Diabolik'' (1968), Manfred von Richthofen in '' Von Richthofen and Brown'' (1971), and news anchor Robin Stone in '' The Love Machine'' (1971). The latter reteamed him with Alexandra Hay, his co-star from the 1968 "acid comedy" '' Skidoo''. His most famous role is that of Sinbad in '' The Golden Voyage of Sinbad'' (1973), which was a worldwide box office hit and won the first Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film.. Early years Law was born in Los Angeles, California, to John Law, a deputy sheriff, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimsy Farmer
Merle "Mimsy" Farmer (born February 28, 1945) is an American former actress, artist and sculptor. She began her career appearing in several Hollywood studio films, such as '' Spencer's Mountain'' (1963) and '' Bus Riley's Back in Town'' (1965), followed by roles in the exploitation films '' Devil's Angels'' and '' Riot on Sunset Strip'' (both 1967). Farmer went on to establish herself as an international performer, starring in numerous European films, including the dramas '' More'' (1969) and '' Strogoff'' (1970), as well as multiple Italian giallo films: Dario Argento's '' Four Flies on Grey Velvet'' (1971), ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1974), ''Autopsy'' (1975), and Lucio Fulci's '' The Black Cat'' (1981). Early years Farmer was born Merle Farmer on February 28, 1945, in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was a news reporter for the ''Chicago Tribune'' and a writer for radio. Her mother was French. Her nickname, which she later took as her stage name, is derived from a lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Bergner
Elisabeth Bergner (22 August 1897 – 12 May 1986) was an Austrian-British actress. Primarily a stage actress, her career flourished in Berlin and Paris before she moved to London to work in films. Her signature role was Gemma Jones in '' Escape Me Never'', a play written for her by Margaret Kennedy. She played Gemma, first in London and then in the Broadway debut, and in a film version for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1943, Bergner returned to Broadway in the play ''The Two Mrs. Carrolls'', for which she won the Distinguished Performance Medal from the Drama League. Early life She was born Ella vel Ettel Bergner in Drohobych, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day Ukraine) to Sara (née Wagner) and Emil ( Schmelke Juda) Bergner, a merchant. She grew up in a secular Jewish home. The Hebrew she heard in her childhood was associated with Yom Kippur and Pesach, and on her visits to Israel, she apologized for not knowing the language. She fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladislas Fodor
Ladislas Fodor (1898–1978) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Plays *''A Church Mouse'' (''A templom egére''); a comedy in three acts, adapted by James L. A. Burrell (1928) *''Jewel Robbery'' (''Ékszerrablás a Váci utcában''); a comedy in three acts, adapted by Bertram Bloch (1931) *''I Love an Actress'' (''Szeretek egy színésznőt''); a comedy in four acts, adapted by Chester Erskin (1932) *''The Kiss Before the Mirror'' (''Csók a tükör előtt''); a drama in three acts (1932) *'' Youth at the Helm'' (''Helyet az ifjúságnak'') (1933) *''Matura'' (''Érettségi''); a comedy in three acts (1934) *''A Woman Lies'' (''Egy asszony hazudik''); a drama in three acts (1935) *''The Night Before the Divorce'' (''Die Nacht vor der Scheidung''); comedy (1937) *''Strange Case of Blondie White'' (''Katzenzungen'', 1934); a play in three acts, adapted by Bernard Merivale and Jeffrey Dell (1938) *''Birthday Gift'' (''Születésnapi ajándék''); a play in three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Marin
Christian Marin (8 February 1929 – 5 September 2012) was a French film actor. Born in Lyon, he is best known for his role in ''Le gendarme series'' (as "Merlot"), although he did not appear in the last two sequels. In 1967 he appeared in the television serial '' Les Chevaliers du ciel'', in which he portrayed the character Ernest Laverdure. Partial filmography * '' Les Tortillards'' (1960) * '' Le Tracassin ou Les Plaisirs de la ville'' (1961) * '' La Belle Américaine'' (1961) * '' All the Gold in the World'' (1961) * '' L'honorable Stanislas, agent secret'' (1963) * '' Pouic-Pouic'' (1963) * '' Bebert and the Train'' (1963) * ''Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez ''The Troops of St. Tropez'' (; literally ''The Policeman from Saint-Tropez'') is a 1964 French comedy film set in Saint-Tropez, a fashionable resort on the French Riviera. Starring Louis de Funès as Ludovic Cruchot of the ''gendarmerie'', the fi ...'' (1964) * '' Le gendarme à New York'' (1965) * '' The Sleeping Car Murd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Gora
Claudio Gora, '' Emilio Giordana '' (27 July 1913 – 13 March 1998) was an Italian actor and film director. He was particularly prolific, making some 155 appearances in film and television over nearly 60 years (from 1939 to 1997). In the 1950s he did dabble with directing and screenwriting and directed the film Three Strangers in Rome in 1958 which was incidentally the first leading role by Claudia Cardinale. Some of his notable roles includes '' Adua e le compagne'', directed by Antonio Pietrangeli, '' Tutti a casa'' by Luigi Comencini, and Dino Risi's '' A Difficult Life'' and ''Il Sorpasso''. Selected filmography * ''Torna, caro ideal!'' (1939) - Francesco Paolo Tosti * '' Wealth Without a Future'' (1940) - Giovanni Di Cora * '' Love Trap'' (1940) - Il fidanzato della segretaria * ''Il Bazar delle idee'' (1940) * '' Love Me, Alfredo!'' (1940) - Il compositore Giacomo Varni * '' Eternal Melodies'' (1940) - L'imperatore Giuseppe * ''Amore imperiale'' (1941) - Alessio Romow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Meisel
Kurt Meisel (18 August 1912 – 4 April 1994) was an Austrian actor and film director. He appeared in 65 films between 1934 and 1994. He also directed 21 films between 1949 and 1984. Meisel was married to the actress Ursula Lingen. He was born and died in Vienna, Austria, and is buried on the Vienna Zentralfriedhof. Selected filmography * ''Little Dorrit (1934 film), Little Dorrit'' (1934) - Pit, sein Sohn * ''Marriage Strike (1935 film), Marriage Strike'' (1935) - Loisl * ''Schlußakkord'' (1936) - Baron Salviany * ''The Court Concert'' (1936) - Leutnant Florian Schwälble * ''The Divine Jetta'' (1937) - Graf Eugen Opalla * ''Such Great Foolishness'' (1937) - Specht - Rundfunkansager * ''Love Can Lie'' (1937) - August Halfgreen * ''Spiel auf der Tenne'' (1937) - Andreas 'Anderl' Rössmaier * ''Another World (1937 film), Another World'' (1937) - 2. Journalist * ''Der Schimmelkrieg in der Holledau'' (1937) - Thomas, Bräubursch * ''Frau Sylvelin'' (1938) - Herr von Roedern * ''Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
