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Susi Lanner
Susi Lanner (August 27, 1911 – March 16, 2006) was an Austrian film actress who played major roles in German productions from 1932 to 1937. Biography Born Mechthilde Reif in Vienna, Austria, after schooling in drama, dance, and singing, Lanner appeared as a singer and dancer in operettas and revues in her native Vienna. She made her film debut in 1932 opposite Brigitte Helm and Oskar Karlweis in the comedy ''Three on a Honeymoon (1932 film), Three on a Honeymoon''. Then she made a name for herself as a supporting actress, before she advanced to talented co-star at the side of Heinz Rühmann, Theo Lingen and Hans Moser (actor), Hans Moser. In her short film career she played lead roles opposite Harry Piel in ''Artisten'', opposite Hans Söhnker in the drama ''Herbstmanöver (Autumn Maneuvers),'' and in Hans Deppe's comedy ''Meiseken'' as well as opposite Erik Ode in the comedy ''The Daring Swimmer'', opposite the silent-film star Pola Negri in Paul Wegener's drama ''Moscow-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wegener
Paul Wegener (11 December 1874 – 13 September 1948) was a German actor, writer, and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema. Acting career At the age of 20, Wegener decided to end his law studies and concentrate on acting, touring the provinces before joining Max Reinhardt's acting troupe in 1906. In 1912, he turned to the new medium of motion pictures and appeared in the 1913 version of '' The Student of Prague''. It was while making this film that he first heard the old Jewish legend of the Golem and proceeded to adapt the story to film, co-directing and co-writing the script with Henrik Galeen. His first version of the tale '' The Golem'' (1915, now lost) was a success and firmly established Wegener's reputation. In 1917, he made a parody of the story called ''Der Golem und die Tänzerin'', but it was his reworking of the tale, '' The Golem: How He Came into the World'' (1920) which stands as one of the classics of German cinema and hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ungeküsst Soll Man Nicht Schlafen Gehn
''Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn'' () is a 1936 Austrian comedy film. The screenplay was written by Fritz Koselka, the title song was composed by Robert Stolz, and the film was directed by E. W. Emo. The film, shot in black and white, starred the three most popular German-speaking comedians of the time—Heinz Rühmann, Hans Moser, and Theo Lingen. The leading roles were played by Liane Haid and Annie Rosar. Plot Celebrated singer and actress Edda Vivian (Haid), who has secretly married her lover, Prince Alba (Iván Petrovich), has arrived in Vienna as part of a promotional tour. Her manager, Toni Miller (Lingen), who is completely unaware of her married state and the husband she is hiding in her hotel suite, has arranged a publicity stunt—an auction to be held at a ball where Edda Vivian is supposed to give a kiss to the highest bidder, with the money to be given to charity. At the same time Franz Angerer (Rühmann), a student of philology, arrives in Vienna, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game On Board
''Game on Board'' () is a 1936 German comedy crime film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Viktor de Kowa, Susi Lanner and Alfred Abel.Bock & Bergfelder p. 443 Location shooting took place in Bremerhaven and New York and on the Atlantic crossing of the ocean liner '' SS Bremen''. Interior scenes were shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Czerwonski. Synopsis Young chauffeur Viktor boards an ocean liner as a stowaway on an Atlantic crossing to America. A series of mistaken identities follow as he is confused for a millionaire travelling incognito, and is also able to thwart the schemes of two fraudsters on board. Cast * Viktor de Kowa as Viktor Müller * Susi Lanner as Susanne Rauh, Sekretärin * Alfred Abel as I. C. Corner, Konzernchef * Carsta Löck as Fräulein Distelmann, Politesse * Jakob Tiedtke as Herr Henning * Erika Bert as Astrid, seine Tochter * Hubert von Meyerinck as Marquis de la Tours, ein Betrüger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King's Prisoner
''The King's Prisoner'' () is a 1935 German historical comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Michael Bohnen, Paul Kemp, and Susi Lanner. It is based around the development of Meissen porcelain during the eighteenth century, particularly the role of the alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder. Cast See also *''Augustus the Strong Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the ...'' (1936), another film with Michael Bohnen as King Augustus *'' The Blue Swords'' (1949), East German film about Johann Friedrich Böttger References External links * 1930s historical comedy films German historical comedy films Films of Nazi Germany Films directed by Carl Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Conquers All (1934 Film)
''Love Conquers All'' () is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Georg Zoch and starring Trude Marlen, Susi Lanner, and Jakob Tiedtke.Bock & Bergfelder p. 2 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 ... Erich Czerwonski. Plot Advertising photographer Willy Schneider and musician Max Brehmer live poorly but contentedly under one roof, in a studio. When the caretaker Neumann wants to collect the rent, Willy is in a conversation with the advertising manager of the Berger Silk Syndicate, Döring. He would like to have some of his advertising photos to present to his boss, director Berger. At Herr Berger's domicile, he sees Renée Neumann, his property manager's daughter, who works as a shorthand typist in a car dealership, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Emperor
''Our Emperor'' () is a 1933 Austria period comedy film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Karl Ehmann, Alfred Neugebauer and Susi Lanner.Von Dassanowsky p.207 It takes place during the reign of Franz Joseph I of Austria. Location shooting took place in Bad Ischl and at the Burgtheater and Lainzer Tiergarten in Vienna. Cast * Karl Ehmann as Emperor Franz Joseph I * Alfred Neugebauer as Grand Duke Ivan * Susi Lanner as Duchess Vera, his daughter * Lizzi Holzschuh as Xenia Kyrillova * Fred von Bohlen as Duke Ferdinand Rohmberg * Georg Alexander as Baron Leopold Witzdorf * Richard Godai as Ketterl, royal chamber servant * Otto Hartmann as Official in ministry * Hilde Koller as Royal cook * John Mylong John Mylong (born Adolf Heinrich Münz; September 27, 1892 – September 8, 1975), also known as Jack Mylong-Münz, was an Austrian actor, who later settled in the United States. Biography Mylong was born Adolf Heinrich Münz, to Jewish paren ... as Roya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures On The Lido
''Adventures on the Lido'' () is a 1933 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Alfred Piccaver, S.Z. Sakall and Nora Gregor. Because Oswald was a Jew, both this and another film of his were denied permission to be shown in Nazi Germany.Kohl & Robertson p.99 Partial cast * Alfred Piccaver as Gennaro Mattei * S.Z. Sakall as Michael * Nora Gregor as Evelyn Norman * Walter Rilla as Leonard * Susi Lanner as Mitzi * Hermine Sterler as Lucena * John Mylong * Eugen Jensen Eugen Jensen (1871–1957) was an Austrian stage actor, stage and film actor. He worked frequently in the Austrian and German cinemas during the silent era in supporting roles in films such as ''The Love of Jeanne Ney'' (1927).Eisner p.351 Followi ... References Bibliography * Kohl, Katrin & Robertson, Ritchie. ''A History of Austrian Literature 1918-2000''. Camden House, 2006. External links * 1933 films 1933 musical comedy films Austrian musical comedy films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Dobbs Ferry is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 10,875 according to the 2010 United States Census. In 2021, its population rose to an estimated 11,456. The village of Dobbs Ferry is located in, and is a part of, the administrative divisions of New York#Town, town of Greenburgh, New York, Greenburgh. The village ZIP Code is 10522. Most of the village falls within the boundaries of the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District. Dobbs Ferry was ranked seventh in the list of the top 10 places to live in New York State for 2014, according to the national online real estate brokerage Movoto. Dobbs Ferry is also the first village in New York State certified as a Climate Smart Community and was granted in 2014 the highest level given out in the state. History Multiple groups of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans lived around what is now known as Dobbs Ferry since at least 4500 BC. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anschluss
The (, or , ), also known as the (, ), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. The idea of an (a united Austria and Germany that would form a "German Question, Greater Germany") arose after the unification of Germany, 1871 unification of Germany excluded Austria and the German Austrians from the Prussian-dominated German Empire. It gained support after the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire fell in 1918. The new Republic of German-Austria attempted to form a union with Germany, but the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919), Treaty of Saint Germain and Treaty of Versailles forbade both the union and the continued use of the name "German-Austria" (); they also stripped Austria of some of its territories, such as the Sudetenland. This left Austria without most of the territories it had ruled for centuries and amid economic crisis. By the 1920s, the proposal had strong support in both Austria and Germany, particularly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camilla Horn
Camilla Martha Horn (25 April 1903 – 14 August 1996) was a German dancer and a film star of the silent and sound era. She starred in several Hollywood films of the late 1920s and in a few British and Italian productions. Biography The daughter of a civil servant, Horn was educated as a dressmaker and worked at Erfurt. In 1925, together with Marlene Dietrich, she worked as an extra in the German film '' Madame Wants No Children'', and later she was seen in a musical review by director Alexander Korda. She made her great breakthrough in 1926, when she replaced Lillian Gish as "Gretchen" in F. W. Murnau's UFA production of ''Faust''. In 1928 she sailed for Hollywood, where she played opposite John Barrymore in '' Tempest'' and '' Eternal Love''. She returned to Europe, and in the 1930s refused to follow the official line of the Nazis and was prosecuted for a monetary offense. After the war the British tribunal at Delmenhorst convicted her for minor offenses (among them travell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Waltz (1934 Film)
''The Last Waltz'' () is a 1934 German operetta film directed by Georg Jacoby, and starring Ernst Dumcke, Max Gülstorff, and Iván Petrovich. It is based on the 1920 operetta ''The Last Waltz'' by Oscar Straus. It was remade in English in 1936. Cast See also *''The Last Waltz'' (1927) *''The Last Waltz'' (UK, 1936) *''The Last Waltz'' (France, 1936) *''The Last Waltz ''The Last Waltz'' was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group the Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. ''The Last Waltz'' was advertised as the Band's "farewell concert a ...'' (1953) References External links * 1934 musical films German musical films Operetta films Films based on operettas Films of Nazi Germany Films directed by Georg Jacoby Films set in Russia Films set in the 1900s Remakes of German films Sound film remakes of silent films German black-and-white films Films scored by Oscar Straus 1930s German f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
