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The Counterfeit Traitor
''The Counterfeit Traitor'' is a 1962 espionage thriller film starring William Holden, Hugh Griffith, and Lilli Palmer. Holden plays an American-born Swedish citizen who agrees to spy on the Nazis in World War II. It was based on a nonfiction book of the same name by Alexander Klein. The film was directed by George Seaton. Plot Erickson (Holden) is an American-born Swedish oil man who is pressured by Allied intelligence agents, led by a British agent (Griffith), to spy for the Allies. Erickson begins his job reluctantly, as it causes marital discord and forces him to pose as a Nazi. He agrees because otherwise his business would be destroyed by the Allies, but over time, realizes it is the right thing to do. He is influenced in making this moral decision by one of his contacts in Germany, a religious woman (Lilli Palmer) who gives him guidance on the meaning of life and right and wrong. Erickson has a number of close calls, but eventually escapes to Sweden in a harrowing sea voy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Seaton
George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director. Life and career Early life Seaton was born George Edward Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, of Swedish descent, the son of Olga (Berglund) and Charles Stenius, who was a chef and restaurant manager. He was baptized as Roman Catholic. He grew up in a Detroit Jewish neighborhood, and described himself as a " Shabas goy". So he went on to learn Hebrew in an Orthodox Jewish Yeshiva and was even bar mitzvahed. He attended Exeter and was meant to go to Yale but instead auditioned for Jesse Bonstelle's drama school in Detroit. She hired him for her stock company at $15 a week."George Seaton, Director, Dead; Got Two Oscars for Screenplays: Also Directed 'Country Girl' A Change of Plans" By ALFRED E. CLARK. ''New York Times'' 29 July 1979: 36. Actor Seaton worked in stock and on radio. He worked as an actor on radio station WXYZ. John L. Barrett play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulf Palme
Ulf Henrik Palme (18 October 1920 – 12 May 1993) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Stockholm and died in Ingarö. Partial filmography * '' Black Roses'' (1945) - Gunnar Bergström * ''The Serious Game'' (1945) - Ture Törne * ''Möte i natten'' (1946) - Sune * '' Sunshine Follows Rain'' (1946) - Mats, deras son * '' Soldier's Reminder'' (1947) - Jerker * ''Crime in the Sun'' (1947) - Rickard * ''On These Shoulders'' (1948) - Kjell Loväng * '' Prison'' (1949) - Man in Birgitta's Dream (uncredited) * ''Realm of Man'' (1949) - Kjell Arvid Loväng * '' Only a Mother'' (1949) - Hammar * ''Girl with Hyacinths'' (1950) - Anders Wikner - Author * '' While the City Sleeps'' (1950) - Kalle Lund * ''This Can't Happen Here'' (1950) - Atkä Natas * '' Miss Julie'' (1951) - Jean * '' In the Arms of the Sea'' (1951) - Bo Winner * '' Barabbas'' (1953) - Barabbas * '' Our Father and the Gypsy'' (1954) - David Vallander * '' Karin Månsdotter'' (1954) - Göran Persson * ''Ung man s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Holm
Kai Holm (4 March 1896 – 10 July 1985) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 41 films between 1927 and 1979. He was born in Lemvig, Denmark and died in Denmark. Filmography *''Vester Vov-Vov'' - 1927 *'' Tordenstenene'' - 1927 *'' Hallo! Afrika forude!'' - 1929 *'' Præsten i Vejlby'' - 1931 *''Kirke og orgel'' - 1932 *''Nøddebo Præstegård'' - 1934 * ''Flight from the Millions'' - 1934 *''Snushanerne'' - 1936 *''Inkognito'' - 1937 *''Livet på Hegnsgaard'' - 1938 *'' Kongen bød'' - 1938 *'' Sørensen og Rasmussen'' - 1940 *''I de gode gamle dage'' - 1940 *'' Sommerglæder'' - 1940 *'' Tordenskjold går i land'' - 1942 *'' Forellen'' - 1942 *'' Ditte Menneskebarn'' - 1946 *'' For frihed og ret'' - 1949 *'' Vesterhavsdrenge'' - 1950 *''The Old Mill on Mols'' - 1953 *'' Kongeligt besøg'' - 1954 *'' Karen, Maren og Mette'' - 1954 *'' Altid ballade'' - 1955 *'' Kristiane af Marstal'' - 1956 *'' Seksdagesløbet'' - 1958 *''Det tossede paradis'' - 1962 *'' Støvsugerband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Miehe-Renard
Louis Miehe-Renard (11 April 1919 – 21 January 1997) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1948 and 1988. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Denmark. Filmography *'' Det hændte i København'' - 1949 *'' For frihed og ret'' - 1949 *''Kampen mod uretten'' - 1949 *'' Min kone er uskyldig'' - 1950 *''Det sande ansigt'' - 1951 *''Fodboldpræsten'' - 1951 *'' Nålen'' - 1951 *'' Bag de røde porte'' - 1951 *''Alt dette og Island med'' - 1951 *''Familien Schmidt'' - 1951 *''Det gamle guld'' - 1951 *''To minutter for sent'' - 1952 *''Vejrhanen'' - 1952 *'' Fløjtespilleren'' - 1953 *'' Adam og Eva'' - 1953 *''Ved Kongelunden'' - 1953 *'' The Old Mill on Mols'' - 1953 *'' Himlen er blå'' - 1954 *'' Sukceskomponisten'' - 1954 *'' I kongens klær'' - 1954 *'' Far til fire på landet'' - 1955 *''Mod og mandshjerte'' - 1955 *'' Der kom en dag'' - 1955 *'' På tro og love'' - 1955 *'' Kristiane af Marstal'' - 1956 *'' Hvad vil De ha'?'' - 1956 *'' Sønn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poul Reichhardt
Poul David Reichhardt (2 February 1913 – 31 October 1985) was a Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/1950s comedies. Later on, he also played more serious and varied roles; he has also starred in '' Huset på Christianshavn'', ''Matador'' and as various minor characters in the ''Olsen-banden'' films. For almost thirty years Reichhardt was a leading Danish heroic charmer in movies and partly also on stage. His acting debut was in 1931 as an extra in the play ''Styrmand Karlsens flammer'' in Nørrebros Theater. Already during the 1930s he won himself a name, this was cemented during World War II and from 1945 he stood as the movie hero par excellence: the plain, regular, quick-witted, sometimes hot-tempered, but often humorous man playing in melodramas and comedies. His versatile talent of acting and singing created him a widespread area as an artist. Poul Reichhardt got a special popularity during his performing in the so-called Morten Korch movies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Schumann
Erik Schumann (15 February 1925 – 9 February 2007) was a German actor. He appeared in 100 films and television shows between 1942 and 1997. He was most successful during the 1950s and 1960s, when he played leading roles in several German films. He starred in the 1964 film '' Time of the Innocent'', which was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. Schumann also worked as a stage and dubbing-voice actor in German synchronisations. Among his dubbing roles were Tony Curtis in ''Some Like It Hot'', Cary Grant in ''Bringing Up Baby'' and Jack Nicholson in ''Prizzi's Honor''. He also performed the German voice of Stinky Pete in Pixar's third feature film ''Toy Story 2'', originally performed by Kelsey Grammer Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor and producer. He gained notoriety and acclaim for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1984-1993) and its spin-off '' Frasier'' (1993-2004) .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski (, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor, equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality. He appeared in over 130 film roles in a career that spanned 40 years, from 1948 to 1988. He played leading parts in five films directed by Werner Herzog (''Aguirre, the Wrath of God'', 1972; '' Nosferatu the Vampyre'', 1979; ''Woyzeck'', also 1979; '' Fitzcarraldo'', 1982; '' Cobra Verde'', 1987), who later chronicled their tumultuous relationship in the documentary '' My Best Fiend'' (1999). Kinski's roles spanned multiple genres, languages, and nationalities, including many Spaghetti Westerns (such as ''For a Few Dollars More'', 1965; ''A Bullet for the General'', 1966; ''The Great Silence'', 1968; ''And God Said to Cain'', 1970), horror films, war movies, dramas, and Edgar Wallace '' krimi'' pictures. His infamy was elevated by a number of eccentric creative endeavors, inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Schnabel
Stefan Artur Schnabel (February 2, 1912 – March 11, 1999) was a German-born American actor who worked in theatre, radio, films and television. After moving to the United States in 1937 he became one of the original members of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre repertory company. He portrayed Dr. Stephen Jackson on the CBS daytime TV series, ''The Guiding Light'', for 17 years. Biography Stefan Artur Schnabel was born February 2, 1912, in Berlin, Germany.Ancestry.com. ''New York, Naturalization Records, 1882–1944'' atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; ''Petitions for Naturalization from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944; Series: M1972; Roll: 1293'' He was the younger son of the classical pianist Artur Schnabel and contralto Therese Behr Schnabel. His older brother was the pianist Karl Ulrich Schnabel. "My father used to say that there wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Beer
Erica Beer (19 January 1925 – 27 December 2013) was a German film actress. She was born in Munich. Selected filmography * '' Captive Soul'' (1952) * '' The Last Waltz'' (1953) * ''Heartbroken on the Moselle'' (1953) * '' They Were So Young'' (1954) - Elise LeFevre * '' Die goldene Pest'' (1954) * ' (1955) - Viola * '' Winter in the Woods'' (1956) - Simone * '' Black Forest Melody'' (1956) - Harriet Morton * ' (1956) - Lia Serrana, Schauspielerin * ''My Father, the Actor'' (1956) - Olympia Renée * ' (1957) - Barbara * '' Kindermädchen für Papa gesucht'' (1957) - Monika Bärwald * '' And Lead Us Not Into Temptation'' (1957) - Sekretärin * '' My Ninety Nine Brides'' (1958) - Regina Hale * ' (1959) * '' Crime After School'' (1959) - Erna Kallies * ''Arzt aus Leidenschaft'' (1959) - Margot, eine Barfrau * ''Arzt ohne Gewissen'' (1959) - Sabine * ''Abschied von den Wolken'' (1959) - Cecily Sims * '' That's No Way to Land a Man'' (1959) - Vera Reinhardt * '' The Crimson Circle' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Peters
Werner Peters (7 July 1918 – 30 March 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1947 and 1971. Biography Peters was born in Werlitzsch, Kreis Delitzsch, Prussian Saxony, and died of a heart attack on a promotion tour for his latest film in Wiesbaden, Germany. His film career started with the lead in Wolfgang Staudte's ''Der Untertan'', produced in the young German Democratic Republic. Peters then worked in West Germany, appearing mostly in supporting roles in popular movies. He also established himself in the European and international film industry by frequently playing sinister German or Nazi characters. Peters appeared in two episodes of the 1966 American television espionage drama '' Blue Light''. These were edited together with two other episodes to create the theatrical film ''I Deal in Danger'', released in December 1966, which included his role. Selected filmography * '' The Beaver Coat'' (1949), as Eberhard Schulz * '' Der Kahn der fröh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Preiss
Wolfgang Preiss (27 February 1910 – 27 November 2002) was a German theatre, film and television actor. The son of a teacher, Preiss studied philosophy, German, and drama in the early 1930s. He also took private acting classes with Hans Schlenck, making his stage début in Munich in 1932. He appeared in various theatre productions in Heidelberg, Königsberg, Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart and Berlin. In 1942, he made his film début – he was specifically exempted from military service – in the UFA production '' Die grosse Liebe'' with Zarah Leander. After the end of the Second World War, Preiss returned to the theatre, and from 1949 worked extensively dubbing films into German. In 1954, he returned to film acting, appearing in Alfred Weidenmann's ''Canaris''. The following year, Preiss played the lead role of Claus von Stauffenberg in Falk Harnack's film ''The Plot to Assassinate Hitler'', which dramatised the 20 July plot. This role brought Preiss to popular attention and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Van Bergen
Ingrid van Bergen (; born 15 June 1931) is a German film actress. She has appeared in 100 films since 1954. She was born in Free City of Danzig, today Gdańsk, Poland. Career Since 1954, Ingrid van Bergen appeared in more than 170 film and television productions. She was a star of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, including successful films like the comedy '' Roses for the Prosecutor'' (1959). During the early 1960s, the blond-haired actress also appeared as a supporting role in a few international productions, playing a prostitute in ''Town Without Pity'' (1961) with Kirk Douglas and appearing in the war film '' The Counterfeit Traitor'' (1962) starring William Holden. She also worked as a singer and made some records. She later turned to character roles and is also known for her role in the film ' (1985), in which the German band Die Ärzte played an important role. In 2017, Van Bergen made a cameo appearance in '' Sharknado 5: Global Swarming'', the fifth film of the Shark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
