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Treibende Kraft
''Driving Force'' (german: Treibende Kraft) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Zoltán Nagy and starring Lya De Putti and Fern Andra. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jacoby Hans Jacoby (1904–1963) was a German screenwriter. Jacoby was of Jewish backgroundPrawer p.212 and was forced to go into exile when the Nazi Party took power in 1933. Jacoby settled in the United States for many years, working on the screenplay ... and . Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German black-and-white films Films based on works by Victorien Sardou {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoltán Nagy (director)
Zoltán Nagy may refer to: * Zoltán Nagy (ice hockey) Istvan "Zoltan" Nagy (born August 19, 1955) is a Romanian former ice hockey winger. He played for the Romania men's national ice hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Lake Placid. References 1955 births Living p ... (born 1955), Romanian former ice hockey player * Zoltán Nagy (footballer born 1974), Hungarian football goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach * Zoltán Nagy (footballer born 1985), Hungarian footballer for Debreceni VSC {{hndis, Nagy, Zoltan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style(s) to use, and when to use motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas and inconsistenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Silent Feature Films
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Films Directed By Zoltán Nagy
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Films
The following is an overview of 1921 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top seven films released in 1921 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events *January 21 – The silent comedy drama '' The Kid'', written by, produced by, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin (in his Tramp character) – his first full-length film as a director – and featuring Jackie Coogan, is released in the United States. It is the year's second-highest-grossing film. *March 6 – The silent epic war film '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'', adapted for the screen by June Mathis, is released in the United States. It is the year's highest-grossing film (and the sixth-best-grossing silent film of all time), propels Rudolph Valentino to stardom and inspires a tango craze and a fashion for gaucho pants. *August 29 – Broadway's first $1 million theatre, Loew's State opens. *September 5 – Popular comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Böttcher
Hermann Gotthilf Ferdinand Boettcher (12 November 1866 – 7 May 1935) was a German stage and film actor.Hardt p.223 Selected filmography * ''The Man of Action'' (1919) * ''The Swabian Maiden'' (1919) * '' Madame Récamier'' (1920) * '' The Big Light'' (1920) * ''Four Around a Woman'' (1921) * ''The Secret of Bombay'' (1921) * '' Driving Force'' (1921) * ''Bigamy'' (1922) * '' The Homecoming of Odysseus'' (1922) * ''The Girl from Capri'' (1924) * ''By Order of Pompadour'' (1924) * '' The Mistress of Monbijou'' (1924) * ''The Prince and the Maid'' (1924) * ''Anne-Liese of Dessau'' (1925) * ''Countess Ironing-Maid'' (1926) * '' The Bohemian Dancer'' (1926) * ''Princess Olala'' (1928) * ''Immorality'' (1928) * ''My Heart is a Jazz Band'' (1929) * ''Napoleon at Saint Helena'' (1929) * ''Taxi at Midnight'' (1930) * ''Police Spy 77'' (1930) * ''Retreat on the Rhine'' (1930) * ''Hans in Every Street'' (1930) * ''Marriage in Name Only'' (1930) * ''The Dancer of Sanssouci ''The Dancer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erling Hanson
Erling Georg Stefan Hanson (May 1, 1888 – August 16, 1978) was a Norwegian stage and film actor. Life Erling Hanson was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, the son of the physician Alfred Hanson (1844–1819) and Emmy Amalie Hanson (née Jørgensen, 1864–1944). He died in Oslo in 1978. Career Hanson made his stage debut at the National Theater in Bergen in 1908 in Alf Harbitz's play ''Rakels hjem''. He then performed in Ludovica Levy's touring theater. As a film actor, he appeared in one Danish silent film in 1920, seven silent films in Germany between 1920 and 1924, and five Norwegian films between 1941 and 1944. He headed the Rogaland Theater from 1924 to 1926. Filmography *1920: ''Blade af Satans bog'' as the disciple John *1920: ''Anna Boleyn'' as Count Percy *1921: '' Das Geheimnis der Mumie'' as Harrison, a police inspector *1921: '' Treibende Kraft'' *1921: ''Die sterbende Stadt'' *1921: '' Des Lebens und der Liebe Wellen'' *1924: '' Der Sprung ins Leben'' *192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Jacoby (art Director)
Hans Jacoby (1898–1967) was a German art director who designed the film sets for many German productions.Giesen p.208 He worked for a number of companies during the Weimar Era, notably Bavaria Film, Terra Film and Universum Film AG. Of Jewish background, he emigrated to Austria following the Nazi takeover in Germany, where he worked on ''The Eternal Mask'' (1935). He later emigrated to Argentina where he worked under the name Juan Jacoby Renard and also directed one film ''Sombras en el río'' in 1939. He was employed by the Argentina Sono Film. Selected filmography * ''Four Around a Woman'' (1921) * '' Driving Force'' (1921) * '' Demon Circus'' (1923) * '' The Other Woman'' (1924) * ''The Woman Who Did'' (1925) *'' Love Is Blind'' (1925) * ''His Toughest Case'' (1926) * '' Three Cuckoo Clocks'' (1926) * ''The Little Variety Star'' (1926) * ''Vienna – Berlin'' (1926) * ''The Three Mannequins'' (1926) * ''Svengali'' (1927) * '' The Bordellos of Algiers'' (1927) * '' Queen L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, most populous city, as measured by population within city limits having gained this status after the United Kingdom's, and thus London's, Brexit, departure from the European Union. Simultaneously, the city is one of the states of Germany, and is the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country in terms of area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.5 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Pommer
Erich Pommer (20 July 1889 – 8 May 1966) was a German-born film producer and executive. Pommer was perhaps the most powerful person in the German and European film industries in the 1920s and early 1930s. As producer, Erich Pommer was involved in the German Expressionist film movement during the silent era. As the head of production at Decla Film, Decla-Bioskop, and, from 1924 to 1926, at UFA, Pommer was responsible for many of the best known movies of the Weimar Republic such as ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), ''Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler'' (1922), '' Die Nibelungen'' (1924), '' Michael'' (1924), '' Der Letzte Mann / The Last Laugh'' (1924), '' Variety'' (1925), ''Tartuffe'' (1926), '' Manon Lescaut'' (1926), ''Faust'' (1926), ''Metropolis'' (1927) and '' The Blue Angel'' (1930). He later worked in American exile before returning to Germany to help rebuild the German film industry after World War II. Early life and career Pommer was born in Hildesheim, Province of Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmorhaus
The Marmorhaus (English: Marble House) is a former cinema located on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. Opened in 1913, it takes its name from a large marble façade. Designed by the architect Hugo Pál, the walls of the foyer and auditorium were decorated by the expressionist artist Cesar Klein. During the silent era it frequently functioned as a venue for premieres of new films. These included ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'', '' Johannes Goth'', '' The Woman in Heaven'', '' The Head of Janus'', ''Genuine Genuine may refer to: Companies *Genuine Parts Company, a Fortune 1000 company that was founded in 1928 *Genuine Scooters, a Chicago-based scooter manufacturer *Genuine Games, a video game company founded in early 2002 Music * ''Genuine'' (S ...'', '' Four Around a Woman'', '' Wandering Souls'', and '' The Haunted Castle''.Kreimeier p.74 Owned by the giant UFA company for many years, it was later developed into a multiplex. In 2001 the cinema was closed and the prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
