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Under Blazing Heavens
''Under Blazing Skies'' or ''Under Blazing Heavens'' (German: ''Unter heißem Himmel'') is a 1936 German adventure film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Hans Albers, Lotte Lang and Aribert Wäscher.Kreimeier p.237 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location on the Aegean Sea coast of Greece. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was produced and distributed by UFA, Germany's largest film company. The film was popular enough to be given a second release in West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ... in 1950. Cast References Bibliography * Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945''. University of California Press, 1999. External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Ucicky
Gustav Ucicky (6 July 1899 – 27 April 1961) was an Austrians, Austrian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s. His work covered a wide variety of genres, but he is most acclaimed for his work in romantic drama and drama films. accessed 26 July 2012 Biography Born in Vienna, Ucicky is often stated to have been the illegitimate son of painter Gustav Klimt for whom his mother Marie Učická from Prague worked and modeled, although this paternity is unconfirmed. He had begun an apprenticeship as a graphic designer, when he entered the film industry at the age of 17.Selected filmography References |
Robert Herlth
Robert Herlth (2 May 1893 – 6 January 1962) was a German art director. He was one of the leading designers of German film sets during the 1920s and 1930s.Reimer & Reimer p.146 Filmography * ''Masks'' (1920) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * '' The Secret of Bombay'' (1921) * '' The Devil's Chains'' (1921) * ''Destiny'' (1921) * '' Playing with Fire'' (1921) * '' Wandering Souls'' (1921) * '' Parisian Women'' (1921) * '' Miss Julie'' (1922) * '' Madame de La Pommeraye's Intrigues'' (1922) * '' Luise Millerin'' (1922) * '' The Earl of Essex'' (1922) * '' The Treasure'' (1923) * '' Comedy of the Heart'' (1924) * '' The Last Laugh'' (1924) * '' The Chronicles of the Gray House'' (1925) * ''Tartuffe'' (1926) * ''Faust'' (1926) * '' Luther'' (1928) * '' Looping the Loop'' (1928) * '' Whirl of Youth'' (1928) * '' Four Devils'' (1928) * ''Asphalt'' (1929) * '' The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna'' (1929) * '' Manolescu'' (1929) * '' The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930) * '' The Temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhold Bernt
Reinhold Bernt (19 December 1902 – 26 October 1981) was a German film actor. Bernt was born Reinhold Bienert in Berlin and died in West Berlin. Career Bernt's acting career began in Stuttgart with a theater debut. Soon after, he traveled to Berlin. There, he founded a troupe known as the "Group of Young Actors" with his brother, Gerhard Bernt. He performed across Berlin and entered the film industry in the 1930s. he was not only an actor, but also an assistant director and screenwriter. He appeared in some Nationalist Socialist propaganda films, such as ''Im Namen des Volkes'' (In the Name of the People). After World War II, he performed at the Schillertheater and in Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA). It became harder to obtain large roles, so he began to act increasingly as supporting characters. eventually, he moved on to voicing radio plays, performing a total of 320 roles. He died on October 26, 1981, in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''The Blue Angel'' (1930) - De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erna Fentsch
Erna Fentsch (21 April 1909 – 26 November 1997) was a German actress and screenwriter. She appeared 18 films between 1932 and 1944. Selected filmography * '' A Man with Heart'' (1932) * '' The Tunnel'' (1933) * '' The Champion of Pontresina'' (1934) * '' Marriage Strike'' (1935) * '' The Monastery's Hunter'' (1935) * ''The Unsuspecting Angel'' (1936) * ''Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) * '' The Sinful Village'' (1940) * '' The White Hell of Pitz Palu'' (1950) * '' The Exchange'' (1952) * '' Have Sunshine in Your Heart'' (1953) * ''The Confession of Ina Kahr'' (1954) * '' Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love'' (1955) * ''Sebastian Kneipp Sebastian Kneipp (; 17 May 1821 – 17 June 1897) was a German Catholic priest and one of the forefathers of the naturopathic movement. He is most commonly associated with the "Kneipp Cure" form of hydrotherapy (often called "Kneipp therapy" o ...'' (1958) References External links * 1909 births 1997 deaths German film actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Frank (actress)
Ellen Frank (1904–1999) was a German film actor, film and television actress.Goble p.4 Early life Frank was the daughter of a Prussian government councilor, Georg Frank, and his wife Paula (née Heckmann). She grew up in Cologne, and, from 1911, in Hanover, where she attended a secondary school for girls. She received training at a commercial school and at an engineering firm. She then worked as a secretary at a concert agency. She lost her father in 1921 and her mother in 1922. Career Frank took dance lessons and appeared as a dancer at the Hanover City Theater. In 1924 she danced at the Dreistädtebundtheater Hamborn/Gladbeck/Oberhausen, then in Duisburg. She received acting lessons at Erwin Piscator's acting school and made her debut as Amalia in Die Räuber at the Volksbühne Berlin. She played in various theaters in Berlin, including the cabaret Die Katakombe, and occasionally in Würzburg and Dresden and was very active as a singer and cabaret artist. From 1933 onwards, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Trevor
Anthony Cedric Sebastian Steane (14 December 1893 – 19 December 1976), known by the stage name Jack Trevor, was a British film actor of the silent and early sound era. Based in Weimar (and later Nazi) Germany, he acted in 67 films between 1922 and 1943. He was later convicted of collaboration for appearing in multiple propaganda films of the Nazi regime, but his sentence was overturned on the basis that he had worked under duress. Early life and military service Trevor was born Anthony Cedric Sebastian Steane in London in 1893, to upper-class parents. He studied at New College, Oxford, and joined the British Army, where he was posted to the Manchester Regiment. In 1915 he served in Gallipoli and later France as an acting Second Lieutenant. He was wounded in action in 1916, and was for a time invalidated out of service. In June 1917 he absented himself when due to return to France after sick leave; and in December was convicted at the Central Criminal Court on a charge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Gondrell
Adolf Gondrell (1902–1954) was a German stage and film actor known for his comedy roles. His name is also seen as Adolph Gondrell. After working as master of ceremonies at the Simplizissimus cabaret in Munich, "he bought the cabaret Simpl in 1929 and soon became the most important master of ceremonies outside of Berlin." Selected filmography * '' The Impossible Woman'' (1936) * ''There Were Two Bachelors'' (1936) * ''Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) * '' The Sinful Village'' (1940) * '' Venus on Trial'' (1941) * '' What Does Brigitte Want?'' (1941) * '' The Little Residence'' (1942) * '' The Endless Road'' (1943) * '' The Millionaire'' (1947) * '' Between Yesterday and Tomorrow'' (1947) * '' Night of the Twelve'' (1949) * '' Who Is This That I Love?'' (1950) * '' Kissing Is No Sin'' (1950) * ''Sensation in Savoy'' (1950) * '' Good Fortune in Ohio'' (1950) * '' The Last Shot'' (1951) * ''Scandal at the Girls' School ''Scandal at the Girls' School'' () is a 1953 West German comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Turay
Ida Turay (Born Ida Turmayer; 28 September 1907 – 2 June 1997) was a Hungarian film actress known for her roles in comedies during the 1930s.Ostrowska, Pitassio & Varga p.58 She was the sister of the actress and singer Clara Tabody. She was married to the writer István Békeffy. Selected filmography * ''Prisoner Number Seven'' (1929) * ''The Rakoczi March'' (1933) * '' The New Relative'' (1934) * ''It Happened in March'' (1934) * ''Romance of Ida'' (1934) * '' Thanks for Knocking Me Down'' (1935) * '' Villa for Sale'' (1935) * ''Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) * ''My Daughter Is Different'' (1937) * ''Tales of Budapest'' (1937) * ''Hotel Springtime'' (1937) * ''The Borrowed Castle'' (1937) * ''Rézi Friday'' (1938) * ''Magda Expelled'' (1938) * ''Rosemary'' (1938) * '' No Coincidence'' (1939) * ''Seven Years Hard Luck'' (1940) * '' Seven Plum Trees'' (1940) * '' Finally!'' (1941) * '' The Gyurkovics Boys'' (1941) * '' Three Bells'' (1941) * ''Costume Ball'' (1942) * '' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Leibelt
Hans Leibelt (11 March 1885 in Leipzig, German Empire – 3 December 1974 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Heimliche Sünder'' (1926) * ''The False Prince (1927 film), The False Prince'' (1927) * ''The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) as Adamowski * ''The Street Song'' (1931) as the inspector * ''The Captain from Köpenick (1931 film), The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) as Man at the advertising column * ''You Don't Forget Such a Girl'' (1932) as Hahnen Sr. * ''Night Convoy'' (1932) * ''The Magic Top Hat'' (1932) as the stage director * ''Love at First Sight (1932 film), Love at First Sight'' (1932) as Count Prillwitz * ''Contest (1932 film), Contest'' (1932) as Brandt, Mercedes team manager * ''Morgenrot (film), Morgenrot'' (1933) as Bürgermeister von Meerskirchen * ''Financial Opportunists'' (1934) as Klagemann * ''Zimmermädchen... Dreimal klingeln'' (1934) as Otto Ruhland * ''The Girlfriend of a Big Man'' (1934) as Reider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Hübner
Bruno Hübner (1899–1983) was an Austrian film and television actor known for his work in Germany.Goble p.412 He was born in Reichenberg then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which later became part of Czechoslovakia. Selected filmography * ''Punks Arrives from America'' (1935) * ''Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) * ''A Wedding Dream'' (1936) * ''Patriots'' (1937) * ''The Broken Jug'' (1937) * '' Such Great Foolishness'' (1937) * '' The Mountain Calls'' (1938) * '' Maria Ilona'' (1939) * ''The Green Emperor'' (1939) * '' New Year's Eve on Alexanderplatz'' (1939) * ''Falstaff in Vienna'' (1940) * ''Judgement Day'' (1940) * '' Bismarck'' (1940) * '' The Rothschilds'' (1940) * '' The Fox of Glenarvon'' (1940) * '' Counterfeiters'' (1940) * '' The Rainer Case'' (1942) * ''Nora'' (1944) * '' The Millionaire'' (1947) * '' The Lost Face'' (1948) * '' Friday the Thirteenth'' (1949) * '' Doctor Praetorius'' (1950) * '' A Devil of a Woman'' (1951) * '' My Name is Niki'' (1952) * ''The Great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Deltgen
Renatus Heinrich Deltgen (30 April 1909 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg – 29 January 1979 in Cologne, West Germany) was a Luxembourgish stage and film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ..., who spent most of his career in Germany. Biography Deltgen was the son of the chemist Mathias Deltgen and his wife Katharina, née Pütz. After graduating from high school, he went to Cologne in 1927 to attend the drama school there. From 1931 to 1934 he gained stage experience at the Städtische Bühnen Köln. He had his first successes in the play Der Graue by Friedrich Forster. After a one-year engagement at the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt, he got his first film role at UFA in 1935 in Das Mädchen Johanna, a film about Joan of Arc. Until 1944 he played on various s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Engel
Alexander Engel, birth name: Kurt Engel (4 June 1902 – 25 July 1968) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1932 and 1968. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Saarbrücken, West Germany. He chose the stage name "Alexander", to prevent confusion with the popular musician Kurt Engel. Selected filmography * ''Playing with Fire (1921 German film), Playing with Fire'' (1921) * ''The Love Express'' (1931) * ''Venetian Nights'' (1931) * ''Hasenklein kann nichts dafür'' (1932) - Fritz - Bürodiener * ''A Prince's Young Love'' (1933) - Kandidat Schmitt * ''Music in the Blood (1934 film), Music in the Blood'' (1934) - Klinkermann, erster Geiger * ''Princess Turandot (film), Princess Turandot'' (1934) * ''One Too Many on Board'' (1935) - Ingenieur Sparkuhl * ''Savoy Hotel 217'' (1936) - Fedor Fedorovich Daschenko * ''Schlußakkord'' (1936) - Mr. Smith * ''Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) - Theater director * ''White Slaves (film), White Slaves'' (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |