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Viggo Larsen
Viggo Larsen (14 August 1880 – 6 January 1957) was a Danish film actor, director and producer from the early silent era to the ' talkies'. He appeared in 140 films between 1906 and 1942. He also directed 235 films between 1906 and 1921. He was born and died in Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ..., Denmark. He has been criticized for having starred in the 1942 Nazi-propaganda movie G.P.U. Selected filmography * '' Løvejagten'' (1907) * ''Sherlock Holmes in Danger'' (1908) * ''Sherlock Holmes II: Raffles Escaped from Prison'' (1909) * ''Sherlock Holmes III: The Detective's Adventure in the Gas Cellar'' (1909) * ''Sherlock Holmes IV: The Singer's Diamonds'' (1909) * ''Sherlock Holmes V: Cab Number 519'' (1909) * ''Sherlock Holmes VI: The Grey Lady'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road. Originally a Vikings, Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. During the 16th century, the city served as the ''de facto'' capital of the Kalmar Union and the seat of the Union's monarchy, which governed most of the modern-day Nordic countries, Nordic region as part of a Danish confederation with Sweden and Norway. The city flourished as the cultural and economic centre of Scandinavia during the Renaissance. By the 17th century, it had become a regional centre of power, serving as the heart of the Danish government and Military history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of The Scaffold
''The Secret of the Scaffold'' (German: ''Das Geheimnis des Schafotts'') is a 1919 German silent historical drama film directed by Eugen Burg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mathieu Oostermann. Main cast * Eugen Burg Eugen Burg (6 January 1871 – 17 April 1944) was a German actor. His daughter was Hansi Burg. Burg was a close friend of the actor Hans Albers. Burg was born Eugen Hirschburg into a Jewish family, but later converted to Protestantism. He was ba ... * Oskar Marion * Wanda Treumann References External links * 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Eugen Burg German crime drama films 1919 crime drama films German black-and-white films Films based on short fiction German historical drama films 1910s historical drama films Silent crime drama films 1910s German films Adaptations of works by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam 1910s German-language films German-language historical drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricket), dismissed for having handled the ball, in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of ''Macbeth'', is released in Japan. * January 20 ** Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (captured from Egypt on October 29, 1956). * January 26 – The Ibirapuera Planetarium (the first in the Southern Hemisphere) is inaugurated in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880 Births
Events January *January 27 – Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the incandescent light bulb. Edison filed for a US patent for an electric lamp using "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected ... to platina contact wires." granted 27 January 1880 Although the patent described several ways of creating the carbon filament ,including using "cotton and linen thread, wood splints, papers coiled in various ways," Edison and his team later discovered that a carbonized bamboo filament could last more than 1200 hours. * January **The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy. **The Gokstad ship is found in Norway, the first Viking ship burial to be excavated. February * February 2 ** The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana. ** The first successful shipment of frozen mutton from Australia arrives in London, aboard the SS ''Strathleven''. * February 4 – The Black Donnelly Massa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diesel (1942 Film)
''Diesel'' is a 1942 German biographical film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Willy Birgel, Hilde Weissner, and Paul Wegener. It portrays the life of Rudolf Diesel, the German inventor of the diesel engine. It was one of a series of prestigious biopics made in Nazi Germany portraying genius inventors or artists struggling against the societies in which they live. The film was based on a biography by Eugen Diesel, one of Diesel's children. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by art director Erich Kettelhut Erich Karl Heinrich Kettelhut (1 November 1893 – 13 March 1979) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. Kettelhut is considered one of the most important artists in the history of early German cinema, mainly for his s .... Made on a large budget of , the film was a popular box office success and recouped its production costs. Cast References Bibliography * External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarissa (film)
''Clarissa'' is a 1941 German romance film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Sybille Schmitz, Gustav Fröhlich and Gustav Diessl. Schmitz plays the domineering manager of a bank who eventually falls in love with one of the other employees. It was shot at the Althoff Studios in Berlin and on location in Potsdam and the Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the .... Cast References External links * Films of Nazi Germany German romance films 1940s romance films German black-and-white films Films directed by Gerhard Lamprecht Films with screenplays by Thea von Harbou Films shot at Althoff Studios 1940s German-language films 1940s German films Films scored by Giuseppe Becce German-language romance films {{1940s-romance-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togger (film)
''Togger'' is a 1937 German drama film directed by Jürgen von Alten and starring Paul Hartmann, Renate Müller, Heinz Salfner. It was Müller's final film before her mysterious death the same year. The making of the film was portrayed in the 1960 film ''Sweetheart of the Gods ''Sweetheart of the Gods'' () is a 1960 West German biographical film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Peter van Eyck, and Harry Meyen. The film portrays the life of Renate Müller, a German film actress who died in 1 ...''. Selected cast Production Roger von Norman edited the film. References Works cited * External links * Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1937 drama films Films directed by Jürgen von Alten Films about journalists Films set in the 1920s German black-and-white films 1930s German films Nazi-era films restricted in Germany {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stronger Than Regulations
''Stronger Than Regulations'' (German: ''Stärker als Paragraphen'') is a 1936 German mystery film directed by Jürgen von Alten and starring Paul Hartmann, Karl Hellmer and Manja Behrens. It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Guelstorff and Hans Minzloff.Klaus p.198 Cast * Paul Hartmann as Lawyer Dr. Birk * Karl Hellmer as Theodor Hubricht - Geldvermittler * Manja Behrens as Renate - seine Nichte * Maria Krahn as Christine - Wirtschafterin bei Hubricht * Aribert Wäscher as Bankier Lörik * Hilde von Stolz as Frau Lörik * Ursula Herking as Tochter des Portiers * Walter Franck as Prosecutor * Karel Stepanek as Robert Wendland * F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Dr. Krüger * Walter Werner as Judge * Carl Auen as Prosecutor * Fredy Barten as Diener * Jac Diehl * Fritz Draeger as Gerichtsreporter * Kurt Felden * Gerdi Gerdt as Zofe * Oskar Höcker * Ellen-Ruth Knapp-Güttingen as Freundin * Viggo Larsen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Doll Queen
''The Doll Queen'' (German: ''Die Puppenkönigin'') is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Maria Jacobini, Harry Liedtke, Viggo Larsen.Bock & Bergfelder p.285 It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Szirontai Lhotka. Cast * Maria Jacobini as Jeannine Armelle * Harry Liedtke as Comte Claude du Plessis * Viggo Larsen * Margarete Kupfer * Hans Wassmann * Erra Bognar * Hugo Döblin * Ida Wüst Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA). Life and career Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discovere ... References Bibliography *Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1925 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Genn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orient (1924 Film)
''Orient'' () is a 1924 German silent film, silent drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Maria Jacobini, Harry Liedtke and Magnus Stifter.Bock & Bergfelder p. 285 It was shot at the Grunewald (locality), Grunewald in Berlin and location shooting, on location in Egypt. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Szirontai Lhotka. Cast * Maria Jacobini as Katja / Yamile * Harry Liedtke as Harry Russin * Magnus Stifter as Scheich * Arthur Wellin as Mohand * Leopold von Ledebur as Mifud * Viggo Larsen as Bob, Russins Freund * Louis Ralph as Max * Sergio Mari as Izzet * Else Wasa * Margarete Kupfer References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1924 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Gennaro Righelli German black-and-white films 1920s German films 1924 drama films German drama films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallig Hooge
''Hallig Hooge'' is a 1923 German silent film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Dora Bergner, Evi Eva and Willy Fritsch.Bock & Bergfelder p.134 The film's sets were designed by Botho Hoefer. Cast In alphabetical order * Dora Bergner as Britta * Evi Eva as Eike * Willy Fritsch as Tetze Tetens * Werner Funck as Ow Erkel - Lehrer * Fritz Kampers as Marne Rieckmers * Viggo Larsen as Holm von Thümen * Clementine Plessner as Stine * Claire Reigbert Clair or Claire may refer to: People and fictional characters * Claire (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Clair or Claire * Clair (surname), a list of people with the surname Clair or Claire Pl ... as Trine * Ludwig Rex * Eva Seeberg as Jutta von Este * Lotte Spira as Elga von Hohenhorst * Hella Thornegg * Hans Tillo as Frithjo References Bibliography * Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fire Ship
''The Fire Ship'' () is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by Richard Löwenbein and starring Camilla von Hollay, Eduard von Winterstein, and Viggo Larsen. 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 ... Jack Winter. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1922 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German black-and-white films 1922 drama films Films directed by Richard Löwenbein Phoebus Film films Silent German drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
