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Walter Zerlett-Olfenius
Walter Zerlett-Olfenius (7 April 1897 – 18 April 1975) was a German screenwriter, who worked on films for UFA ( Universum Film AG), from 1936 until 1945. His most notable project was the 1943 Nazi film about the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic''. The film cost four million Reichsmarks (equivalent to million €). Career After attending schools in Hanover and his hometown of Wiesbaden, Zerlett-Olfenius enlisted with the Fusilier Regiment 80 in Wiesbaden at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. He initially served as a cadet, and (as of summer 1915) was a lieutenant in the later course of the war. Because of his language skills (English and French) in the Intelligence Service (NOB) of the General Staff work, after the war ended in 1918, he served briefly in the protection Regiment Greater Berlin. In the early 1920s, Zerlett-Olfenius studied with the son of the music director at Berlin's Friedrich-Wilhelm University and attended the Graduate School. At the same time, he made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universum Film AG
UFA GmbH, shortened to UFA (), is a film and television production company that unites all production activities of the media conglomerate Bertelsmann in Germany. Its name derives from Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft (normally abbreviated as ''UFA''), a major German film company headquartered in Babelsberg, producing and distributing motion pictures from 1917 until the end of the Nazi era. The name UFA was revived by Bertelsmann for an otherwise unrelated film and television outfit, UFA GmbH. The original UFA was established as Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft on December 18, 1917, as a direct response to foreign competition in film and propaganda. UFA was founded by a consortium headed by Emil Georg von Stauß, a former Deutsche Bank board member. In March 1927, Alfred Hugenberg, an influential German media entrepreneur and later Minister of the Economy, Agriculture and Nutrition in Hitler's cabinet, purchased UFA and transferred ownership of it to the Nazi Party in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandal At The Fledermaus
''Scandal at the Fledermaus'' (German: ''Skandal um die Fledermaus'') is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Viktor de Kowa, Maria Andergast and Adele Sandrock. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.192 The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Czerwonski. It was partly shot on location in London. It is also known by the alternative title ''Scandal Over Mary''. Synospsi In England a bat flies into a young lady's bedroom, leading to string of misunderstandings. Cast * Viktor de Kowa as Viktor Kendal * Maria Andergast as Mary Hill * Adele Sandrock as Lady Bethy Malison * Heinz Salfner as Sir Thomas Berkham * Ernst Dumcke as Sir Anthony Garring * Alfred Abel as Patrick, Butler * Erich Fiedler as Jonny Dunn * Eliza Illiard as Evelyne Dixon * Max Gülstorff as Die Exzellenz * Roma Bahn as Lady X * Eva Tinschmann as Lady Y * Hedi Heising as Luise * Helmut Weiss as Diener * Ernst Stimmel as Kanzleidiene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Schwache Stunde
Die, as a verb, refers to death, the cessation of life. Die may also refer to: Games * Die, singular of dice, small throwable objects used for producing random numbers Manufacturing * Die (integrated circuit), a rectangular piece of a semiconductor wafer * Die (manufacturing), a material-shaping device * Die (philately) * Coin die, a metallic piece used to strike a coin * Die casting, a material-shaping process ** Sort (typesetting), a cast die for printing * Die cutting (web), process of using a die to shear webs of low-strength materials * Die, a tool used in paper embossing * Tap and die, cutting tools used to create screw threads in solid substances * Tool and die, the occupation of making dies Arts and media Music * ''Die'' (album), the seventh studio album by rapper Necro * Die (musician), Japanese musician, guitarist of the band Dir en grey * DJ Die, British DJ and musician with Reprazent * "DiE", a 2013 single by the Japanese idol group BiS * die!, an inactiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany Awake!
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its 16 constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of . It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and Czechia to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in what is now Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Peters (film)
''Carl Peters'' is a 1941 German historical drama film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Karl Dannemann, and Fritz Odemar. It was produced as an anti-British propaganda film during the Second World War. Albers portrays the titular German colonial leader. Bayume Mohamed Husen plays his native guide. The art director Fritz Maurischat worked on the film's sets. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Barrandov Studios in Prague. Synopsis The film is a biopic of Carl Peters, one of the founders of German East Africa and takes place while he is under investigation by the Reichstag for unnecessary brutality. Instead, Peters openly calls for a global policy of colonialism and conquest, which he says will require issuing carte blanche to hard-hearted men like himself. He defends his policy of using execution without trial to prevent a native uprising, which, he insists, the parliamentarians could not have prevented. The parliamentarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man Astray
''A Man Astray'' (German: ''Ein Mann auf Abwegen'') is a 1940 German comedy adventure film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Thiele and Hilde Weissner.Hull p.222 The film is an adaptation of the 1938 novel ''Percy auf Abwegen'' by Hans Zehrer. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin and the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Location shooting took place around Lake Starnberg in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat. A financial success, it was produced and distributed by Tobis Film, one of Nazi Germany's leading film companies. Synopsis Percival Pattersson, a wealthy Swedish industrialist disappears one morning without warning, and police suspect a crime. However his daughter Ingrid and a journalist both suspect he has deliberately vanished and set out to track him down. Pattersson has in fact been laying low incognito but when his daughter approaches, he flees to Geneva posing as the chauffeu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water For Canitoga
''Water for Canitoga'' (German: ''Wasser für Canitoga'') is a 1939 German western film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Susa and Josef Sieber. The film is a " Northern", set in Canada in 1905 where an engineer is working to construct a new water supply system despite repeated attempts at sabotage.Hull p.223 It is based on a play by Hans Rehfisch, Otto Eis and Egon Eis. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau, Ludwig Reiber and Arthur Schwarz. Cast * Hans Albers as Ingenieur Captain Oliver Montstuart / Bauingenieur Nicholsen * Charlotte Susa as Lilly * Josef Sieber as Ingenieur Ingram * Peter Voß as Chefingenieur Captain Gilbert Trafford * Hilde Sessak as Sekretärin Winifred Gardener * Andrews Engelmann as Ruski * Karl Dannemann as Dyke * Hans Mierendorff as Old Shatterhand * Heinrich Schroth as Gouverneur * Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Sheriff von Canitoga * Beppo Brem as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narren Im Schnee
''Fools in the Snow'' (German: ''Narren im Schnee'') is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Anny Ondra, Paul Klinger and Gisela Schlüter. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in South Tyrol in the Dolomites.Klaus p.156-57 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Artur Günther. Cast * Anny Ondra as Dorothee Heinemann * Paul Klinger as Toni Notnagel * Gisela Schlüter as Margot * Paul Richter as Dr. Hans Sieck * Eva Tinschmann as Ottilie Konstantin * Willi Schaeffers as Professor Konstantin * Thorby Wörndle as Der lange Tobias * Karel Stepanek as Rolf Pinkenkötter * Paul Heidemann as Baron Göckler * Edna Greyff as Lisa 'Krümel' * Günther Vogdt as Gustl 'Knirps' * Werner Schott as Der Sonderbare * Hans Zesch-Ballot as Vater Heinemann * Rudolf Vones as Der schöne Valentino * Beppo Brem as Hausdiener Franzl * Hermine Ziegler as Wirtschafterin Rosa * Josef Eichheim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Midnight (1938 Film)
''After Midnight'' (German: ''Ab Mitternacht'') is a 1938 French-German drama film directed by Carl Hoffmann and starring Gina Falckenberg, Peter Voß and René Deltgen.Goble p.661 It was shot as a German-language version of the French film '' Nights of Princes'', produced as a co-production between the French subsidiary of Tobis Film and the producer Joseph N. Ermolieff. Such multiple-language versions were common during the decade. Both films were based on the 1927 novel '' Nights of Princes'' by Joseph Kessel. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alexandre Lochakoff and Vladimir Meingard. Synopsis Helene performs in a Paris nightclub run by White Russian exiles. When a her husband, an engineer she believed had died in the Russian Civil War, reappears she tries to assist him. However, this opens her to blackmail by her dancing partner Fedor. Cast * Gina Falckenberg as Helene * Peter Voß as Petroff * René De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nights Of Princes (1938 Film)
''Nights of Princes'' (French: ''Nuits de princes'') is a 1938 French-German drama film directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky and starring Käthe von Nagy, Marina Koshetz and Jean Murat. It is based on a 1927 novel of the same title by Joseph Kessel.Goble p.258 An earlier adaptation '' Nights of Princes'' had been made by Marcel L'Herbier in 1930. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alexandre Lochakoff and Vladimir Meingard. A separate German-language version '' After Midnight'' was also produced. Cast * Käthe von Nagy as Hélène * Marina Koshetz as Marina * Jean Murat as Forestier * Fernand Fabre as Fédor * Pauline Carton Pauline Carton (4 July 1884 – 17 June 1974) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 190 films between 1907 and 1974. Filmography * ''La fille du Boche'' (1915) * ''Blanchette'' (1921) * ''La femme de nulle part'' (1922) * '' ... as Mademoiselle Mesureux * Pierre Alcover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
