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Waltraut Haas
Waltraut Haas (9 June 1927 – 23 April 2025) was an Austrian actress and singer who appeared in around 70 films. She gained recognition in her first film, as Mariandl in '' Der Hofrat Geiger'' in 1947, and starred alongside Peter Alexander in 1960 in '' Im weißen Rößl''. She was regarded as one of Austria's most popular actresses for decades. From the 1970s, she focused on the stage again and remained active on stage at age 90. Life and career Born in Vienna on 9 June 1927, Haas grew up at Schloss Schönbrunn, where her mother was a restaurateur. Her father, a teacher, died when she was 5 years old. She first trained for three years at a fashion school during World War II, but after the war studied acting at the Konservatorium für darstellende Kunst (Conservatory for Performing Arts) and also privately with Julia Janssen, an actress at the Burgtheater. Haas made her stage debut in Linz in 1946 and performed in Vienna at the Bürgertheater, the Stadttheater municipal thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Austrian Republic
The First Austrian Republic (), officially the Republic of Austria, was created after the signing of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 10 September 1919—the settlement after the end of World War I which ended the Habsburg rump state of Republic of German-Austria—and ended with the establishment of the authoritarian Federal State of Austria based upon a dictatorship of Engelbert Dollfuss and the Fatherland Front in 1934. The Republic's constitution was enacted on 1 October 1920 and amended on 7 December 1929. The republican period was increasingly marked by violent strife between those with left-wing and right-wing views, leading to the July Revolt of 1927 and the Austrian Civil War of 1934. Foundation In September 1919, the rump state of German-Austria—now effectively reduced to the Alpine and Danubian crownlands of the Austrian Empire—was given reduced borders by the Treaty of Saint Germain, which ceded German-populated regions in Sudetenland to Czechosl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cult Classic
A cult following is a group of Fan (person), fans who are highly dedicated to a person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some List of art media, medium. The latter is often called a cult classic. A Cult film, film, book, musical artist, television series, or video game, among other things, is said to have a cult following when it has a very passionate fandom, fanbase. A common component of cult followings is the emotional attachment the fans have to the object of the cult following, often identifying themselves and other fans as members of a community. Cult followings are also commonly associated with niche markets. Cult media are often associated with Subculture, underground culture, and are considered too Eccentricity (behavior), eccentric or anti-establishment to be appreciated by the Public, general public or to be widely commercially successful. Many cult fans express their devotion with a level of irony w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immer Die Radfahrer
''Immer die Radfahrer'' (''Cyclists Forever'') is a 1958 Austrian / West German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe. Plot summary As students Fritz (Heinz Erhardt), Ulrich (Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff) and Johannes Wolf Albach-Retty went biking in Carinthia (state), Carinthia. Twenty-five years later Fritz is a producer of alcoholic beverages, Ulrich is a stage actor and Johannes a teacher. When they look back at this biking tour the old friends are overcome by a feeling of nostalgia. They decide to take some time out together and relive the journey shared all those years ago. But things become complicated when Katinka, Fritz's future daughter-in-law, confronts him because she's mad about his son Robby (played by Peter Kraus). She decides to hide from Robby by joining the three friends. Fritz and Johannes' wives and Ulrich's girl-friend hear rumours about their partners getting involved with women along the way. So they pick up their trail and follow them secretly. Indeed, the men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Rühmann
Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a German film legend. Rühmann is best known for playing the part of a comic ordinary citizen in film comedies such as '' Three from the Filling Station'' and '' The Punch Bowl''. During his later years, he was also a respected character actor in films such as '' The Captain from Köpenick'' and '' It Happened in Broad Daylight''. His only English-speaking movie was the 1965 '' Ship of Fools''. Biography Early life Rühmann was born in Essen as the son of a restaurateur. His father Hermann Rühmann moved to Berlin in 1915, where he probably committed suicide a little later. The exact circumstances of death could never be clarified. His son Heinz began his acting career during the early 1920s and appeared in numerous theatres in Germany durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenn Der Vater Mit Dem Sohne
''Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne'' is a 1955 West German film directed by Hans Quest. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Plot summary Teddy Lemke is a lodger with Miss Biermann. She has taken six-year-old Ulli into her care, whose mother emigrated to America. Teddy Lemke takes good care of the little Ulli – as if he were his own son. When Ulli surprises Teddy with a children's clown costume, which he accidentally found in the attic, Teddy hesitantly tells the story of his life: Formerly he was a famous clown who performed together with his son. When the boy died, Teddy ended his career. Ulli persuades Teddy to return to the stage, and from then on they perform together. Their immediate success leads to an offer for a longer engagement. At this moment Ulli's mother Gerti, who is now married, returns from America to take Ulli back with her. Teddy flees with Ulli from Berlin to Switzerland, pursued by the child's mother, her husband, and several assistants. Finall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Riedmann
Gerhard Riedmann (1925–2004) was an Austrian film actor. He was married to the actress Eva Probst. Partial filmography * ''Das andere Leben'' (1948) - (uncredited) * '' Child of the Danube'' (1950) - Bit Part (uncredited) * ' (1951) - Max' Freund (uncredited) * ''Verlorene Melodie'' (1952) * '' 1. April 2000'' (1952) - Reitender Bote (uncredited) * ''Abenteuer im Schloss'' (1952) - Georg * ''Flucht ins Schilf'' (1953) - Gerhard Altdorfer, Postbote * ' (1953) - Kurt Amreiner * '' The Bird Seller'' (1953) - Adam, Vogelhändler * '' The Cousin from Nowhere'' (1953) - Hans, ein Wanderbursche * ''The Gypsy Baron'' (1954) - Sandor, sein Sohn * ''The Beautiful Miller'' (1954) - Fritz Mertens * ' (1954) - Christian * ''Espionage'' (1955) - Hauptmann Angelis * ''Sergeant Borck'' (1955) - Oberwachtmeister Borck * ''The Happy Village'' (1955) - Walter Meiners, Lehrer * '' Yes, Yes, Love in Tyrol'' (1955) - Peter Lenz * '' Love Is Just a Fairytale'' (1955) - Dr. Klaus Weinert * '' Your Life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Zigeunerbaron (1954 Film)
''The Gypsy Baron'' () is a 1954 West German operetta film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Paul Hörbiger, Gerhard Riedmann and Margit Saad. It is an adaptation of the 1885 operetta ''A cigánybáró'' by Mór Jókai. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in various places in Yugoslavia including Belgrade and Sarajevo. The film's sets were designed by Willi Herrmann, Paul Markwitz, Peter Schlewski and Heinrich Weidemann. Cast *Paul Hörbiger as Barinkay *Gerhard Riedmann as Sandor *Margit Saad as Saffi *Karl Schönböck as Colonel Homonay *Oskar Sima as Kalman Zsupan *Maria Sebaldt as Arsena *Peer Schmidt as Ottokar *Harald Paulsen as Count Carnero *Karl Finkenzeller as Janos *Trude Hesterberg as Zipra *Gert Kollat as emigrant *Waltraut Haas as Empress Maria Theresa Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallo, Dienstmann
''Hello Porter'' (German: ''Hallo Dienstmann'') is a 1952 Austrian comedy film directed by Franz Antel and starring Paul Hörbiger, Hans Moser and Maria Andergast. Dassanowsky p.68 It was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Felix Smetana. Hörbiger and Moser appeared again together in the 1958 film '' Hello Taxi''. Synopsis A series of confusions ensue between Professor Ferdinand Godai, a music academic masquerading as a porter, and authentic porter Anton Lischka. Cast * Paul Hörbiger as Professor Ferdinand Godai * Hans Moser as Dienstmann Anton Lischka * Maria Andergast as Gaby Brandstätter * Waltraut Haas as Hansi Scheidl * Susi Nicoletti as Susi, Godais geschiedene Frau * Annie Rosar as Rosa, Lischkas Schwester * Harry Fuß as Alex Lischka * Rudolf Carl as Scheidl, Friseur * Richard Eybner Richard Eybner (3 March 1896 – 20 June 1986) was an Austrian actor at the theatre and in films. Selected filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curd Jürgens
Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 191518 June 1982) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens. He was well known for playing Ernst Udet in ''Des Teufels General''. His English-language roles include ''James Bond'' villain Karl Stromberg in '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977), Éric Carradine in '' And God Created Woman'' (1956), and Professor Immanuel Rath in ''The Blue Angel'' (1959). Early life Jürgens was born on 13 December 1915 in the Munich borough of Solln, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire. His father, Kurt, was a trader from Hamburg, and his mother, Marie-Albertine, was a French teacher. He had two elder twin sisters, Jeanette and Marguerite. He began his working career as a journalist before becoming an actor at the urging of his actress wife, Louise Basler. He spent much of his early acting career on the stage in Vienna. Due to serious injuries that he sustained in a car accident in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Heesters
Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters (5 December 1903 – 24 December 2011), known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch-German actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the concert stage with a career dating back to the 1920s. He worked as an actor until his death and is one of the oldest performing entertainers in history, performing shortly before his death at the age of 108. Heesters was almost exclusively active in the German-speaking world from the mid-1930s and became a film star in Nazi Germany, which later led to controversy in his native country. He was able to maintain his popularity in Germany in the decades until his death. Early life Heesters was born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, the youngest of four sons. His father Jacobus Heesters (1865–1946) was a salesman and his mother Geertruida Jacoba van den Heuvel (1866–1951), a homemaker. Heesters was fluent in German from an early age, having lived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Antel
Franz Antel (28 June 1913 – 11 August 2007) was a veteran Austrian filmmaker. Born in Vienna, Antel worked mainly as a film producer in the interwar years. After World War II, he began writing and directing films on a large scale. In the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s these were mainly comedy film, comedies (romantic comedy, romantic, slapstick, and/or musical comedy, musical) and ''K.u.k. films'' all of which, for Austrian and German TV stations alike, have been a staple of weekend afternoon programming ever since. In between there is quite a sober film about the Alfred Redl, Oberst (Colonel) Redl affair that shook the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy on the eve of World War I. Antel himself later commented on this period, "I always wanted to provide good entertainment for the people at the cinema. After the screening, people should say: Well now, I am in a good mood, I will go out and have a glass of wine." (German original: "Ich wollte die Leute im Kino immer gut unterhalten. Die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hörbiger
Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrians, Austrian theatre and film actor. Life and work Paul Hörbiger was born in the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of the ''Welteislehre'' cosmological concept, and elder brother of actor Attila Hörbiger. In 1902, the family returned to Vienna, while Paul attended the ''Gymnasium (school), gymnasium'' (high school) at Saint Paul's Abbey, Lavanttal, St. Paul's Abbey in Duchy of Carinthia, Carinthia. Having obtained his ''Matura'' degree, he served in a mountain artillery regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I, discharged in 1918 with the rank of an ''Oberleutnant''. After the war, Hörbiger took drama lessons and began his acting career in 1919 at the city theatre of Liberec, Reichenberg (Liberec). From 1920, he performed at the Prague State Opera, New German Theatre in Prague. His fame grew when i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
