Otto Gerhard Waalkes is a German comedian, actor, and musician. He became famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Germany with his shows, books and films. His best known trademark are the 'Ottifanten' ('Ottiphants'), elephant-like comic characters of his own design. They featured on the cover of his first album release.
Jasmin Wagner, better known as Blümchen[ˈblyːmçən], is a German pop and dance music singer and actress. Although she releases her English albums under the name Blossom, her German stage name "Blümchen" actually translates to "floret" or "small flower".
Blue moon is an ice cream flavor with bright blue coloring, available in the Upper Midwest of the United States. Multiple cities in the region claim to be the originator, with the popular theories including Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Ludington, Michigan. The Chicago Tribune has described the ice cream as "Smurf-blue, marshmallow-sweet". Blue moon ice cream is one of the flavors that make up Superman ice cream in certain states.
Viennetta is a British brand of ice cream cake made by Unilever and sold under the various Heartbrand brands around the world. The original Viennetta consists of several rippled layers of ice cream separated by thin layers of sprayed-on compound chocolate. It is currently available in vanilla and mint.
Benjamin the Elephant (1988-2002) is an animated children's television show produced by Kiddinx Studios in Berlin. The show is based on audio stories by Elfie Donnelly. The audio series has been running since 1977 and has 142 stories as of 2019. On the show, the eponymous main character resides at the Newtown Zoo, with friends Otto and Stella. The adventures Benjamin gets involved in often require slipping into various roles, learning new jobs, or discovering new and distant places.
Olivia Pascal is a German actress.
Vanessa Jung is a German actress.
Franz Josef Gottlieb was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1959 and 2005. He also directed the children's series Ravioli in 1983; it aired on ZDF in 1984. He was born in Semmering, Austria and died in Verden an der Aller, Germany of a brain tumor, at age 75.
Private Resistance is a 1985 Dutch drama film directed by Dimitri Frenkel Frank. The plot revolves around Otto's ice cream parlor, a microcosm of the Nazi invasion, Fascist Dutch bullies and anti-fascist groups. The film was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
Procopio Cutò, also known as Francesco Procopio Cutò, Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli, or François Procope was a chef from Sicily. Billing himself as a modern Procopius, he founded in 1686 what has become the oldest extant café in Paris, Café Procope. It became the first literary coffeehouse in Paris. For over 200 years the cafe-restaurant attracted notables in the world of arts, politics, and literature.
Karl Friedrich Eusebius Trahndorff was a German philosopher and theologian.
Alexander Grill (1938–2009) was an Austrian film actor.
Zachi Noy is an Israeli actor.
The Bravo Otto is a German accolade honoring excellence of performers in film, television and music. Established in 1957, the award is presented annually, with winners selected by the readers of Bravo magazine. The award is presented in gold, silver and bronze and, since 1996, an honorary platinum statuette presented for lifetime achievement.
Timeless is a 2016 German science fiction film directed by Alexander Tuschinski. Besides many German actors, it stars Helmut Berger, Harry Lennix, Rick Shapiro, Angus Macfadyen and Zachi Noy. It had its world premiere at Paris Independent Film Festival on November 27, 2016.
Sunshine Reggae in Ibiza is a 1983 West German comedy film directed by Franz Marischka and starring Karl Dall, Olivia Pascal, and Chris Roberts.
Starke Zeiten is a 1988 West German comedy film directed by Klaudi Fröhlich, Rolf Olsen, Otto Retzer, Sigi Rothemund and Helmut Fischer. The film has been produced by Karl Spiehs and Luggi Waldleitner.
Redoan Rony is a Bangladeshi film director, producer and media executive who currently serves as the Chief operating officer of Chorki. He has spent more than a decade in the media industry of Bangladesh. He has directed a few of the most popular TV series of Bangladesh e.g. Housefull, Fnf, Behind The Scene, Pata Jharar Din, etc. Redoan Rony has been awarded Meril-Prothom Alo Award, CJFB Award, Bachsach Award, and many more. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Dialogue and the film won 5 National Award for his directorial debut film Chorabali (2012).
Lisa Film is a German film production company. Founded in Munich in 1964 by Paul Löwinger, it was named after his wife Elisabeth. In 1967 Karl Spiehs joined the company and took over production, eventually taking sole control. The company concentrated on commercial cinema and produced westerns, comedies and thrillers, often for distribution by major firms Gloria Film and Constantin Film. In the 1970s it was active in the boom in sex comedy films.
