Wilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist.
Gyula Trebitsch was a German film producer born in Budapest, Hungary. He was nominated in 1956 for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film along with Walter Koppel for their film The Captain of Kopenick.
Walter Koppel was a German film producer. He was nominated in 1956 for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film along with Gyula Trebitsch for their film The Captain of Kopenick. In 1947 he founded with Gyula Trebitsch the Hamburg-based studio Real Film.
Walter Richter was a German actor. From 1970 until 1982 he starred in the Norddeutscher Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series Tatort.
The Marriage of Figaro is a 1949 East German musical film directed by Georg Wildhagen and starring Angelika Hauff, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender and Sabine Peters. It was based on the opera The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte, which was itself based on the play The Marriage of Figaro by Pierre Beaumarchais. The film was made by DEFA, the state production company of East Germany, in their Babelsberg Studio and the nearby Babelsberg Park. It sold 5,479,427 tickets.
Bruno Decarli was a German stage and film actor.
Angelika Hauff (1922–1983) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She worked prolifically as a film actress in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War appearing in the lead roles in several successful films that included The Marriage of Figaro and Dark Eyes (1951). A versatile actor, she appeared in a variety of cinematic genres in Germany and Austria and attained international recognition in French, English and Italian films. She was a preeminent stage actress with the prestigious Vienna Burgtheatre portraying classic German language roles and being awarded the highest acting honours.
Circus Renz is a 1943 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring René Deltgen, Paul Klinger and Angelika Hauff. It is a circus film, made as a deliberately escapist release at a time when the Second World War was starting to turn against Germany and its allies. The film takes its title from the real Circus Renz and is loosely based on the career of its founder Ernst Renz. It premiered at Berlin's UFA-Palast am Zoo in September 1943. It was a major commercial success.
Tromba is a 1949 thriller film co-written and directed by Helmut Weiss and starring René Deltgen, Angelika Hauff and Gustav Knuth. It is a circus film with elements of film noir. It was one of the most popular West German films of the year, suggesting audiences supported a shift away from rubble films. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with sets designed by art director Ernst H. Albrecht. The film was released in the United States in 1952 as Tromba: the Tiger Man by Lippert Pictures.
The Queen of the Landstrasse is a 1948 Austrian romance film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Angelika Hauff, Rudolf Prack and Hermann Erhardt. The film's sets were designed by art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.
Dark Eyes is a 1951 German drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Cornell Borchers, Will Quadflieg, and Angelika Hauff. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt.
Silence in the Forest is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Rudolf Lenz, Sonja Sutter and Angelika Hauff. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around the city including the Hintersee and Sella Pass. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carl Ludwig Kirmse and Willi Horn. It is based on the 1899 novel of the same title by Ludwig Ganghofer which has been made into films on a number of occasions including a previous 1937 film adaptation.
Friday the Thirteenth is a 1949 West German comedy crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Fritz Kampers, Angelika Hauff, and Fita Benkhoff.
The Girl from the South Seas is a 1950 West German comedy film directed by Hans Müller and starring Angelika Hauff, Madelon Truß and Hardy Krüger.
Uli the Tenant is a 1955 Swiss comedy drama film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Liselotte Pulver, Hannes Schmidhauser and Emil Hegetschweiler. Based on a classic 1849 novel by Jeremias Gotthelf, it was made as a sequel to the hit 1954 film Uli the Farmhand.
The Shepherd from Trutzberg is a 1959 West German historical romance film directed by Eduard von Borsody and starring Heidi Brühl, Hans von Borsody and Franziska Kinz. It is a heimatfilm, based on a novel by Ludwig Ganghofer.
The Phantom of the Big Tent is a 1954 West German thriller film directed by Paul May and starring René Deltgen, Angelika Hauff and Ilse Steppat.
Melusine is a 1944 German drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Olga Chekhova, Siegfried Breuer and Angelika Hauff.
The Goddess of Rio Beni is a 1950 West German-Brazilian adventure film directed by Franz Eichhorn and starring Angelika Hauff, Helmuth Schneider and America Cabral.
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach is a film d'auteur from 1971 directed by Volker Schlöndorff. He also co-wrote the script with Margarethe von Trotta. The film was based on a true event that occurred in the Hessian Hinterland in the 19th century.
