Brigitte Mira was a German actress. She worked in both theater and film, and on many occasions, with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Mady Rahl was a German stage and film actress. Born Edith Gertrud Meta Raschke in Neukölln, now part of Berlin, Rahl trained as an actress and dancer. In 1935 she made her stage debut in Leipzig under the direction of Douglas Sirk and started her film career in 1936 with the movie The Mysterious Mister X. With her role in the circus drama Truxa (1937), Rahl became known to a wider audience. After the war, she sang with her friend Elfreide Datzig for the USO. She ultimately appeared in approximately 90 movies, several of them for UFA. In later years, she appeared frequently on television, while also pursuing her career in the theatre. She was also the German voice of many cartoon characters and of Lucille Ball.
The Blue and White Lion is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and Olf Fischer and starring Wastl Witt, Elise Aulinger and Lore Frisch. It is based on several stories by Ludwig Thoma. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by Franz Bi and Bruno Monden.
Hans-Michael Bock is a German film historian, filmmaker, translator and writer.
Felix Basch (1885–1944) was an American-Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director.
Paul Kemp was a German stage and film actor. Kemp worked as a piano accompaniest for silent films, and then served as an ambulance driver on the Western Front during the First World War. Post-war he moved into acting on the stage in Düsseldorf and Hamburg. His career really took off when he moved to Berlin in 1929, appearing in the hit stage version of the novel Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum. He made his film debut in 1930, shortly after the introduction of sound film. He appeared prolifically in German and Austrian films until his death in 1953.
Winnie Markus (1921–2002) was a Czechoslovakia-born German film and television actress whose captivating performances left an indelible mark on the German entertainment industry. With a career spanning over four decades, Markus graced the silver screen with her talent, charm, and versatility.
A Salzburg Comedy or Little Border Traffic is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Willy Fritsch, Hertha Feiler and Heinz Salfner. Erich Kästner wrote the screenplay based on one of his own novels. As he had been blacklisted by the Nazi Party he used the pseudonym Berhold Bürger. The novel was again adapted for the 1957 film Salzburg Stories.
The Divine Jetta is a 1937 German musical comedy film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Grethe Weiser, Viktor de Kowa, and Marina von Ditmar.
A Star Fell from Heaven is a 1934 Austrian musical film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Joseph Schmidt, Egon von Jordan and Herbert Hübner. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. Two years later it was remade in Britain with Schmidt reprising his role. A later German-language film A Star Fell from Heaven released in 1961, was unconnected to the earlier productions.
Three Days of Fear is a 1952 West German comedy crime film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Rudolf Platte, Camilla Spira and Cornelia Froboess. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios. The film's sets were designed by Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Gabriel Pellon.
A Heart Beats for You is a 1949 German romance film directed by Joe Stöckel and starring Rudolf Prack, Annelies Reinhold and Franz Loskarn.
Men Are That Way is a 1939 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hertha Feiler, Hans Söhnker and Hans Olden. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann. It was remade by Rabenalt in Austria as Arena of Fear (1959).
Dangerous Crossing or Rail Triangle is a 1937 German crime film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Heli Finkenzeller, and Paul Hoffmann. It is set amongst railway workers and takes its name from Gleisdreieck on the Berlin U-Bahn. It was partly shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carl Böhm and Erich Czerwonski. It was shot on location around Berlin. It premiered at the city's Ufa-Palast am Zoo.
The Little Residence is a 1942 German comedy film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Winnie Markus, Johannes Riemann, and Lil Dagover.
The Devil is a 1918 German silent mystery film directed by E. A. Dupont and starring Max Landa, Gustav Botz, and Tzwetta Tzatschewa.
The Uncanny House is a 1916 German silent mystery film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Werner Krauss, Reinhold Schünzel and Lupu Pick. It was released in three parts. The second part was called Der chinesische Götze and the third Freitag, der 13.
My Son the Minister is a 1937 German comedy drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Hans Brausewetter, Heli Finkenzeller and Françoise Rosay.
Three from Variety is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Ingrid Andree, Peter Pasetti and Paul Dahlke. It is based on the 1912 novel The Oath of Stephan Huller by Felix Hollaender which has inspired a number of film adaptations. The plot revolves around a love triangle around a high wire circus act.
What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime is a 1959 West German romantic comedy film directed by Erik Ode and Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Rudolf Prack, Winnie Markus and Ivan Desny.
