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Robert Wiene was born on 24 April 1873 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a writer and director, known for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Das wandernde Licht (1916) and The Knight of the Rose (1925). He died on 17 July 1938 in Paris, France.- Amadeus August was born on 6 May 1942 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Quentin Durward (1971), Bloody Friday (1972) and La conquête du ciel (1980). He died on 6 July 1992 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Marlene Schmidt was born on 7 September 1934 in Breslau, Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for The Stepmother (1972), They're Playing with Fire (1984) and The Specialist (1975). She was previously married to Howard Avedis and Ty Hardin.- Actor
- Additional Crew
The immensely prolific actor Reinhard Glemnitz was trained at the Otto-Falckenberg-School in Munich and launched his career on Cologne's cabaret scene. He worked for Bavarian radio, then went on the stage in Wuppertal and in 1961 joined the Bavarian State Theatre in Munich as an ensemble member. Some twenty years later, he was able to celebrate his greatest theatrical success in Vienna, Berlin and Munich as Colonel Juan Peron in the musical Evita. In 1996 he scored another hit as the idiosyncratic, parsimonious Horace Vandergelder (the role played by Walter Matthau in the film) in Hello Dolly at the Komödie im Bayerischen Hof .
In films from 1954, Glemnitz began by playing soldiers, public officials and attorneys. By the mid-60s, he had segued into episodic television, making repeat appearances in the cold war espionage series Die fünfte Kolonne (1963) and in Germany's first entry into the science fiction genre on TV, Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (1966). However, Glemnitz was to become most famous for his crime dramas, first as narrator of the intro for Das Kriminalmuseum (1963), and, secondly, from 1968 to 1975, as Erik Ode's logical thinking offsider Inspektor Robert Heines in Der Kommissar (1969). This role garnered Glemnitz, along with three other cast members, an impressive 5 Bambi Awards (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1975). Prior to his retirement from the screen in 2006, he made guest appearances on other diverse TV shows like Der Millionenbauer (1979), Forsthaus Falkenau (1989), Derrick (1974) and Tatort (1970). He has also occasionally portrayed historical characters like Johann Reichsgraf von Aldringen (1588-1634) in the 4-part period drama Wallenstein (1978) and General Hans Speidel (1897-1984) in the American miniseries War and Remembrance (1988) .
Few others have made a more substantial contribution to the art of voice acting. Reinhard Glemnitz has been the German dubbing voice for a multitude of stars, including Patrick Stewart, Robert Duvall, Christopher Plummer, Michael Caine, Bruce Dern and Anthony Perkins. He narrated the classic Franco-German adventure series Der Seewolf (1971) from the perspective of its protagonist (Edward Meeks). He provided the German voice for Murray Hamilton in Jaws (1975), Edward Fox in A Bridge Too Far (1977), Richard Harris in Camelot (1967), Mitch Pileggi in Stargate: Atlantis (2004) and Patrick Malahide (as Walsingham, in Elizabeth I (2005)) - these, and many, many more.- Music Department
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Otto Klemperer was born on 14 May 1885 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He is known for The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Jude (1996) and Shadows and Fog (1991). He was married to Johanna Klemperer. He died on 6 July 1973 in Zurich, Switzerland.- Thekla Carola Wied was born on 5 February 1944 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She is an actress, known for Ich heirate eine Familie... (1983), Spur eines Mädchens (1967) and Wie gut, daß es Maria gibt (1990). She has been married to Hannes Rieckhoff since 1992.
- Tatja Seibt was born on 3 March 1944 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She is an actress, known for Wahnfried (1986), Homesick (2015) and Dark (2017).
- Music Department
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was born on 17 July 1925 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. She is known for Auschwitz (2015), We Shall Not Die Now (2019) and Pechmarie - Das Leben der Maria Mandl (2014). She was previously married to Peter Wallfisch.- Born in 1892 in Breslau, Silesia (now Wroclaw, Poland) Richthofen was the son of a hereditary baron. A daredevil for life, he was an avid hunter and mountain climber. With Germany's entrance into WW1 in 1914, Richthofen mobilized in a Silesian cavalry unit, and survived the first battle of Verdun in 1915. Soon after, he transferred to the Luftwaffe (Imperial German Air Force) as a bombardier. By 1916, however, he was tapped for training in the then-new art of fighter combat, flying an Albatros D.2 in March, 1916. By the end of 1916, Richthofen was a certified ace, having downed over 20 aircraft, including the number one British ace up to that time, Maj. Lanoe Hawker. Due to his tally, Richthofen earned the medal "Pour le Merite" (yes, the official name's in French) in December 1916. Throughout the rest of the war, the legend of the Red Baron continued to grow, as did his kill tally, officially reaching 80 kills in April 1918. On April 21 of that year, Richthofen led a routine strafing mission against the British trenches in the Somme region and was killed with a single .303 bullet to the chest, most likely fired from the ground.
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- Producer
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Monica Teuber was born on 12 July 1942 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She is an actress and producer, known for Magdalene (1988), Jamila (1995) and Red Heat (1985). She is married to Hans-Christoph von Goetz.- Rüdiger Kirschstein was born on 11 January 1941 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He is an actor, known for Auf Achse (1980), Tatort (1970) and Die Wollands (1973).
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Eugen Schüfftan moved from his motherland, Germany, to France in 1933 to escape the rising Nazi movement. He moved to the US in 1940 and became a member of Local 644, the East Coast cinematographers chapter of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). He invented the Schüfftan Process for optical special effects that was used until it was replaced by the simpler matte method. He received the Academy Award for black and white cinematography in 1962 for The Hustler (1961).
For a variety of reasons, Schufftan did not receive proper screen credit for many films he photographed. Director Edgar G. Ulmer, who worked with Schufftan on several films, said it was because he wasn't in the ASC (American Society of Cinematographers) and therefore wasn't allowed to take screen credit. Ulmer said that on one or two of the films he made with Schufftan he was forced to credit Jockey Arthur Feindel, the camera operator, as the cinematographer because of that.- Actor
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Günther Jerschke was born on 8 October 1921 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Salem Aleikum (1959), Frauenarzt Dr. Markus Merthin (1994) and Die Stadt im Tal (1975). He died on 6 May 1997 in Hamburg, Germany.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Siegfried Kühn was born on 14 March 1935 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He is a director and writer, known for Zeit der Störche (1971), Unterwegs nach Atlantis (1977) and Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe (1984). He is married to Irma Grefte. He was previously married to Katrin Sass and Regine Kühn.- Actor
- Writer
- Sound Department
Peter Lustig was born on 27 October 1937 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Löwenzahn (1981), Pusteblume (1979) and Mittendrin (1989). He was married to Astrid Berge, Elfie Donnelly and ???. He died on 23 February 2016 in Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Harald Dyrenforth started his career as an actor in the late thirties in the Swiss theatre and radio, came to America in 1938, appeared in a number of Broadway plays and New York radio shows, served a hitch in the U.S. Army Ski Troops and another one as a foreign language broadcaster for the Office of War Information and "voice of America" of the U.S. State Department. In 1946 he made his movie debut in a featured part, that of Walter Damrosch in the film "Carnegie Hall." He appeared in over 40 pictures and 500 TV shows. He earned a Master's Degree in Theater Arts at U.C.L.A. and taught at Chapman College in Orange, CA while working as an actor and director. In 1961 he directed "the Madwoman of Chaillot" at Long Beach State College.- Peter Franke was born in 1941 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He is an actor, known for Die Gang (1997), Crooks Ltd. (2015) and The Genital Warriors (2014). He has been married to Donata Höffer since 1987. They have one child.
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Heiner Schmidt was born on 6 April 1926 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Sie schreiben mit (1958), Parole Chicago (1979) and Ein Sommer - ein Herbst (1964). He died on 5 August 1985.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Peter Thomas was born on 1 December 1925 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a composer and actor, known for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), The Big Boss (1971) and Escape to Berlin (1961). He was married to Cordy Thomas. He died on 17 May 2020 in Lugano, Cantone Ticino, Switzerland.- Writer
- Music Department
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born on 4 February 1906 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. He was a writer, known for Herzlichst, Heinz Rühmann (1990) and Von Guten Mächten Wunderbar Geborgen (2020). He died on 8 April 1945 in Flossenbürg concentration camp, Bavaria, Germany.- Additional Crew
- Actor
Peter Pohlenz was born on 5 September 1912 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Edge of Darkness (1943), Hotel Berlin (1945) and Hostages (1943). He died on 16 February 1993 in Sacramento, California, USA.- Actor
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Arno Assmann was born on 30 July 1908 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor and director, known for Immer will ich dir gehören (1960), Der Opernball (1978) and Die Ersten und die Letzten (1966). He was married to Lore Ostermann and Heide Heidemann. He died on 30 November 1979 in Herrsching am Ammersee, Bavaria, West Germany.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Randolf Kronberg was born on 23 September 1942 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Inside Out (1975), Stern ohne Himmel (1980) and Der aufrechte Gang (1976). He died on 2 March 2007 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Dorothea Walda was born on 1 November 1931 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Otto's Eleven (2009), Tatort (1970) and Arschkalt (2011). She died on 18 February 2016 in Wülfrath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Ulf Söhmisch was born on 10 June 1938 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Lost Horizon (2010), Forsthaus Falkenau (1989) and Tatort (1970). He died on 20 November 2016 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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- Soundtrack
Sylvia de Leur was born on 30 May 1933 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Reagan: Let's Finish the Job (1986), De vloek van Woestewolf (1974) and De overval (1962). She died on 20 April 2006 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Actress
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Elfie von Kalckreuth was born on 22 May 1937 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for Face of the Frog (1959), Kein Mann zum Heiraten (1959) and Endstation Rote Laterne (1960).- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Rose Rauch was born on 16 September 1912 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for The Stars Shine (1938), The Paris Adventure (1936) and Arzt aus Leidenschaft (1936). She died in 1988 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Writer
- Producer
Hans Jacoby was born on 23 October 1904 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a writer and producer, known for It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958), Phantom of the Opera (1943) and Carnival Story (1954). He died in October 1963 in Zurich, Switzerland.- Actor
- Production Manager
Harry Studt was born on 20 February 1899 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor and production manager, known for Zar und Zimmermann (1956), Kein Hüsung (1954) and The Assassination (1964). He died on 23 January 1976 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.- Johannes Grossmann was born on 3 March 1931 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Ein Mann namens Harry Brent (1968), Viktoria (1957) and Der Fall Winslow (1961). He was married to Rotraut Rieger and Katinka Hoffmann. He died on 31 July 2014 in Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Legendary conductor, composer, author, producer, pianist and educator who arrived in the USA in 1871. He was educated in New York public schools and studied music with his father Leopold Damrosch, Rischbeiter, Urspruch, and Von Bulow. He was awarded honorary degrees from New York University, Princeton University, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, New York State University, and Washington & Jefferson College. He was accompanist to August Wilhelmj on his US tour, and permanent conductor of the Newark Harmonic Society. Succeeding his father as Wagnerian director for the Metropolitan Opera (1885-1891), he also conducted the New York Symphony and the Oratorio Society of New York, and produced a series of Wagner operas at Carnegie Hall in 1893-1894. In 1895 he organized the damrosch Grand opera Company, became staff conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in 1900, and reorganized the New York Symphony in 1903, which he continued to direct until 1927. During that year, he became a music counsel for NBC, and conducted a series of broadcasts. Also in 1927 (until 1929) he became president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and from 1940-1948 he was president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. During World War II, he founded a school for bandmasters at Fontainebleau, France.- Klaus Manchen was born on 1 December 1936 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He is an actor, known for The White Ribbon (2009), Tatort (1970) and Die Stein (2008).
- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Siegmund Lubin was born on 20 April 1851 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a producer and director, known for Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903), Passion Play (1900) and Thrilling Detective Story (1906). He was married to Annie Abrams. He died on 10 September 1923 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Wolfgang Neuss was born on 3 December 1923 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Das Wirtshaus im Spessart (1958), Sky Without Stars (1955) and The Captain from Köpenick (1956). He was married to Margareta Henriksson. He died on 5 May 1989 in West Berlin, West Germany.- Actor
- Writer
Rudolf Blümner was born on 19 August 1873 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for M (1931), The Golem (1914) and Two Friends (1938). He died on 2 September 1945 in Berlin, Germany.- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Christoph Eschenbach was born on 20 February 1940 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He is an actor, known for The Clink of Ice (2010), Independent Lens (1999) and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: La voix de l'âme (1995).- Herbert Hübner was born on 6 February 1889 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Mädchenjahre einer Königin (1936), An Enemy of the People (1937) and Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955). He was married to Erna Grosse. He died on 27 January 1972 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
- Hubert Suschka was born on 4 June 1925 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Melissa (1966), Nemo taucht auf (1965) and Bürgerkrieg in Russland (1967). He was married to Hannelore Droege. He died on 5 July 1986 in Hamburg, West Germany.
- Annemone Haase was born on 13 November 1930 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She is an actress, known for Addio, piccola mia (1979), Coriolan (1978) and Unser kurzes Leben (1981). She is married to Arno Wolf.
- Lotte Cassel Hershfield was born on 9 February 1931 in Breslau, Germany [now Wroclaw, Poland].
- Actor
- Writer
Alfons Teuber was born on 15 May 1903 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Spiel mit dem Tode (1967), Was Ihr wollt (1963) and Der liebe Augustin (1960). He died on 23 July 1971 in Haag, Bavaria, Germany.- Ruth Lommel was born on 6 May 1918 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich (1944), Heimatglocken (1952) and Ich habe von dir geträumt (1944). She was married to Emil Vorster. She died on 22 June 2012 in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Moritz Moszkowski was born on 23 August 1854 in Breslau, Prussia, German Confederation. Moritz is known for Remember (2015), Wolo czawienko (1916) and Great Performances (1971). Moritz was married to Henriette Chaminade. Moritz died on 4 March 1925 in Paris, French Third Republic.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Walter Reichelt was born on 30 May 1923 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Peterchens Mondfahrt (1990), Tatort (1970) and Skulden (1982). He died on 5 July 2002 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Additional Crew
Lillian Leitzel was born on 2 January 1891 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. She is known for Trapeze Work with Miss Leitzel (1916). She was married to Alfredo Codona and Clyde Ingalls. She died on 15 February 1931 in Copenhagen, Denmark.- Max Born was born on 11 December 1882 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was married to Martha Hedwig Born (born: Ehrenberg). He died on 5 January 1970 in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Macky Kaspar was born on 17 February 1922 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Tanzende Sterne (1952), Geld aus der Luft (1954) and Tanz in der Sonne (1954). He died on 14 April 1968 in West Berlin, West Germany.- Helga Sasse was born on 17 April 1942 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Das unsichtbare Visier (1973), Little Big Panda (2011) and Hut ab, wenn du küßt! (1971). She was married to Hans-Jürgen Sasse. She died on 9 June 2013 in Berlin, Germany.
- Sabine Hahn was born on 28 June 1937 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Er und Sie - Fernsehkurs für das Leben zu zweit (1957), Bonjour Kathrin (1956) and Waltz King (1955). She died on 12 September 2020 in Hamburg, Germany.