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His real name was Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, and in the early 1900s, he was already working in the theater under Max Reinhardt's company. Important movies where he defined himself as a convincing actor were Passion (1919) and Quo Vadis? (1924), followed by The Last Laugh (1924) (aka The Last Laugh) in 1924 and Variety (1925) (aka Variety) in 1925. In 1928, he became the first male leading actor to receive the academy award for The Last Command (1928) directed by Josef von Sternberg. In 1929, Stenberg directed him in his world famous movie The Blue Angel (1930) (aka The Blue Angel) co-starring the young Marlene Dietrich (her first role). Later on, he concentrated on theater and dedicated his acting skills to the Nazi regime and also took part in the realization of Ohm Krüger (1941) in 1941, an expensive anti-British film production. When the Second World War ended, the US government cleaned his image, and he converted to Catholicism. He played in a few more German movies, but his career never recaptured its brilliance.- Animation Department
- Producer
- Director
Simon Otto is a Director, Animator and Story Artist. Most recently, Simon directed an episode for Volume Two of the Netflix series Love, Death & Robots called The Tall Grass while also developing several other Netflix related projects. Simon is known for his work as the Head of Character Animation of all three How to Train Your Dragon films for DreamWorks Animation. In addition to overseeing the animation of the films, Simon has been instrumental in developing the look of the characters, their personalities, and the overall style of the animation as well as working in the story department on the second and third film. Born and raised in Gommiswald, just outside of Zurich in Switzerland, Simon began his career carving commercial snow sculptures in nearby resort towns such as Arosa and St. Moritz and drawing news cartoons for his hometown newspaper, "Die Suedostschweiz". After completing a banking apprenticeship, he redirected his attention to the arts and attended the F&F Schule für Experimentelle Gestaltung in Zurich. Following that, he left Switzerland to study at the prestigious Les Gobelins Animation School in Paris, France. After graduating from Les Gobelins, he received additional animation training through an internship with Walt Disney Feature Animation in Paris. He has been an important part of DreamWorks' character animation team ever since he joined the studio in 1997 to work on their first animated film, The Prince of Egypt. He worked as a Supervising Animator on many of the studio's animated features both in 2D and in CG, including Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and the Aardman co-production, Flushed Away. Simon also worked as a character designer on the hit comedy, Over the Hedge and on the How to train Your Dragon movies.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Miguel Herz-Kestranek was born on 3 April 1948 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Zodiak - Der Horoskop-Mörder (2007), Tatort (1970) and Wagner (1983). He has been married to Miriam since September 2016.- Actor
- Writer
Max Rüdlinger was born on 3 April 1949 in Flums, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is an actor and writer, known for Tell (2007), St. Francis Birds Tour (2005) and Giro (1983).- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kurt Früh (1915-1979) was most probably Switzerland's most popular film director ever. Früh was born in 1915 in St. Gallen (Switzerland). When he was a child, his family moved to Zurich, where Früh studied linguistics and music at the university. Already from 1933, he was head, author and director at the Zurich Volksbühne which stood under Brecht's influence. In 1936, Früh inaugurated a few political cabarets for which Switzerland got famous during World War II and which stood in the service of "mental defense of the state". Many of the performers such as Zarli Carigiet, Ruedi Walter or Margrit Rainer acted also in his films. Also in 1936, Früh started his career as a director for Central Film in Zurich, he put plays on stage and also directed musical works. Between 1949 and 1953, he was assistant director of Leopold Lindtberg, who also made a few of the most famous classical Swiss movies. In 1955, Früh saw his break-trough with "Polizischt Wäckerli", in the main role was Schaggi Streuli, one of Switzerland's most beloved actors. In his 1957 film "Bäckerei Zürrer" which plays in the Zurich Langstrasse neighborhood, Früh portrayed bums, boozers, small criminals and whores for which he showed also in his other movies much sympathy. Up to the eighties, the Swiss TV broadcast approximately each month Früh's most popular movies, such as "Oberstadtgass" (1956), "Hinter den sieben Gleisen" (1959), Cafe Odeon (1959), "Der Teufel hat gut lachen/Il diavolo ride" (1960), and the wonderfully said movie "Dällebach Kari" (1970), one of Früh's last works with the unforgettable score by Mani Matter (1936-1972). From 1964-1967, Früh was head of the ressort theatre at the Swiss TV and professor for film at the Museum of Art in Zurich, where he helped develop the New Swiss Film, the Swiss adaptation of Nouvelle Vague. Kurt Früh died nearly forgotten in 1979 in Boswil (Canton of Berne, Switzerland).- Paul Grüninger was born on 27 October 1891 in St. Gallen, Kanton St. Gallen, Schweiz. He was previously married to Federer, Alice.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Working for more than two decades in the industry, Thomas is known for his passion in advertisement, documentary and feature film work. After co-directing alongside his companion Philipp Kadelbach in the advertisement and music video industry, he has quickly become a popular director/cinematographer in the outdoor and action sports world. After his successful feature documentary "Cerro Torre, a snowballs chance in hell" - he now branched out into commercial and feature film shooting.
(CO-) Director / DoP - 1998 - now
Thomas has shot various music videos and commercials for international brands like: Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Chevrolet, Amnesty International, Caritas, UBS, Burger King, Hornbach, Wrigley's, OMV, Swiss Tourism,..
Author / director / Dop - 2010 - 2013
Directing for Red Bull Media House, Thomas followed world class climber David Lama documenting the free climbing ascent of Cerro Torre, known as one of the most difficult mountains to climb. After 3 long years of production, the film changed the face of climbing movies and set new standards in action sports and aerial filmaking. The picture premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
Author / director / Dop - 2014
For Autostadt's "Panoramakino" Thomas created a series of 5 Mini-biopics directed an shot by himself to be screened on the largest LED screen in Europe. He employed a specially designed rig with three 6K cameras to capture the seamless immersive 12K format.
DOP - 2017
Thomas signed as DoP for his longtime companion and co-director Philipp Kadelbach on Philipp's feature film "So viel Zeit" for UFA Fiction. Alongside other highly acclaimed german actors the picture stars Jürgen Vogel, Jan-Josef Liefers, Armin Rohde and Ritchie Müller. The picture is announced to be released winter 2018
AWARDS:
Cannes Lions Shortlist, Clio award, ADC Awards, Moebius Award, Die Klappe, Winner Santa Barbara Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival,...- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Composer, conductor, jazz musician (he played both piano and trombone), and arranger Walter Ernst Baumgartner was born on November 16, 1904 in Sevelen, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland. Walter founded the swing band the Magnolians in 1934. Baumgartner worked for a while as an arranger and was the conductor of an orchestra prior to composing the score for his first film in 1952. A furiously prolific composer in the late 1960's and throughout the 1970's, Walter frequently worked for producer/director Erwin C. Dietrich and provided some especially groovy scores for a handful of exploitation movies made by legendary Spanish maverick Jesús Franco. Baumgartner was married to actress and singer Helen Vita. Walter died at age 92 on October 3, 1997. He was survived by his wife and two sons.- Reinhard Fust, born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, is an actor who initially attended a business high school. In 1987, he made his debut in a leading role as Hercules in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's play "Hercules in the Augean Stables." Subsequently, he pursued acting classes and participated in short drama scenes at various locations.
From 2004 to 2008, Reinhard Fust embarked on a touring journey with a theatrical group, presenting full-length plays in different Swiss cities. Between 2014 and 2019, he diversified his artistic contributions, working as an acting coach and taking on roles in both full-length plays and musicals.
In the realm of film, Reinhard Fust gained recognition for his notable performances, including portraying Huldrych Zwingli in Zwinglis Erbe (2018), as Kommandant in Talos (2022), as Karl Weiss in The Things We Do (2022) and as Mr. Humbold in Monotonie (2022). - Additional Crew
- Actor
- Producer
Christian Iansante was born on 19 February 1965 in Thal, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is an actor and producer, known for A Star Is Born (2018), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Christian Beetz was born on 24 July 1968 in Flawil, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is a producer and writer, known for Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King (2023), Icebound (2012) and Viral (2021).- Editorial Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Michael von der Heide was born on 16 October 1971 in Amden, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Somewhere in Between (2004), Oswald (2001) and Der Club (1985).- Actress
- Additional Crew
Anneliese Betschart was born on 11 May 1930 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for Adrienne Mésurat (1969), It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958) and Oberstadtgass (1956). She died on 24 May 1982 in Hamburg, West Germany.- Karina Thayenthal was born on 2 April 1961 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Der schwarze Obelisk (1988), Tatort (1970) and Wie Pech und Schwefel (1994). She is married to Peter A. Rey. She was previously married to Robert Thayenthal.
- Manager
- Actor
- Executive
Patric Scott was born on 26 July 1986 in Gams, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is a manager and actor.- Sara Hildebrand was born on 27 March 1987 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She is a writer, known for Glanz & Gloria (2005), 5gegen5 (2005) and Samschtig-Jass (1981). She has been married to Anatole Taubman since 12 September 2018. They have one child.
- Arnold Forrer was born on 7 October 1978 in Stein, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Brigitta Furgler was born on 10 August 1952 in St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Kieselsteine (1983), Der Landvogt von Greifensee (1979) and Kalte Probe (2013).
- Wolfgang Grönebaum was born on 14 March 1927 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Lindenstraße (1985), Tatort (1970) and Achtung Zoll! (1980). He died on 16 March 1998 in Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Stefan Walz was born in 1963 in St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Undine (2020) and Geteilte Nacht (1993).
- Maria Walliser was born on 27 May 1963 in Mosnang, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Nicolas Senn was born on 19 September 1989 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Actor
- Music Department
Reinhardt Fraunfelder Jr. was born on 28 April 1920 in Amden, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland. He was an actor. He died on 2 February 2007 in Salem, Oregon, USA.- Nina Brunner was born on 25 April 1981 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She is a writer, known for Kulturplatz (2004), Denkmal - Das Wissensquiz (1990) and Kulturzeit (1995).
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Karl Meier was born on 16 March 1897 in St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for De Winzig simuliert (1942), Bergführer Lorenz (1943) and Bieder der Flieger (1941). He died on 29 March 1974 in Zürich, Switzerland.