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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.- Actress
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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.- 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).
- 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.
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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.- Actress
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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.- 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.
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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.- Producer
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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
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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.
- 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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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.- Cinematographer
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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.- Actress
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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).- Actor
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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.- Composer
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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.- Siegurd Fitzek was born on 24 December 1928 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Verräter (1967), Wie eine Träne im Ozean (1970) and Unruhige Nacht (1955). He was married to Evamaria Böhme. He died on 24 February 2022 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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Herbert A.E. Böhme was born on 7 September 1897 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for ...reitet für Deutschland (1941), Knight of 100 Faces (1960) and Ein Robinson (1940). He died on 29 June 1984 in Hamburg, West Germany.- Lotte Cassel Hershfield was born on 9 February 1931 in Breslau, Germany [now Wroclaw, Poland].
- 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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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.- 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.- Writer
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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.- Actor
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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.- Composer
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Hans Erdmann was born on 7 November 1882 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a composer and editor, known for Nosferatu (1922), The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) and Der tolle Bomberg (1932). He died on 21 November 1942 in Berlin, 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.
- 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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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.- Actor
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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.- Actor
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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.- 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.
- Hans Bergmann was born on 26 November 1929 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He is an actor, known for Sperrbezirk (1966), Germanin - Die Geschichte einer kolonialen Tat (1943) and Tatort (1970).
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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.- Elert Bode was born on 6 April 1934 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Buddenbrooks (2008) and Eichbergers besondere Fälle (1987).
- Haber came from a Jewish family. His father ran a trading business for fabrics, paints, varnishes and drugs. Severe complications occurred during his birth; the mother died three weeks later. After completing a commercial apprenticeship, he studied chemistry in Berlin and Heidelberg from 1886. In Berlin he received his doctorate in organic chemistry in 1891 with a thesis on some derivatives of piperonal. Meanwhile, Haber converted to the Protestant Christian faith in 1893. In 1894, Haber received an assistant position in physical chemistry at the Karlsruhe University of Technology and completed his habilitation there in 1896.
In 1898, Haber received an appointment as a professor at the University of Karlsruhe. From 1904 he worked on the catalytic formation of ammonia. In 1908, the chemist found a method to obtain ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen under high temperature and pressure. On October 12, 1908, his research was patented. He was a professor at the University of Berlin from 1906 and an honorary professor of physical chemistry from 1912. In 1911 he was appointed head of the Institute for Physical Chemistry of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, the predecessor of today's Max Planck Society. He released his "process for the synthetic production of ammonia from the elements" to BASF for commercial use.
At the same time he worked here as a scientist. Haber worked primarily in the fields of electrochemistry and investigated the thermodynamics of gas reactions. He also made a contribution to organic chemistry through work on nitro compounds. In addition to studies of physical chemistry, nitrogen reactions became his preferred area of research. He tried to synthesize ammonia, which is an indispensable basis for the production of explosives and fertilizer. This enabled Carl Bosch to develop the so-called Haber-Bosch process in industrial production in 1913.
After the outbreak of the First World War, Haber offered the institute's services to the Prussian army administration in 1914. The institute was subsequently involved in the development of gas weapons, which were used on a mass scale for the first time during this war, for example in the chlorine gas attack near Ypres on April 22, 1915. The chemist received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for the synthesis of ammonia. In March 1919, the German Society for Pest Control (Degesch) was founded, initially headed by him and, from 1920, Walter Heerdt. Since the founding of I.G. Farben joined their supervisory board in 1925. Haber was able to maintain his leadership position through the institute even after the end of the war in the Weimar Republic.
It was only after Adolf Hitler came to power in January 1933 that the chemist of Jewish descent was forced out of his position and scientific work in Germany. He emigrated in 1933, first to Great Britain and then to Switzerland.
Fritz Haber died on January 29, 1934 in Basel. - 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.- Vera Borek was born on 20 September 1940 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. She is an actress, known for König Johann (1971), Tatort (1970) and Qualtingers Wien (1997). She was previously married to Helmut Qualtinger.
- 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).
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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.- Margot Pins Kestenbaum was born on 30 January 1931 in Breslau, Germany [now Wroclaw, Poland].
- Katinka Hoffmann was born on 6 January 1939 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Melissa (1966), Sherlock Holmes (1967) and Fast ein Poet (1961). She was married to Johannes Grossmann. She died on 6 September 2021 in Bonn, Germany.
- Günter Jendrich was born on 5 August 1920 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Rasthaus (1961) and Rot - Gelb - Grün (1961). He was married to Antje Hagen, Telge, Jutta and Müller, Elfriede Henriette. He died on 3 June 1969 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Edith Edwards was born on 14 May 1899 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Three Loves (1929), The Love Pirate (1925) and Mater dolorosa (1924). She died on 6 March 1956 in Berlin, Germany.
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Willi Schur was born on 22 August 1888 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor and director, known for A Certain Mr. Gran (1933), Nach dem Klingeln - Bitte drücken (1935) and Wie du mir - so ich dir (1935). He died on 1 November 1940 in Teltow, Brandenburg, 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.
- 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.
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Günther Sauer was born on 15 December 1919 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Geschichte der Atombombe (1973), Härte 10 (1974) and Lachen Sie mit Stan & Ollie (1975). He died on 6 November 1990 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Director
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Michael Blackwood Productions is an independent production company that has produced over 150 documentaries on the arts and its contributors, with a focus on architecture and architects, art and artists, dance and choreographers, and music and composers. The collection features over 1,000 participants or subjects, and spans over six decades of documentation, beginning in the 1960s and including earlier material, through the second decade of the 21st Century. The films serve as primary documents for educational and archival purposes, as well as informative and special interest pieces for the general public. A growing number of educational institutions, libraries, museums and various media outlets are acquiring the films around the world. The company is dedicated to preserving the underlying material, and digitizing its analogue portfolio. The collection itself is one of the largest and most significant of its kind.- 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.