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- Writer
- Soundtrack
Gustave Luders was born on 13 December 1863 in Bremen, Germany. He was a writer, known for The Prince of Pilsen (1926) and Jekyll & Canada (2009). He was married to Grace Gorsline and Christine Hackett. He died on 24 January 1913 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Karl Abraham was born on 3 May 1877 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Secrets of a Soul (1926) and Sheena Ko: Wrap Me Up (2019). He died on 25 October 1925 in Berlin, Germany.- Emmi Elert was born on 25 July 1864 in Bremen, Germany. She was a writer, known for Tragödie einer Ehe (1927) and Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach (1917). She died on 27 October 1927 in Bad Bertrich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Gustav Botz was born on 4 August 1883 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Nosferatu (1922), Die Entdeckung Deutschlands (1916) and Gräfin de Castro (1916). He was married to Elisabeth Botz-Kotz. He died on 29 September 1932 in Bremen, Germany.
- Harry Schultz was born on 11 March 1883 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for One Stolen Night (1929), Crimson Romance (1934) and Spangles (1926). He died on 4 July 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Robert Dorsay was born on 16 August 1904 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Fledermaus (1937), Abenteuer in Warschau (1938) and Liebe geht seltsame Wege (1937). He was married to Louise Mentkes. He died on 29 October 1943 in Berlin, Germany.- Christa Tordy was born on 30 June 1904 in Bremen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Prinz Louis Ferdinand (1927), The Countess of Sand (1928) and Potsdam, das Schicksal einer Residenz (1927). She was married to Harry Liedtke. She died on 28 April 1945 in Bad Saarow, Brandenburg, Germany.
- Friedo Lampe was born on 4 December 1899 in Bremen, Germany. He was a writer, known for Septembergewitter (1968). He died on 2 May 1945 in Kleinmachnow, Germany.
- Karl Dannemann was born on 22 March 1896 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Rembrandt (1942), Pillars of Society (1935) and Das Mädchen Johanna (1935). He was married to Erna Margarete Noeren. He died on 4 May 1945 in Werder, Brandenburg, Germany.
- Karl Lerbs was born on 22 April 1893 in Bremen, Germany. He was a writer, known for Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann (1938), Lady Windermeres Fächer (1935) and Die Küsse der Ira Toscari (1922). He died on 27 November 1946.
- Wilhelm Scharrelmann was born on 3 September 1875 in Bremen, Germany. He was a writer, known for Die Hochzeit in der Pickbalge (1963) and Hochzeit im Haifisch (1979). He was married to Antonie Isenbeck. He died on 18 April 1950 in Worpswede, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Additional Crew
Pioneer motion picture cameraman Frank G. Kugler was born on 24 April, 1869 in Bremen, Germany, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gottlieb Kugler. He immigrated to the United States on 10 July, 1890, where after applying for, was granted his American citizenship on 19 June, 1899. Sometime after 1910 he legally changed his name to Frank Gordon Kirby. His wife Annie was born in Ireland and their only child, John, was born around 1906 in New Jersey.
As an associate of Thomas A. Edison, Kugler is credited with a number of photographic techniques, including the fadeout and the use of double-exposures.- Julia Koschka was born on 6 November 1931 in Bremen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Alraune (1952). She died on 1 September 1952 in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- Rudolf Koch-Riehl was born in 1900 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Great Freedom No. 7 (1944), Rheinische Brautfahrt (1939) and Tired Theodore (1936). He died on 2 September 1956 in Bonn, Germany.
- Friedrich Forster-Burggraf was born on 11 August 1895 in Bremen, Germany. He was a writer, known for Hotel Sacher (1939), Triad (1938) and Die Kellnerin Anna (1941). He died on 1 March 1958 in Bremen, Germany.
- Carl Kuhlmann was born on 25 April 1899 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Rothschilds (1940), Der öffentliche Ankläger (1955) and Mann für Mann (1939). He died on 18 July 1962 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- Rudolf Alexander Schröder was born on 26 January 1878 in Bremen, Germany. Rudolf Alexander was a writer, known for Mord im Dom (1962). Rudolf Alexander died on 22 August 1962 in Bad Wiessee, Bavaria, Germany.
- Art Director
- Art Department
- Set Decorator
The extraordinarily prolific and eclectic art director Hans Dreier studied at Munich University where he majored in engineering and architecture. Following military service during the First World War, he spent time working as a supervising architect in the Cameroons and South Africa. Between 1919 and 1923, he was employed by Germany's pre-eminent film company Ufa as an assistant designer. Along with Ernst Lubitsch and other talented compatriots seeking more lucrative opportunities within the emerging film industry, Dreier left Europe in the early 1920s and was recruited by Hollywood. Most of his lengthy tenure at Paramount (1923-50) was spent as supervising art director. In that capacity, he became as influential at determining the overall style of the studio's output as his counterpart Cedric Gibbons at MGM. The Paramount 'look' during the 20's and early 30's epitomised continental elegance and sophistication. Unlike Gibbons, Dreier was far less autocratic and gave the production designers he recruited (among them Albert S. D'Agostino and Roland Anderson) carte blanche to stamp their own distinctive authority on their work. In turn, this laissez-faire approach attracted more and more talented designers to Paramount.
Dreier himself took personal charge of all films made by Lubitsch and Josef von Sternberg between 1927 and 1932. His innate perception of space, combined with his expressionist leanings, proved eminently well-suited to the sombre, moody and heavily stylised films of von Sternberg. The Docks of New York (1928), Shanghai Express (1932) and The Scarlet Empress (1934) are among the most visually evocative examples of Dreier's use of light and dark effects, of chiaroscuro and fog. In later years, his most rewarding collaborations were with Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges. Among Dreier's impressive list of credits -- either working on his own or in collaboration -- are many of Paramount's most enduring films, encompassing nearly every genre: from horror to romance, from epic spectacle to period drama, from musical to films noir: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Island of Lost Souls (1932), Trouble in Paradise (1932), Duck Soup (1933), Cleopatra (1934), The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935),The Buccaneer (1938), Sullivan's Travels (1941), Reap the Wild Wind (1942), The Fleet's In (1942), This Gun for Hire (1942) and Double Indemnity (1944).
Dreier retired in 1950 and was replaced as supervising art director by Hal Pereira. During his career he was nominated for twenty Academy Awards for Best Art Direction, winning on three occasions. He received his first Oscar for the costume drama Frenchman's Creek (1944). In 1950 he scored a double: one for the biblical technicolor epic Samson and Delilah (1949) and a second for his work on Billy Wilder's black & white masterpiece Sunset Boulevard (1950). He was inducted into the Art Director's Hall of Fame in 2005.- Howard Hoffman was born on 4 November 1893 in New Bremen, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for House on Haunted Hill (1959), Macabre (1958) and The Book of Acts Series (1957). He died on 27 June 1969 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Arthur Pieck was born on 28 December 1899 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse (1954). He died on 13 January 1970 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Wilhelm Hinrich Holtz was born on 10 February 1885 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Auftrag Höglers (1950), Carola Lamberti - Eine vom Zirkus (1954) and Thomas Müntzer (1956). He died on 22 March 1971 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic.
- Max Nemetz was born on 19 October 1884 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Nosferatu (1922), Hexenjagd (1960) and Marizza (1922). He died on 2 July 1971 in Bad Herrenalb, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Composer
- Writer
- Music Department
Marc Roland was born on 4 January 1894 in Bremen, Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for Bashful Felix (1934), Weil Du es bist (1925) and Zopf und Schwert - Eine tolle Prinzessin (1926). He died on 25 February 1975.- Helmut Früchtenicht was born on 11 October 1920 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Champagner für Zimmer 17 (1969), Hot Hungry School Girls (1972) and Der Bettenstudent oder Was mach' ich mit den Mädchen? (1970). He died on 5 April 1976 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Lu Säuberlich was born on 9 November 1911 in Bremen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Bumerang (1960), Postlagernd: 'Turteltaube' (1952) and Das Mädchen Juanita (1945). She was married to Wilfried Seyferth. She died on 5 August 1976 in Berlin, Germany.- Carla Rust was born on 15 September 1908 in Burgdamm n. Bremen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Revolutionshochzeit (1938), My Heart Belongs to Thee (1938) and Marionette (1939). She was married to Sepp Rist. She died on 27 December 1977 in Hindelang, Bavaria, Germany.
- Focke was already interested in aviation as a schoolboy. With his brother Wilhelm he undertook his first flight attempts with his own flying machines. In 1908 he constructed the first duck plane, which was not yet flyable. After school, Focke studied mechanical engineering at the Hanover Technical University from 1908 onward. In 1912 he built his first powered aircraft with Hans Kolthoff and Georg Wulf. Between 1914 and 1917, Focke served as an infantryman and pilot in the First World War. After his plane crashed, he became an engineer at the flight maintenance department in Berlin. After the end of the war, Focke resumed his mechanical engineering studies and completed them with a diploma in 1920. He then worked as a designer for gas and water systems at Franke-Werke in Bremen. In 1921, Focke manufactured the A7 with Georg Wulf as his first officially certified aircraft.
Together with Wulf and Werner Naumann, he founded the company Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG in Bremen in 1924. In the company, Focke and his brother Wilhelm built the F-19a duck plane, for the construction of which the brothers used a patent from the previous model from 1908. Wulf died in a crash during a test flight with the duck plane in 1927. In 1930 the Focke-Wulf company merged with Albatros Flugwerke. After the National Socialists came to power, Focke was forced to resign from the company management in 1933, while he remained involved in the design of the aircraft. In 1936, the Fa-61, the world's first helicopter manufactured by Focke in Bremen, was tested with a first flight. In 1937, Focke founded the Focke-Achelis company in Delmenhorst near Bremen together with Gerd Achelis. After Focke had already given lectures at the Bremen Technical College in the early 1930s, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the TH Hannover in 1938.
In 1940, Focke released the Fa-223 cargo helicopter. In 1944, Focke Wulf merged with Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH. After the end of the war, Focke worked as a consultant at Aerosudest in Paris from 1945 to 1948, where he rebuilt the Fa-223 and the S.E. 3101 as a precursor to the "Alouette". After returning to Germany, Focke opened an engineering office in Bremen in 1948. From 1950 he worked as a designer at the Norddeutsche Fahrzeugwerke in Wilhelmshaven and also advised the British Aviation Ministry in London until 1958. In 1952, Focke developed the Beija-Flor helicopter in Brazil, which first flew in 1958. In 1956 he built the helicopter as a Hummingbird at the German Borgward Automobilwerke. In 1960 Focke was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
After Borgward's bankruptcy, Focke worked as a consulting engineer at the United Aviation Technical Works in Bremen and at the German Aerospace Research Institute from 1961 onward.
Henrich Focke died on February 25, 1979 in Bremen. - Friedrich Ebert was born on 12 September 1894 in Bremen, Germany. He died on 4 December 1979 in Berlin, Germany.
- Ferdynand Wójcik was born on 3 October 1914 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Scent of Earth (1978), Television Theater (1953) and Nightmares (1979). He died on 16 January 1980 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Visual Effects
Sam Byrd was born on 15 October 1907 in Bremen, Georgia, USA. He is known for Follow Thru with Sam Byrd (1944). He died on 11 May 1981 in Mesa, Arizona, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Juan Ehlert was born on 18 March 1901 in Bremen, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for A sangre fría (1947), Socios para la aventura (1958) and Nacha Regules (1950). He died on 28 August 1982 in Argentina.- Adolf Meyer-Bremen was born on 16 January 1904 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for La Traviata (1953), Das Christelflein (1955) and Der Opernball (1954). He died on 9 September 1982 in Bad Pyrmont, West Germany.
- Lutz Schwiers was born on 8 June 1904 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Cliff Dexter (1966), Intercontinental Express (1964) and Dreizehn Briefe (1967). He died on 13 February 1983 in Hamburg, West Germany.
- Friedel Nowack was born on 13 September 1901 in Bremen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Maibowle (1959), Silvesterpunsch (1960) and Der Untertan (1951). She was married to Erwin Reiche. She died on 15 May 1988 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Lotte Meyer was born on 22 February 1909 in Bremen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Einmal ist keinmal (1955), Das alte Lied... (1992) and Seine Kinder (1965). She died on 7 June 1991 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Hela Gruel was born on 4 August 1902 in Bremen, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Buddenbrooks (1959), Der grüne Bogenschütze (1961) and Die Nibelungen (1967). She was married to Heinz Wemper. She died on 23 October 1991 in Wedel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- Mercedes Gregory was born in Bremen, Germany. Mercedes was married to Andre Gregory. Mercedes died on 10 February 1992 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Karl Carstens was born on 14 December 1914 in Bremen, Germany. He was married to Veronica Carstens. He died on 30 May 1992 in Meckenheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Writer
Friedrich Meyer was born on 5 March 1915 in Bremen, Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for The Tin Drum (1979), Illusion in Moll (1952) and Liebe auf Eis (1950). He was married to Margot Hielscher. He died on 20 August 1993 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Günter Meisner was born on 18 April 1926 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), The Boys from Brazil (1978) and In a Glass Cage (1986). He was married to Gisela Albrecht Meisner. He died on 5 December 1994 in Berlin, Germany.
- A distinguished stage and film actress Jane Baxter was one of the most glamorous performers on the London stage. Winston Churchill, an ardent fan, once described her as, "that charming lady who grace personifies all that is best in British womanhood". Her stage career spanned half a century and she is best remembered for her role in "Dial M For Murder", in which she co-starred with Michael Redgrave. Redgrave said that she was "every undergraduate's ideal of an English rose".
Born Fedora Kathleen Alice Forde in Germany, she came to London as a child and studied acting at the Italia Conti Stage School. She made her West End debut at the age of 13 in the musical comedy "Love's Prisoner". On the advice of the playwright J.M. Barrie, she changed her name to Jane Baxter and, in 1938, played the lead in the hit comedy "A Damsel in Distress".
Several other West End shows followed as well as films such as We Live Again (1934), with Fredric March and The Clairvoyant (1935), with Claude Rains and, in 1935, she joined the repertory company at the Liverpool Playhouse where the leading actor was Michael Redgrave. He viewed her arrival "with some alarm", expecting "a spoilt and temperamental film star". Instead, he found "a delightful actress". Baxter eventually became godmother to Redgrave's daughter, the future actress Vanessa Redgrave.
She had success again in London in 1937 with "George and Margaret", which ran for two years and, on Broadway, she co-starred with John Gielgud and Margaret Rutherford in "The Importance of Being Earnest", in which she played "Cicely Cardew".
She continued to make films and appear on stage throughout the 1960s and her final London stage role was in John Mortimer's "A Voyage Round My Father", in which she starred opposite Michael Redgrave. Her last stage role was at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley in 1978 in the thriller "Assault", in which she appeared with Richard Todd. In 1992, she made a guest appearance - to a standing ovation - at the London Palladium in "A Tribute to Evelyn Laye". In her will, she requested that there be no memorial service for her but just a gathering of friends at her local church in Wimbledon, South London. Film director Bryan Forbes gave the address. - Actor
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Otto Kurth was born on 31 May 1912 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Antitoxin (1967), Kein Engel ist so rein (1950) and Das Land der Verheißung (1960). He was married to ??? and Margot Franken. He died on 13 December 1996 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Guenter Schnittjer was born on 15 November 1925 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Königin der Arena (1952), Die Blume von Hawaii (1953) and Europabeker voor zangvoordracht - De Knokke cup (1959). He died on 15 December 1997 in Costa Rica.
- Actor
- Writer
- Cinematographer
He graduated from high school in 1939 and then began training as an actor at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. During the Second World War, Kulenkampff was sent to the front, where he was taken prisoner by the British towards the end of the war. Immediately after his release from captivity, Kulenkampff turned to acting. After his first appearances at theaters in Bremen, he took on roles at the "Theater im Zoo" in Frankfurt/Main. At the beginning of the 1950s, Kulenkampff also appeared as a radio presenter. He had been married to his wife Gertraud since 1948. In 1953 he began his unique career on television, where he hosted the quiz show "Who vs. Who?" moderated. However, Kulenkampff's real TV breakthrough came with his most successful show, which attracted a nationwide audience 82 times from 1964 to 1987 under the title "One Will Win". In addition to his television career, Kulenkampff never turned his back on the theater.
In 1981/82 he was seen in demanding roles on Munich stages, and in 1984 in a Detmold production of "Münchhausen". In 1987, Kulenkampff took part in a tour through the Federal Republic with a role in "In Doubt for the Defendant". In 1997, tours took him to several German stages. In the television sector, Kulenkampff's popularity was also increased by his roles in several TV films and series. He also moderated "Nachtthoughts", which marked the end of the ARD program from 1985 to 1990. In 1989, "Kuli" moved to RTLplus to moderate the less successful "Book Club", which was only broadcast until mid-1991 due to a lack of sufficient ratings. In the same year, however, the actor took part in a significant role in the RTL television play "The Great Freedom". The showmaster received numerous awards for his achievements, including the "Golden Screen" five times.
In 1965 and 1987 he was honored with the "Golden Camera". In 1992, Kulenkampff returned to public television with his show "Who knows why" produced for ZDF. In September 1992, he succeeded Wim Toelke as the presenter of the long-running program "The Grand Prize", from which he left in mid-1993 after public criticism. In 1997, Kulenkampff tried to make a comeback on television with the ambitious quiz show "Between Yesterday and Tomorrow": However, the Saturday evening program, which was placed in some third regional programs on ARD, also had to be canceled prematurely in March 1998. Shortly afterwards, the entertainer withdrew from the public due to cancer.
Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff died on August 14, 1998 in Salzburg.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Hans Dieter Zeidler was born on 19 January 1926 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der arme Mann Luther (1965), Heinrich VIII. und seine Frauen (1968) and Der Sturm (1969). He was married to ??? and Katja Kessler. He died on 25 October 1998 in Zurich, Switzerland.- Director
- Writer
Berndt W. Wessling was born on 25 July 1935 in Bremen, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Ost und West (1965). He died on 13 January 2000 in Hamburg, Germany.- Wayne Shumaker was born on 17 September 1941 in Bremen, Indiana, USA. He died on 14 September 2000 in Lakeville, Indiana, USA.
- Corby Myers was born on 2 March 1970 in Bremen, Indiana, USA. He died on 14 September 2000 in Lakeville, Indiana, USA.
- Cinematographer
Jan Thilo Haux was born on 7 October 1919 in Bremen, Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for Wenn die bunten Fahnen wehen (1953), Sächsisches Gold (1950) and Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft 1952 (1952). He died on 15 April 2001 in Hamburg, Germany.- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Editor
Oliver Herrmann was born on 5 March 1963 in Bremen, Germany. He was a director and editor, known for Le sacre du printemps (2004), One Night, One Life (2002) and Dichterliebe (2000). He was married to Nicola Herrmann. He died on 4 September 2003 in Berlin, Germany.