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Born in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1797 to a Jewish family, Heine was sent to Hamburg as a young man to work for his rich uncle. He studied at the universities at Bonn, Berlin and Göttingen, and got a law degree in 1825; he also changed his name to Heinrich Heine to ease his integration into German society. In 1821 he published his poem "Gedichte", but after a spat with another poet damaged his reputation, he moved to Paris to be a journalist. There he met an illiterate shopgirl named Crecence Eugénie Mirat, whom he married in 1841. Heine's criticism of Germany won him censorship from his native land, and he retired permanently to France.
He died in Paris on February 17 1856. Heine was controversial in Germany, and because of his Jewish origins, his poems had to be marked as 'author unknown' under the Nazi regime. He influenced many poets and composers, including Rainer Maria Rilke, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Karl Marx, and Robert Schumann.- Margarethe Koeppke was born on 5 February 1902 in Düsseldorf, Germany. She was an actress, known for Murder for Sale (1930). She died on 16 September 1930 in Vienna, Austria.
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Karl Heiland was born on 10 July 1876 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Rebellenliebe (1919), Hapura, die tote Stadt - 2. Teil: Der Streit um die Ruinen (1922) and Der Schatz der Azteken (1921). He died on 10 October 1932 in Berlin, Germany.- Werner von Fritsch was born on 4 August 1880 in Benrath [now Düsseldorf], Germany. He died on 22 September 1939 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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Elisabeth Frohlich was born Elisabeth Heinrichs on November 14, 1894, in Dusseldorf, Germany. She was an actress, known for Thin Ice (1937), Lancer Spy (1937), Swiss Miss (1938), Gateway (1938), and I'll Give a Million (1938). She came to the USA in 1923, and married Gustav Rudolf Frohlich Sr. in 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She died on November 29, 1941, in Los Angeles, California, USA, and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California, USA.- Writer
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Hanns Heinz Ewers (born November 3, 1871 in Düsseldorf, Germany) was a German writer famous for his short stories and novels that expanded the parameters of the horror genre. He began his literary career as a poet when he published "A Book of Fables", satirical verses, in 1901. In addition to writing, he was an actor and created a vaudeville theater the same year he made his literary debut. He also founded another acting company that toured Central and Eastern Europe, but he abandoned the theater due to censorship.
It was his stories about the occult and horror that made his name. His first novel "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" was published in 1910 and his masterpiece, "Alarune", in 1911. The two novels were part of a trilogy based on the autobiographical character of Frank Braun, who also appears in the 1921 novel "Vampyr".
Ewers was deeply attracted to the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, and the Nietzschean philosophy of the "intellectuals" of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, as well as their nationalism (to say nothing of their mysticism) attracted him to the Nazi Party, though he never joined it. Though he wrote a novel based on the life of Nazi martyr Horst Wessel, allegedly at the bequest of Adolf Hitler, his works were banned by the Nazis in 1934.
A penniless Hanns Heinz Ewers died from tuberculosis on June 12, 1943 in Berlin. He was 72 years old.- Wilhelm Millowitsch Sr. was born on 24 January 1880 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Wilhelm was a writer, known for Im Nachtjackenviertel (1961). Wilhelm was married to Käthe Planck. Wilhelm died on 14 January 1945 in Remagen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Jakob Sporrenberg was born on 16 September 1902 in Düsseldorf, German Empire [now Germany]. He died on 6 December 1952 in Warsaw, Poland.
- Heinrich Spoerl was born on 8 February 1887 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was a writer, known for Wenn wir alle Engel wären (1936), Der Maulkorb (1938) and Scheidungsreise (1938). He was married to Gertrud Kebben. He died on 25 August 1955 in Rottach Egern at Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany.
- Hans Müller-Schlösser was born on 14 June 1884 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was a writer, known for Schneider Wibbel (1920), Schneider Wibbel (1939) and Graf Chargon (1924). He died on 25 April 1956 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
- Nitribitt grew up in simple circumstances in Düsseldorf. Their level of education remained low. Equipped with a certain beauty, she noticed at the age of 14 that men could be caught with it. She begins to sell her body, initially as a simple prostitute. Their initial customers included American soldiers. She moved from Düsseldorf to Koblenz. Nitribitt worked as a waitress and later as a catwalk lady at fashion shows in Frankfurt am Main. She quickly figured out how to make even more money. She covered up her humble origins and learned English and French. She now worked as a prostitute in the red light district around Frankfurt Central Station. She caused a sensation in relevant circles when she bought a red Mercedes SL 190 Cabriolet and went looking for a suitor. This made her famous in the Main metropolis.
Nitribitt gained access to upper social circles, which included lawyers, doctors and entrepreneurs. They became her suitors, whom she received in her Frankfurt apartment. She kept records of her customers. Nitribitt became Germany's most famous "living lady". On November 1, 1957, Rosemarie Nitribitt was murdered and found dead in her apartment by criminal police officers. Her body was horribly mauled. Among other things, there were strangulation marks on her neck. In addition to the Mercedes Cabriolet SL 190, she also left behind assets of 90,000 DM in cash and a poodle named "Joe". A notebook in which she wrote down the names of her customers was also found in her apartment. The perpetrator was never identified, which is why the rumor mill about the murder case was bubbling across the country. The criminal police kept the names of the people secret; there were said to be over 100 of them. Among them are said to have been numerous leading figures from politics, business and industry, such as a bank director from Bad Homburg. She was buried in Düsseldorf, her mother's hometown.
The murder case preoccupied the entire republic and became an unparalleled media spectacle in 1957. The crime in the sexual environment exposed the social prudery of the Adenauer era in the 1950s. The following year the novel "Rosemarie - the German Miracle's Favorite Child" was published, which tells the story of Rosemarie Nitribitt. Shortly afterwards the novel was filmed as a contemporary version under the title "The Girl Rosemarie". Nadja Tiller played the role of Nitribitt, and other well-known German actors such as Gert Fröbe, Mario Adorf, Peter van Eyck and Carl Raddatz also took part. Politicians tried to prevent the film's release, but were unsuccessful. Almost forty years after the murder, the case still preoccupies the present. In 1996, a remake with the same title was released as a television version by director Bernd Eichinger. The Stuttgart actress Nina Hoss plays the title role of the prostitute.
The acting received good reviews. The film was cast with top-class German actors. Other roles included Til Schweiger, Hannelore Elsner, Katja Flint and Heiner Lauterbach. - Director
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Harry Piel was born on 12 July 1892 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Menschen und Masken, 1. Teil - Der falsche Emir (1924), Der Herr der Welt (1934) and Diplomaten (1918). He was married to Dary Holm and Johanna Präder. He died on 27 March 1963 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Actor
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After his school education, Gustaf Gründgens volunteered for the Western Front in 1916. The following year he joined the Saarlouis front theater group, which he led two years later. After the war, he trained from 1919 to 1920 at the Düsseldorf Theater School of Stage Arts. He took on his first roles at the municipal open-air theater and a year later an engagement at the municipal theaters in Halberstadt. This was followed by acting work in Kiel and Berlin. From 1923 Gustaf Gründgens played at the Kammerspiele in Hamburg. Within five years he took on 71 roles and directed 32 productions.
During this time he acquired a wide repertoire from classical drama to modern plays. In 1924 he made his debut as a director of plays such as "Anja and Esther" (1924) by Klaus Mann. In it he played the main role alongside Erika and Klaus Mann as well as Pamela Wiedekind. Gründgens married Erika Mann in 1926, but the marriage ended in divorce almost three years later. In 1927, Gründgens played at the Kammerspiele of the German Theater in Berlin. Productions and engagements at various stages in Berlin followed until 1933. In 1929 he directed his first opera, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro". He appeared frequently in cabarets with Grethe Weiser and Ernst Busch.
Gründgen also began his film work during this time. Gründgens often played seducers, shady characters, bon vivants, con artists and blackmailers, who were later portrayed well in films. In 1932, Gründgens was engaged at the Prussian Theater. There he played his first role as Mephistopheles in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust". Two years later he took over the position of director at the State Theater and became a state actor. He was appointed State Councilor in 1936 and married the actress Marianne Hoppe. In 1937 Gustaf Gründgens became general director of the Prussian State Theater.
He also appeared in front of the film camera several times for titles such as "The Girl Johanna" (1935), "Dance on the Volcano" (1938) and in the propaganda film "Ohm Krüger" (1941). He also directed films such as the aviation comedy "Capriolen" and "The Step from the Way" (1938) with Marianne Hoppe. A propagandistic tendency includes Gründgen's film "Two Worlds" (1939), which tells of two boys' harvest work. In 1938 and 1941, Gründgens staged opera works in Berlin and Vienna. He achieved a personal success in 1941 with the new production of Goethe's tragedy "Faust I", in which he also played Mephistopheles. The following year he was a member of the troop support team in Norway and in 1943 he took part in the service in the replacement department as a private.
After the end of the war, Gründgens spent nine months in a Soviet internment camp. In the denazification process, he was exonerated by, among others, Ernst Busch. In 1946 he played at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. His first role was that of Christian Maske in "The Snob" by Carl Sternheim. From 1947 to 1955, Gründgens headed the Düsseldorf Municipal Theater as general manager. He was then general director of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg. His production of "Faust I," which he performed in Moscow and New York, became world-famous. The play was made into a film in 1960. After the 1962/63 season he resigned from the position of director.
Gustaf Gründgens died of a stomach hemorrhage in Manila on October 7, 1963, during a trip around the world.- Franz Pfeffer von Salomon was born on 29 February 1888 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was married to Maria Freiin Raitz von Frentz. He died on 12 April 1968 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Heinrich Cornway was born on 8 June 1900 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for Becket oder Die Ehre Gottes (1962) and As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (1959). He died on 18 April 1968 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Elsa Janssen was born on 5 October 1883 in Düsseldorf, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Pride of the Yankees (1942), The Great Lover (1931) and Claudia (1943). She died on 5 February 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Erich Kordt was born on 10 December 1903 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He died on 11 November 1969 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Olga Limburg was born on 5 April 1881 in Düsseldorf, Germany. She was an actress, known for Madame Bovary (1937), Mädchenjahre einer Königin (1936) and Hedda Gabler (1925). She died on 7 March 1970 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- Peter Esser was born on 4 April 1886 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Buddenbrooks (1923), The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955) and Der Mord ohne Täter (1921). He died on 24 June 1970 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
- Peter Brüning was born on 21 November 1929 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for N.N. (1969). He died on 25 December 1970 in Ratingen, Germany.
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Rosa Porten was born on 18 February 1884 in Düsseldorf, Germany. She was a writer and actress, known for Erste Liebe (1918), Gräfin Maruschka (1917) and Die Erzkokette (1917). She died on 7 May 1972 in Munich, Germany.- Carl Auen was born on 16 February 1892 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tante Gusti kommandiert (1932), Marschall Vorwärts (1932) and Abenteurerblut (1920). He died on 23 June 1972 in Lichterfelde, Berlin, Germany.
- Hans Globke was born on 10 September 1898 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was married to Augusta Vaillant. He died on 13 February 1973 in Bonn, Northrhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
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Else Wolf was born on 20 May 1898 in Remscheid, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was an actress. She was married to Friedrich Wolf. She died on 9 July 1973 in East Germany.- Actor
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Max Lorenz was born on 17 May 1901 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for Altes Herz wird wieder jung (1943) and Der Kardinal (1962). He died on 11 January 1975 in Salzburg, Austria.- Cajus Becker was born on 12 August 1924 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Cajus was a writer, known for Er ging an meiner Seite (1958) and Flucht über die Ostsee (1967). Cajus died on 10 March 1975.
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Otto Dierichs was born on 23 March 1900 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Die schwarze Galeere (1962), Hotel du Commerce (1964) and Tote Seelen (1959). He died on 12 September 1978 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Theodore Rocholl was born on 29 July 1897 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for A Venetian Night (1914), Karriere in Paris (1952) and Port Arthur (1936). He died on 8 October 1978 in Berlin, Germany.
- Alexander Spoerl was born on 3 January 1917 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was a writer, known for Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler (1974), Der Mann, der keinen Mord beging (1968) and Der Panne an den Kragen (1964). He was married to Ingeborg Wollenzien and Margot Klinzmann. He died on 16 October 1978 in Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, Germany.
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Willy Berking was born on 29 June 1910 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Ideale Frau gesucht (1952), Einer wird gewinnen (1964) and Land der Zukunft (1960). He died on 21 June 1979 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Werner Nippen was born on 30 April 1911 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for Cliff Dexter (1966), Claus Graf Stauffenberg (1970) and Venus vor Gericht (1941). He died on 21 December 1979 in Kiel, Germany.
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Helmut Käutner was born on 25 March 1908 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for The Captain from Köpenick (1956), The Last Bridge (1954) and The Rest Is Silence (1959). He was married to Erica Balqué. He died on 20 April 1980 in Castellina in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy.- Actress
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Greta Schröder was a German actress. She is best known for the role of Thomas Hutter's wife in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu. In the fictionalized 2000 film, Shadow of the Vampire, she is portrayed as having been a famous actress during the making of Nosferatu, but in fact she was little known.
The peak of her career was during the 1920s, and she continued to act well into the 1950s, but by the 1930s her roles had diminished to only occasional appearances.
Greta Schröder died on 8 June 1980 at the age of 87.- Actor
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Jean Thomé was born on 19 January 1933 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for The Invisible Terror (1963), Café Oriental (1962) and La Paloma (1959). He died on 10 July 1980 in Germany.- Carl Brückel was born on 10 May 1881 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Laubenpieper (1963), Prinzess Wäscherin: Die rote Jule (1954) and Das Mädchen in der großen Stadt (1962). He was married to Franziska Martha Elisabeth Behrendt and Marie Margareta Winter. He died on 17 October 1980 in Freilassing, Bavaria, Germany.
- Eduard Marks was born on 9 November 1901 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for Faust (1960), Die Dreigroschenoper (1972) and Königinnen von Frankreich (1953). He was married to Annemarie Marks-Rocke. He died on 30 June 1981 in Hamburg, West Germany.
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Karl von Appen was born on 12 May 1900 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an art director and costume designer, known for Katzgraben (1957), Die Tage der Commune (1966) and Coriolan (1978). He was married to Manja Behrens. He died on 22 August 1981 in Berlin, Germany.- Hilde Kneip was born on 9 April 1912 in Düsseldorf, Germany. She was an actress, known for Fleur Lafontaine (1978), Ferienheim Bergkristall (1983) and Wege übers Land (1968). She died on 2 October 1985 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Karl Heinz Wocker was born on 1 May 1928 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He died on 10 October 1985 in London, England, UK.
- Marita Gründgens was born on 23 May 1903 in Düsseldorf, Germany. She was an actress, known for Liebe, Tod und Teufel (1934), Komm in die Wanne, Schätzchen (1971) and WWF Club (1980). She died on 24 December 1985 in Solingen, Germany.
- Jupp Hussels was born on 30 January 1901 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for Drei tolle Tage (1936), Rheinische Brautfahrt (1939) and Der dunkle Punkt (1940). He died on 10 April 1986 in Großenhain, Germany.
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A classical stage actor who enjoyed modest film stardom in the late 1940s and 1950s, the good-looking, somewhat unassuming British actor Norman Wooland also worked extensively on radio and television in a career that spanned six decades. Born to British parents in Dusseldorf, Germany on March 16, 1910, he was educated in England and started out in local theatre during his teen years. He went on to earn strong notice in repertory as a regular performer in Stratford-on-Avon Shakespearean productions. Appearing in "The Merchant of Venice" by the age of 16, he graced a number of pre-WWII plays including "When We Are Married" (1937), "Time and the Conways" (1938) and "What They Say" (1939). He joined the BBC in 1939 and spent six years as a radio commentator.
Although he made his film debut in 1937, Wooland did not attract much attention until the post-war era. The dark-haired, slightly drawn-faced actor made strong leading man impressions with Escape (1948), Look Before You Love (1948), All Over the Town (1949) and Madeleine (1950) while thriving onscreen in Shakespeare as well, notably supporting Laurence Olivier. Wooland portrayed Horatio opposite Olivier's Oscar-winning Hamlet (1948) and later played Catesby to Olivier's Richard III (1955). He also played Paris alongside Laurence Harvey and Susan Shentall's Romeo and Juliet (1954), in a lesser known version of the Bard's tragedy. Wooland reunited with his movie Hamlet compatriots Eileen Herlie (Gertrude) and Basil Sydney (Claudius) in the notable historical drama The Angel with the Trumpet (1950) portraying Prince Rudolf. He also appeared with Ms. Herlie in a stage production of "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray the following year.
The 1950s was Wooland's most steadfast decade for making films, which included the period costumers Quo Vadis (1951) and Ivanhoe (1952), in which he portrayed Richard the Lionhearted, and a lead role in the crime drama The Master Plan (1954). In the ensuing years he moved further down the credits list with The Flesh Is Weak (1957), The Bandit of Zhobe (1959), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Barabbas (1961) and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), but was offered the lead (King Saul) in the Spanish/Italian co-production Saul e David (1964). He found more varied work on TV, even sitcoms, in the 60s and 70s, and continued his strong work on the stage with "An Enemy of the People" (1968), "A Man for All Seasons" (1972), "Six Characters in Search of an Author" (1972), "Pride and Prejudice" (1975), "Equus" (1976) and "The Wild Duck" (1979). Wooland died in England in 1989 after having suffered multiple strokes.- Peter Lehmbrock was born on 28 November 1919 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for Ungarische Rhapsodie (1954), Thérèse Raquin (1956) and Woyzeck (1962). He died on 25 August 1990 in Hamburg, Germany.
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Paul Hoffmann was born on 25 March 1902 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Fanny Elssler (1937), Hedda Gabler (1963) and Die Entlassung (1942). He died on 2 December 1990 in Vienna, Austria.- Maria Seyler was born on 10 June 1919 in Düsseldorf. She died on 24 December 1990 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Hans Verner was born on 12 December 1924 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for Rosebud (1975), Les samedis de l'histoire (1977) and The Crossing of Paris (1956). He died on 30 December 1990 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Edith Clair was born on 11 September 1927 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Get Outta Town (1960), Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958) and The Rebel (1959). She died on 8 March 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Wolfram Esser was born on 8 January 1934 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He died on 18 June 1993 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Ilse-Nore Tromm was born on 8 December 1912 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Två man om en änka (1933), Pirates on the Malonen (1959) and Med dej i mina armar (1940). She died on 25 March 1994 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Inge von Ambesser was born on 30 August 1911 in Düsseldorf, Germany. She was an actress, known for Golowin geht durch die Stadt (1940), Probefahrt ins Paradies (1993) and Peter Strohm (1989). She was married to Axel von Ambesser. She died on 11 September 1995.