Austrian films of the 1930s
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A list of films produced in the Cinema of Austria
in the 1930s ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of articles on Austrian films see :Category:Austrian films.
Cinema of Austria
Austria has had an active cinema industry since the early 20th century. Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky was among the Austrian pioneers of this art. Several Austrians pursued a career in pre-Nazi Germany and later in the United States, among them Fritz Lang, Josef von Sternberg, Billy Wilder, Fred...
in the 1930s ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of articles on Austrian films see :Category:Austrian films.
1930s
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| 1930 1930 in film -Events:* November 1: The Big Trail featuring a young John Wayne in his first starring role is released in both 35mm, and a very early form of 70mm film and was the first large scale big-budget film of the sound era costing over $2 million. The film was praised for its aesthetic quality and realism... |
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| Geld auf der Straße (Money on the Street) | Georg Jacoby Georg Jacoby Georg Jacoby was a German film director and screenwriter. He was married to Marika Rökk from 1940 until his death; the actress Gabriele Jacoby is their daughter.-Selected filmography:... |
Romance | Sascha-Film Sascha-Film Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:... /Felsom-Film |
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| 1931 1931 in film -Top grossing films:-Academy Awards:*Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM*Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul*Best Actor: Wallace Beery - The Champ*Best Actor: Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde... |
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| Wiener Zauberklänge (Magic Sounds of Vienna) | Robert A. Reich | Hertha von Haentjens, Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty was a Vienna-born Austrian actor. He had a daughter with German actress Magda Schneider named Romy Schneider.... , Alt-Wiener Bund |
Musical | Robert Müller Film |
| Unter den Dächern von Wien (Under the Roofs of Vienna) | Karl Farkas Karl Farkas Karl Farkas was an Austrian actor and cabaret performer.In accordance with the wishes of his parents, he was to study law, but decided to follow the call of the stage... |
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| Justizmaschine (Justice Machine) | Karl Farkas Karl Farkas Karl Farkas was an Austrian actor and cabaret performer.In accordance with the wishes of his parents, he was to study law, but decided to follow the call of the stage... |
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| Die große Liebe Die große Liebe (1931 film) Die große Liebe is a 1931 Austrian drama film directed by Otto Preminger, the first of his career. The screenplay by Artur Berger and Siegfried Bernfeld is based on a true story.-Plot:... (The Great Love) |
Otto Preminger Otto Preminger Otto Ludwig Preminger was an Austro–Hungarian-American theatre and film director.After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura and Fallen Angel... |
Hansi Niese, Attila Hörbiger Attila Hörbiger Attila Hörbiger was an Austrian stage and movie actor.Hörbiger was born in Budapest, then Austria–Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger and younger brother of actor Paul Hörbiger... , Betty Bird |
Romance | Allianz Filmproduktion/E.M.L.K./Weissman Tonfilm |
| 1932 1932 in film -Events:*Cary Grant's film career begins*Katharine Hepburn's film career begins*Shirley Temple's film career begins*Disney released Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film.*Santa, first sound film made in Mexico released.... |
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| Sehnsucht 202 Sehnsucht 202 Sehnsucht 202 is a 1932 German musical comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and distributed by UFA. Sehnsucht 202 was Luise Rainer's film debut.-Plot:... (Longing 202) |
Max Neufeld Max Neufeld Max Neufeld was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film The Song of the Sun, which starred Vittorio De Sica.-Selected filmography:... |
Magda Schneider Magda Schneider Magda Schneider was a German actress and singer; she was the mother of the actress Romy Schneider.- Biography :Magdalena Schneider was born in Augsburg, Bavaria. After training as a stenographer, she studied singing at the Augsburg Academy and ballet at the local theater. She made her stage debut... , Fritz Schulz Fritz Schulz Fritz Schulz was a German jurist and legal historian. He was one of the 20th centuries' most important scholars in the field of Roman Law. The Nazis forced him to leave Germany and to emigrate to England due to his political stance and his Jewish origins.-Life:Schulz was born in Bolesławiec , then... |
Drama | Cine-Allianz Tonfilmproduktions GmbH (Germany)/Deutsch-Österreichischer Film |
| Die vom 17er Haus (The People from the 17th House) | Artur Berger Artur Berger Artur Semyonovich Berger was an Austrian-Soviet film architect and set designer. He was active in Austria between 1920 and 1936, during which time he worked on about 30 feature films... |
Science Fiction | produced for the Social Democratic Party of Austria Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved... for the Landtag Landtag A Landtag is a representative assembly or parliament in German-speaking countries with some legislative authority.- Name :... elections of 1932 |
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| 1933 1933 in film -Events:* March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City.* June 6 - The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey.* British Film Institute founded.... |
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| Unsichtbare Gegner (Invisible Opponents) | Rudolf Katscher | Paul Hartmann Paul Hartmann Paul Hartmann is the name of:* Paul Ernst Wilhelm Hartmann, Norwegian politician* Paul Hartmann , German actor* Paul Hartmann, founder of XENOVISION also brother of actor Phil Hartman... , Oskar Homolka, Peter Lorre Peter Lorre Peter Lorre was an Austrian-American actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner.He caused an international sensation in 1931 with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M... |
Comedy | Robert-Müller-Film/Sascha-Film Sascha-Film Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:... /Pan-Film |
| Unser Kaiser (Our Kaiser) | Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman.-Biography:... , Luise Fleck Luise Fleck Luise Fleck, also known as Luise Kolm or Luise Kolm-Fleck, née Louise or Luise Veltée , was an Austrian film director, and the second ever female film director in the world, after Alice Guy-Blaché... |
Georg Alexander, Karl Ehmann | Comedy | Neue Hegewald Film |
| Rakoczimarsch (Rakoczi March) | Steve Sekely Steve Sekely Steve Sekely was a Hungarian film director. Born Székely István, he was known by several names, based on his changing professional and immigration status, including Stefan Szekely.He directed films in Hungarian, German, and English.... |
Pál Jávor Pál Jávor Pál Jávor was one of the most known Hungarian actors, and the country's first male movie star.-Early years:... , Margit Dajka Margit Dajka Margit Dajka was a Hungarian actress. She appeared in 66 films between 1932 and 1986. She starred in the 1976 film A Strange Role... , Ferenc Kiss Ferenc Kiss Ferenc Kiss is a former Hungarian sprinter who competed in the 100/200 metres.In 1980 he was the Hungarian 100 metres champion... |
Drama | City Film (Germany) Austrian-Hungarian co-production |
| Liebelei Liebelei (film) Liebelei is a German film directed by Max Ophüls. The film, based on a play of the same name by Arthur Schnitzler, describes an ill-fated love affair.-Plot:... (Flirtation) |
Max Ophüls Max Ophüls Maximillian Oppenheimer — known as Max Ophüls — was an influential German-born film director who worked in Germany , France , the United States , and France again... |
Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger was an Austrian theatre and film actor.-Life and work:Paul Hörbiger was born in Budapest, the son of Hans Hörbiger, an engineer who wrote Welteislehre on glacial cosmology, and elder brother of actor Attila Hörbiger. In 1902 the family returned to Vienna, while Paul attended the... , Magda Schneider Magda Schneider Magda Schneider was a German actress and singer; she was the mother of the actress Romy Schneider.- Biography :Magdalena Schneider was born in Augsburg, Bavaria. After training as a stenographer, she studied singing at the Augsburg Academy and ballet at the local theater. She made her stage debut... |
Romance | Elite-Tonfilm-Produktion; set in Vienna but made in Berlin |
| Leise flehen meine Lieder (Gently Plead My Songs; known in English as Unfinished Symphony Unfinished Symphony (film) Unfinished Symphony is a 1934 British-Austrian musical drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Mártha Eggerth, Helen Chandler, Hans Jaray and Ronald Squire. The film is based on the story of Franz Schubert who, in the 1820s left his symphony unfinished after losing the love of his life.... ) |
Willi Forst Willi Forst Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer... |
Mártha Eggerth, Luise Ullrich Luise Ullrich Luise Ullrich was an Austrian actress. She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 1941 Venice Film Festival. She appeared in nearly 50 films between 1932 and 1981.-Selected filmography:... , Hans Jaray, Hans Moser Hans Moser (actor) Hans Moser was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the Wiener Film... |
Biography | Cine-Allianz Tonfilmproduktions GmbH |
| König Pausole (King Pausole) | Alexis Granowsky | Emil Jannings Emil Jannings Emil Jannings was a German actor. He was not only the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, but also the first person to be presented an Oscar... , Josette Day Josette Day Josette Day was a French film actress.Born in Paris, she began her career as an actress in 1919 at the age of five... |
Operetta | Films Sonores Tobis (France)/Algra-Film |
| Großfürstin Alexandra (Archprincess Alexandra) | Wilhelm Thiele Wilhelm Thiele -Selected filmography:* Orient Express * The Road to Paradise * Die Privatsekretärin * Dactylo * Waltz Time * The Lottery Lover * London by Night... |
Maria Jeritza Maria Jeritza Maria Jeritza , born Marie Jedličková, was a celebrated Moravian soprano singer, long associated with the Vienna State Opera and the Metropolitan Opera... , Paul Hartmann Paul Hartmann Paul Hartmann is the name of:* Paul Ernst Wilhelm Hartmann, Norwegian politician* Paul Hartmann , German actor* Paul Hartmann, founder of XENOVISION also brother of actor Phil Hartman... , Leo Slezak Leo Slezak Leo Slezak was a world-famous Moravian tenor. He was associated in particular with German opera as well as the title role in Verdi's Otello.- Beginnings :... |
Operetta | Projektograph Film |
| Ekstase (Ecstasy) | Gustav Machatý Gustav Machatý Gustav Machatý was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 17 films between 1919 and 1955, including Ecstasy... |
Hedy Lamarr Hedy Lamarr Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress celebrated for her great beauty who was a major contract star of MGM's "Golden Age".Lamarr also co-invented – with composer George Antheil – an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping, necessary to wireless... , Aribert Mog, Leopold Kramer |
Drama | Elektafilm (Czechoslovakia) Czech/Austrian co-production |
| Abenteuer am Lido (Adventure at the Lido) | Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz... |
Alfred Piccaver Alfred Piccaver Alfred Piccaver was a British-American operatic tenor. He was particularly noted for his performances as Rodolfo in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème and other popular mainstream operatic roles.-Early years:... |
Musical comedy | Pan-Film |
| 1934 1934 in film -Events:*January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.*February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade... |
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| Maskerade Maskerade (film) Maskerade , is an Austrian operetta film, and a classic of German language cinema. The exceptional script of this, a great example of the genre of the Wiener Film, was by Walter Reisch and Willi Forst, who also directed... (Masquerade; known in English as "Masquerade in Vienna") |
Willi Forst Willi Forst Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer... |
Paula Wessely Paula Wessely Paula Anna Maria Wessely was an Austrian theatre and film actress. Die Wessely , as she was affectionately called by her admirers and fans, was Austria's foremost popular postwar actress.... , Anton Walbrook Anton Walbrook Anton Walbrook, born was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom.- Life :... , Olga Tschechowa, Hans Moser Hans Moser (actor) Hans Moser was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the Wiener Film... |
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| Peter | Henry Koster Henry Koster Henry Koster was born Hermann Kosterlitz in Berlin, Germany. He became a film director and later moved to Hollywood. Koster's father, a salesman, left home when Henry was a young man... |
Franciska Gaal Franciska Gaal Franciska Gaal was a Hungarian cabaret artist who had a brief career in films.Born Fanny Zilveritch in Budapest, she was groomed by Joe Pasternak as a singer to become a very popular stage and cabaret performer in Central Europe in the 1920s and 1930s... |
Musical comedy | Universal Pictures Universal Pictures -1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire... (USA)/Hunnia Filmstúdió (Hungary) US/Hungarian/Austrian co-production |
| Opernring (Opera Ring) | Carmine Gallone Carmine Gallone Carmine Gallone was an early acclaimed Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Considered one of Italian cinema's top early directors, he directed over 120 films in his fifty year career between 1913 and 1963.-Filmography:*Il bacio di Cirano *La donna nuda *Senza colpa! *Fior di... |
Jan Kiepura Jan Kiepura Jan Wiktor Kiepura was an acclaimed Polish singer and actor.-Biography:... , Friedl Czepa |
Musical comedy | Gloria-Film (Germany)/Horus-Film |
| Karneval der Liebe (Carnival of Love) | Carl Lemac | Rudolf Carl Rudolf Carl Rudolf Carl was an Austrian actor who appeared in more than 150 German language films between 1934 and 1969. He also directed two films Der Leberfleck and Dort in der Wachau.-Selected filmography:* The White Horse Inn... , Lien Deyers, Hans Moser Hans Moser (actor) Hans Moser was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the Wiener Film... |
Pan-Film | |
| Hohe Schule (Haute Ecole; known in English as "The Secret of Cavelli") | Erich Engel Erich Engel Erich Engel was a German film and theatre director.- Biography :Engel was born in Hamburg, where later he studied at the School of Applied Arts... |
Rudolf Forster Rudolf Forster Rudolf Forster was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 106 films between 1914 and 1968. His autobiography Das Spiel, mein Leben was published by Propyläen-Verlag in 1967.... , Angela Salloker, Hans Homma, Hans Moser Hans Moser (actor) Hans Moser was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the Wiener Film... |
Tobis-Sascha/A.B.C.-Film (Germany) | |
| G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods) | Georg Jacoby Georg Jacoby Georg Jacoby was a German film director and screenwriter. He was married to Marika Rökk from 1940 until his death; the actress Gabriele Jacoby is their daughter.-Selected filmography:... |
Magda Schneider Magda Schneider Magda Schneider was a German actress and singer; she was the mother of the actress Romy Schneider.- Biography :Magdalena Schneider was born in Augsburg, Bavaria. After training as a stenographer, she studied singing at the Augsburg Academy and ballet at the local theater. She made her stage debut... , Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty was a Vienna-born Austrian actor. He had a daughter with German actress Magda Schneider named Romy Schneider.... , Leo Slezak Leo Slezak Leo Slezak was a world-famous Moravian tenor. He was associated in particular with German opera as well as the title role in Verdi's Otello.- Beginnings :... |
Musical comedy | Mondial-Film |
| Frühjahrsparade (Spring Parade) | Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :... |
Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger was an Austrian theatre and film actor.-Life and work:Paul Hörbiger was born in Budapest, the son of Hans Hörbiger, an engineer who wrote Welteislehre on glacial cosmology, and elder brother of actor Attila Hörbiger. In 1902 the family returned to Vienna, while Paul attended the... , Franciska Gaal Franciska Gaal Franciska Gaal was a Hungarian cabaret artist who had a brief career in films.Born Fanny Zilveritch in Budapest, she was groomed by Joe Pasternak as a singer to become a very popular stage and cabaret performer in Central Europe in the 1920s and 1930s... , Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty was a Vienna-born Austrian actor. He had a daughter with German actress Magda Schneider named Romy Schneider.... |
Operetta | Universal Pictures Universal Pictures -1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire... Austria |
| Frasquita | Carl Lamac Carl Lamac Karel Lamač was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He directed 102 films between 1919 and 1953... |
Jarmila Novotná Jarmila Novotná Jarmila Novotná was a celebrated Czech soprano and actress and, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera.-Early career:... , Hans Heinz Bollmann, Heinz Rühmann Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann was a popular German film actor.-Life and work:Rühmann was born in Essen, Westphalia. His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle led him to film stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor throughout the 1930s and early 1940s... |
Operetta | Atlantis-Film |
| 1935 1935 in film -Events:*Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .*Seven year old Shirley Temple wins a special Academy Award.*The Bantu Educational Kinema Experiment started in order to educate the Bantu peoples.-Top grossing films:-Academy Awards:... |
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| Vorstadtvarieté (Suburban Music Hall) | Werner Hochbaum | Luise Ulrich, Oskar Sima Oskar Sima Oskar Sima was an Austrian actor who is best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s.Born in Hohenau an der March, Lower Austria, Sima attended high school in Vienna... |
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| Das Tagebuch der Geliebten (The Diary of the Beloved) | Henry Koster Henry Koster Henry Koster was born Hermann Kosterlitz in Berlin, Germany. He became a film director and later moved to Hollywood. Koster's father, a salesman, left home when Henry was a young man... |
Lili Darvas, Hans Jaray, Attila Hörbiger Attila Hörbiger Attila Hörbiger was an Austrian stage and movie actor.Hörbiger was born in Budapest, then Austria–Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger and younger brother of actor Paul Hörbiger... |
Musical | Astra-Film/Panta-Film |
| Sylvia und ihr Chauffeur (Sylvia and her Chauffeur) | J.A. Hübler-Kahla | Olga Tschechowa, Gusti Huber Gusti Huber Auguste Huber was an Austrian theater and film actress.She received her acting training from Dr. Beer who also arranged her debut in Zurich... |
Musical | Cine-Central Film Wien |
| … nur ein Komödiant (… Just a Comedian) | Erich Engel Erich Engel Erich Engel was a German film and theatre director.- Biography :Engel was born in Hamburg, where later he studied at the School of Applied Arts... |
Rudolf Carl Rudolf Carl Rudolf Carl was an Austrian actor who appeared in more than 150 German language films between 1934 and 1969. He also directed two films Der Leberfleck and Dort in der Wachau.-Selected filmography:* The White Horse Inn... , Christl Mardayn Christl Mardayn Christl Mardayn née Anna Christina Mardayn, sometimes Christiane Mardayne was an Austrian actress and singer .-Life:... , Paul Wegener Paul Wegener Paul Wegener was a German actor, writer and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.-Stage and early film career:... |
Historical / political | Horus-Film |
| Episode Episode (film) Episode is an Austrian film from 1935. It belongs to the popular Austrian light romantic comedy genre known as the Wiener Film, but also contains, for a film of this genre, unusually serious social comment. It was written and produced by Walter Reisch... (Episode) |
Walter Reisch Walter Reisch Walter Reisch was an Austrian-born director and screenwriter. He also wrote lyrics to several songs featured in his films, one popular title is "Flieger, grüß mir die Sonne".-Selected filmography:... |
Paula Wessely Paula Wessely Paula Anna Maria Wessely was an Austrian theatre and film actress. Die Wessely , as she was affectionately called by her admirers and fans, was Austria's foremost popular postwar actress.... , Karl Heinz Diehl, Otto Tressler |
Wiener Film Wiener Film Wiener Film is an Austrian film genre, consisting of a combination of comedy, romance and melodrama in an historical setting, mostly, and typically, the Vienna of the late 19th and early 20th centuries... |
Viktoria-Film |
| Im weißen Rößl (The White Horse Inn) | Carl Lamac Carl Lamac Karel Lamač was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He directed 102 films between 1919 and 1953... |
Christl Mardayn Christl Mardayn Christl Mardayn née Anna Christina Mardayn, sometimes Christiane Mardayne was an Austrian actress and singer .-Life:... , Hermann Thimig Hermann Thimig Hermann Thimig was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967.His father Hugo Thimig was a stage actor and his sister Helene was a stage actress. Thimig began his professional career in 1910 at the Hoftheater in Meiningen till the First World War... , Jarmila Novotná Jarmila Novotná Jarmila Novotná was a celebrated Czech soprano and actress and, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera.-Early career:... |
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| Eva | Max Neufeld Max Neufeld Max Neufeld was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film The Song of the Sun, which starred Vittorio De Sica.-Selected filmography:... |
Magda Schneider Magda Schneider Magda Schneider was a German actress and singer; she was the mother of the actress Romy Schneider.- Biography :Magdalena Schneider was born in Augsburg, Bavaria. After training as a stenographer, she studied singing at the Augsburg Academy and ballet at the local theater. She made her stage debut... , Heinz Rühmann Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann was a popular German film actor.-Life and work:Rühmann was born in Essen, Westphalia. His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle led him to film stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor throughout the 1930s and early 1940s... |
Musical | |
| Csardas (Csardas) | Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman.-Biography:... , Luise Fleck Luise Fleck Luise Fleck, also known as Luise Kolm or Luise Kolm-Fleck, née Louise or Luise Veltée , was an Austrian film director, and the second ever female film director in the world, after Alice Guy-Blaché... |
Trude Bienert, Tibor Halmay, Max Hansen Max Hansen (tenor) Max Hansen was a Danish singer known as 'The Little Caruso', also a cabaret artist, actor and comedian.- Biography :... |
Terra-Film | |
| Ball im Savoy Ball im Savoy Ball im Savoy is an operetta in three acts and a prelude by Paul Abraham to a libretto by Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda.... (Ball at the Savoy) |
Steve Sekely Steve Sekely Steve Sekely was a Hungarian film director. Born Székely István, he was known by several names, based on his changing professional and immigration status, including Stefan Szekely.He directed films in Hungarian, German, and English.... |
Gitta Alpar Gitta Alpár Gitta Alpár , was a Hungarian-born opera and operetta soprano.Gitta Alpár was born in Budapest as Klopfer Regina. At an early age she commenced the study of singing and pianoforte at the Academy of Budapest... , Rosi Barsony, Hans Jaray |
Operetta | |
| 1936 1936 in film The year 1936 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May 29 - Fritz Lang's first Hollywood film Fury, starring Spencer Tracy and Bruce Cabot, is released.*November 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon... |
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| Burgtheater (Court Theatre) | Willi Forst Willi Forst Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer... |
Werner Krauss Werner Krauss Werner Johannes Krauss was a German stage and film actor.-Early life:Krauss was born at the parsonage of Gestungshausen in Upper Franconia, where his grandfather was Protestant pastor. He spent his childhood in Breslau and from 1901 attended the teacher's college at Kreuzburg... , Olga Tschechowa, Hans Moser Hans Moser (actor) Hans Moser was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the Wiener Film... |
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| Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn , also known as Wer zuletzt küsst... is a 1936 Austrian comedy film. The screenplay was written by Fritz Koselka, the title song was composed by Robert Stolz, and the movie was directed by E. W... (You Shouldn't Go To Sleep Unkissed) |
E. W. Emo E. W. Emo E. W. Emo was an Austrian film director, specialising in comedies, 21 of them with the actor Hans Moser. He also worked outside Austria and wrote some screenplays.... |
Hans Moser Hans Moser (actor) Hans Moser was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the Wiener Film... , Heinz Rühmann Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann was a popular German film actor.-Life and work:Rühmann was born in Essen, Westphalia. His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle led him to film stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor throughout the 1930s and early 1940s... , Theo Lingen Theo Lingen Theo Lingen , born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, director and screenwriter. He appeared in over 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960.-Life and career:... , Liane Haid Liane Haid Liane Haid was an Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star.Born in Vienna, Haid trained both as a dancer and singer and became the epitome of the Süßes Wiener Mädel and a popular pin-up throughout the 1920s and 30s... |
Comedy | Projektograph-Film |
| Ernte (Harvest) | Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :... |
Paula Wessely Paula Wessely Paula Anna Maria Wessely was an Austrian theatre and film actress. Die Wessely , as she was affectionately called by her admirers and fans, was Austria's foremost popular postwar actress.... , Attila Hörbiger Attila Hörbiger Attila Hörbiger was an Austrian stage and movie actor.Hörbiger was born in Budapest, then Austria–Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger and younger brother of actor Paul Hörbiger... |
Catholic film | |
| Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben (Today Is The Most Beautiful Day of My Life) | Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz... |
Joseph Schmidt, Felix Bressart Felix Bressart Felix Bressart was a German-American actor of stage and screen.Felix Bressart was born in East Prussia, Germany and was already a very experienced stage actor when he had his film debut in 1928. He started off as a supporting actor, e.g... , Otto Wallburg Otto Wallburg Otto Wallburg was a German actor.-Selected filmography:* Der rote Kreis * Der Hampelmann * Hocuspocus * Yorck * Ihre Majestät die Liebe * Queen of the Night... |
Musical comedy | Globe-Film |
| Katharina, die Letzte (Katharina the Last) | Henry Koster Henry Koster Henry Koster was born Hermann Kosterlitz in Berlin, Germany. He became a film director and later moved to Hollywood. Koster's father, a salesman, left home when Henry was a young man... |
Franziska Gaal, Hans Holt Hans Holt Hans Holt was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1935 and 1990.-Selected filmography:* Florentine * Dir zuliebe * 1. April 2000 * Almost Angels... |
Musical comedy | Universal Pictures Universal Pictures -1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire... (USA)/Universal-Film (Austria) |
| Premiere | Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :... |
Zarah Leander Zarah Leander Zarah Leander was a Swedish actress and singer.Leander began her career in the late 1920s, and by the mid 1930s her success in Europe, particularly in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, led to invitations to work in the United States... , Attila Hörbiger Attila Hörbiger Attila Hörbiger was an Austrian stage and movie actor.Hörbiger was born in Budapest, then Austria–Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger and younger brother of actor Paul Hörbiger... , Karl Martell |
Musical comedy | Gloria-Film |
| Rendezvous in Wien (Rendezvous in Vienna) | Victor Janson Victor Janson -Selected filmography:* So You Don't Know Korff Yet? * The Leghorn Hat * The Way to Freedom * Rembrandt * Peter Voss, der Millionendieb * The Marriage of Figaro * Professor Nachtfalter... |
Magda Schneider Magda Schneider Magda Schneider was a German actress and singer; she was the mother of the actress Romy Schneider.- Biography :Magdalena Schneider was born in Augsburg, Bavaria. After training as a stenographer, she studied singing at the Augsburg Academy and ballet at the local theater. She made her stage debut... , Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty was a Vienna-born Austrian actor. He had a daughter with German actress Magda Schneider named Romy Schneider.... |
Musical | Mondial-Film |
| Singende Jugend (Singing Youth) | Max Neufeld Max Neufeld Max Neufeld was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film The Song of the Sun, which starred Vittorio De Sica.-Selected filmography:... |
Wiener Sängerknaben, Hans Olden, Ferdinand Mayerhofer | Musical | |
| 1937 1937 in film The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.- Events :*April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US.... |
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| Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld (The Pastor of Kirchfeld) | Jakob Fleck, Luise Fleck Luise Fleck Luise Fleck, also known as Luise Kolm or Luise Kolm-Fleck, née Louise or Luise Veltée , was an Austrian film director, and the second ever female film director in the world, after Alice Guy-Blaché... |
Hans Jaray, Hansi Stork | Excelsior Film | |
| Florentine Florentine (film) Florentine is a 1937 Austrian comedy film directed by Karel Lamac and starring Paul Hörbiger, Geraldine Kate, Hans Holt and Rudolf Carl.... |
Karel Lamac | Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger was an Austrian theatre and film actor.-Life and work:Paul Hörbiger was born in Budapest, the son of Hans Hörbiger, an engineer who wrote Welteislehre on glacial cosmology, and elder brother of actor Attila Hörbiger. In 1902 the family returned to Vienna, while Paul attended the... , Geraldine Kate |
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| Zauber der Bohème (Magic of Bohemia) | Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :... |
Jan Kiepura Jan Kiepura Jan Wiktor Kiepura was an acclaimed Polish singer and actor.-Biography:... , Mártha Eggerth |
Opera | Intergloria Film |
| 1938 1938 in film The year 1938 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of "Dorothy" in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. Ray Bolger is cast as the "Tinman" and Buddy Ebsen is cast as the "Scarecrow". At Bolger's insistence,... |
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| Dreizehn Stühle (Thirteen Chairs) | E. W. Emo E. W. Emo E. W. Emo was an Austrian film director, specialising in comedies, 21 of them with the actor Hans Moser. He also worked outside Austria and wrote some screenplays.... |
Heinz Rühmann Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann was a popular German film actor.-Life and work:Rühmann was born in Essen, Westphalia. His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle led him to film stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor throughout the 1930s and early 1940s... , Hans Moser Hans Moser (actor) Hans Moser was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the Wiener Film... |
Musical comedy | Emo-Film |
| Der Optimist (The Optimist) | E. W. Emo E. W. Emo E. W. Emo was an Austrian film director, specialising in comedies, 21 of them with the actor Hans Moser. He also worked outside Austria and wrote some screenplays.... |
Viktor de Kowa Viktor de Kowa Viktor de Kowa was a German stage and film actor, chanson singer, director, narrator and comic poet.... |
Comedy | Emo-Film |
| Immer wenn ich glücklich bin..! (Always When I am Happy..!) | Carl Lamac Carl Lamac Karel Lamač was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He directed 102 films between 1919 and 1953... |
Mártha Eggerth, Lucie Englisch Lucie Englisch -Selected filmography:* Mein Leopold * The Countess of Monte-Christo * Marionette * Zwei Bayern in Bonn... , Philip Dorn Philip Dorn Philip Dorn , born Hein van der Niet and sometimes billed as Frits van Dongen, was a Dutch actor who had a career in Hollywood.... |
Musical comedy | Projektograph Film Oskar Gluck |
| 1939 1939 in film The year 1939 in motion pictures can be justified as being called the most outstanding one ever, when it comes to the high quality and high attendance at the large set of the best films that premiered in the year .- Events :Motion picture historians and film often rate... |
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| Anton der letzte (Anton the Last) | E. W. Emo E. W. Emo E. W. Emo was an Austrian film director, specialising in comedies, 21 of them with the actor Hans Moser. He also worked outside Austria and wrote some screenplays.... |
Elfriede Datzig, Hans Moser Hans Moser (actor) Hans Moser was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the Wiener Film... |
Comedy | Emo-Film/Wien-Film Wien-Film Wien-Film GmbH was a large Austrian film company, which in 1938 succeeded the Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and lasted until 1985... |
| Frau im Strom (Woman in the Current) | Gerhard Lamprecht Gerhard Lamprecht Gerhard Lamprecht was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 63 films between 1920 and 1958. He also wrote for 26 films between 1918 and 1958... |
Hertha Feiler Hertha Feiler Hertha Feiler was an Austrian actress.-Selected filmography:* Rembrandt * Quax in Afrika * Charley's Aunt * Vienna, City of My Dreams -External links:*... , Attila Hörbiger Attila Hörbiger Attila Hörbiger was an Austrian stage and movie actor.Hörbiger was born in Budapest, then Austria–Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger and younger brother of actor Paul Hörbiger... |
Comedy | Wien-Film Wien-Film Wien-Film GmbH was a large Austrian film company, which in 1938 succeeded the Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and lasted until 1985... |
| Hotel Sacher | Erich Engel Erich Engel Erich Engel was a German film and theatre director.- Biography :Engel was born in Hamburg, where later he studied at the School of Applied Arts... |
Sybille Schmitz Sybille Schmitz Sybille Schmitz was a German actress.-Biography:Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927. Only one year later, she made her film debut with Freie Fahrt , which attracted her first attention from the critics... , Willy Birgel Willy Birgel Willy Birgel , born Wilhelm Maria Birgel, was German theatre and film actor.Birgel began his acting career before World War I on the stage in his native city of Cologne, and came to movies rather late... , Hedwig Bleibtreu |
Spy film | Mondial-Film |
| Leinen aus Irland (Linen from Ireland) | Heinz Helbig | Irene von Meyendorff, Rolf Wanka Rolf Wanka Rolf Wanka was an Austrian actor. He appeared in over 100 films and television shows between 1931 and 1976.-Selected filmography:* Wehe, wenn er losgelassen * Father Vojtech... |
Propaganda film | Styria-Film/Wien-Film Wien-Film Wien-Film GmbH was a large Austrian film company, which in 1938 succeeded the Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and lasted until 1985... |
| Mutterliebe (Mother Love) | Gustav Ucicky Gustav Ucicky Gustav Ucicky was an acclaimed Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful and acclaimed directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s... |
Käthe Dorsch Käthe Dorsch Käthe Dorsch was a German actress.-External links:*... , Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty was a Vienna-born Austrian actor. He had a daughter with German actress Magda Schneider named Romy Schneider.... |
Wien-Film Wien-Film Wien-Film GmbH was a large Austrian film company, which in 1938 succeeded the Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and lasted until 1985... |
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| Opernball (Opera Ball) | Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :... |
Marte Harell, Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger was an Austrian theatre and film actor.-Life and work:Paul Hörbiger was born in Budapest, the son of Hans Hörbiger, an engineer who wrote Welteislehre on glacial cosmology, and elder brother of actor Attila Hörbiger. In 1902 the family returned to Vienna, while Paul attended the... , Hans Moser Hans Moser (actor) Hans Moser was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the Wiener Film... |
Musical opera | Terra-Film |
| Unsterblicher Walzer (Immortal Waltz) | E. W. Emo E. W. Emo E. W. Emo was an Austrian film director, specialising in comedies, 21 of them with the actor Hans Moser. He also worked outside Austria and wrote some screenplays.... |
Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger was an Austrian theatre and film actor.-Life and work:Paul Hörbiger was born in Budapest, the son of Hans Hörbiger, an engineer who wrote Welteislehre on glacial cosmology, and elder brother of actor Attila Hörbiger. In 1902 the family returned to Vienna, while Paul attended the... , Maria Andergast |
Musical comedy | Wien-Film Wien-Film Wien-Film GmbH was a large Austrian film company, which in 1938 succeeded the Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and lasted until 1985... |
External links
- Austrian film at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- http://www.austrianfilm.com/