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Alphons Fryland
Austrian film actor Alphons Fryland (1888-1953) appeared in 47 Austrian and German films between 1921 and 1933. Sound film finished his career.German postcard by Ross Verlag, Berlin, no. 1771/3,...
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Karel Gott
Schlager singer Karel Gott (1939) is the most successful male singer of the Czech Republic, who also had many successes in the German-speaking countries. He released more than 125 albums during his...
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Geneviève Page
Long-necked, doe-eyed Geneviève Page (1927) starred in French, Italian, British and American films during a career spanning fifty years. The French actress often played glamorous roles in costume...
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Walter Rilla
German actor Walter Rilla (1894-1980) began his career in silent films, and appeared in over 130 films between 1922 and 1977. In 1933 he took his family and fled the Nazi regime. In London he played...
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Ein blonder Traum (1932)
Today's film special is about one of the biggest box office successes of the Weimar Republic, the witty and enjoyable musical comedy Ein blonder Traum/Happy Ever After (Paul Martin, 1932). It featured...
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Rudolf Schock
Slim and handsome singer Rudolf Schock (1915–1986) was a lyrical tenor with a wide repertory from operetta to Lieder to Richard Wagner’s romantic opera Lohengrin. He sold over 3 million records and his...
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Nadja Regin
Serbian actress Nadja Regin (1931) started her career in Yugoslav-German co-productions and later she worked in Germany, Austria and New Zealand. In England, she guest-starred in many classic TV series...
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Inge Egger
Austrian actress Inge Egger (1923–1976) starred as the simple, modest and charming girl in dozens of West-German entertainment films of the 1950s. She is best known as the singer of the all-girl band...
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Nicolas Rimsky
Russian actor Nicolas Rimsky (1886-1941) is most famous for his silent films of the 1920s produced in France. Rimsky also performed in several Russian films in the late 1910s and he also had parts in...
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Nathalie Delon
Beautiful French actress Nathalie Delon (1941) is a former wife of Alain Delon and the mother of Anthony Delon. Her film debut in the classic thriller Le Samouraï (1967) proved also to be the peak of...
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Marianne Koch
Versatile German actress Marianne Koch (1931) played in more than 65 films between 1950 and 1971. Internationally she is best known as the tormented Marisol, who is saved by Clint Eastwood in the...
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Maciste all’Inferno (1926)
Maciste all’Inferno/Maciste in Hell (Guido Brignone, 1926) once inspired the young Federico Fellini to become a film director. He loved the silent film because of its weird, fairy-tale-like atmosphere....
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Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas (1966) is one of France's most successful singers with an International following. Her music updates the French chanson tradition with elements of pop, blues and jazz. In 2009, Kaas...
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Vladimir Gajdarov
Ukrainian actor Vladimir Gajdarov (1893-1976) (on Germany known as Wladimir Gaidarow) began his film career in Russia before the October Revolution. Later he became a popular star of the German and...
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Jack Hulbert
British actor Jack Hulbert (1892-1978) was a popular comedian of the 1930s with a trademark chiselled chin. In his musicals he often appeared with his wife Cicely Courtneidge.British postcard by...
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Madeleine Ozeray
Franco-Belgian stage and film actress Madeleine Ozeray (1908-1989) appeared in many films between 1932 and 1980.French postcard by Editions Chantal, no. 632. Photo: Ufa.French postcard, no. 35. Photo:...
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Oleg Strizhenov
Prominent Russian actor Oleg Strizhenov (1929) was both People's Artist of the Soviet Union and a heartthrob, ‘a Russian Gérard Philipe’. He played in more than 31 major films between 1951 and...
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Annemarie Düringer (1925-2014)
Swiss character actress Annemarie Düringer passed away on 26 November 2014. She starred in several German war dramas and comedies of the 1950s, and also worked with directors like Claude Goretta and...
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Il carnevale di Venezia (1928)
Today's film special is about the Italian silent melodrama Il carnevale di Venezia/The Carnival of Venice (Mario Almirante, 1928). Star is the diva Maria Jacobini. Her co-star is the British actor...
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Vera Malinovskaya
Vera Malinovskaya (1900-1988) played in several Soviet films of the 1920s. Later she also starred in a few silent films in Germany and Austria.German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4386/1, 1929-1930....
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