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Grimme-Preis award winner, Matthias Schweighöfer, is one of Germany's most successful actors and is quickly becoming an international phenomenon.
Schweighöfer was most recently seen in Christopher Nolan's film, "Oppenheimer," Netflix's "Heart of Stone" opposite Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan and "The Swimmers" for director Sally El Hosaini. Upcoming, Schweighöfer will be seen in Netflix's "Family Switch" opposite Jennifer Garner and "Girl You Know It's True," a film based on the incredible story of the R&B duo Milli Vanilli.
A talented multi-hyphenate, Schweighöfer also discovered his love for being behind the camera and has gone on to direct multiple projects. In addition, he founded his production company, Pantaleon Film, with his producing partner Dan Maag which continues to be one of Germany's preeminent production companies.
Born behind the Berlin wall, Schweighöfer's last 10 films have all reached #1 at the German Box office. He is best known for his films "Der Geilste Tag," "Der Nanny," "100 Dinge" and "Vaterfreuden," and his first English speaking role and international film, "Valkyrie" alongside Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh.
Schweighöfer has continued working on international projects and produced, directed and stared in the first German-language Amazon Original Series "You Are Wanted." The series launched in over 200 countries and in 6 different languages. He also starred in and produced "Resistance" for IFC Films which also stars Jessie Eisenberg, Ed Harris and Edgar Ramirez.
Most recently, Schweighöfer Directed, Produced, and Starred in "Army of Thieves," the prequel Zack Snyder's "Army of the Dead," in which he also starred in. "Army of the Dead" was viewed in over 72 million households and quickly became one of Netflix's most viewed film of all time, and "Army of Thieves" became the Number 1 film on Netflix in 90-plus countries during its first week.- After becoming immersed in the 60s high life of drugs and sex, Denberg left show business and returned to Austria. News interviews at the time show a depressed Denberg in the company of her mother, at home in Klagenfurt. These news items, repeated in fan periodicals for years, gave the impression Denberg was suicidal or had already died. Actually, she is still alive.
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With his whitish blond crew-cut, slow, menacing drawl and Germanic manner, Van Eyck was destined to be typecast as stereotypically scowling, arrogant Nazi officers. This was ironic, because he was an avowed anti-fascist who had left Germany in 1931 -- two years before Adolf Hitler came to power. The son of an aristocratic Prussian land owner, his father had intended him to embark on a military career. Instead, Peter spent his education in Berlin, where he trained as a musician.
In 1937, Van Eyck arrived in New York via Havana, Cuba, and became acquainted with the composer Aaron Copland. This led to a collaboration, as well as solo efforts, as composer and lyricist on a variety of songs for revue and cabaret. He also moonlighted as a pianist in bars and nightclubs. Around this time, he also began to work as a stage manager and arranger for Irving Berlin. Not afraid to try any job that came along, he tried his hand at driving a truck, and this, somehow, led him to Hollywood where he became a protege of the director Billy Wilder. Wilder prompted him to appear in front of the camera. In 1943, Peter commenced his career in films, by this time, as a naturalized American citizen. For the remainder of the decade, he had little to do but act an assembly line of parts as German officers and Gestapo henchmen in films like Five Graves to Cairo (1943) and Address Unknown (1944).
After the war, Van Eyck returned to Germany, where he was ironically cast as an American officer in Hallo, Fräulein! (1949). He also appeared in the comedy Royal Children (1950) ,with Jenny Jugo), as yet another American. He gave one of his very best performances in the role of Bimba in Henri-Georges Clouzot's high octane thriller The Wages of Fear (1953). In this famous French classic, he played one of a group of daredevil truck drivers traversing an impenetrable South American jungle with a deadly load of nitroglycerin.
Down the track, he found other good roles: as the womanising Frenchman Fribert in Rosemary (1958); as a police inspector investigating a famous murder in Dr. Crippen lebt (1958),aka ('Dr.Crippen lives'); a starring role as Paul Decker, who attempts the perfect murder of his wife in The Snorkel (1958); and one of two industrialist brothers in Helmut Käutner''s The Rest Is Silence (1959).
During the 60's, Van Eyck appeared increasingly in international co-productions of variable quality. Having settled in Switzerland and maintaining a residence in Paris, he was ideally placed to alternate between French, English and German film roles. He made three potboilers about the master criminal Dr. Mabuse which were extremely popular in Germany. His best performances during this period were as the East German intelligence officer Mundt, who is the target of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) and as Colonel General von Brock in the absorbing war drama The Bridge at Remagen (1969), which was also his last film.
Van Eyck died near Zurich in July,1969, of septicemia, just short of his 58th birthday.- Actor
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His icy demeanor and piercing stare on screen epitomized the type of Nazi menace with a blind obedience to Hitler that everyone loved to hate. Kosleck portrayed Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister, 5 times, as well as various German army officers, SS troopers and concentration camp officers. He was also effective playing spies, agents, and psychopaths.- Actor
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Till Lindemann is a German musician, actor and poet. He is the lead singer of the German band Rammstein.
Till Lindemann was born in Leipzig, East Germany, but he grew up in the village of Wendisch-Rambow near Schwerin (in East Germany). His father was famous children's poet Werner Lindemann and his mother, Brigitte "Gitta" Hildegard Lindemann, was a journalist and writer until she retired. Till was in a relationship with Sophia Thomalla.
Lindemann started to play drums for First Arsch, who released an album titled Saddle Up, and played one song with a punk band called Feeling B (which was the former band of Rammstein members Paul H. Landers, Christoph "Doom" Schneider and Christian "Flake" Lorenz). In the 1990s, Lindemann began to write lyrics. In 1994, the trio entered and won a contest in Berlin, which allowed them to record a four track demo professionally. Then, the same year, Rammstein was founded.
In November 2002, Lindemann's poetry book "Messer" was published. It consists of 54 poems compiled by Gert Hof, who is author of the book Rammstein and was the band's pyro-designer for the last seven years. In October 2013, Till published his second poetry book "In Stillen Nächten".- Dita Parlo was born on 4 September 1906 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for The Grand Illusion (1937), L'Atalante (1934) and Melody of the Heart (1929). She was married to Frank Guetal. She died on 12 December 1971 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Klausjürgen Wussow was born on 30 April 1929 in Cammin, Pomerania, Germany [now Kamien Pomorski, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for The Black Forest Hospital (1985), Der grüne Bogenschütze (1961) and Sergeant Berry (1974). He was married to Sabine Scholz, Yvonne Wussow, Ida Krottendorf and Jolande Frantz. He died on 19 June 2007 in Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany.
- Ellen Schwiers was born on 11 June 1930 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Arms and the Man (1958), 1900 (1976) and Doktor Martin (2007). She was married to Peter Jacob. She died on 26 April 2019 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Hans Heinrich von Twardowski was born on 5 May 1898 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Hangmen Also Die! (1943) and Crown of Thorns (1923). He died on 19 November 1958 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Heinrich George was born on 9 October 1893 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and producer, known for Metropolis (1927), Burning Hearts (1945) and Die Degenhardts (1944). He was married to Berta Drews. He died on 25 September 1946 in Soviet Special Camp No. 7, Oranienburg, Brandenburg, Germany.- Actor
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Burkhard Driest was born on 28 April 1939 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Querelle (1982), Annas Mutter (1984) and Cross of Iron (1977). He was married to Bettina and ???. He died on 27 February 2020 in Berlin, Germany.- Matthi Faust was born in 1980 in Wismar, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. He is an actor, known for Never Look Away (2018) and Josephine Klick - Allein unter Cops (2014).
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Hans-Jürgen Syberberg was born on 8 December 1935 in Nossendorf, Pomerania, Prussia [now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern], Germany. He is a director and producer, known for Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King (1972), Die Nacht (1985) and Scarabea - wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch? (1969).- Actor
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Ulrich Bettac was born on 2 May 1897 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Auf der grünen Wiese (1953), Komm zu mir zurück (1944) and Die kleine und die große Liebe (1938). He died on 20 April 1959 in Vienna, Austria.- Robert Atzorn was born on 2 February 1945 in Bad Polzin, Pomerania, Germany [now Polczyn-Zdrój, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He is an actor, known for Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer (1988), From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) and Der Fall Jakob von Metzler (2012). He has been married to Angelika Hartung since 1976. They have two children.
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Ben Zucker was born on 4 August 1983 in Ueckermünde, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. He is a music artist and actor, known for Unter uns (1994), Hier und heute (1957) and Die Schlager des Jahres (1995).- Otto Reichow was born on 4 December 1904 in Tempelburg, Pomerania, Germany [now Czaplinek, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Ulzana's Raid (1972), Paris Calling (1941) and Rogues' Regiment (1948). He died on 20 October 2000 in Encino, California, USA.
- Anna Anderson was born Franziska Schanzkowska in 1899 in Poland. When she was young she became a munitions worker until an explosion in the factory that she worked in. In 1920, shortly after the explosion, she tried to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge in Berlin. She was institutionalized, but because she would not tell them her name they called her Miss Unknown. After two years at the institution she finally told people that she was Grand Duchess Anastasia, the last daughter of Czar Nicholas II of Russia. Many people who knew the real Anastasia came to see her, some calling her a fake, others saying that she had to be the real thing.
After several years of this she left the institution and stayed with friends who supported her claim that she was Anastasia. For years she went from friends house to institution all the while claiming that she was Anastasia. During this time there was a trial going on to determine wither or not she was the real Anastasia. During the 30 year trial the brother and sisters of Tsarina Alexandra tried to get the judge to say that this woman could not be Anastasia because she died with the rest of her family. Anastasia's uncle even hired a detective and came up with information about Anna. He strongly believed that she was Franziska Schanzkowska and not his niece Anastasia.
In the 1960s Anna moved to the United States and continued to stay with friends. One time though when she could not take it anymore she checked into a hotel under the assumed name of Anna Anderson and the moniker stuck. Right before Anna's visa was to expire she married John "Jack" Manahan. They lived together in Charlottesville Virginia until her death in 1983.
Several years after her death a body part of hers turned up in the hospital in Charlottesville and scientist decided that it was time to find out wither or not Anna Andersonn was indeed Anastasia. They tested her DNA against the DNA of an Uncle of Anastasias as well as the DNA of Carl Moucher a grand nephew of Franziska Schanzkowska. The DNA test concluded that Anna Andersonn was indeed Franziska Schanzkowska and not Anastasia. Further proof came in the late 1990s when the bodies of the Russian Royal Family were found. - Actor
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Claus Biederstaedt was born in Stargard, a mid-sized historic town in Pomerania, the son of a senior educational councillor who was also a conductor and taught music and art history. He was conscripted into the army as a 16-year-old and served on the Eastern Front, barely managing to escape to the west ahead of the Russian advance in 1945. His mother, believing her only son killed in action, tragically committed suicide by poison. Biederstaedt eventually reunited with his father in Hamburg and began to study medicine on the way to a career as a physician. However, after matriculating, he changed his plans and instead joined the ensemble of the Deutsches Theatre in Hamburg where he received acting tuition from noted thespians Will Quadflieg and Joseph Offenbach. He made his stage debut in 1950 and two years later first appeared on screen in the medical drama Die große Versuchung (1952), winning a coveted Film Award in Gold as most promising newcomer.
At the peak of his popularity in the '50s and '60s, Biederstaedt popped up in as many as five pictures a year, becoming one of the most sought-after lead actors in German cinema. A cheerful presence, he made himself at home in most contemporary genres, from wartime melodramas to romantic comedies (he famously gave Romy Schneider her first screen kiss in Fireworks (1954)). By the 1970s, he made regular TV appearances (Der Kommissar (1969), The Old Fox (1977), Derrick (1974), etc.) and worked behind the microphone as a singularly prolific voice-over actor, his trademark deep, smoky tones used for dubbing (among others) Peter Falk (Columbo (1971)), James Garner (The Rockford Files (1974)), Gregory Peck (Other People's Money (1991)), Gene Hackman (Lucky Lady (1975)), Richard Harris (A Man Called Horse (1970) ), Yul Brynner (Villa Rides (1968)), Paul Newman (Torn Curtain (1966)) and Marlon Brando (Bedtime Story (1964)). Biederstaedt also acted on and directed for the stage until cancer pre-empted his retirement in 2008. He died on June 18, 2020, ten days prior to his 92nd birthday.- Additional Crew
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Magnus Hirschfeld was born on 14 May 1868 in Kolberg, Pomerania, Germany [now Kolobrzeg, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Different from the Others (1919), Das Recht auf Liebe (1930) and Gesetze der Liebe (1927). He died on 14 May 1935 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Art Director
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Brigitte Broch was born on 21 November 1943 in Köslin, Pomerania, Germany [now Koszalin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She is an art director and production designer, known for Moulin Rouge! (2001), Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Cronos (1992).- Monika Lennartz was born on 26 February 1938 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She is an actress, known for Insel der Schwäne (1983), A Hidden Life (2019) and Nicht im Traum (2018).
- George Sherwood was born on 18 April 1892 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Welcome Children (1921), Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950) and Emergency Landing (1941). He was married to Pauline Starke. He died on 26 February 1983 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Hilde Weissner was born on 3 July 1909 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Something for Everyone (1970), Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried (1966) and Die Nibelungen 2. Teil - Kriemhilds Rache (1967). She was married to Gerd Ribatis and Peter Holm. She died on 30 May 1987 in Salzburg, Austria.
- Ullrich Haupt was born on 8 August 1887 in Falkenburg, Pomerania, Germany [now Zlocieniec, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Skinner's Baby (1917), Skinner's Dress Suit (1917) and Skinner's Bubble (1917). He was married to Anna Beaumer. He died on 5 August 1931 in Figueroa Mountain, California, USA.
- Eberhard Mellies was born on 8 June 1929 in Schlawe, Pomerania, Germany [now Slawno, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Der Teufelskreis (1982), Der Frühling braucht Zeit (1965) and Tatort (1970). He was married to Ruth Langer. He died on 12 December 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
- Born Rosemarie Rödelberger, she trained as an actress and opera singer in Kiel. Active on the local stage from 1954 to 1957, she was then signed to a three-year contract by the Constantin Film AG in Munich. Appearing on screen as Monika Dahlberg, she featured from 1957 as supporting actress or second lead in a veritable slew of bucolic dramas, romantic comedies, musicals and fashionable 'Paukerfilms'. From the mid-60s, she worked chiefly in television, where she excelled in shows with a pronounced folksy Bavarian flavour, notably the delightful Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht (1969), Vater Seidl und sein Sohn (1976), Zum Stanglwirt (1993) and Chiemgauer Volkstheater (1992). In addition, she performed in concerts, singing traditional as well as classical songs. On the stage, she was a prolific interpreter of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. Monika also provided the German dubbing voice in films for, among others, Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn and Samantha Eggar.
Monika's brother Wolfgang Rödelberger was a composer, arranger and music producer. Her second husband was actor Klaus Kindler. She has latterly resided in the small town of Benediktbeuern in Upper Bavaria. - Malte Petzel was born on 9 April 1930 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Das Kriminalgericht (1963), Battle of Britain (1969) and Der Fall der Generale (1966). He died on 18 December 1972 in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Christel Peters was born on 15 January 1916 in Swinemünde, Pomerania, Germany [now Swinoujscie, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Jetzt oder nie - Zeit ist Geld (2000), Verwandte und Bekannte (1971) and Tatort (1970). She was married to Albert Bußmann and Eduard Thomalla. She died on 11 June 2009 in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany.
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Otto Mellies was born on 19 January 1931 in Stolp, Pomerania, Germany [now Slupsk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Stopped on Track (2011), Kabale und Liebe (1959) and Minna von Barnhelm (1962). He was married to Luise Bergner . He died on 26 April 2020 in Zeuthen, Brandenburg, Germany.- Actor
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Paul Dahlke was born on 12 April 1904 in Groß-Streitz, Pomerania, Germany [now Strzezenice, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Confessions of Felix Krull (1957), Flying Classroom (1954) and Dubrovsky (1959). He was married to Elfe Gerhart and Doris Schacht. He died on 24 November 1984 in Salzburg, Austria.- Hildegard Schmahl was born on 6 February 1940 in Schlawe, Pomerania, Germany [now Slawno, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She is an actress, known for Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertroman (2001), The Taste of Apple Seeds (2013) and Mittagsstunde (2022). She is married to Niels-Peter Rudolph. They have two children.
- Gertrud Arnold was born on 3 March 1873 in Stolp, Pomerania, Germany [now Slupsk, Pomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924), Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924) and Ein Kindesherz (1914). She was married to Heinrich Brandt. She died on 11 January 1931 in Berlin, Germany.
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Günter Hendel was born on 22 December 1922 in Kolberg, Pomerania, Germany [now Kolobrzeg, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and director, known for So viel nackte Zärtlichkeit (1968) and Graf Porno und seine Mädchen (1969). He died on 16 January 2018 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Actor
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Wolf Redl was born in 1939 in Stargard, Pomerania, Germany [now Stargard Szczecinski, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Peer Gynt (1971), Sommergäste (1976) and Caspar David Friedrich - Grenzen der Zeit (1986). He died on 16 December 2010 in Berlin, Germany.- Lutz Riemann was born on 19 December 1940 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Police Call 110 (1971), Jockei Monika (1981) and Archiv des Todes (1980). He was married to Sibylle. He died on 23 October 2023 in Stralsund, Germany.
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Michael Holm was born on 29 July 1943 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He is an actor and composer, known for Hobo with a Shotgun (2011), The Golden Glove (2019) and Mark of the Devil (1970). He has been married to Beate since 1988. They have two children.- Emmy Wyda was born on 2 March 1876 in Danzig, Pomerania, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Last Laugh (1924), The Gala Performance (1932) and Höhenluft (1917). She died on 22 January 1942 in Berlin, Germany.
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Mogens von Gadow was born on 12 May 1930 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He is an actor, known for Dieser Platonow... (1967), Something for Everyone (1970) and Tatort (1970).- Franziska Knuppe was born on 7 December 1974 in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. She is an actress, known for Free Rainer (2007), Vier gegen die Bank (2016) and Berlin, I Love You (2019). She has been married to Christian Möstl since 1999. They have one child.
- Wichart von Roëll was born on 20 April 1937 in Kolberg, Pomerania, Germany [now Kolobrzeg, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Lena - Love of My Life (2010), Klimbim (1973) and Sisi und der Kaiserkuß (1991). He was married to Anne Althoff. He died on 16 April 2024 in Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- German novelist Alfred Doblin was born in Stettin, Germany, in 1888. When he was ten years old his family moved to Berlin, and Alfred later attended Berlin and Freiburg universities, where he studied medicine. He received his MD degree in 1905 and was hired by a newspaper in Regensburg as a correspondent. By this time he had already written two novels (only one of which was published, and that one not until 1919). His first published works were short stories published in a local magazine in 1904.
He returned to Berlin in 1911 and set up a medical practice specializing in nervous disorders in the Alexanderplatz district. He continued writing, however, and in 1915 published to critical acclaim the novel "Die Drei Sprunge des Wang-lun". World War I interrupted his writing and medical careers, and he joined the German army as a physician. He remained in the army for three years, and took part in the horrendous battle of Verdun, in which it is estimated that more than one million men died. After the war he continued writing and several of his novels were published, including "Wallenstein" (1920), an epic novel about the Thirty Years War. He didn't confine himself just to historical novels, however. He turned out several plays and a science-fiction fantasy, "Berge, Meere und Giganten" (1924), about life in the period from the years 2700-3000 in which machines have taken over the most of the functions performed by man, wreaking havoc with humanity.
In 1926 he was elected to the Prussian Academy. In 1927 he turned out an epic poem, "Manas", and then two years later he published what many consider his masterwork, "Alexanderplatz", a novel about life in the working-class Berlin district where he spent many years. He wrote more books and plays that were successful, but the rise of Naziism and Adolf Hitler troubled him, and he left Germany. He moved around Europe until the German takeover of Holland, where he was living at the time, resulted in his moving to the US, where he settled down in Hollywood.
He moved back to Germany after the war, and died in Emmendingen in 1957 at age 78 of Parkinson's Disease. - Director
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Christoph Eder was born in 1987 in Rügen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Christoph is a director and writer, known for Who Owns My Village? (2021), Browser Ballett - Satire in Serie (2021) and Browser Ballett (2023).- Carlo von Tiedemann was born on 20 October 1943 in Stargard, Pomerania, Germany [now Stargard Szczecinski, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Zwei Münchner in Hamburg (1989) and Unternehmen Köpenick (1986). He has been married to Julia Laubrunn since October 2012. They have two children. He was previously married to Dodo von Tiedemann.
- Lebrecht Honig was born on 17 August 1922 in Sampohl, Western Pomerania, Germany. He was an actor, known for Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973), Schach dem Tode (1959) and Der Vorgang (1973). He died on 30 September 2006 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Molly Luft was born on 19 March 1944 in Pomerania, Germany. She was an actress, known for Schwarze Schafe (2006), Die Fantastischen Vier: Michi Beck in Hell (1999) and Sehsüchte: Underworld (2010). She died on 24 November 2010 in Köpenick, Berlin, Germany.
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Blanka Stajkow, simply known as Blanka, is a Polish singer and model. She represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Solo". She was born in Szczecin to a Polish mother who works as a model and a Bulgarian father who works as a businessman. According to her, neither of her parents has a musical background. Her mother encouraged her from an early age to try various activities, including joining disco dance groups and going to music schools. In an interview, Stajkow mentioned that during mornings, her mother would always turn on either MTV or Trace Urban, which encouraged her to go into the music industry. At the age of 13, she made and released her first single, "Strong Enough".- Actor
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Erwin Bootz was born on 30 June 1907 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and composer, known for Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht (1932), Hans in allen Gassen (1930) and Three from the Filling Station (1930). He was married to Helga "Helli" Margarete Gade, Ruth Helene Marie Sametzki and Ursula Elkan. He died on 27 December 1982 in Hamburg, Germany.- Actress
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Margit Nünke was born on 15 November 1930 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Gitarren klingen leise durch die Nacht (1960), Liebesgrüße aus Tirol (1964) and Tornado on Wheels (1957). She was married to Peter Garden. She died on 10 January 2015 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Director
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Kurt Tetzlaff was born on 22 February 1933 in Tempelburg, Pomerania, Germany [now Czaplinek, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Auf bald in Berlin (1973), Im Auftrag der Klasse (1971) and Begegnungen an der Trasse (1976). He died on 4 July 2022 in Germany.