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- Rob Pilatus was born on 8 June 1964 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Erbe der Guldenburgs (1987), Rob & Fab: We Can Get It On (1992) and Milli Vanilli: Blame It on the Rain (1989). He died on 2 April 1998 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Rosemarie Fendel was born on 25 April 1927 in Koblenz-Metternich, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for Trotta (1971), Im Reservat (1973) and Tätowierung (1967). She was married to Hans von Borsody and Johannes Schaaf. She died on 13 March 2013 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Karl Walter Diess was born on 25 January 1928 in Salzburg, Austria. He was an actor, known for Masters of the Universe (1984), Wallenstein (1978) and Der trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt (1964). He was married to Silvia Simon and Miriam Spoerri. He died on 30 March 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Fritz Umgelter was born on 18 August 1922 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Bratkartoffeln inbegriffen (1967), Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplicissimus (1975) and The Violin Case Murders (1965). He died on 9 May 1981 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Producer
- Executive
Karl Baumgartner was born in 1949 in Brunico, Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. He was a producer and executive, known for Underground (1995), Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) and Tulpan (2008). He died on 18 March 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Karl-Heinz Hess was born on 20 March 1930 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was an actor, known for Hamburg Transit (1970), Timm Thaler (1979) and Achtung Zoll! (1980). He was married to Denise Laumer, Denise Laumer and Bärbel Christ-Heß. He died on 1 July 1995 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Drafi Deutscher was born on 9 May 1946 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for Beerfest (2006), Zärtliche Chaoten II (1988) and Ein irres Feeling (1984). He was married to Isabel Varell, Karin and Sandra. He died on 9 June 2006 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Christiane Nielsen was born on 10 September 1936 in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for Tod eines Handlungsreisenden (1963), Ein Mann namens Harry Brent (1968) and Secret of the Red Orchid (1962). She was married to Miloud Ganga and Konrad Leeb. She died on 8 April 2007 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Ursula Lillig was born on 2 September 1938 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. She was an actress, known for Girl from Hong Kong (1961), Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (1966) and The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time (1985). She died on 16 June 2004 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Liesel Christ was born on 16 April 1919 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for Mit Leib und Seele (1989), Das größte Fest des Jahres - Weihnachten bei unseren Fernsehfamilien (1991) and Tatort (1970). She was married to Fritz Dahlem. She died on 15 August 1996 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Rolf Weih was born on 8 February 1906 in Barmen [now Wuppertal], Germany. He was an actor, known for Rauschende Melodien (1955), Hallo - Sie haben Ihre Frau vergessen (1949) and Wir machen Musik (1942). He was married to Ira Kraut. He died on 16 August 1969 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Hanna Reitsch was born on 29 March 1912 in Hirschberg, Silesia, Germany [now Jelenia Góra, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Rivalen der Luft - Ein Segelfliegerfilm (1934) and The Secret War (1977). She died on 24 August 1979 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany [now Germany].
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
He was known as 'the man who spoke for the animals'. A public relations genius, Professor Bernhard Grzimek not only managed to create nationwide interest in the plight of endangered species and threatened habitats, but actively raised in excess of five million Marks in donations via his television show "Ein Platz für Tiere" ("A Place for Animals",1956-87). The series ran for 175 episodes, ending with Grzimek's death in1987. Entertainers performed for him without pay and he even motivated school kids to help collect funds to equip rangers for Africa's national wildlife parks. Veterinarian and behavioral scientist, Grzimek assumed the directorship of Frankfurt's Zoological Garden in 1945, a position he held until his retirement in 1974. For those 29 years, he was instrumental in modernizing zoological displays and animal enclosures, introducing educational slide shows, films and audio tapes, providing windows for the public to view food preparation and animal husbandry. In addition to breeding endangered species, Frankfurt's was the first European zoo to feature a special section which provided care for orphaned baby animals, including gorillas, orang-utans, panthers, lions and bears. Frankfurt's Zoological Society (for which Grzimek served as president) stood in the forefront of international conservation. Not shying away from controversy or confrontation, Grzimek was one of the first to vociferously oppose the factory farming of chickens on a political level.
His status as a major public figure was confirmed with the release of his documentary Bambuti (1956). An even more successful sequel followed, the Academy Award-winning Serengeti (1959). Sadly, it cost the life of Grzimek's son Michael (until then his closest collaborator), aged 24, killed in a plane crash during filming. Between 1967 and 1974, Grzimek published a 13-volume encyclopedia, entitled "Grzimeks Tierleben". He received numerous awards, including the Federal Cross of Merit (Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz). His legacy survives in zoos around the world today.- Stefanie Zweig was born on 19 September 1932 in Leobschütz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Glubczyce, Opolskie, Poland]. She was a writer, known for Nowhere in Africa (2001), Alpha Forum (1998) and Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998). She was married to Wolfgang Häfele. She died on 25 April 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Else Knott was born on 7 December 1909 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Familie Hesselbach (1954), Herr Hesselbach und die Firma (1956) and The Hesselbach Family on Vacation (1955). She died on 10 August 1975 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Herta Böhm was born on 10 January 1911 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for Herzklopfen (1984), Stop Fooling Around... Soldier! (1977) and Patient aus Leidenschaft (1991). She died on 1 October 2002 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
The German presenter, radio and television journalist became popular with the television series "Reunion Makes Joy" (1978-1984). He also had great success as an author and speaker on audio cassettes and long-playing records. He also became popular as a "weather frog" when it came to weekend weather, according to the today-journal; He knew how to spice up sad weather reports with his kind of sunshine. From May 1980 he was the presenter of the show "Lustige Musikanten". Elmar Gunsch published the books "Donnerwetter" (1984) and "Listen, what's coming in from outside" (1989), many fairy tale cassettes and CDs, records, and his own stage productions "A Journey into the Realm of Fantasy" with the classical guitarist Barbara Hennerfeind. As an actor he appeared in the television films "Family Festival" (1980), "My Brother and I" (1982), "Schloß & Siegel" (1987), "11 dreamlike fairy tales" (2006) and "Das Musikhotel am Wolfgangsee" ( 2008).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Writer
Ernesto Remani was born on 6 February 1906 in Meran, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary [now Merano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy]. He was an assistant director and director, known for Sob o Céu da Bahia (1956), L'isola del sogno (1947) and Die Schönste (1957). He died on 12 December 1966 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Alfred Edel was born on 12 March 1932 in Abensberg, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968), Class Relations (1984) and 100 Jahre Adolf Hitler - Die letzte Stunde im Führerbunker (1989). He was married to Dorle Miesala. He died on 17 June 1993 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Wilhelm Strienz was born on 2 September 1900 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was an actor, known for Schindler's List (1993), Stalingrad (1993) and Request Concert (1940). He was married to Anneliese Härtl, Elfriede Elsa Richter, Alwine Wilhelmine Müller and Serafima Simiona Rostin. He died on 10 May 1987 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Walther Troger was born on 4 February 1929 in Wunsiedel, Bavaria, Germany. He was married to Almut. He died on 30 December 2020 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Kurt Rackelmann was born on 21 April 1910 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was an actor, known for Friedrich Ebert - Geburt einer Republik (1969), First Spaceship on Venus (1960) and Der fliegende Holländer (1964). He died on 31 March 1973 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Pit Krüger was born on 1 August 1934 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Zwillinge aus Venedig (1965), Parlez-vous français? (1962) and Rudi, benimm dich! (1971). He was married to Ingrid Krüger. He died on 6 November 2003 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Actor
- Director
Armas Sten Fühler was born on 11 October 1911 in Helsingfors, Finland. He was an actor and director, known for Verräter (1967), Der Hexer (1956) and Am Hängetau (1961). He died on 11 March 1990 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ivan Rebroff was born on 31 July 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Code Name: Kill (1967), Der Bettelstudent (1981) and Ein Sommer - ein Herbst (1964). He died on 27 February 2008 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Albert Speer Jr. was born on 29 July 1934 in Berlin, Germany. He was married to Ingmar Zeisberg and Rut Speer. He died on 15 September 2017 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Elke Kast was born in 1946 in Schmalkalden, Thuringia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Supernasen (1983), Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm (1984) and Ein Wort aus Musik (1981). She was married to Manfred Kast. She died on 6 January 1993 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Director
- Writer
Ernst Klee was born on 15 March 1942 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Verspottet (1980), Der Zappler (1983) and Sichten und Vernichten - Psychiatrie im Dritten Reich (1995). He died on 18 May 2013 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Lothar Müthel was born on 18 February 1896 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Frau im Himmel (1920), Lucrezia Borgia (1922) and Destiny (1921). He was married to Marga Reuter. He died on 4 September 1964 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Otti Ottmar was born on 17 March 1905 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for Ein Herz und eine Seele (1973), Die Firma Hesselbach (1960) and So viele Kinder (1961). She died on 28 April 1974 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Rüdiger Lichti was born on 25 February 1927 in Kassel, Germany. He was an actor, known for Unsere heile Welt (1972), Cinderella (1955) and Unsere Penny (1975). He died in August 2002 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Werner Siedhoff was born on 3 May 1899 in Duisburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Ein Fremder klopft an (1967), Der Apoll von Bellac (1964) and Bleibe lasse (1969). He died on 28 November 1976 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
James Forbes was born on 2 September 1871 in Salem, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer, known for The Chorus Lady (1915), Bachelor's Affairs (1932) and The Traveling Salesman (1916). He was married to Ada Eugenie Fischer. He died on 26 May 1938 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Josefine Klee-Helmdach was born on 26 January 1903 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She was an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Empfänger unbekannt (1983) and Vorsicht! Frisch gewachst! (1978). She died on 2 October 1994 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Nikolay Gerlya was born on 14 March 1960. He was an actor, known for Iyunskiy rubezh (1982), Ya gotov prinyat vyzov (1984) and Korshuny dobychey ne delyatsya (1989). He was married to Simona. He died on 24 February 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Werner Franz was born on 22 May 1922 in Frankfurt, Germany. He was married to Annerose Franz. He died on 13 August 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Arthur Shopenhauer was a German philosopher and one of the greatest thinkers ever. Schopenhauer created his own original philosophical conception by merging elements from the philosophies of Plato and Kant with the suggestion exercised by oriental doctrines, characterized by a strong pessimism, which had an extraordinary influence, on subsequent philosophers, such as Friedrich Nietzsche, and, in general, on European culture, entering the current of philosophies of life.
- Prince Of Hesse And By Rhine Louis was born on 20 November 1908 in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire [now Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany]. Prince Of Hesse And By Rhine was married to Margaret Campbell Geddes. Prince Of Hesse And By Rhine died on 30 May 1968 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany.
- Sophie Cossaeus was born on 30 August 1893 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Firma Hesselbach (1960), Die Familie Hesselbach (1954) and Herr Hesselbach und die Firma (1956). She died on 23 September 1965 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Marilene von Bethmann was born on 19 December 1925 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She was an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Was ihr wollt (1954) and Der Trotzkopf (1983). She died on 12 December 1996 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Georg Stern was born in 1921 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. He was an actor, known for Ariadne auf Naxos (1965), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1963) and Vom Ersten das Beste (1965). He died on 17 July 1980 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
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- Writer
Paul Hindemith was born on 16 November 1895 in Hanau, Hesse, Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for Dr. M (1990), Notes of Love (1998) and Im Kampf mit dem Berge - 1. Teil: In Sturm und Eis - Eine Alpensymphonie in Bildern (1921). He was married to Gertrud Rottenberg. He died on 28 December 1963 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Notker Wolf was born on 21 June 1940 in Grönenbach, Germany. He died on 2 April 2024 in Airporthotel Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, 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. - Actor
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Matthias Beltz was born on 31 January 1945 in Wohnfeld, Ulrichstein, Hesse, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Deckname Dennis (1997), Champagnerpanik (1999) and Schimanski (1997). He was married to Christiane Meyer-Thoss. He died on 27 March 2002 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Botho Jung was born in 1927 in Zwingenberg, Hesse, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Freundin meines Mannes (1957) and Rezepte aus der Gruselküche - Alfred Hitchcock zu Gast beim Frankfurter Stammtisch (1966). He was married to Susanne. He died on 18 April 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Actor
- Writer
Peter Heusch was born on 9 March 1938 in Halle, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for The Getaway (2002), Gothic (2001) and Arcania: Fall of Setarrif (2011). He died on 13 April 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Wolfgang Kaus was born on 23 July 1935 in Hofheim am Taunus, Hesse, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Alt Frankfurt (1977), Rendezvous im Palmengarten (1987) and Dinner for One auf Hessisch (2007). He died on 18 July 2018 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Soundtrack
Hans Hartz was born on 22 October 1943 in Lunden, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was married to Alke. He died on 30 November 2002 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Robert Gernhardt was born on 13 December 1937 in Tallinn, Estonia. He was a writer and director, known for Das Casanova-Projekt (1981), Die Hau Schau (1974) and Holly - The Movie (1984). He was married to Almut Gehebe and Almut Ullrich. He died on 30 June 2006 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.