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German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 775/1, 1925-1926. Photo: Alex Binder. Olaf Fjord (1897 – 1945) was an Austrian film actor, director and producer. He appeared in numerous Austrian, German, French, and Czech silent films. Olaf Fjord was born as Ämilian Maximilian Pouch in Graz, Austria in 1897 (some sources speak of 1895). At the age of three, he went with his parents to Bosnia-Herzegovina and grew up there in a Benedictine monastery. During the First World War, he served in the military for a while. Still, during the war, he settled in Vienna and took singing lessons. He also completed a business apprenticeship. In the winter of 1917-1918, he was discovered by the Danish director Einar Zangenberg for the film. He took the stage name Olaf Fjord and during his film career, he often described himself as Norwegian. He appeared in many silent Austrian films, but also start to direct films, including the short Paulchen, das Millionenbaby/Pauly, the Million Dollar Baby (1920, Olaf Fjord). In 1921 he played Ludwig II of Bavaria King in the biography Ludwig II. (1921, Otto Kreisler) with his sister Gina Puch-Klitsch. In Germany, he appeared in the historical epic Monna Vanna (1922, Richard Eichberg) starring Lee Parry and based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck. The success of the film lead to bigger parts in German productions as Der Mann um Mitternacht/The man at Midnight (1924, Holger-Madsen) with Hella Moja, Zwei Menschen (1924, Hanns Schwarz) opposite Agnes Eszterhazy, and Frauen, die nicht lieben dürfen/Women, not allowed to love (1925, Géza von Bolvary). He moved to France for Mon coeur au ralenti/Change of Heart (1928, Marco de Gastyne) starring British actress Annette Benson, Le désir/The Desire (1928, Albert Durec), filmed in Algeria, and La Madone des sleepings/Madonna of the Sleeping Cars (1929, Marco de Gastyne, Maurice Gleize). A huge success was the Czech drama Erotikon/Seduction (1929, Gustav Machatý) with Ita Rina. Not in the least because a film scene showed bare breasts, a trick the director later repeated with the young Hedy Lamarr in his sensational Ekstase/Ecstasy (1933, Gustav Machatý). After the introduction of the sound film, Olaf Fjord appeared both in the German production Kameradschaftsehe/ Companionate marriage (1929, Heinz Schall, Josef Medeotti-Bohác) with Ernö Verebes, and in the Czech language version, Kamarádské manzelství (1930, Josef Medeotti-Bohác). In the following years, his parts became smaller, as in the all-star drama 1914, Die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand/1914: The Last Days Before the War (1931, Richard Oswald) starring Albert Bassermann. Alles um eine Frau/Everything for a Woman (1935, Alfred Abel) with Charlotte Susa and Gustav Diessl, was his final film as an actor. Fjord had found another occupation though as a director and as a producer. First, he produced an early version of the often adapted material Ferien vom Ich/Holiday From Myself (1934, Hans Deppe) with Hermann Speelmans, and Pan (1937, Olaf Fjord, Josef Rovenský) with Christian Kayssler, a film adaptation of a novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. Both films, he produced in Nazi Germany. His attempt to produce an adaptation of the novel Gösta Berling failed in 1938. In January 1939 he emigrated to the United States, where he lived for a time. Olaf Fjord died in Vienna, Austria in 1945, at the age of 47. Sources: Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Wikipedia (German) and IMDb.
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"Rheingold" This is an ORIGINAL German movie poster and not a reproduction or re-print. DATE: 1978 DIRECTOR: Niklaus Schilling ACTORS: Elke Haltaufderheide, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Gunther Malzacher PLOT: Love and intrigue on a train. Reviews SIZE: A1 movie poster (33" x 23"). FORMAT: Unfolded Grade: C8 Colors are crisp and aligned. Some light wear along edges (see photos)
The A to Z of German Theater covers the field of theater performance in the German language, concentrating on German-speaking Europe, through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant playwrights, directors, producers, designers, actors, plays, theaters, cities, dramatic genres, and movements such as the Sturm und Drang, Naturalism, and Expressionism.
Book Synopsis Film noir is a uniquely American genre that has stylistic links to the German expressionist cinema of the 1920s and thematic links to the hard-boiled crime fiction that emerged in the 1930s. Generally the milieu is urban and middle class, and the overall feel is one of repression and fatalism. Whether shot in black and white or color, the style reinforces the overall feel. Films, directors, actors, producers, screenwriters, art directors, themes, plot devices and many other elements are contained in this encyclopedic reference work. Each movie entry includes full filmographic data (studio, running time, production and cast credits, and plot synopsis) along with an analysis of its place in the genre. Biographical entries focus on the person's role in noir and provide a complete filmography of their film noir work. Terms are placed in the context of the genre and relevant examples from films are given. Review Quotes "excellent introduction to film noir...highly recommended for public libraries and any library with a film collection"-Library Journal; "unique"-John Kenneth Muir, Reflections on Film/TV; "provides a much-needed service to classic noir scholars"-Analytical & Enumerative Bibliography; "a comprehensive illustrated reference book...can't put it down category...thoroughly recommended"-BBC International; "a good, one volume guide book through one of Hollywood's most creative movements"-Movie Collector's World; "an important source, full of clearly and succinctly written entries that should appeal to both scholars and fans"-ARBA. About the Author Film historian Michael L. Stephens lives in Savannah, Georgia. He is also the author of Art Directors in Cinema (1998) and Gangster Films (1996).
"Kleine Fluchten". ("Small Alignments") This is an ORIGINAL German movie poster and not a reproduction or re-print. DATE: 1979 DIRECTOR: Yves Yersin ACTORS: Michel Robin, Fabienne Barraud, Laurent Sandoz, Mista Préchac, Fred Personne, Dore de Rosa PLOT: A Swedish film from 1979 translated into German. The old servant Pipe makes an exemplary change after 30 years of work on the same farm. The film shows how Pipe buys a moped and begins with this small step, freeing himself from his strong dependence and abandoning his devoted attitude, to finally become his own master and determine his own existence. On the other hand, an important stage in the life of the community is shown in the courtyard of the Duperrex family where pipe is employed: there are difficulties, changes, and the values transmitted are shaken. The way the pipe has been cut off, the familiar life on the farm is disturbing, and it is more and more disturbing; The other members of the Community question their experience. History is intended symbolically to represent a possible way - to a goal that seems to be desirable: autonomy. SIZE: A1 movie poster (33" x 23"). FORMAT: Unfolded Grade: C7 Colors are crisp and aligned. The poster looks to have been hung in a frame at the theater. Some creasing along the edges and minor tears along the left side. Crease along top right side about 1 inch in. (see photos)
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