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- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Sir Roger Casement (1968). He was married to Denise Laumer, Denise Laumer and Bärbel Christ-Heß. He died on 1 July 1995 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.
- 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].
- 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.
- 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.- 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.
- 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.- 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.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Kurt Schröder was born on 6 September 1888. He was a composer, known for Eskapade (1936), The Song You Gave Me (1934) and The Girl from Maxim's (1933). He died on 5 January 1962 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.
- 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.- 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.- 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.
- Reno Nonsens was born on 3 April 1919 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was an actor, known for Herr Hesselbach und die Firma (1956), Kassensturz (1983) and Der ideale Untermieter (1957). He died on 27 September 2001 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, 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.- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Wolfgang Deichsel was born on 20 March 1939 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Schule der Frauen (1974), Bleibe lasse (1969) and Ich auf Bestellung (1968). He died on 7 February 2011 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.
- 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.- 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).- 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.
- 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.
- Justus Fritzsche was born on 1 January 1941 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Eolomea (1972), Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) and Aus unserer Zeit (1970). He died on 26 July 2003 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.
- Marcel Reich-Ranicki was born on 2 June 1920 in Wloclawek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. He was a writer and actor, known for Das literarische Quartett (1988), Television Theater (1953) and Mein Leben - Marcel Reich-Ranicki (2009). He was married to Teofila Reich-Ranicki. He died on 18 September 2013 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.
- 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.
- 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.- Actor
- Writer
Horst Krüger was born on 17 September 1919 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Das zerbrochene Haus (1984), Das literarische Colloquium (1969) and NDR Talk Show (1979). He died on 21 October 1999 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Walter Flamme was born on 13 December 1926 in Dortmund, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin (1973) and Notarztwagen 7 (1976). He died on 13 May 2012 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Fritz Bauer was born on 16 July 1903 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was an actor, known for Eichmann und das Dritte Reich (1961), Als sie noch jung waren (1965) and Das Podium - Ein Gespräch über kulturelle Fragen (1961). He died on 1 July 1968 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Uwe Günzler was born on 26 October 1941 in Dortmund, Germany. He was a producer, known for Hessenreporter: Kommissar Brinkmann (2003), Stadtgespräch (1979) and Brennpunkt (1971). He died on 6 March 2008 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Hans Zürn was born on 12 February 1936 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), A Case for Two (1981) and Bei Mudder Liesl (1984). He died on 13 March 2020 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- Karl Hans Meuser was born on 8 December 1931 in Giessen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Buddenbrooks (1979) and A Case for Two (1981). He died on 12 April 1986 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Clara Schumann was born on 13 September 1819 in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony [now Saxony, Germany]. She was a composer, known for Management (2008), Ammonite (2020) and The Europeans (1979). She was married to Robert Schumann. She died on 20 May 1896 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse-Nassau, [now Hesse], Germany.- Margarete Buber-Neumann was born on 21 October 1901 in Potsdam, Germany. She was a writer, known for Eine Gefangene bei Stalin und Hitler (1968), Margarete Buber-Neumann: A German Destiny (1987) and Ost und West (1965). She was married to Rafael Buber and Heinz Neumann. She died on 6 November 1989 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.
- Writer
- Director
Hans Kasper was born on 24 May 1916 in Berlin, Germany. Hans was a writer and director, known for Melusine (1981), Solche Stunden vertragen Glas (1970) and Mitteilungen über eine Schuld (1972). Hans died on 3 September 1990 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Roger Herbst was born on 15 June 1945 in Grebenhain, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Ferienschiff (1968), IOB Spezialauftrag (1980) and Im Auftrag von Madame (1972). He died on 16 August 1980 in near 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. - Writer
- Actor
Georg Lengbach was born on 7 January 1873 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a writer and actor, known for Der blaue Heinrich (1955), Chiemgauer Volkstheater (1992) and Ein toller Einfall (1916). He died on 3 May 1952 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, 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.
- Wolfgang Lauinger was born in 1918 in Zürich, Switzerland. He died on 20 December 2017 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Oswald von Nell-Breuning was born on 8 March 1890 in Trier, Rhine Province, Prussia [now Rhineland-Palatinate], Germany. He died on 22 August 1991 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
F.K. Waechter was born on 3 November 1937 in Free City of Danzig [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a writer and director, known for Das Casanova-Projekt (1981), Die Hau Schau (1974) and Kiebich und Dutz (1988). He died on 16 September 2005 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Walter Maria Muggenheimer was born on 8 January 1903 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He was a writer, known for Hotel Iphigenie (1964). He died on 16 June 1967 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen was born on 17 July 1917 in Gravenstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [now Gråsten, Sønderborg, Denmark]. She was married to Alexander Mitscherlich. She died on 12 June 2012 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.