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The son of conductor Karl Böhm began his acting career on stage in Germany. In Europe, he is still best known for his role in the Sissi (1955) series, although he later starred in several movies of cult director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. After 1981, he was exclusively involved in charitable work in Ethiopia.- Actor
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Hans Christian Blech was born on 20 February 1915 in Darmstadt, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Longest Day (1962), Battle of the Bulge (1965) and Wer zu spät kommt - Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution (1990). He was married to Erni Wilhelmi. He died on 5 March 1993 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Actress
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Of German, Chilean, Polish and Scottish heritage, Pia Maria Patricia Mechler speaks four languages (German, English, French and Danish) and graduated "Gymnasium" as an honor student while also modeling as a teen. At age 19, she moved to Denmark after applying and being one of the very limited students accepted to attend the European Film College, focusing on performance and writing, but also Film History and editing intensives. Upon her return to Berlin after graduating, she was approached while literally walking down the street one day, to read for a highly rated German television series. She was offered and took, the large recurring guest role.
Pia decided to explore her performing nature even further and took up an invitation to join an all male, 5 member band who was gearing up in Portugal and subsequently got signed to Universal Music. The band toured and gained radio and MTV airplay. In 2006, returning to Germany, the ever-more-worldly Pia joined the (Special Coaching) Actor's Studio in Berlin.
In mid 2007, she landed her first English speaking role in a movie for television in London alongside Sean Astin and Jeremy Irons. A mere couple of months later she was then cast in the lead role of the British indie film "Invisible Eyes". Since 2010 she has been living in working in the USA where she also ventured out into writing, producing and directing.- Alix of Hess-Darmstadt was born on June 8, 1872 in Darmstadt, Germany. Her parents were the Grand Duke and Duchess of Darmstadt; her mother was also the daughter of Queen Victoria. When Alix was still very young, her sister Mary and then her mother died of diphtheria. Also, her brother Frederick (1870-1873) died from a fall from a window in his mother's room, complicated by hemophilia. She spent much of her time in England, staying with her grandmother and various aunts, uncles and cousins. When she was older she continued in the role of Landsmutter (Mother of the land) for her father.
At the wedding of her sister Elizabeth (Ella) to their cousin Seril of Russia, Alix met for the first time (and fell in love with) the Tsarivitch Nicholas. Even thought she was in love with him she did not want to marry him because she did not want to give up her Protestantism to be Russian Orthodox. About 4 or 5 years after they first met Alix's brother Ernest got married to their first cousin nicknamed Ducky. Since both were cousins of Nicholas as well he went to the wedding to see Alex. During the time that he was there he continually asked her to be his wife, and thanks to their love as well as their cousin Kaiser William II Alex finally consented to marry Nicholas.
Alix spent the first part of her engagement with her grandmother Queen Victoria in England telling her everything that had transpired leading to the engagement. The rest of the engagement did not go so smoothly though. Several months after the engagement Nicholas's father became ill at one of his palaces in Russia. Alix hearing this got there as soon as she could, but shortly after she got there Nicholas became Tsar Nicholas II. After this tragedy Alix did not want to wait to become a member of the family. Shortly after the death of her future father-in-law Alix became a member of the Russian Orthodox Faith taking the name Alexandra Fyodorovna. She and Nicholas wanted to marry where they were, but family told them that they should get married after the funeral of his father in Moscow. Thus the people of Russia got their first glimpse of their future Empress through death.
They were married on November 26, 1894, shortly after the death of his father, and before 1901 had four daughters named Olga (1895-1918) Tatiana (1897-1918), Maria (1899-1918) and Anastasia (1901-1918). In 1904 Alix gave birth to a son Alexis (known as Alexei) and sadly he had hemophilia, which was passed on to her a sister and brother from their mother Princess Alice and grandmother Queen Victoria.
In 1917 Nicholas was forced to abdicate the throne of Russia. The people who would have accepted it if he had abdicated in favor of his son, did not understand why he abdicated in favor of his brother. He only did this because he knew that his son's chances of survival were not good.
He and his family were then imprisoned in Siberia, and later moved to Ekaterinburg, where on the night of July 17, 1918 the Russian royal family was massacred. In the 1990s the burial sites were investigated, although the bodies of the Tsarivitch Alexei and one of his sisters (it is unclear which one) were missing. Using DNA from HRH Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh (Alix was his great-aunt) proved that four of the bodies belonged to the Tsarina and three of her daughters. - Actor
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Günter Strack was born on 4 June 1929 in Darmstadt, Germany. He was an actor, known for Torn Curtain (1966), A Case for Two (1981) and Der König (1994). He was married to Lore Strack. He died on 18 January 1999 in Münchsteinach, Bavaria, Germany.- Hans Weicker was born on 15 December 1927 in Darmstadt, Germany. He was an actor, known for Diese Drombuschs (1983), Tod eines Schülers (1981) and Sensation im Savoy (1950). He died on 15 May 2024 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.
- Helgi Schmid was born on 9 May 1986 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Professor T. (2017) and Head Burst (2019).
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Minh-Khai Phan-Thi was born on 19 February 1974 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany. She is an actress and director, known for Nachtschicht (2003), Planet der Kannibalen (2001) and Marnow Murders (2021).- Actress
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Asli completed actor's training with prestigious coaches and studios including Eric Morris in Los Angeles, James Hallett in New York and Anne Mertin in Vienna. The first international film she acted in was Jump! (2007) with Patrick Swayze. She appeared in a prominent role in the black comedy _Short Cut to Hollywood_(2009), shot in the US and presented at the Berlinale Film Festival 2009.
In 2007 she performed for the first time on stage and to critical acclaim in the solo theater performance Anne Frank: The Diary at the Théatre de la Ville D'Esch in Luxembourg. An invitation at the Theatre Festival of German language in Prague followed, and afterwards the German premiere in Frankfurt am Main. Buddy Elias, Anne Frank's cousin, complimented Asli Bayram on this project. In 2008 she toured with the English language version in Canada and the USA. She finished the project on occasion of the commemoration of Anne Frank's 80th birthday with three performances at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Hollywood. The Times described her performance in Anne Frank: The Diary as 'emerging as one of Germany's most convincing and subtle actresses'.
In 2009 she also authored the book, Grenzgängerin - Leben zwischen den Welten (Border Crosser. Life between Worlds) published by Random House.- Actor
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Paul Frielinghaus was born on 14 December 1959 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany. He is an actor, known for I'm Your Man (2021), A Case for Two (1981) and Nicht von schlechten Eltern (1993). He is married to Nina. They have one child.- Lola Müthel was born on 9 March 1919 in Darmstadt, Germany. She was an actress, known for Rosen im Herbst (1955), Die Nibelungen (1967) and Interview mit der Geschichte (1964). She was married to Hans Caninenberg and Eric Helgar. She died on 11 December 2011 in Gräfelfing, Bavaria, Germany.
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Sven-Eric Bechtolf was born on 13 November 1957 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Ärzte (1994), Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien (2005) and Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos, Opera in One Act, Op. 60 (Original Version) (2012).- Producer
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Florian Koerner von Gustorf was born on 29 November 1963 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany. He is a producer and production manager, known for Barbara (2012), Undine (2020) and Transit (2018).- Markus Rühl was born in Darmstadt, Germany. He is an IFBB professional bodybuilder. While playing soccer Rühl sustained a knee injury. He began training at the age of 18 following a doctor's recommendation after the injury . At 120 lbs., Rühl began training hard six days a week. Five years later he decided to to compete on a professional level. During this period Markus worked as a used car salesman. Rühl signed a sponsorship deal with the famous brand Ultimate Nutrition in late 2008. He is close friends with Mr. Max "Bota" Sengotta. According to experts of bodybuilding Markus possesses some of the biggest shoulders in bodybuilding history.
- Eva Verena Müller was born in 1979 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Barbarians (2020), Billy Kuckuck (2018) and Koslowski & Haferkamp (2014).
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Sebastian Edschmid was born on 17 October 1965 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for Black Death (2010), Lurch (2001) and Deeply (2000).- Sascha Nathan was born on 4 May 1977 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany. He is an actor, known for All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Godless Youth (2017) and Und dann noch Paula (2015).
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Herbert Weicker was born on 4 September 1921 in Darmstadt, Germany. He was an actor, known for König Richard III (1964), Die inneren Stimmen (1961) and Kapitän Brassbounds Bekehrung (1967). He died on 29 May 1997 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Turgay Aydin was born in 1971 in Darmstadt, Germany. He is an actor, known for Hatirla Sevgili (2006), Korkuyorum Anne (2004) and Ask Tesadüfleri Sever 2 (2020).
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After finishing school Connie Walter studied sociology and Spanish at the University of Marburg, Germany. She started out in the media biz as assistant to an advertising photographer. After graduating from the German Film and TV Academy in Berlin, Walter was very successful with her first feature-length TV movie: Das erste Mal (1996), which she co-scripted, was awarded as best work from a German film school graduate. Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001) is her first work for the big screen.- Actor
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Jürgen Zartmann was born on 28 January 1941 in Darmstadt, Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Stülpner-Legende (1973), Archiv des Todes (1980) and Front ohne Gnade (1984). He is married to Christine Zartmann. He was previously married to ???.- Producer
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Jochen Hick was born on 2 April 1960 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany. He is a producer and director, known for Ich kenn keinen - Allein unter Heteros (2003), My Wonderful West Berlin (2017) and Der Ost-Komplex (2016).- Karl Wolff was born in 1900 to a privileged family in the city of Darmstadt, Germany. During the First World War, Wolff was commissioned an officer in 1918 and served in the Hessian Infantry Regiment. Lieutenant Wolff was one of the youngest officers ever commissioned, having received his rank at the age of 17, and had also been awarded the Iron Cross First Class. In 1920, Wolff left the now demobilized German Army and became a small Time businessman. In 1931, drawn by Nazi ideals of a reborn and again powerful Germany, Wolff joined the Nazi Party and also applied for membership in the SS. He was accepted as a member in July of 1931 and assigned the SS number 14235. Wolff served in an SS mustering formation in Munich, quickly rising through the enlisted ranks and being commissioned an SS-Sturmfüher (Lieutenant) in February 1932. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Wolff was promoted to SS-Captain and briefly served as an SS military liaison officer to the German Army. In June of that year, Wolff was personally recruited by the SS Commander Heinrich Himmler to head the new office of the Reichsführer's Personal Staff. Wolff became Himmler's adjutant on June 15, 1933 and received an unprecedented number of promotions through his new position. By the start of 1937, Wolff had risen to the rank of SS-Gruppenführer (Lieutenant General) and was considered as third in command of the entire SS. During the Second World War, Wolff remained in his job as Himmler's adjutant, but soon began losing authority and power as disagreements developed with Himmler and also Wolff began to fall under the shadow of the number two man in the SS, Reinhard Heydrich. In 1942, Wolff was made a full SS-General (Obergruppenführer) but dismissed by Himmler as Chief of Staff to the Reichsführer. Wolff, however, did manage a comeback as Adolf Hitler personally granted him equivalent General's rank in the Waffen-SS and assigned him as an SS adjutant to the Italian Government in 1943. When Italy surrendered to the Allies later that year, Germany occupied the country and Wolff became the Supreme SS and Police Leader of Italy. At the start of 1945, Wolff (who was now acting military commander of Italy) extended secret negotiation requests to the Allies and thus hastened the end of the war in Italy by surrendering the country to the Allies on May 2, 1945. Wolff was taken into American custody, although was allowed to escape trial as an SS-General and leading Nazi, by providing evidence against his fellow Nazis at Nuremberg, in 1946. In 1947, Karl Wolff retired to private life, however the West German government soon arrested Wolff for war crimes in 1949, sentencing him to four years in prison. Wolff was again arrested in 1964, after evidence presented at the Adolf Eichmann trial, in Israel, had revealed that Wolff had organized the deportation of Italian Jews to the Nazi death camps in 1944. Wolff was sentenced to fifteen years in prison but only served half of this term and was released in 1971. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Karl Wolff became very popular amongst historical and academic groups as Wolff frequently lectured on the internal workings of the SS and his life as a personal associate of Heinrich Himmler. As one of the only surviving top SS-Generals from World War II, Wolff can also be seen on several documentary films, such as the The World at War (1973) miniseries and several 1980s documentaries on the History of the SS. Wolff was also portrayed as 'General Max Helm' in the motion picture The Scarlet and the Black (1983), staring Gregory Peck. Karl Wolff died 1984 in Rosenheim, West Germany.
- Julia Zange was born on 25 August 1983 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Long Summer of Theory (2017), Translantics (2015) and My Brother's Name Is Robert and He Is an Idiot (2018).
- Josephine Becker was born on 4 May 1999 in Darmstadt, Germany. She is an actress, known for Morris from America (2016), Unter uns (1994) and Kreuzfahrt ins Glück (2007).
- Kai Helm was born on 14 March 1957 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Nina Fussball Girl (2019) and Morden im Norden (2012).
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Michael Kreindl was born on 2 July 1965 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. He is a director and assistant director, known for Alarm für Cobra 11 - Einsatz für Team 2 (2003), Der Clown (1998) and A Case for Two (1981).- Félix Herzog was born on 12 September 1993 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. He is an actor, known for Caronte (2020), Elite (2018) and Für immer Sommer.
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Helmut Krapp was born on 24 November 1929 in Darmstadt, Germany. He was a producer and writer, known for Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (1966), Scene of the Crime: A Tooth for a Tooth (1985) and Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (2003). He died on 2 July 2002.- Writer
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Robert Stromberger was born on 13 September 1930 in Darmstadt, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Tod eines Schülers (1981), Diese Drombuschs (1983) and Die Unverbesserlichen (1965). He died on 7 February 2009 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.- Production Designer
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Julian R. Wagner started his career in Munich as an assistant photographer for fashion and beauty before he moved to Italy where he studied design at the Free University of Bolzano. After graduating he worked as a freelancer in several fields of design, film and photography. During his studies in the production design class at the Filmacademy of Baden-Württemberg, he received the scholarship Baden-Württemberg and completed the Masterclass Workshop at the University of California, Los Angeles. Shortly after he successfully finished his studies at the Filmacademy of Baden-Württemberg in 2010, he was awarded the FOERDERPREIS DEUTSCHER FILM for "Color of the Ocean" and his "outstanding artistic achievement" in production design. Julian R. Wagner lives and works as a production designer and art director in Berlin and Munich.- Actor
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Heinz-Werner Kraehkamp was born on 26 December 1948 in Wixhausen, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Die grüne Wolke (2001), Diese Drombuschs (1983) and Die grüne Wolke (2001). He died on 24 November 2012 in Berlin, Germany.- Georg Lehn was born on 7 February 1915 in Darmstadt, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Castle (1968), Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach (1971) and Das Feuerschiff (1963). He died on 20 March 1996 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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Anatol Schuster was born in 1985 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. Anatol is a director and writer, known for Ms Stern (2019), Air (2017) and Ein idealer Ort (2015).- Director
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Volker Weicker was born on 1 July 1957 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. He is a director and assistant director, known for Nuhr - Der Jahresrückblick (2004), Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst! (1967) and MTW - Menschen Technik Wissenschaft (1975).- Writer
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Ivar Leon Menger was born on 25 October 1973 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. Ivar Leon is a writer and director, known for Tramper (2004), Ben (1999) and Geteiltes Leid (2000).- Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine was born on 11 March 1895 in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire [now Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany]. She died on 16 November 1903 in Skierniewice, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Skierniewice, Poland].
- Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine was born on 24 May 1874 in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, German Empire [now Hesse, Germany].
- Karl Koch was born on 2 August 1897 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. He was married to Ilse Koch and Marie Sophie Elisabeth Josephine Margarethe Katharina Müller. He died on 5 April 1945 in Buchenwald, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany.
- Eva Imhof was born on 30 May 1978 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. She is an actress, known for NBC GIGA (1998), Guten Morgen Deutschland (2013) and DAS! (1991). She has been married to Peter Imhof since 8 August 2008. They have two children.
- Elizabeth Feodorovna was born on 1 November 1864 in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, German Confederation [now Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany]. She was married to Grand Duke Sergei. She died on 18 July 1918 in Alapayevsk, Russian SFSR [now Alapayevsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia].
- Christa Winsloe was born on 23 December 1888 in Darmstadt, Germany. She was a writer, known for Mädchen in Uniform (1931), Jeunes filles en détresse (1939) and Muchachas de Uniforme (1951). She was married to Lajos Hatvany. She died on 10 June 1944 in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France.
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Jens Klüber was born in 1967 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany. He is an editor, known for Munich: The Edge of War (2021), Operation Noah (1998) and Revenge of the Rats (2001).- Petra Maria Grühn was born on 18 November 1950 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Die Maus (1975), Scheibenschießen (1973) and Tatort (1970).
- Fred Denger was born on 12 June 1920 in Darmstadt, Germany. Fred was a writer, known for Interpol (1963), The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried (1971) and Born for Hell (1976). Fred died on 30 October 1983 in Hohegeiß, Lower Saxony, West Germany.
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- Soundtrack
Nina Gerhard was born on 10 December 1974 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. She is an actress, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Captain Hollywood Project: More and More (1992) and Captain Hollywood Project: Only with You (1993).- Hans Herbert von Arnim was born on 16 November 1939 in Darmstadt, Germany.
- Rudolf Kalvius was born on 23 March 1900 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. He was an actor, known for Troilus und Cressida (1969), Emilia Galotti (1970) and Romanze in Moll (1943). He died in 1972.
- Karl Ludwig Lindt was born on 20 March 1902 in Darmstadt, Germany. He was an actor, known for This Island Earth (1955), The Buddenbrooks (1959) and The Buddenbrooks (1959). He died on 17 October 1971 in Freiburg, Germany.
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Christopher M. Peckham was born on 10 December 1977 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany. He is a director and producer, known for Stockflame (2005), Montgomery Cakes Great Adventure (2000) and Jagdsieber (2010).