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Paul Wegener was born in Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, part of the German Empire. His birthplace is currently part of Poland, under the name "Jarantowice". Wegener's family included a number of scientists, the most notable being his cousin Alfred Wegener (1880-1930). Alfred is remembered as the originator of the theory of continental drift.
Paul has no known relation to another Paul Wegener (1908-1993), who served as a Nazi Party official and an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS).
Paul Wegener initially followed legal studies in college, but dropped out in order to become a theatrical actor. By 1906, he was part of an acting troupe led by Max Reinhardt (1873-1943). Reinhardt went on to become a film director. By 1912, Wegener himself had become interested in the film medium, and sought roles as a film actor.
In 1913, Wegener heard of an old Jewish legend, concerning the Golem. He wanted to adapt the legend into film, and started co-writing a script with Henrik Galeen (1881-1949). Their script was adapted into the film "The Golem" (1915), with Wegener and Galeen serving as the two co-directors. The film was a success and established Wegener as a celebrated figure in German cinema. Wegener returned to adapting the Golem legend into film, by directing a parody film in 1917 and the more serious "The Golem: How He Came into the World" (1920). The 1920 film remains one of the classics of German cinema. Wegener's other films often reflected his personal interests, such as trick photography, the supernatural, and mysticism.
He continued his film career into the 1930s, and made the transition from silent films to sound films. Under the Nazi regime (1933-1945), several actors and directors faced persecution or exile. Wegener instead found himself favored by the regime and appeared regularly in Nazi propaganda films of the 1940s. Wegener personally disliked the regime (which had persecuted a number of his friends and associates) and reputedly financed a number of German resistance groups.
In 1945, with World War II over and Berlin in ruins, Wegener took initiative as president of an organization intended to improve the living standards for surviving citizens of Berlin. He continued to appear in theatrical productions from 1945 to 1948, although he was suffering from an increasingly poor health.
In July 1948, Wegener collapsed on stage during a theatrical performance. The curtain was brought down and the rest of the performance was canceled. It was his last acting role, as he retired in an attempt to recuperate. He died in his sleep in September 1948. He was survived by his last wife Lyda Salmonova (1889-1968).- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Peter Berling was born on 20 March 1934 in Obrawalde, Meseritz, Posen-West Prussia, Prussia, Germany [now Obrzyce, Miedzyrzecz, Lubuskie, Poland]. He was an actor and producer, known for Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and The Name of the Rose (1986). He died on 21 November 2017 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Additional Crew
- Writer
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr Von Braun (23 March 1912 - 16 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and SS, as well as the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany and a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the United States.
While in his twenties and early thirties, Von Braun worked in Nazi Germany's rocket development program. He helped design and co-developed the V-2 rocket at Peenemünde during World War II. Following the war, he was secretly moved to the United States, along with about 1,600 other German scientists, engineers, and technicians, as part of Operation Paperclip. He worked for the United States Army on an intermediate-range ballistic missile program, and he developed the rockets that launched the United States' first space satellite Explorer 1 in 1958. He worked with Walt Disney on a series of films, which popularized the idea of human space travel in the US and beyond between 1955 and 1957.
In 1960, his group was assimilated into NASA, where he served as director of the newly formed Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V super heavy-lift launch vehicle that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. In 1967, Von Braun was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, and in 1975, he received the National Medal of Science.
Von Braun is widely seen as either the "father of space travel", "father of rocket science" or "father of the American lunar program". He advocated a human mission to Mars.- Horst Krause was born on 18 December 1941 in Bönhof, West Prussia, Germany [now Benowo, Pomorskie, Poland]. He is an actor, known for Schultze Gets the Blues (2003), No More Mr. Nice Guy (1993) and Der Leutnant vom Schwanenkietz (1974).
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Composer, songwriter ("School Days", "Tammany", "In My Merry Oldsmobile") and producer, a charter member of ASCAP (1914) and brother of Leo Edwards, and the uncle of Joan and Jack Edwards. He was a vaudeville singer, and later had his own vaudeville company. He discovered Walter Winchell, Elsie Janis, Eddie Cantor, Georgie Price, Lila Lee, Eleanor Powell, Ray Bolger, the Duncan Sisters, Sally Rand, Jack Pearl, the Lane Sisters, Paul Haakon, and Ina Ray Hutton. He wrote the Broadway stage scores for "When We Were Forty-One", "Hip Hip Hooray", "The Merry-Go-Round", "School Days", "Ziegfeld Follies of 1910", "Sunbonnet Sue", and "Show Window". He founded the Gus Edwards Music Hall in New York, and also his own publishing company, then produced special subjects for films, and returned to vaudeville between 1930 and 1937, finally retiring in 1939. His film biography was "The Star Maker". His chief musical collaborators included Edward Madden, Will Cobb, and Robert B. Smith. His other popular-song compositions include "Meet Me Under the Wisteria", "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "I Can't Tell You Why I Love You but I Do", "Goodbye, Little Girl, Goodbye", "I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave", "I'll Be With You When the Roses Bloom Again", "He's My Pal", "Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield", "In Zanzibar", "If a Girl Like You Loved a Boy Like Me", "Jimmy Valentine", "If I Were a Millionaire", and "Laddie Boy".- Actress
- Additional Crew
Christiane Blumhoff was born on 17 June 1942 in Steegen, Danzig-West Prussia, Germany [now Stegna, Pomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Liebe, Babys und ... (2006), Sugar Baby (1985) and Die Schatzsuche - Orientierung mit der Landkarte (1991). She was married to Charles Bioudun Pearce. She died on 14 November 2023 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Born in Kulm, Germany--now Chelmno, Poland--in 1888, Heinz Guderian joined the German army and served as a staff officer during World War I. He stayed in the army after the war and took an interest in armored warfare. He had a talent for it, and his tactical innovations and revolutionary ideas brought him to the to the attention of German leader Adolf Hitler, and he was able to implement many of his ideas--such as the concept of the "blitzkrieg", or lightning war--into effect. He advocated for the formation of independent armored units backed with strong air and motorized infantry support in order to quickly break through enemy lines and encircle and destroy enemy troops and material behind those lines. Guderian's ideas and tactics proved themselves in 1939 when World War II broke out, and his tank outfits sliced through Poland, France and other allied countries like a hot knife through butter, handing Guderian victory after victory. In 1941 he was able to reach the gates of Moscow before the Russians finally managed to stop him. In the face of a fierce Russian counteroffensive, Guderian withdrew his forces in order to save them from annihilation, and a furious Hitler dismissed him.
He came back in 1943,however, and was made inspector general of armored troops. In that position he streamlined and accelerated the production of tanks, but constant interference from Hitler caused him to resign in 1945. He died in Germany in 1954. - Bernhard Goetzke was born on 5 June 1884 in Danzig, West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Salamander (1928), Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922) and Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924). He died on 7 October 1964 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Wolf-Dietrich Berg was born on 17 May 1944 in Danzig, Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Edel & Starck (2002), The Country Doctor (1987) and Frauenarzt Dr. Markus Merthin (1994). He died on 26 January 2004 in Hamburg, Germany.- Else Elster was born on 22 February 1910 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Three Girls Around Schubert (1936), Secret of the Blue Room (1932) and Trouble Backstairs (1935). She died on 28 March 1998 in Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Margarete Schlegel was born on 31 December 1899 in Bromberg, West Prussia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf (1931), Der Schuß im Pavillon (1925) and Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1922). She died in 1987 in England.
- Writer
- Director
Hans Kyser was born on 23 July 1882 in Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany [now Grudziadz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a writer and director, known for Luther (1928), Faust (1926) and Helen of Troy (1924). He was married to Luise Dube. He died on 24 October 1940 in Berlin, Germany.- Helena Grossówna was born on 25 November 1904 in Thorn, West Prussia, Germany [now Torun, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Pietro wyzej (1937), Zapomniana melodia (1938) and Straszny dwór (1936). She died on 1 July 1994 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Alfred Eisenstaedt was born on 6 December 1898 in Dirschau, West Prussia, Germany. He was married to Kathy Kaye. He died on 23 August 1995 in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, USA.
- Art Director
- Art Department
- Production Designer
Anton Grot was profoundly influenced by European modernism and expressionist art in both film and painting by the time he left Poland for the United States in 1909. Having studied illustration and design at Cracow and Koenigsberg, majoring in interior decoration, he was quick to embrace the burgeoning art deco movement and the low key, stylised design prevalent in early German cinema. His first film work was with Lubin in Philadelphia, as set painter and designer in 1913. He remained on the East Coast until 1922, and was then hired by Douglas Fairbanks and Cecil B. DeMille to work on the high profile Fairbanks swashbuckler Robin Hood (1922). During the next five years, Grot established his credentials at United Artists, leaving in 1927 to join First National. When that company was absorbed into Warner Brothers, Grot was appointed Head of the Art Department and held that position until his retirement in 1948.
His first major assignment was the biblical disaster epic Noah's Ark (1928) for which Grot designed the set for massive Temple of Moloch and created the all-consuming torrent at the climax. This was the first of sixteen collaborations with top Warner's director Michael Curtiz. Grot excelled at creating the prevailing mood of a film, often enhancing the work of the cinematographer. Point in case, Svengali (1931) - with its stylised, expressionist-inspired Parisian buildings and labyrinthine streets - for which both he and Barney McGill garnered Oscar nominations. After 'Svengali', Grot was almost exclusively in charge of the studio's prestige output, including Captain Blood (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936) and The Life of Emile Zola (1937). He was at his best, creating a sinister or foreboding atmosphere through sharply angled shadows, dramatic lighting and clever use of chiaroscuro. His many detailed and highly accomplished sketches for his sets are now housed at the UCLA library.
While his work contributed to the gritty, realistic look typical of Warner Brothers films during this period, Grot was adaptable enough to handle glamorous subjects and musicals (Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Romance on the High Seas (1948)) with equal aplomb. Some of his most impressive sets involved water, or, rather, prodigious amounts of water. For the studio-bound Errol Flynn swashbuckler The Sea Hawk (1940), he created a 12 ft. deep lake on a brand new sound stage, which contributed greatly to the overall $1.7 million budget (as did the two full-scale sailing vessels used for the battle scenes). Grot subsequently won a special Academy Award for his creation of a 'ripple machine' which simulated weather effects on water. No less impressive were his interior sets, notably the spectacular giant map at the Spanish court on which the downfall of England is plotted, and the vast up and down stairwells which serve as the backdrop for the climactic duel between Flynn's Geoffrey Thorpe and arch villain Lord Wolfingham (Henry Daniell).
After his retirement, Grot devoted much of his time to painting. He died in March 1974 at the age of 90 and was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame in 2004.- Actress
- Writer
Luzi Kryn was born on 14 March 1919 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress and writer, known for Die Bettwurst (1971), Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversion (1995) and Berliner Bettwurst (1975). She died on 21 August 2000 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Leo Bardischewski was born on 3 November 1914 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Das Vergnügen, anständig zu sein (1966) and Isar 12 (1961). He died on 27 October 1995 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Director of Photography, Bruno Mondi, shot over 100 movies. He created great silent movies in the 20ties, revue films in the 30s, propaganda films in Nazi Germany of the 40s, anti-fascist films in the Soviet zone of Germany in the 50s and entertainment films in West Germany in the 60s.
In 1918 he started his career as a trainee at the Bioskop-Film in Berlin. By 1921 he was camera assistant on Destiny (1921) by Fritz Lang. Between 1924 - 1932 German cinema was at the top, and Bruno Mondi shot 26 very successful films like Die tolle Lola (1927) with superstar Lilian Harvey, or Das Girl von der Revue (1928), which was highlighted in Berlin's Roaring Twenties.
In 1932 Bruno Mondi met Veit Harlan as an actor in _Unsichtbare Front, Die_. 1935 Harlan directed his first film _Krach im Hinterhaus (1935)_ with Henny Porten in the main role and Bruno Mondi at the camera. 3 years later Harlan became the most successful director in Nazi Germany. Until 1945 Bruno Mondi and Veit Harlan made 11 films, including as films as Die goldene Stadt (1942), which was the first European feature film in color, Der große König (1942) and Burning Hearts (1945), still the biggest historical German war movie, and the anti-Semitic propaganda film Jud Süß (1940), which will remain the most notorious film forever.
After World War II Bruno Mondi went on working at films without any problems, whereas Veit Harlan has been accused of aiding and abetting genocide. Mondi shot socialist-style re-education films in the Soviet zone like Wozzeck (1947) and Rotation (1949). With huge effort they made the fairy tale Das kalte Herz (1950), the first color feature film of the German Democratic Republic, which got international recognitions for the fascinating special effects. After that Mondi switched again and went to West Germany to shoot another 33 movies, most of them entertainment feature films, and a lot of them with tremendous success again, like the "Sissi"-films with new Romy Schneider.
Bruno Mondi is a luminous example for a brilliant and inventive cameraman and a frightening example for a perfect technician, not asking for the aim of his work.- Gerda-Maria Jürgens was born on 10 May 1917 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Cliff Dexter (1966), Intercontinental Express (1964) and Stahlnetz (1958). She died on 2 December 1998 in Germany.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Ivor Mairants, one of the most famous British guitarists, was born in Poland and moved with his family to England in 1913. Originally trained on the banjo, he first played with British dance bands of the 1930s such as those led by Ted Heath, Geraldo and Ambrose, first on banjo, then guitar. By the 1960s, his distinctive guitar work could be seen and heard on television and radio, and on recordings by Mantovani. Mairants also wrote instructional books for flamenco guitar method, and in 1958, with his wife Lily, established the 'Ivor Mairants Musicentre', the first British specialty guitar store, in London's West End. He also ran a dance studio in London in the 1950s, with several of his ex-pupils becoming top British guitarists themselves. For years he was a columnist for such music journals as 'Melody Maker'. Mairants died in 1998, a year after the 'Ivor Mairants Guitar Award' competition was started by the Worshipful Society of Musicians.- Hildegard Friebel was born on 9 April 1913 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. She is an actress, known for Homeland (1939), Das Hofkonzert (1936) and Polterabend (1940).
- Karl Junge-Swinburne was born on 20 August 1878 in West Prussia, Germany [now Poland]. He was an actor, known for Richthofen, der rote Ritter der Luft (1927), Zwei himmelblaue Augen (1932) and Frau Sylvelin (1938). He died on 28 June 1950 in Germany.
- Kurt Vespermann was born on 1 May 1887 in Kulmsee, West Prussia, Germany [now Chelmza, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Die Buddenbrooks (1923), Bewildered Youth (1957) and Die Welt ohne Maske (1934). He was married to Lia Eibenschütz. He died on 13 July 1957 in Berlin, Germany.
- Gertrud de Lalsky was born on 27 January 1878 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Kaiserliebchen (1931), The Love Waltz (1930) and The Dream of Butterfly (1939). She died on 16 September 1958 in Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany.
- Robert Fischer was born on 28 May 1881 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Heart of Gold (1919), Expensive Husbands (1937) and Loves of an Actress (1928). He died on 11 March 1973 in San Diego, California, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Sound Department
Hartmut Neugebauer was born on 2 September 1942 in Zirke, West Prussia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Brigade mondaine: Vaudou aux Caraïbes (1980), Code Name: Wild Geese (1984) and Contamination (1980). He died on 22 June 2017 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Hartmut Perschau was born on 28 March 1942 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Aus gutem Haus (2000) and Die großen Kriminalfälle (2000). He was married to Heike. He died on 25 July 2022 in Bremen, Germany.
- Actor
- Writer
Kunibert Gensichen was born on 26 June 1907 in Rittel, West Prussia, Germany [now Rytel, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Isar 12 (1961), Zu jung für die Liebe? (1961) and Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (1966). He died on 26 June 1991.- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Georg Zoch was born on 2 September 1902 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a writer and director, known for Der dunkle Punkt (1940), Wenn Männer verreisen (1940) and A Waltz for You (1934). He was married to Nina Raven-Zoch. He died on 31 March 1944.- Composer
- Soundtrack
Henryk Jablonski was born on 3 November 1915 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a composer, known for Ostatni strzal (1959), The Man with the Magic Box (2017) and Ballada o Januszku (1988). He died on 11 October 1989.- Hans Sanden was born on 31 December 1887 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for The Merry Wives of Windsor (1950), Geliebter Schatz (1943) and Kein Hüsung (1954). He died on 12 April 1954 in Berlin, Germany.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Traute Rose was born on 12 February 1904 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Ehe in Dosen (1939), Von allen geliebt (1957) and Der Vorhang fällt (1939). She was married to Paul Rose. She died on 10 October 1997 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Julius Pinschewer was born on 15 September 1883 in Inowrazlaw, West Prussia, Germany [now Inowroclaw, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a director and producer, known for Aegir: Ein Film-Festspiel (1918), Ewald-Film GmbH, Berlin (1924) and Jettes Ausgang (1925). He was married to Charlotte Wohlgemuth. He died on 16 April 1961 in Bern, Switzerland.- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Kurt Skalden was born on 16 December 1895 in Klein Tarpen, West Prussia, Germany [now Tarpno, Grudziadz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and director, known for Liebe geht - wohin sie will (1935), Junges Blut (1936) and Hecht am Haken (1951). He died on 8 December 1975.- Writer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Hermann Löns was born on 29 August 1866 in Culm, West Prussia, Germany [now Chelmno, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for The Heath Is Green (1932), Rot ist die Liebe (1957) and Wenn die Heide blüht (1960). He was married to Lisa Hausmann and Elisabeth Erbeck. He died on 26 September 1914 in Reims, Marne, France.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Erich Nitzschmann was born on 13 February 1901 in Danzig, West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a cinematographer, known for Destiny (1921), The Chronicles of the Gray House (1925) and Der Mord in der Greenstreet (1921). He died on 16 January 1980 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.- Director
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Hanns Walter Kornblum was born on 8 February 1878 in Neuteich, West Prussia, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Our Heavenly Bodies (1920), Die Grundlagen der Einsteinschen Relativitäts-Theorie (1922) and The Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923). He died on 17 January 1970 in Berlin, West Germany.- Producer
- Production Manager
Ernst Krüger was born on 25 March 1898 in Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany [now Grudziadz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a producer and production manager, known for The Green Hell (1938), The Hunter of Fall (1936) and Die Stunde der Versuchung (1936). He died on 19 February 1995 in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany.- Ernst Rotmund was born on 26 November 1886 in Thorn, West Prussia, Germany [now Torun, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Der Richter von Zalamea (1920), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937) and Irrende Seelen (1921). He died on 2 March 1955 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Art Director
- Production Designer
- Art Department
Ulrich Damrau was born on 13 November 1914 in Bromberg, West Prussia, Germany. Ulrich was an art director and production designer, known for Das kleine und das große Glück (1953), Alpha Alpha (1972) and Moment's Caress (1968). Ulrich died on 25 May 2007 in Backnang, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.- Jochen Klepper was born on 22 March 1903 in Beuthen an der Oder, West Prussia, Germany [now Bytom Odrzanski, Lubuskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute (1950) and Der Thronfolger (1980). He was married to Johanna Stein. He died on 11 December 1942 in Nikolassee, Berlin, Germany.
- Harald Müller was born on 5 February 1912 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a producer, known for Yesterday's Tomorrow (1978), Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (1969) and Das Brot des Bäckers (1976). He died on 4 November 2008 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Kurt Brenkendorf was born on 13 June 1886 in Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Die Jagd nach dem Tode (1920), Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 4. Teil: Die Goldmine von Sar-Khin (1921) and Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 3. Teil: Der Mann im Dunkel (1921). He died on 10 September 1944 in Berlin, Germany.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Hermann Rauschning was born on 7 August 1887 in Thorn, West Prussia, Germany. He was a writer. He was married to Anna Schwartz. He died on 8 February 1982 in Portland, Oregon, USA.- Erich Mirek was born on 15 November 1912 in Naßlettel, West Prussia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Solange Leben in mir ist (1965), Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) and Besondere Kennzeichen: keine (1956). He died on 12 September 2004 in Berlin, Germany.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Theo Mackeben was born on 5 January 1897 in Preußisch Stargard, West Prussia, Germany [now Starogard Gdanski, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a composer and actor, known for Suite Française (2014), The Way to Freedom (1941) and Patriots (1937). He was married to Loni Heuser and Toni Neft. He died on 10 January 1953 in Berlin, Germany.- Walter Krueger was born on 26 January 1881 in Flatow, West Prussia, Germany [now Zlotów, Wielkopolskie, Poland]. He was married to Grace Aileen Norvell. He died on 20 August 1967 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Helga Krolewski was born in 1937 in Marienburg, West Prussia, Germany. She is a writer, known for Die Katze (1968), Leben wie die Fürsten (1966) and Victor oder Die Kinder an die Macht (1973).- Ekkehard Schulz was born on 24 July 1941 in Bromberg, West Prussia, Germany.
- Günther Polensen was born on 20 May 1910 in Tiegenhof, West Prussia, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Unknown (1936), Ein Robinson (1940) and The Rabbit Is Me (1965). He died on 26 February 1989 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.