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- Actor
- Writer
Stanislaw Bareja was born on 5 December 1929 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a director and actor, known for Teddy Bear (1981), Przygoda z piosenka (1969) and Maz swojej zony (1961). He was married to Hanna Kotkowska-Bareja. He died on 14 June 1987 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Distinctive German star character actor, specialising in quaint or dyed-in-the-wool eccentrics, grumpy civil servants, pedantic school principals, doctors, head waiters and stuffy accountants. He studied under Louise Dumont and Gustav Lindemann and cut his acting teeth at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. Henckels was co-founder, and, from 1921, co-director of the Berlin Schlossparktheater. He was also a member of the ensemble of the Berlin Staatstheater from 1936 to 1945. He was discovered for the screen by silent star Henny Porten. After his debut appearance in this medium in 1921 he was rarely absent from films for the next four decades. His most fondly remembered role was that of the droll academic, Professor Bömmel, in the second filming of The Punch Bowl (1944).- Claus Clausen was born on 15 August 1899 in Eisenach, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach [now Thuringia], Germany. He was an actor, known for Burning Hearts (1945), Der Feuerteufel (1940) and Our Flags Lead Us Forward (1933). He died on 25 November 1989 in Essen, Germany.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rainer Will was born on 7 October 1954 in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Deutschland. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Æon Flux (2005), Anna (2008) and R.I.S (2007). He died on 31 July 2022 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Deutschland.- Mieke Verheyden was born on 31 January 1937 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. She was an actress, known for Zes personages zoeken een auteur (1971), Het poppenhuis (1972) and Transport (1983). She was married to Bert André. She died on 19 November 2011 in Essen, Flanders, Belgium.
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Edi Wieser was born on 9 May 1910 in Innsbruck, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. Edi was a director and writer, known for Ruf der Berge (1955), Sonniges Spanien (1953) and Les amours de Blanche Neige (1947). Edi died on 8 June 1959 in Essen, Germany.- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Michael Lentz was born on 9 September 1926 in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a writer and producer, known for Endstation (1979), Der Indianer (1988) and Nachruf auf eine Bestie (1985). He was married to Jelka Naber. He died on 30 November 2001 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Hubertus von Hindenburg was born on 29 June 1928 in Berlin, Germany. He died on 4 February 2016 in Essen, Germany.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Erna Berger was born on 19 October 1900 in Dresden, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Marriage of Figaro (1949), Mozart's Don Giovanni (1955) and Falstaff in Vienna (1940). She was married to Sverre Wiull. She died on 14 June 1990 in Essen, Germany.- Fakir Baykurt was born on 15 June 1929 in Yesilova, Burdur, Turkey. He was a writer, known for Yilanlarin Öcü (1961), Dilekçe (1988) and Yilanlarin Öcü (1985). He died on 11 October 1999 in Essen, Germany.
- Bernard Verheyden was born on 20 November 1938 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Wittekerke (1993), Wij, heren van Zichem (1969) and De paradijsvogels (1979). He was married to Denise Zimmermann. He died on 15 March 2018 in Essen, Flanders, Belgium.
- Albrecht grew up with his brother Karl in the Essen suburb of Schonebeck in poor conditions. The father worked as a miner; Due to the father's inability to work, the mother ran a grocery store to support the children. After school, Karl began commercial training in a delicatessen in Essen. Theo did an apprenticeship in his mother's grocery store. Both were called up for military service at the outbreak of the Second World War. Karl Albrecht suffered a wound on the Eastern Front. Theo Albrecht was deployed in Africa and finally in Italy, where he was taken prisoner by the Americans towards the end of the war. After returning home in 1946, the Albrecht brothers continued to run the grocery store in the Essen suburb, which they gradually expanded into a chain of stores. In 1948 they founded the company "Albrecht Discount", which later traded under the name "ALDI". In 1950, the Albrechts were already running 13 grocery stores, which gradually spread across the entire Ruhr area.
Their business idea was based on a uniform range of well-selling mass-produced items that could be offered at low prices with minimal personnel, advertising and decoration effort. In 1955 the company had 101 branches, the number of which rose to 170 by 1958 and even to 300 by 1960. In 1961, the brothers separated the company: Karl headed the store network south of the Ruhr, while Theo took over the stores in the north. Under the name "ALDI" ("ALbrecht-DIscount"), the simply designed food markets quickly spread throughout Germany in the 1960s. The first Aldi store with a new discount concept opened in 1962. By 1972, the brothers were already operating 600 branches in 300 cities. In 1971, Theo Albrecht was the victim of a kidnapping, from which he was only released after almost three weeks after paying 7 million DM. Despite the subsequent arrest of the perpetrators, part of the ransom money was never found.
In 1976, Karl Albrecht expanded overseas for the first time to take over the "Benner Tea of Iowa" chain of stores in the USA, which has since developed into a profitable business under the name "ALDI-Benner". In 1977 and 1978 the company was transformed into "ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG". This was followed by further investments from 1980 onwards in the US supermarket chain "Albertson's", in the Austrian Hofer markets, the Belgian Lansa and the Dutch Combi chain. In 1988 the company expanded to France and in 1990 to Great Britain. Towards the end of the 1990s, "ALDI" had become one of the largest trading companies in Europe, operating 3,000 branches in the Federal Republic alone in 1997. An expanded range of goods, which has now also significantly improved in quality, has now transformed the ALDI stores from a supermarket for socially disadvantaged sections of the population into a recognized discounter that has found its largest clientele in the middle income brackets. Theo Albrecht was married to Cäcilia "Cilly" Albrecht. They had two children together.
At the end of 1993, Theo Albrecht transferred the management of ALDI-Nord to his sons Berthold and Theo junior. However, as chairman of the Theo Albrecht Foundation, Theo Albrecht continues to exert his influence on the company. After Karl Albrecht withdrew from the direct management of ALDI-Süd and his son Karl junior also left the board of directors there in 1994 for health reasons, the management position was taken over by Ulrich Wolters and Horst Steinfeld. With assets worth 14.6 and 12.6 billion euros respectively, Theo and Karl Albrecht were considered the richest Germans. In 2004, Karl Albrecht was considered the third richest person in the world with an estimated fortune of $23 billion. His brother Theo was ranked 14th with $18.1 billion. In March 2005, the Forbes Institute announced that Karl Albrecht was ranked 8th in the world as Germany's richest man, while his brother Theo was 20th . took place.
Theo Albrecht died on July 24, 2010 in Essen. - Actor
- Soundtrack
Manfred Heidmann was born on 27 December 1923 in Lübeck, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tim Frazer (1963), Miranda (1966) and Robin Hood, the Noble Robber (1966). He was married to Elisabeth Hausmann. He died on 19 May 2020 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Hanns-Peter Hüster was born in 1935 in Augsburg, Germany. He was a producer, known for Ouvertüre (1969) and Der Hut - Im Lichte neuester Forschung (1984). He was married to Marianne Menze. He died on 10 March 2020 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Andreas Kunze was born on 22 August 1952 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor, known for 100 Jahre Adolf Hitler - Die letzte Stunde im Führerbunker (1989), Die Sturzflieger (1995) and Jetzt oder nie - Zeit ist Geld (2000). He died on 8 April 2010 in Essen, Germany.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Michael Karoli was born on 29 April 1948 in Straubing, Bavaria, Germany. He was a composer, known for Broken Embraces (2009), Inherent Vice (2014) and The Gentlemen (2019). He was married to Shirley Argwings-Kodhek. He died on 17 November 2001 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Hubert Lampo was born on 1 September 1920 in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. He was a writer and actor, known for Kasper in de onderwereld (1979), The Arrival of Joachim Stiller (1976) and De Madonna van Nedermunster (1970). He died on 12 July 2006 in Essen, Flanders, Belgium.
- Manfred Burgsmüller was born on 22 December 1949 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He died on 18 May 2019 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Wolff Lindner was born on 25 September 1934 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Melissa (1966), Ein Sommernachtstraum (1964) and War Dog (1987). He died on 16 November 2003 in Essen, Germany.
- Manfred Jung was born on 9 July 1940 in Oberhausen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Ring des Nibelungen (1980) and Wagner (1983). He died on 14 April 2017 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Gustav Heinemann was born on 23 July 1899 in Schwelm, Germany. He was married to Hilda Ordemann. He died on 7 July 1976 in Essen, Germany.
- Ernst Achenbach was born on 9 April 1909 in Siegen, Westphalia, Prussia [now North Rhine-Westphalia], Germany. He died on 2 December 1991 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Werner Müller was born on 1 June 1946 in Essen, Germany. He was married to Marion. He died on 15 July 2019 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Wulf Bernotat was born on 14 August 1948 in Göttingen, Germany. He died on 27 August 2017 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Heinz Wallberg was born on 16 March 1923 in Hamm, Germany. He was an actor, known for Zigeunerliebe (1974), Der Bettelstudent (1970) and L'amour maudit de Leisenbohg (1991). He was married to Maritta Ruthmann and Murielle Nouget. He died on 29 September 2004 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- After finishing school, Rahn completed training as an electrician. From 1938 to 1946 he played for Altenessen 12. He started his football career in 1946 with the regional league club Oelde 1909, for which he scored 52 goals. He came to the "Rot-Weiß Essen" club in 1951 through the Sportfreunde Katernberg. In the same year, 1951, he was appointed to the national team by national coach Sepp Herberger. The right winger played a total of 40 international matches and scored 21 goals. He turned down an offer to move to the "Racing Club Buenos Aires" in 1952. With his club "Rot-Weiß Essen" he won the DFB Cup in 1953 and became German champion in 1955.
At the World Cup final in Bern on July 4, 1954, in which Sepp Herberger's team fell behind 2-0, Rahn scored the equalizer and the winning goal for a sensational victory after Max Morlock's goal. With Herbert Zimmermann's live radio report from Bern, the legendary words "Rahn should shoot from the background, Rahn shoots - goal, goal, goal... Germany is world champion" went around the world. Rahn not only became one of the first star players, but he also gave the young Federal Republic, which was still in the post-war sinful role, a new self-confidence. The event went down in history as the "Miracle of Bern".
After a guest appearance at 1. FC Köln and in the Dutch honorary division at SV Enschede, Rahn made a surprising comeback in 1963 in the newly founded German Bundesliga with "Meidericher SV", today's MSV Duisburg, with whom he was runner-up in the founding season. Rahn ended his career in 1965 due to a knee injury. He then withdrew from public life. - Tatjana Irrah was born on 15 May 1892 in Witten, Germany. She was an actress, known for Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer (1916), Die silberne Kugel (1916) and Ein Blatt Papier (1916). She died on 13 January 1949 in Essen, Germany.
- Bernhard Derksen was born on 4 April 1896 in Essen, Germany. Bernhard was a composer, known for Sport in der Zeitlupe (1944), Perpetuum mobile (1943) and Küchenzauber (1943). Bernhard died on 3 January 1965 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Herbert Schelberger was born on 7 May 1908 in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He died on 31 October 1980 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Franz Krey was born on 4 January 1904 in Essen, Germany. Franz was a writer, known for Maria und der Paragraph (1974). Franz died on 24 January 1997 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Alfred Krupp was born on 26 April 1812 in Essen, Grand Duchy of Berg [now Germany]. He died on 14 July 1887 in Essen, Germany.
- Helmuth Hinzelmann was born on 6 August 1904 in Oldenburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Attentat - Schleicher: General der letzten Stunde (1967), Rotmord (1969) and Meinungsverschiedenheiten (1968). He was married to Ingeborg Friedrich. He died on 15 May 1972 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
- Antje Huber was born on 23 May 1924 in Stettin, Germany. She was married to Karl Huber. She died on 30 September 2015 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was born on 13 August 1907 in Essen, Germany. He was married to Vera Knauer and Anneliese Lampert. He died on 30 July 1967 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
- Bettina Falckenberg was born on 7 September 1926 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for Das Leben ist die größte Schau - Seltsame Geschichten und komische Begebenheiten (1964), Flimmerparade (1961) and Brüderchen und Schwesterchen (1953). She was married to Günter Titt. She died on 20 June 2020 in Essen, Germany.
- Illka Boll was born in 1923 in Oppeln, Silesia, Germany. Illka was a writer, known for Die Laokoon-Gruppe (1963) and Der unterbrochene Akt (1970). Illka died on 23 June 1985 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
- Additional Crew
Fritz Roth was born on 1 August 1949 in Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is known for Identity Kills (2003), Planet Wissen (2002) and Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998). He died on 13 December 2012 in Essen, Germany.- Heinz-Horst Deichmann was born on 30 September 1926 in Essen, Germany. He died on 2 October 2014 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Michael Stein was born on 7 August 1950 in Wolfen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He died on 13 March 2021 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Brigitte Lebaan was born on 9 September 1926. She was an actress, known for The Trial of Joan of Arc to Rouen 1431 (1967), Irren ist Teuflisch (1964) and Draußen vor der Tür (1970). She died on 20 November 1988 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
- Michael Tönnies was born on 19 December 1959 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She died on 26 January 2017 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Uta Ranke-Heinemann was born on 2 October 1927 in Essen, Germany. She was married to Edmund Ranke. She died on 25 March 2021 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Winfried Krause was born on 26 April 1939 in Zittau, Saxony, Germany. He died on 8 March 2019 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Günter Titt was born on 25 March 1925 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Leben ist die größte Schau - Seltsame Geschichten und komische Begebenheiten (1964), Kinderstunde (1951) and Leonce und Lena (1963). He was married to Bettina Falckenberg. He died on 11 June 2017 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Alexandros Shinas was born in 1924 in Athens, Greece. He died on 13 February 2012 in Essen, Germany.
- Jens Feddersen was born on 30 January 1928 in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for Novemberkatzen (1986), Dalli Dalli (1971) and Pro & Contra (1968). He died on 28 May 1996 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Wolfgang Hufschmidt was born on 15 March 1934 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was married to Elsi Kocks. He died on 18 July 2018 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Jochen Maass was born in 1927 in Berlin, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Es ist soweit (1960), EXPOniert (1967) and As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (1959). He died on 12 April 2000 in Essen, Germany.