Tag: Austria

Lotte Lenya

(1898–1981) Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer Filmography as Actress: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 1961 Director: José Quintero Starring: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty     From Russia with Love 1963 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi   Born October 18 1898…

Curd Jürgens

(1915–1982) Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens Filmography as Actor: Et Dieu… créa la femme 1956 Director: Roger Vadim Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jürgens     The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 Director: Lewis Gilbert Starring: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach   Born December 13 1915 Solln,…

Ben Cross

(1947–2020) Harry Bernard Cross Filmography as Actor: Great Expectations 1974 Director: Joseph Hardy Starring: Michael York, Sarah Miles     First Knight 1995 Director: Jerry Zucker Starring: Sean Connery, Richard Gere   Born December 16 1947 London (England) Died August 18 2020 Vienna (Austria) Occupation Actor

Charles Vidor

(1900–1959) Károly Vidor Filmography as Director: The Swan 1956 Director: Charles Vidor Starring: Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness   Born July 27 1900 Budapest (Hungary) Died June 4 1959 Vienna (Austria) Cause of death Heart failure Wife Evelyn Keyes (1916-2008) Occupation…

Maximilian Schell

(1930–2014) Filmography as Actor: Julia 1977 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave     Stalin 1992 Director: Ivan Passer Starring: Robert Duvall, Julia Ormond   Born December 8 1930 Vienna (Austria) Died February 1 2014 Innsbruck (Austria) Occupation Actor Sister…

Cristo nella casa di Marta e Maria (1605)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Cristo nella casa di Marta e Maria (Christ in the House of Martha and Mary) 1605 Oil on poplar, 125 x 118 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on the stone at the right side of the well:…

Ragazzo con la freccia (c.1505)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Ragazzo con la freccia (Boy with an Arrow) c.1505 Oil on poplar, 48 × 41.8 × 2.6 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna This bust of an idealized young man with a rich mane of curls and an arrow in…

Tre filosofi (1508-1509)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Tre filosofi (Three Philosophers) 1508–1509 Oil on canvas, 125.5 × 146.2 × 3.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna “The oil painting with the three philosophers in a landscape, two standing and one sitting looking at the sun’s rays, with…

Laura (1506)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Laura 1506 Canvas on (old) spruce wood, 41 × 33.6 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The young lady in a red, fur-lined coat, named after the laurel (lauro) that entails her, is, with the exception of the “Vanitas” in…