Seelchen (Little soul) Maria Schell studied in a religious institution in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France). She received a dramatic training in Zurich, Switzerland. To pay her studies she was a secretary there. Besides being a film star; Maria appeared in plays in Zurich, Basel, in Vienna (Josefstad Theater), Berlin, Munich (Kammerspiel Theater), at the Salzburg Festival and went on provincial tours ... show all
Seelchen (Little soul) Maria Schell studied in a religious institution in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France). She received a dramatic training in Zurich, Switzerland. To pay her studies she was a secretary there. Besides being a film star; Maria appeared in plays in Zurich, Basel, in Vienna (Josefstad Theater), Berlin, Munich (Kammerspiel Theater), at the Salzburg Festival and went on provincial tours from 1963. Among the plays she performed there were such classics as Shakespeare's "Hamlet", Goethe's "Faust" and such modern classics as "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw. Mother of Oliver Hächler (b. 1962, now known as Oliver Schell, with Horst Hächler) and actress Marie-Theres Relin (b. 30 June 1966, with Veit Relin). Schell, Gritli hide
Genres:Drama | War Countries:Austria | Yugoslavia Directors:Helmut Käutner Actors:Maria Schell | Bernhard Wicki | Barbara Rütting | Carl Möhner | Pavle Mincic | Horst Hächler | Robert Meyn | Zvonko Zungul | Tilla Durieux | Fritz Eckhardt | Janez Vrhovec | Walter Regelsberger | Steffie Schwarz | Bata Stojanovic | Stevan Petrovic
The winner of the International Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Die Leitze Bruecke (The Last Bridge) was the most financially successful postwar effort of its co-director, veteran German filmmaker Helmut Kauetner. Filmed in a manner resembling Italian neorealism, the story concerns a German lady doctor, played by Maria Schell. While serving in WW II, Maria is captured by Yugoslavian partisans. Despite her distaste for her captors, she nonetheless tends to their wounded. As the film progresses, Maria realizes that people are people no matter what the color of their uniform. None of this altruism matters, however, when she voluntarily crosses "the last bridge," which, symbolically, is her bridge to the Next World. Like the film itself, Maria Schell won the Cannes Film Festival award; equally impressive is future director Bernhard Wicki as the partisan leader. Download:
Genres: Drama | War