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Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (November or September 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000), was an Austrian-American actress, inventor, and film producer. She appeared in 30 films over a 28 year career, and co-invented an early version of frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication.

Lamarr was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, and acted in a number of Austrian, German, and Czech films in her brief early film career, including the controversial Ecstasy (1933). In 1937, she fled from her husband, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, secretly moving to Paris and then on to London. There she met Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studio, who offered her a Hollywood movie contract, where he began promoting her as "the world's most beautiful woman".

She became a star through her performance in Algiers (1938), her first United States film.[5] She starred opposite Clark Gable in Boom Town and Comrade X (both 1940), and James Stewart in Come Live with Me and Ziegfeld Girl (both 1941). Her other MGM films include Lady of the Tropics (1939), H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), as well as Crossroads and White Cargo (both 1942); she was also borrowed by Warner Bros. for The Conspirators, and by RKO for Experiment Perilous (both 1944). Dismayed by being typecast, Lamarr co-founded a new production studio and starred in its films: The Strange Woman (1946), and Dishonored Lady (1947). Her greatest success was as Delilah in Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah (1949). She also acted on television before the release of her final film, The Female Animal (1958). She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

At the beginning of World War II, Lamarr and composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system using frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology for Allied torpedoes, intended to defeat the threat of jamming by the Axis powers. She also helped improve aircraft aerodynamics for Howard Hughes while they dated during the war. Although the US Navy did not adopt Lamarr and Antheil's invention until 1957, various spread-spectrum techniques are incorporated into Bluetooth technology and are similar to methods used in legacy versions of Wi-Fi. Recognition of the value of their work resulted in the pair being posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.

Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in 1914 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, the only child of Emil Kiesler (1880–1935) and Gertrud "Trude" Kiesler (née Lichtwitz; 1894–1977). Her father was born to a Galician-Jewish family in Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine), and was a successful bank manager. Her mother was a pianist, born in Budapest to an upper-class Hungarian-Jewish family. She converted to Catholicism as an adult, at the insistence of her first husband, and raised her daughter Hedy as a Catholic as well, though she was not formally baptized at the time.

As a child, Kiesler showed an interest in acting and was fascinated by theatre and film. At the age of 12, she won a beauty contest in Vienna. She also began to associate invention with her father, who would take her out on walks, explaining how various technologies in society functioned.

After the Anschluss, she helped get her mother out of Austria and to the United States, where Gertrud Kiesler later became an American citizen. She put "Hebrew" as her race on her petition for naturalization, a term that had been frequently used in Europe.

Still using her maiden name of Hedy Kiesler, she took acting classes in Vienna. One day, she forged a permission note from her mother and went to Sascha-Film, where she was hired at the age of 16 as a script girl. She gained a role as an extra in Money on the Street (1930), and then a small speaking part in Storm in a Water Glass (1931). Producer Max Reinhardt cast her in a play entitled The Weaker Sex, which was performed at the Theater in der Josefstadt. Reinhardt was so impressed with her that he arranged for her to return with him to Berlin, where he was based.

Kiesler never trained with Reinhardt nor appeared in any of his Berlin productions. After meeting Russian theatre producer Alexis Granowsky, she was cast in his film directorial debut, The Trunks of Mr. O.F. (1931), starring Walter Abel and Peter Lorre. Granowsky soon moved to Paris, but Kiesler stayed in Berlin to work. She was given the lead role in No Money Needed (1932), a comedy directed by Carl Boese. Her next film brought her international fame.

In early 1933, at age 18, Hedy Kiesler, still working under her maiden name, was given the lead in Gustav Machatý's film Ecstasy (Ekstase in German, Extase in Czech). She played the neglected young wife of an indifferent older man.

The film became both celebrated and notorious for showing the actress's face in the throes of an orgasm. According to Marie Benedict's book The Only Woman In The Room, Kiesler's expression resulted from someone sticking her with a pin. She was also shown in closeups and brief nude scenes, the latter reportedly a result of the actress being "duped" by the director and producer, who used high-power telephoto lenses.

Although Kiesler was dismayed and now disillusioned about taking other roles, Ecstasy gained world recognition after winning an award in Rome. Throughout Europe, the film was regarded as an artistic work. However, in the United States, it was banned, considered overly sexual, and made the target of negative publicity, especially among women's groups. It was also banned in Germany due to Kiesler's Jewish heritage. Her husband, Fritz Mandl, reportedly spent over $300,000 buying up and destroying copies of the film.

Kiesler also played a number of stage roles, including a starring one in Sissy, a play about Empress Elisabeth of Austria produced in Vienna in early 1933, just as Ecstasy premiered. It won accolades from critics.

Admirers sent roses to her dressing room and tried to get backstage to meet Kiesler. She sent most of them away, including an insistent Friedrich Mandl. He became obsessed with getting to know her. Mandl was a Viennese arms merchant and munitions manufacturer who was reputedly the third-richest man in Austria. She fell for his charming and fascinating personality, partly due to his immense wealth. Her parents, both of Jewish descent, did not approve, as Mandl had ties to Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, and later, German Führer Adolf Hitler, but they could not stop their headstrong daughter.

On August 10, 1933, at the age of 18, Kiesler married Mandl, then 33. The son of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, Mandl insisted that she convert to Catholicism before their wedding in Vienna Karlskirche. In her autobiography Ecstasy and Me, Mandl is described as an extremely controlling husband. He strongly objected to her having been filmed in the simulated orgasm scene in Ecstasy and prevented her from pursuing her acting career. She claimed she was kept a virtual prisoner in their castle home, Castle Schwarzenau in the remote Waldviertel near the Czech border.

Mandl had close social and business ties to the Italian government, selling munitions to the country, and, despite his own part-Jewish descent, had ties to the Nazi regime of Germany. Kiesler accompanied Mandl to business meetings, where he conferred with scientists and other professionals involved in military technology. These conferences were her introduction to the field of applied science and she became interested in nurturing her latent talent in science.

Finding her marriage to Mandl eventually unbearable, Kiesler decided to flee her husband as well as her country. According to her autobiography, she disguised herself as her maid and fled to Paris. Friedrich Otto's account says that she persuaded Mandl to let her wear all of her jewelry for a dinner party where the influential austrofascist Ernst Stahremberg attended, then disappeared afterward. She writes about her marriage:

I knew very soon that I could never be an actress while I was his wife. ... He was the absolute monarch in his marriage. ... I was like a doll. I was like a thing, some object of art which had to be guarded—and imprisoned—having no mind, no life of its own.

After arriving in London in 1937, she met Louis B. Mayer, head of MGM, who was scouting for talent in Europe. She initially turned down the offer he made her (of $125 a week), but booked herself onto the same New York-bound liner as he. During the trip, she impressed him enough to secure a $500 a week contract. Mayer persuaded her to change her name from Hedwig Kiesler (to distance herself from "the Ecstasy lady" reputation associated with it). She chose the surname "Lamarr" in homage to the beautiful silent film star, Barbara La Marr, on the suggestion of Mayer's wife, Margaret Shenberg.

When Mayer brought Lamarr to Hollywood in 1938, he began promoting her as the "world's most beautiful woman". He introduced her to producer Walter Wanger, who was making Algiers (1938), an American version of the noted French film, Pépé le Moko (1937).

Lamarr was cast in the lead opposite Charles Boyer. The film created a "national sensation", says Shearer. Lamarr was billed as an unknown but well-publicized Austrian actress, which created anticipation in audiences. Mayer hoped she would become another Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich. According to one viewer, when her face first appeared on the screen, "everyone gasped ... Lamarr's beauty literally took one's breath away."

In future Hollywood films, Lamarr was often typecast as the archetypal glamorous seductress of exotic origin. Her second American film was I Take This Woman (1940), co-starring with Spencer Tracy under the direction of regular Dietrich collaborator, Josef von Sternberg. Von Sternberg was fired during the shoot, and replaced by Frank Borzage. The film was put on hold, and Lamarr was put into Lady of the Tropics (1939), where she played a mixed-race seductress in Saigon opposite Robert Taylor. She returned to I Take This Woman, re-shot by W. S. Van Dyke. The resulting film was a flop.

Far more popular was Boom Town (1940) with Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert and Spencer Tracy; it made $5 million MGM promptly reteamed Lamarr and Gable in Comrade X (1940), a comedy film in the vein of Ninotchka (1939), which was another hit.

She was teamed with James Stewart in Come Live with Me (1941), playing a Viennese refugee. Stewart was also featured in Ziegfeld Girl (1941), in which Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner played aspiring showgirls; it was a big success.

Lamarr was top-billed in H. M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), although the film's protagonist was the title role played by Robert Young. She made a third film with Tracy, Tortilla Flat (1942). It was successful at the box office, as was Crossroads (1942) with William Powell.

She played the seductive native girl Tondelayo in White Cargo (1942), top-billed over Walter Pidgeon. It was a huge hit. White Cargo contains arguably her most memorable film quote, delivered with provocative invitation: "I am Tondelayo. I make tiffin for you?" This line typifies many of Lamarr's roles, which emphasized her beauty and sensuality while giving her relatively few lines. The lack of acting challenges bored Lamarr, and she reportedly took up inventing to relieve her boredom. In a 1970 interview, Lamarr also remarked that she was paid less because she would not sleep with Mayer.

Lamarr was reunited with Powell in a comedy, The Heavenly Body (1944). She was then borrowed by Warner Bros. for The Conspirators (1944), reuniting several of the actors of Casablanca (1942), which had been inspired in part by Algiers and written with Lamarr in mind as its female lead, though MGM would not lend her out. RKO later borrowed her for a melodrama, Experiment Perilous (1944), directed by Jacques Tourneur.

Back at MGM, Lamarr was teamed with Robert Walker in the romantic comedy Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945), playing a princess who falls in love with a New Yorker. It was very popular, but would be the last film she made under her MGM contract.

Her off-screen life and personality during those years was quite different from her screen image. She spent much of her time feeling lonely and homesick. She might swim at her agent's pool, but shunned the beaches and staring crowds. When asked for an autograph, she wondered why anyone would want it. Writer Howard Sharpe interviewed her and gave his impression:

Hedy has the most incredible personal sophistication. She knows the peculiarly European art of being womanly; she knows what men want in a beautiful woman, what attracts them, and she forces herself to be these things. She has magnetism with warmth, something that neither Dietrich nor Garbo has managed to achieve.

Author Richard Rhodes describes her assimilation into American culture:

Of all the European émigrés who escaped Nazi Germany and Nazi Austria, she was one of the very few who succeeded in moving to another culture and becoming a full-fledged star herself. There were so very few who could make the transition linguistically or culturally. She really was a resourceful human being–I think because of her father's strong influence on her as a child.

Lamarr also had a penchant for speaking about herself in the third person.

Lamarr wanted to join the National Inventors Council, but was reportedly told by NIC member Charles F. Kettering and others that she could better help the war effort by using her celebrity status to sell war bonds.

She participated in a war bond-selling campaign with a sailor named Eddie Rhodes. Rhodes was in the crowd at each Lamarr appearance, and she would call him up on stage. She would briefly flirt with him before asking the audience if she should give him a kiss. The crowd would say yes, to which Hedy would reply that she would if enough people bought war bonds. After enough bonds were purchased, she would kiss Rhodes and he would head back into the audience. Then they would head off to the next war bond rally. In total, Lamarr sold approximately $25 million (over $350 million when adjusted for inflation in 2020) worth of war bonds during a period of 10 days.

After leaving MGM in 1945, Lamarr formed production company Mars Film Corporation with Jack Chertok and Hunt Stromberg, producing two film noir motion pictures which she also starred in: The Strange Woman (1946) as a manipulative seductress leading a son to murder his father, and Dishonored Lady (1947) as a formerly suicidal fashion designer[verification needed] trying to start a new life but gets accused of murder. Her initiative was unwelcomed by the Hollywood establishment, as they were against actors (especially female actors) producing their films independently. Both films grossed over their budgets, but were not large commercial successes.

In 1948, she tried a comedy with Robert Cummings, called Let's Live a Little.

Lamarr enjoyed her greatest success playing Delilah opposite Victor Mature as the biblical strongman in Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah (1949). A massive critical and commercial success, the film became the highest-grossing picture of 1950 and won two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design) of its five nominations. She won critical acclaim for her portrayal of Delilah. Showmen's Trade Review previewed the film before its release and commended Lamarr's performance: "Miss Lamarr is just about everyone's conception of the fair-skinned, dark-haired, beauteous Delilah, a role tailor-made for her, and her best acting chore to date."[48] Photoplay wrote, "As Delilah, Hedy Lamarr is treacherous and tantalizing, her charms enhanced by Technicolor."[49]

Lamarr returned to MGM for a film noir with John Hodiak, A Lady Without Passport (1950), which flopped. More popular were two pictures she made at Paramount, a Western with Ray Milland, Copper Canyon (1950), and a Bob Hope spy spoof, My Favorite Spy (1951).

Her career went into decline. She went to Italy to play multiple roles in Loves of Three Queens (1954), which she also produced. However she lacked the experience necessary to make a success of such an epic production, and lost millions of dollars when she was unable to secure distribution of the picture.

She was Joan of Arc in Irwin Allen's critically panned epic, The Story of Mankind (1957) and did episodes of Zane Grey Theatre ("Proud Woman") and Shower of Stars ("Cloak and Dagger"). Her last film was a thriller The Female Animal (1958).

Lamarr was signed to act in the 1966 film Picture Mommy Dead, but was let go when she collapsed during filming from nervous exhaustion. She was replaced in the role of Jessica Flagmore Shelley by Zsa Zsa Gabor.

Although Lamarr had no formal training and was primarily self-taught, she worked in her spare time on various hobbies and inventions, which included an improved traffic stoplight and a tablet that would dissolve in water to create a carbonated drink. The beverage was unsuccessful; Lamarr herself said it tasted like Alka-Seltzer.

Among the few who knew of Lamarr's inventiveness was aviation tycoon Howard Hughes. She suggested he change the rather square design of his aeroplanes (which she thought looked too slow) to a more streamlined shape, based on pictures of the fastest birds and fish she could find. Lamarr discussed her relationship with Hughes during an interview, saying that while they dated, he actively supported her inventive "tinkering" hobbies. He put his team of scientists and engineers at her disposal, saying they would do or make anything she asked for.

During World War II, Lamarr learned that radio-controlled torpedoes, an emerging technology in naval war, could easily be jammed and set off course.[53] She thought of creating a frequency-hopping signal that could not be tracked or jammed. She conceived an idea and contacted her friend, composer and pianist George Antheil, to help her implement it.[54] Together they developed a device for doing that, when he succeeded by synchronizing a miniaturized player-piano mechanism with radio signals.[40] They drafted designs for the frequency-hopping system, which they patented.[55][56] Antheil recalled:

We began talking about the war, which, in the late summer of 1940, was looking most extremely black. Hedy said that she did not feel very comfortable, sitting there in Hollywood and making lots of money when things were in such a state. She said that she knew a good deal about munitions and various secret weapons ... and that she was thinking seriously of quitting MGM and going to Washington, D.C., to offer her services to the newly established National Inventors Council.

As quoted from a 1945 Stars and Stripes interview, "Hedy modestly admitted she did only 'creative work on the invention', while the composer and author George Antheil, 'did the really important chemical part'. Hedy was not too clear about how the device worked, but she remembered that she and Antheil sat down on her living room rug and were using a silver match box with the matches simulating the wiring of the invented 'thing'. She said that at the start of the war 'British fliers were over hostile territory as soon as they crossed the channel, but German aviators were over friendly territory most of the way to England... I got the idea for my invention when I tried to think of some way to even the balance for the British. A radio controlled torpedo, I thought would do it.'"

Their invention was granted a patent under U.S. Patent 2,292,387 on August 11, 1942 (filed using her married name Hedy Kiesler Markey).[58] However, it was technologically difficult to implement, and at the time the US Navy was not receptive to considering inventions coming from outside the military.[35] Nevertheless, it was classified in the "red hot" category.[59] It was first adapted in 1957 to develop a sonobuoy before the expiration of the patent, although this was denied by the Navy. At the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, an updated version of their design was installed on Navy ships.[60] Today, various spread-spectrum techniques are incorporated into Bluetooth technology and are similar to methods used in legacy versions of Wi-Fi. Lamarr and Antheil's contributions were formally recognized in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Lamarr was married and divorced six times and had three children:

Friedrich Mandl (married 1933–37), chairman of the Hirtenberger Patronen-Fabrik

Gene Markey (married 1939–41), screenwriter and producer. She adopted a boy, James Lamarr Markey (born January 9, 1939) during her marriage with Markey. In 2001, James found out he was the out-of-wedlock son of Lamarr and actor John Loder, whom she later married as her third husband.

John Loder (married 1943–47), actor. James Lamarr Markey was adopted by Loder as James Lamarr Loder. During the marriage, Lamarr and Loder also had two further children: Denise Loder (born January 19, 1945), married Larry Colton, a writer and former baseball player; and Anthony Loder (born February 1, 1947), married Roxanne who worked for illustrator James McMullan. They both appeared in the documentary films Calling Hedy Lamarr (2004), and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017).

Ernest "Ted" Stauffer (married 1951–52), nightclub owner, restaurateur, and former bandleader

W. Howard Lee (married 1953–60), a Texas oilman (he later married film actress Gene Tierney)

Lewis J. Boies (married 1963–65), Lamarr's divorce lawyer

Following her sixth and final divorce in 1965, Lamarr remained unmarried for the last 35 years of her life.

Lamarr became a naturalized citizen of the United States at age 38 on April 10, 1953. Her autobiography, Ecstasy and Me, was published in 1966. In a 1969 interview on The Merv Griffin Show, she said that she did not write it and claimed that much was fictional. Lamarr sued the publisher in 1966 to halt publication, saying that many details were fabricated by its ghost writer, Leo Guild. She lost the suit. In 1967, Lamarr was sued by Gene Ringgold, who asserted that the book plagiarized material from an article he had written in 1965 for Screen Facts magazine.

In the late 1950s, Lamarr designed and, with husband W. Howard Lee, developed the Villa LaMarr ski resort in Aspen, Colorado. After their divorce, her husband gained this resort

In 1966, Lamarr was arrested in Los Angeles for shoplifting. The charges were eventually dropped. In 1991, she was arrested on the same charge in Florida, this time for stealing $21.48 worth of laxatives and eye drops. She pleaded no contest to avoid a court appearance, and the charges were dropped in return for her promise to refrain from breaking any laws for a year.

During the 1970s, Lamarr lived in increasing seclusion. She was offered several scripts, television commercials, and stage projects, but none piqued her interest. In 1974, she filed a $10 million lawsuit against Warner Bros., claiming that the running parody of her name ("Hedley Lamarr") featured in the Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles infringed her right to privacy. Brooks said he was flattered; the studio settled out of court for an undisclosed nominal sum and an apology to Lamarr for "almost using her name". Brooks said that Lamarr "never got the joke". With her eyesight failing, Lamarr retreated from public life and settled in Miami Beach, Florida, in 1981.

In 1996, a large Corel-drawn image of Lamarr won the annual cover design contest for the CorelDRAW's yearly software suite. For several years, beginning in 1997, it was featured on boxes of the software suite. Lamarr sued the company for using her image without her permission. Corel countered that she did not own rights to the image. The parties reached an undisclosed settlement in 1998.

In 1997, Canadian company WiLAN signed an agreement with Lamarr to acquire 49% of the marketing rights of her patent, and a right of first refusal for the remaining 51% for ten quarterly payments. This was the only financial compensation she received for her frequency-hopping spread spectrum invention. A friendship ensued between her and the company's CEO, Hatim Zaghloul.

Lamarr became estranged from her son, James Lamarr Loder (who believed he was adopted until 2001), when he was 12 years old. Their relationship ended abruptly, and he moved in with another family. They did not speak again for almost 50 years. Lamarr left James Loder out of her will, and he sued for control of the US$3.3 million estate left by Lamarr in 2000. He eventually settled for US$50,000. James Loder was the Omaha, Nebraska police officer who was charged but then acquitted of the killing of 14 year old Vivian Strong in 1969.

In the last decades of her life, Lamarr communicated only by telephone with the outside world, even with her children and close friends. She often talked up to six or seven hours a day on the phone, but she spent hardly any time with anyone in person in her final years. A documentary film, Calling Hedy Lamarr, was released in 2004 and features her children Anthony Loder and Denise Loder-DeLuca.

Lamarr died in Casselberry, Florida, on January 19, 2000, of heart disease, aged 85. According to her wishes, she was cremated and her son Anthony Loder spread her ashes in Austria's Vienna Woods.

In 1939, Lamarr was voted the "most promising new actress" of 1938 in a poll of area voters conducted by a Philadelphia Record film critic.[95]

In 1951, British moviegoers voted Lamarr the tenth best actress of 1950,[96] for her performance in Samson and Delilah.

In 1960, Lamarr was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to the motion picture industry, at 6247 Hollywood Blvd adjacent to Vine Street where the walk is centered.

In 1997, Lamarr and George Antheil were jointly honored with the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Award.

Also in 1997, Lamarr was the first woman to receive the Invention Convention's BULBIE Gnass Spirit of Achievement Award, known as the "Oscars of inventing".

In 2014, Lamarr and Antheil were posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology.

Also in 2014, Lamarr was given an honorary grave in Vienna's Central Cemetery, where the remaining portion of her ashes were buried in November, shortly before her 100th birthday.

Asteroid 32730 Lamarr, discovered by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in 1951, was named in her memory. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on August 27, 2019 (M.P.C. 115894).

On 6 November 2020, a satellite named after her (ÑuSat 14 or "Hedy", COSPAR 2020-079F) was launched into space.

The 2004 documentary film Calling Hedy Lamarr features her children, Anthony Loder and Denise Loder-DeLuca.

In 2010, Lamarr was selected out of 150 IT people to be featured in a short film launched by the British Computer Society on May 20.

Also during 2010, the New York Public Library exhibit Thirty Years of Photography at the New York Public Library included a photo of a topless Lamarr (c. 1930) by Austrian-born American photographer Trude Fleischmann.

The 2017 documentary film Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, written and directed by Alexandra Dean and produced by Susan Sarandon,[108] about Lamarr's life and career as an actress and inventor, also featuring her children Anthony and Denise, among others, premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.[40] It was released in theaters on November 24, 2017, and aired on the PBS series American Masters in May 2018. As of April 2020, it is also available on Netflix.

During World War II, the Office of Strategic Services invented a pyrotechnic device meant to help agents operating behind enemy lines to escape if capture seemed imminent. When the pin was pulled, it made the whistle of a falling bomb followed by a loud explosion and a large cloud of smoke, enabling the agent to make his escape. It saved the life of at least one agent. The device was codenamed the Hedy Lamarr.[109]

The Mel Brooks 1974 western parody Blazing Saddles features a male villain named "Hedley Lamarr". As a running gag, various characters mistakenly refer to him as "Hedy Lamarr" prompting him to testily reply "That's Hedley."

In the 1982 off-Broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors and subsequent film adaptation (1986), Audrey II says to Seymour in the song "Feed Me" that he can get Seymour anything he wants, including "A date with Hedy Lamarr."

On the Nickelodeon show Hey Arnold!, there is a running gag in which whenever something unfortunate happens to Arnold's grandfather, Phil, he constantly states how things would have been different if he had "married Hedy Lamarr instead!". In one episode, it is revealed that he carries a photo of her in his wallet.

In the 2003 video game Half-Life 2, Dr. Kleiner's pet headcrab, Lamarr, is named after Hedy Lamarr.

In 2008, an off-Broadway play, Frequency Hopping, features the lives of Lamarr and Antheil. The play was written and staged by Elyse Singer, and the script won a prize for best new play about science and technology from STAGE.

In 2011, the story of Lamarr's frequency-hopping spread spectrum invention was explored in an episode of the Science Channel show Dark Matters: Twisted But True, a series that explores the darker side of scientific discovery and experimentation, which premiered on September 7.

Batman co-creator Bob Kane was a great movie fan and his love for film provided the impetus for several Batman characters, among them, Catwoman. Among Kane's inspiration for Catwoman were Lamarr and actress Jean Harlow. Also in 2011, Anne Hathaway revealed that she had learned that the original Catwoman was based on Lamarr, so she studied all of Lamarr's films and incorporated some of her breathing techniques into her portrayal of Catwoman in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises.

In 2013, her work in improving wireless security was part of the premiere episode of the Discovery Channel show How We Invented the World.

In 2015, on November 9, the 101st anniversary of Lamarr's birth, Google paid tribute to Lamarr's work in film and her contributions to scientific advancement with an animated Google Doodle.

In 2016, Lamarr was depicted in an off-Broadway play, HEDY! The Life and Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, a one-woman show written and performed by Heather Massie.

Also in 2016, the off-Broadway, one-actor show Stand Still and Look Stupid: The Life Story of Hedy Lamarr starring Emily Ebertz and written by Mike Broemmel went into production.

Also in 2016, Whitney Frost, a character in the TV show Agent Carter, was inspired by Lamarr and Lauren Bacall.

In 2017, actress Celia Massingham portrayed Lamarr on The CW television series Legends of Tomorrow in the sixth episode of the third season, titled "Helen Hunt". The episode is set in 1937 "Hollywoodland" and references Lamarr's reputation as an inventor. The episode aired on November 14, 2017.

In 2018, actress Alyssa Sutherland portrayed Lamarr on the NBC television series Timeless in the third episode of the second season, titled "Hollywoodland". The episode aired March 25, 2018.

Gal Gadot is set to portray Lamarr in an Apple TV+ limited series based on her life story.

A novelization of her life, The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict, was published in 2019.

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HEDY LAMARR.

Filmography

• Geld auf der Straße (Dinero en la calle, 1930), dirigida por Georg Jacoby.

• Die Blumenfrau von Lindenau (La mujer de Lindenau, 1931), dirigida por Georg Jacoby.

• Die Koffer der Herrn O.F. (Las maletas del señor O.F., 1931), dirigida por Alexis Granowsky.

• Man braucht kein Geld (No necesitamos dinero, 1932), dirigida por Carl Boese.

• Ekstase / Symphonie der Liebe (Éxtasis, 1933), película checoeslovaca dirigida por Gustav Machaty (con Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler y Aribert Mog); es una de las primeras películas que habló de la infidelidad cometida por una mujer, fue condenada por la Liga de la Decencia y por el papa Pío XI sobre todo porque mostraba directamente su rostro durante el orgasmo.

• Hollywood Goes to Town (1938) (breve aparición)

• Algiers (Argel, 1938), dirigida por John Cromwell.

• Screen Snapshots: Stars at a Charity Ball (1939) (breve aparición)

• Lady of the Tropics (1939), dirigida por Jack Conway y protagonizada con Robert Taylor.

• I Take This Woman (Esta mujer es mía, 1940), dirigida por W. S. Van Dyke y protagonizada con Spencer Tracy.

• Boom Town (Fruto dorado, 1940), dirigida por Jack Conway y protagonizada además por Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy y Claudette Colbert.

• Camarada X (Comrade X) (1940), dirigida por King Vidor y protagonizada con Clark Gable.

• Come Live With Me (No puedo vivir sin ti, 1941), dirigida por Clarence Brown.

• Ziegfeld Girl (Las chicas de Ziegfeld, 1941) dirigida por Robert Z. Leonard.

• H.M. Pulham, Esq. (Cenizas de amor, 1941), dirigida por King Vidor.

• Tortilla Flat (La vida es así, 1942), dirigida por Victor Fleming.

• Crossroads (1942), dirigida por Jack Conway.

• White Cargo (1942), dirigida por Richard Thorpe.

• Show Business at War (1943) (breve)

• The Heavenly Body (Mundo celestial, 1944)

• The Conspirators (1944), dirigida por Jean Negulesco y protagonizada con Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet y Peter Lorre.

• Experiment Perilous (Noche en el alma, 1944), dirigida por Jacques Tourneur.

• Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945), dirigida por Richard Thorpe.

• The Strange Woman (La extraña mujer, 1946), dirigida por Edgar G. Ulmer.

• Dishonored Lady (Pasión que redime, 1947), dirigida por Robert S

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17 γερμανικές ταινίες για να εκτιμήσεις τον γερμανικό κινηματογράφο

Ο γερμανικός κινηματογράφος, συνείσφερε στην γενικότερη ιστορία του κινηματογράφου από την αρχή. Πολλές γερμανικές ταινίες καθιέρωσαν τα είδη που εκπροσωπούσαν κατευθείαν μετά την κυκλοφορία τους: ταινίες επιστημονικής φαντασίας, τρόμου αλλά και δραματικές έμειναν στην ιστορία και διακρίθηκαν. Παρόλη τη σημερινή επιρροή του Χόλιγουντ, οι γερμανικές ταινίες συνεχίζουν ακόμη και σήμερα να πρωτοστατούν, χωρίς την ίδια διάκριση του τότε, αλλά σίγουρα με την ίδια απαράμιλλη εκτίμηση. Στον τομέα των κοινωνικών δράσεων και των καλλιτεχνικών ταινιών βρίσκεται το πραγματικό πλεονέκτημα του σύγχρονου γερμανικού κινηματογράφου. Η παρακάτω λίστα περιέχει 17 γερμανικές ταινίες για όλα τα γούστα, ταινίες που θεμελίωσαν το είδος τους, διακρίθηκαν ή έδωσαν τη δική τους μοναδική πινελιά. Δεν χρειάζεται να είμαστε διστακτικοί με τη γλώσσα, ας προχωρήσουμε πέρα από τους υπότιτλους και σίγουρα τα ''διαμάντια'' που θα εμφανιστούν θα είναι πολλά.

Γερμανικές ταινίες / Η Λίστα

1. Der Untergang (2004)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes Σκηνοθεσία: Oliver Hirschbiegel Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htvYfe6wz_8 Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 8.2/10 «Η πτώση» ήταν μια από τις καλύτερες γερμανικές ταινίες συμπαραγωγής Γερμανίας, Αυστρίας και Ιταλίας. Το φιλμ έθεσε υποψηφιότητα για βραβείο Όσκαρ στην κατηγορία «Καλύτερη Ξενόγλωσση Ταινία» στην 77η απομονή των βραβείων. Μια ιστορική- πολεμική ταινία που μας παρουσιάζει τις τελευταίες μέρες του Αδόλφου Χίτλερ. Η ταινία βασίστηκε στα βιβλία «Μέσα στο καταφύγιο του Χίτλερ» του ιστορικού Γιόαχιμ Φεστ και «Μέχρι την τελική Ώρα» της Τράουντλ Γιούνγκε.

2. The labyrinth of lies (2014)

Πρωταγωνιστές: André Szymanski, Alexander Fehling Σκηνοθεσία: Giulio Ricciarelli Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9_DHLmELrs Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 7,3/10 Την ταινία προτείνει η: Μαρία Αντωνίου 1958, Γερμανία. Ένας νεαρός εισαγγελέας ανακαλύπτει ότι άνθρωποι της διπλανής πόρτας συμμετείχαν στα εγκλήματα των Ναζί. Ο Γερμανός εισαγγελέας φέρνει στο φως τα εγκλήματα των πρώην μελών των Ες-Ες και σοκάρει την Γερμανική κοινή γνώμη. Οι Γερμανοί πολίτες πίστευαν ότι οι ιστορίες για το ολοκαύτωμα και τα στρατόπεδα συγκέντρωσης ήταν απλώς αστικοί μύθοι. Ο νεαρός εισαγγελέας σηκώνει θύελλα αντιδράσεων και η κοινωνία έρχεται αντιμέτωπη με τα φριχτότερα ��γκλήματα στην ιστορία της ανθρωπότητας. Ο Λαβύρινθος της σιωπής (The labyrinth of lies) είναι από τις πιο ενδιαφέρουσες Γερμανικές ταινίες βασισμένη σε πραγματικά γεγονότα. Ο σκηνοθέτης καταγράφει τα όσα συνέβησαν κυρίως κατά την διάρκεια και μετά τον Β’ Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο.

3. The enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast Σκηνοθεσία: Werner Herzog Trailer: https://youtu.be/tzxreLUzuUI Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 7.8/10 Την ταινία προτείνει ο: Κωνσταντίνος Κόντης Ο πάντα καινοτόμος Werner Herzog καταπιάνεται με την αληθινή ιστορία του Kaspar Hauser, ενός νεαρού άντρα που ξαφνικά εμφανίστηκε από το πουθενά σε μια πόλη της Γερμανίας, ανίκανος να μιλήσει. Η τοπική κοινότητα προσπαθεί να του εμφυσήσει τους κανόνες και τα ιδανικά της. Φύση και πολιτισμός, ξένο και οικείο, παρεκκλίνον και φυσιολογικό συγκρούονται σε μια από τις καλύτερες γερμανικές ταινίες. Ή μάλλον σε μια από τις καλύτερες του Herzog. Τι λέω; Σε μία από τις καλύτερες όλων των εποχών.

4. Die Welle / The Wave / Το Κύμα (2008)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt Σκηνοθεσία: Dennis Gansel Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9ayL1uwWnE Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 7.6/10 Την ταινία προτείνει η: Δανάη-Ελευθερία Σωπασή Ένας καθηγητής λυκείου θέλοντας να διδάξει εναλλακτικά το μάθημα της ιστορίας, και εν προκειμένω το μάθημα γύρω από τον εθνικοσοσιαλισμό και πώς θα μπορούσε να υπάρξει ένα σύγχρονο Ράιχ, δημιουργεί ένα διαδραστικό «κύμα» που σύντομα θα πάρει τραγικές διαστάσεις. Η ταινία του 2008 συγκαταλέγεται στις καλύτερες ταινίες του Γερμανικού κινηματογράφου. Μπορεί να ξεκινάει ως μια τυπική διαδικασία διδασκαλίας στο σχολείο, αλλά συνεχίζει σταδιακά και επικίνδυνα αποδίδοντας τον ρυθμό και την απειλή του εγωτισμού που μπορεί να αναπτυχθεί μέσα μας ανά πάσα στιγμή και να μας καταστρέψει. Το βραβευμένο αυτό δημιούργημα βασίζεται στην αληθινή ιστορία του κοινωνικού πειράματος «Το Τρίτο Κύμα» που έκανε ο καθηγητής Ron Jones σε μαθητές σχολείου της Καλιφόρνιας το 1967. Αργότερα, βιβλίο για την ιστορία έγραψε ο Morton Rhue και γνώρισε μεγάλη απήχηση διεθνώς. Τελικά «το κύμα» μιας από τις καλύτερες ταινίες με άπειρα διδάγματα κατά του ολοκληρωτισμού.

5. Metropolis (1927)

Τίτλος ταινίας: Metropolis, Μητρόπολις Πρωταγωνιστές: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich Σκηνοθεσία: Fritz Lang Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdtZv3XROnc Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 8.3/10 Την ταινία προτείνει η: Δανάη-Ελευθερία Σωπασή Την εποχή του μεσοπολέμου και του βωβού κινηματογράφου υπήρξε μια ιστορία που έμελλε να προστεθεί αργότερα στην λίστα με τις καλύτερες ταινίες του παγκόσμιου κινηματογράφου. Ένα από τα διαμάντια του Αυστριακού σκηνοθέτη, το «Metropolis», είναι η φουτουριστική ταινία επιστημονικής φαντασίας με χαρακτηριστικό στοιχείο τις κοινωνικές ανισότητες. Στην υπόθεση: Ο γιος του ηγέτη της απολυταρχικής πόλης γνωρίζει μια κοπέλα και αμέσως την ερωτεύεται. Όμως εκείνη δουλεύει στο εργοστάσιο της πόλης και έχει μαντικές ικανότητες που βλέπει ότι κάποιος θα έρθει να σώσει την πόλη από το κακό. Η κοπέλα γίνεται το κέντρο βάρους της πτώσης και της αναγέννησης της πόλης. Η σκηνοθετική τεχνοτροπία του Lang καθώς και του γερμανικού κύματος είχε ένα μοναδικό τρόπο στον οποίο αποτύπωνε τα μεγαλειώδη κτήρια και τις φωτοσκιάσεις. Η ιστορία μας ξεκινάει από το ρομαντικό ειδύλλιο, μετά εγκαινιάζει την βιομηχανική επανάσταση, για να φέρει στο προσκήνιο την πρώτη femme fatal και τα σκοτεινά σχέδια των αρχηγών της πόλης. Εν τέλει, η αγωνία και το suspense την κατατάσσουν σε ένα κάπως ψυχολογικό horror και γενικώς την αρχή πολλών εμπνεύσεων. Η βωβή ταινία με την μεγάλη διάρκεια – 2,5 ώρες , - που μιλάει ωστόσο τόσο ολοκληρωμένα μέσα στις καρδιές μας.

6. Freier Fall (2013)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Hanno Koffler, Max Riemelt, Attila Borlan Σκηνοθεσία: Stephan Lacant Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzQWmi2Glzc Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 7.6/10 Το «Freier Fall» είναι μια από τις καλύτερες γερμανικές ταινίες και ένα φιλμ σήμα κατατεθέν για τη LGBTQ κοινότητα. Με πρωταγωνιστή τον Max Riemelt (Sense 8, Berlin Syndrome) έχει απέσπασε το βραβείο κοινού στο Louisville LGBT Film Festival. Ένας αστυνομικός που πρόκειται να γίνει πατέρας ερωτεύεται έναν συνάδερφό του, ομοφυλόφιλο αξιωματικό. Από εκείνη τη στιγμή ο κόσμο του αρχίζει να διαλύεται. Πρόσφατα ανακοινώθηκε ότι θα υπάρξει και μια δεύτερη ταινία, της οποίας η πλοκή παραμένει ως τώρα άγνωστη.

7. The Lives of Others (2006)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch Σκηνοθεσία: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3_iLOp6IhM Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 8.4 / 10 Την ταινία προτείνει: o Νίκος Κουνάδης Ανατολικό Βερολίνο, 1984. Ένας Γερμανός συγγραφέας, εναντιωμένος στο Σοβιετικό κράτος, θα διεγείρει τις υποψίες της Στάζι για αντικαθεστωτική δράση, με αποτέλεσμα την παρακολούθηση εκείνου και της κοπέλας του. Την παρακολούθηση του αναλαμβάνει ο Gerd Weisler, μυστικός πράκτορας της Στάζι, ο οποίος διεισδύει όλο και περισσότερο στη ζωή του ζευγαριού. Όσο περνάει ο καιρός, όμως, θα δεθεί με το ζευγάρι και θα έρθει αντιμέτωπος με την αλλαγή της κοσμοθεωρίας του, των απόψεών του, αλλά και της ζωής του. Το The Lives of Others αποτελεί μια ταινία σταθμό για τον ευρωπαϊκό κινηματογράφο, κέρδισε το Όσκαρ Καλύτερης Ξενόγλωσσης Ταινίας το 2007 και αποτελεί μια από τις καλύτερες γερμανικές ταινίες όλων των εποχών.

8. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Daniel Bruhl Σκηνοθεσία: Wolfgang Becker Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5hzmwGW4Ac Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 7,7/10 Την ταινία προτείνει η: Μαρία Αντωνίου Το 1989, λίγο πριν την κατάρρευση του ανατολικού μπλοκ, η Ανατολικογερμανίδα Κριστιάνε Κέρνερ παθαίνει καρδιακή προσβολή στην μέση του δρόμου. Ενώ βρίσκεται σε κωματώδη κατάσταση, το τείχος του Βερολίνου και ο Κομμουνισμός καταρρέουν. Όταν συνέρχεται ο γιατρός προειδοποιεί το γιο της Άλεξ ότι οποιαδήποτε συγκίνηση θα μπορούσε να αποβεί μοιραία για την υγεία της. Έτσι ο Άλεξ αναβιώνει τον υπαρκτό σοσιαλισμό σε ένα μικρό δωμάτιο ενός διαμερίσματος κάπου στο Ανατολικό Βερολίνο. Το Good Bye Lenin είναι από τις καλύτερες ταινίες του Γερμανικού κινηματογράφου με αρκετά βραβεία στο ενεργητικό της.

9. M (1931)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Peter Lorre, Inde Landgut, Ellen Windmann Σκηνοθεσία: Fritz Lang Trailer: https://youtu.be/nsVproWjN6c Βαθμολογία IMDB: 8.3/10 Την ταινία προτείνει ο: Στέφανος Κυριαζίδης. Σε μια μικρή γερμανική πόλη, ένας κατά συρροήν παιδοκτόνος θα αναστατώσει την αστυνομία και την κοινή γνώμη. Όταν η αστυνομία θα αποτύχει παταγωδώς να τον συλλάβει, θα αναλάβει ο υπόκοσμος της πόλης να τον βρει. Η πρώτη ομιλούσα ταινία του Fritz Lang είναι μια από τις πιο θρυλικές γερμανικές ταινίες όλων των εποχών και ένα διαμάντι του παγκόσμιου κινηματογράφου. Μια πανέμορφη ταινία με πρωτότυπα πλάνα και επιρροές από το εξπρεσσιονιστικό κίνημα, που θέτει ερωτήματα όπως "τι είναι δικαιοσύνη και ποιός μπορεί να την επιβάλλει".

10. The Experiment (2001)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski Σκηνοθεσία: Oliver Hirschbiegel Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK3Y_IWdBwE Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 7.7 / 10 Την ταινία προτείνει: η Φωτεινή Δαϊλά Ο καθηγητής Klaus Thon και η βοηθός του Dr. Jutta Grimm θέλουν να διεξαγάγουν ένα ψυχολογικό πείραμα σε μια φυλακή. Για τον σκοπό αυτό αναζητούν 20 (άντρες) εθελοντές να υποδυθούν για 2 εβδομάδες -έναντι αμοιβής- τους κρατούμενους και τους φύλακες. Στα πλαίσια του πειράματος, οι μεν κρατούμενοι χάνουν τα πολιτικά τους δικαιώματα και πρέπει να υπακούν σε διάφορους κανόνες, όπως το να τρώνε όλο τους το φαγητό. Στους δε φύλακες δίνονται κλομπ αλλά και ρητές εντολές να μην ασκήσουν βία. Όμως, τα όρια ανάμεσα στους κρατούμενους και τους φύλακες, το πείραμα και την πραγματικότητα, θολώνουν και η κατάσταση βγαίνει εκτός ελέγχου. Σκληρή ταινία που καταπιάνεται με το θέμα της κατάχρησης της εξουσίας και της βίας, θέματα με τα οποία καταπιάνεται ο Hirschbiegel και αργότερα στην ταινία The Downfall. Μία από τις καλύτερες γερμανικές ταινίες της τελευταίας εικοσαετίας (οκ, και γενικά); Ναι.

11. Ο λευκός ήχος / The White Noise (2001)

Πρωταγωνιστης: Daniel Brühl Σκηνοθέτης: Hans Weingartner Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KowTIH-lJ7I Βαθμολογία IMDB: 7/10. O Λούκας πάσχει από παρανοϊκή σχιζοφρένεια. Προσπαθεί με διάφορους τρόπους να σταματήσει αυτές τις φωνές και τα οράματα και αυτό το βρίσκει στο λευκό ήχο. Μια ταινία που καταφέρνει να σου αλλάξει την γνώμη για την σχιζοφρένεια και να την δείξει στην πραγματική της μορφή. Τόσο απλή αλλά και τόσο "διαμάντι".

12. Gegen die Wand / Μαζί Ποτέ! (2004)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Güven Kiraç Σκηνοθεσία: Fatih Akin Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFjc8F7XT10 Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 7.9/10 Την ταινία προτείνει: Κώστας Γιαννέλης Η ταινία που έκανε παγκόσμια γνωστό τον Φατίχ Ακίν. Το Αμβούργο στις αρχές του αιώνα και στο τέλος μιας εποχής. Αυτοκτονικές τάσεις φέρνουν κοντά έναν περιθωριακό άνδρα στη δύση της ζωής του και μία νεαρή κοπέλα στην ανατολή της νιότης της. Δύο Τούρκοι μετανάστες δεύτερης γενιάς σε μία δυτική μεγαλούπολη που προσπαθούν να ορίσουν τις ζωές τους, κόντρα σε παραδόσεις και στερεότυπα, ο καθένας από την δική του προοπτική. Ένα ισχυρό δράμα με πολλαπλά σχόλια περί ένταξης, έρωτα και αφομοίωσης. Η καλύτερη του Ακίν ως σήμερα και ίσως μια από τις καλύτερες του παγκόσμιου κινηματογράφου.

13. Οι μέρες της αφθονίας σας είναι μετρημένες / Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei (2004)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg Σκηνοθεσία: Hans Weingartner Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYxiZMUY4tU Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 7.5/10 Την ταινία προτείνει: Κώστας Γιαννέλης Τρία νέα παιδιά που εμφορούνται μάλλον από αναρχικές ιδέες, προσπαθούν να περάσουν το μήνυμά τους ενάντια στην κοινωνική ανισότητα και τον χυδαίο πλουτισμό με έναν πρωτότυπο τρόπο. Χωρίς βία, αφήνουν ένα θεαματικό μήνυμα στις βίλες των πλουσίων της πόλης τους. Από λάθος υπολογισμούς βρίσκονται μπλεγμένοι σε μια κατάσταση απαγωγής όπου οι δύο κόσμου αναγκάζονται να συνομιλήσουν. Αλλάζει άραγε η ηλικία τον άνθρωπο;

14. Τρέξε, Λόλα, τρέξε / Lola rennt (1998)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup Σκηνοθεσία: Tom Tykwer Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz2-D4lY2qg Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 7.6/10 Την ταινία προτείνει: Κώστας Γιαννέλης Από τις πιο γνωστές γερμανικές ταινίες, τουλάχιστον της δεκαετίας του '90. Η μέρα της μαρμότας αλά γερμανικά σε μία φρενήρη περιπέτεια που θυμίζει τις ταινίες του Luc Beson. Μία ληστεία στραβώνει και η Λόλα τρέχει να βγάλει άκρη στο μπέρδεμα και φτου κι απ'την αρχή. Πολύ πριν την κοκκινομάλλα Nadia του Russian Doll, η Λόλα όργωνε και ξανά-όργωνε τους δρόμους του Βερολίνου αναζητώντας 100.000 Μάρκα για να σώσει τη ζωή του αγαπητικού της.

15. 24 Wochen (2016)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Julia Jentsch, Bjarne Mädel, Johanna Gastdorf Σκηνοθεσία: Anne Zohra Berrached Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FotoMsSvr8g Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 7.2/10 Το "24 εβδομάδες'' είναι μια από τις καλύτερες γερμανικές ταινίες δράματος. Το φιλμ περιστρέφεται γύρω από την Astrid και τον Markus. Αυτή είναι μια stand up κωμικός και αυτός ο μάνατζερ της. Έχουν ήδη μια κόρη και περιμένουν το δεύτερο παιδί τους. Κατά τη διάρκεια της εγκυμοσύνης η Astrid πληροφορείται πως κυοφορεί ένα παιδί με σύνδρομο Down. H αρχική θλίψη δίνει τη θέση της στην αισιοδοξία και στις σκέψεις πως θα μεγαλώσουν το παιδί τους.Το 2016 βραβεύτηκε για την "Καλύτερη Ταινία" στο Film Festival Oostende.

16. The Miracle of Bern (2003)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Louis Klamroth, Peter Lohmeyer Σκηνοθεσία: Sönke Wortmann Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sNBMlnWiy4 Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 6,7/10 Την ταινία προτείνει η: Μαρία Αντωνίου Το θαύμα της Βέρνης αφηγείται την ιστορία του Ρίτσαρντ, ενός πρώην αιχμάλωτου πολέμου, με φόντο το Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο Ποδοσφαίρου το 1954. Ο μικρότερος γιος της οικογένειας, ο Ματίας, είναι εξολοκλήρου αφοσιωμένος σε αυτό το αθλητικό γεγονός. Η Γερμανία κατέκτησε με μεγάλη επιτυχία το Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο εκείνη την χρονιά. Ήταν ένα πολύ σημαντικό βήμα για την μεταπολεμική Γερμανία καθώς μετρούσε τις πληγές της από τον πόλεμο. Το θαύμα της Βέρνης είναι μία πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα Γερμανική ταινία με πολύ καλές ερμηνείες ηθοποιών.

17. Der Baader Meinhof Komplex / Το σύμπλεγμα Baader Meinhof (2008)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek Σκηνοθεσία: Uli Edel Trailer: https://youtu.be/FanVI8-zlsA Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 7,4/10 Την ταινία προτείνει η: Ματίνα Γρόλλιου Όταν το Τείχος του Βερολίνου έστεκε ακόμη χωρίζοντας την πόλη σε Δυτικό και Ανατολικό Βερολίνο, υπήρχε η εντύπωση πως στο Δυτικό κομμάτι της πόλης δεν σημειώνονταν ταραχές. Η ξεχασμένη όμως σε μεγάλο βαθμό αλήθεια είναι πως στα χρόνια του Ψυχρού Πολέμου το Δυτικό Βερολίνο γνώρισε τη δράση ριζοσπαστικών κινημάτων με την ακροαριστερή οργάνωση Baader Meinhof να ταράζει τα νερά, σε σημείο να χαρακτηριστεί τρομοκρατική οργάνωση. Την ιστορία των ανθρώπων πίσω από την δράση της οργάνωσης αυτής μας αφηγείται η ταινία «Το σύμπλεγμα Baader Meinhof», καταφέρνοντας να κερδίσει μια θέση ανάμεσα στις καλύτερες και σίγουρα πιο ενδιαφέρουσες γερμανικές ταινίες της περασμένης δεκαετίας. Read the full article

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17 γερμανικές ταινίες για να εκτιμήσεις τον γερμανικό κινηματογράφο

Γερμανικές ταινίες / Η Λίστα

1. Der Untergang (2004)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes Σκηνοθεσία: Oliver Hirschbiegel Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htvYfe6wz_8 Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 8.2/10 «Η πτώση» ήταν μια από τις καλύτερες γερμανικές ταινίες συμπαραγωγής Γερμανίας, Αυστρίας και Ιταλίας. Το φιλμ έθεσε υποψηφιότητα για βραβείο Όσκαρ στην κατηγορία «Καλύτερη Ξενόγλωσση Ταινία» στην 77η απομονή των βραβείων. Μια ιστορική- πολεμική ταινία που μας παρουσιάζει τις τελευταίες μέρες του Αδόλφου Χίτλερ. Η ταινία βασίστηκε στα βι��λία «Μέσα στο καταφύγιο του Χίτλερ» του ιστορικού Γιόαχιμ Φεστ και «Μέχρι την τελική Ώρα» της Τράουντλ Γιούνγκε.

2. The labyrinth of lies (2014)

Πρωταγωνιστές: André Szymanski, Alexander Fehling Σκηνοθεσία: Giulio Ricciarelli Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9_DHLmELrs Βαθμολογία στο IMDB: 7,3/10 Την ταινία προτείνει η: Μαρία Αντωνίου 1958, Γερμανία. Ένας νεαρός εισαγγελέας ανακαλύπτει ότι άνθρωποι της διπλανής πόρτας συμμετείχαν στα εγκλήματα των Ναζί. Ο Γερμανός εισαγγελέας φέρνει στο φως τα εγκλήματα των πρώην μελών των Ες-Ες και σοκάρει την Γερμανική κοινή γνώμη. Οι Γερμανοί πολίτες πίστευαν ότι οι ιστορίες για το ολοκαύτωμα και τα στρατόπεδα συγκέντρωσης ήταν απλώς αστικοί μύθοι. Ο νεαρός εισαγγελέας σηκώνει θύελλα αντιδράσεων και η κοινωνία έρχεται αντιμέτωπη με τα φριχτότερα εγκλήματα στην ιστορία της ανθρωπότητας. Ο Λαβύρινθος της σιωπής (The labyrinth of lies) είναι από τις πιο ενδιαφέρουσες Γερμανικές ταινίες βασισμένη σε πραγματικά γεγονότα. Ο σκηνοθέτης καταγράφει τα όσα συνέβησαν κυρίως κατά την διάρκεια και μετά τον Β’ Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο.

3. The enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)

4. Die Welle / The Wave / Το Κύμα (2008)

5. Metropolis (1927)

6. Freier Fall (2013)

7. The Lives of Others (2006)

8. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

9. M (1931)

Πρωταγωνιστές: Peter Lorre, Inde Landgut, Ellen Windmann Σκηνοθεσία: Fritz Lang Trailer: https://youtu.be/nsVproWjN6c Βαθμολογία IMDB: 8.3/10 Την ταινία προτείνει ο: Στέφανος Κυριαζίδης. Σε μια μικρή γερμανική πόλη, ένας κατά συρροήν παιδοκτόνος θα αναστατώσει την αστυνομία και την κοινή γνώμη. Όταν η αστυνομία θα αποτύχει παταγωδώς να τον συλλάβει, θα αναλάβει ο υπόκοσμος της πόλης να τον βρει. Η πρώτη ομιλούσα ταινία του Fritz Lang είναι μια από τις πιο θρυλικές γερμανικές ταινίε�� όλων των εποχών και ένα διαμάντι του παγκόσμιου κινηματογράφου. Μια πανέμορφη ταινία με πρωτότυπα πλάνα και επιρροές από το εξπρεσσιονιστικό κίνημα, που θέτει ερωτήματα όπως "τι είναι δικαιοσύνη και ποιός μπορεί να την επιβάλλει".

10. The Experiment (2001)

11. Ο λευκός ήχος / The White Noise (2001)

12. Gegen die Wand / Μαζί Ποτέ! (2004)

13. Οι μέρες της αφθονίας σας είναι μετρημένες / Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei (2004)

14. Τρέξε, Λόλα, τρέξε / Lola rennt (1998)

15. 24 Wochen (2016)

16. The Miracle of Bern (2003)

17. Der Baader Meinhof Komplex / Το σύμπλεγμα Baader Meinhof (2008)

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