by HF | Apr 18, 2013
Interview: “Leonardo’s Other Name is Wilhelm” NOTE: The original German version of this 1998 interview (“Leonardo heißt auch Wilhelm”) was first published in the Hellweger Anzeiger. (The article is no longer online.) This English excerpt is published here with...
by HF | Apr 18, 2013
Leonardo DiCaprio (1974- ) Actor, Producer and Activist The name DiCaprio may not sound very German, but Leonardo DiCaprio’s middle name is Wilhelm, he speaks a little German, his mom is German, and his Oma (grandma) was living in Germany until her death in August...
by HF | Apr 16, 2013
Made in Germany: NSU, RAF, RZ Munich 1972 Following the horrible terrorist attack at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972 and the botched rescue attempt that left all of the hostages dead, Germany created a special federal anti-terrorism police unit known as GSG 9. The...
by HF | Apr 13, 2013
Peter Lorre and the Mr. Moto Films An Austrian plays a Japanese detective By today’s standards, the “Mr. Moto” series that cast the Austrian Peter Lorre as the Japanese detective known as Mr. Moto violates several standards of political correctness. But in the 1930s...
by HF | Apr 13, 2013
An Austrian Actor in Hollywood “When I grow up, I want to be Peter Lorre, I want to snivel and sneer in a nasal whine. I want to cringe and curse, and maybe threaten worse…” – from “I Want To Be Peter Lorre,” words and music © 1988 by Tom Smith (used by...
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