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Werner, Oskar

(Josef Schliessmayer) actor, directorBirthplace: ViennaBorn: 1922Died: 1984

Werner Klemperer

Werner KlempereractorBorn: 3/22/1920Birthplace: Cologne, Germany Emmy Award-winning actor who played bumbling, monocled Nazi Col. Wilhelm Klink on television's Hogan's Heroes. His true love,…

Werner Herzog

Name at birth: Werner StipeticFilm critics can't seem to decide whether Werner Herzog is a genius or charlatan, but his position as one of the most well-known German "new wave" filmmakers of the late…

Buch, Christian Leopold, Freiherr von

(Encyclopedia) Buch, Christian Leopold, Freiherr vonBuch, Christian Leopold, Freiherr vonkrĭsˈtyän lāˈōpôlt frīˈhĕr fən b&oomacr;kh [key], 1774–1853, German geologist and paleontologist, graduate…

Werner, Anton Alexander von

(Encyclopedia) Werner, Anton Alexander vonWerner, Anton Alexander vonänˈtôn älĕksänˈdər fən vĕrˈnər [key], 1843–1915, German historical painter, portraitist, and illustrator. He was director (1875–…

1974 Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'OrThe Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola (United States)Special Jury PrizeOne Thousand and One Nights, Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italy)Best ActorJack Nicholson, The Last Detail (United…

Sombart, Werner

(Encyclopedia) Sombart, WernerSombart, Wernervĕrˈnər zômˈbärt [key], 1863–1941, German economist. In 1917 he became professor of economics at the Univ. of Berlin. Influenced by Marx's historical…

Werner Klemperer Biography

Werner KlempereractorBorn: 3/22/1920Birthplace: Cologne, Germany Emmy Award-winning actor who played bumbling, monocled Nazi Col. Wilhelm Klink on television's Hogan's Heroes. His true love,…

Werner, Pierre

(Encyclopedia) Werner, PierreWerner, Pierrepyĕr vĕrˈnər [key], 1913–2002, political leader in Luxembourg. A lawyer, he held various posts in the ministry of finance after World War II. Secretary to…

Arber, Werner

(Encyclopedia) Arber, WernerArber, Wernervĕrˈnər ärˈbər [key], 1929–, Swiss microbiologist. A professor at the Univ. of Geneva (1960–70) and later at the Univ. of Basel (1971–), Arber worked with…