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Vintage German publicity still, used in Dutch cinemas (therefore the mark of the Dutch national censorship board). FSK. Adler Film (Anna Althoff). Still for Ossessione / Obsession/ Von Liebe besessen (Luchino Visconti, 1943), freely adapted from James M. Cain's novel The Postman Always Rings Twice. Here with Massimo Girotti (Gino), Clara Calamai (Giovanna) and Michele Riccardini (Don Remigio). In West-Germany the film was only first commercially released in 1959. In the Netherlands, the film was shown in cineclubs in 1958.

Handsome, manly Italian actor Massimo Girotti (1918-2003) had a career that spanned seven decades. He is best remembered for four roles: the young wanderer Gino in Luchino Visconti's Ossessione (1943), the stern lover in Michelangelo Antonioni's Cronaca di un amore (1950), the passionate patriot in Visconti's Senso (1954), and the tormented father in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema/ Theorem (1968).

Though she acted in many light entertainment films, Clara Calamai's (1909-1998) most famous role will for always be the one of the femme fatale Giovanna in Luchino Visconti's steamy (proto-)neorealist film Ossessione/ Obsession (1943).

Vintage German postcard. Photo by Adler Film GmbH.

Dutch-born actor, singer, and entertainer Johannes Heesters (1903-2011) specialised in the Viennese operetta. His long career began in Amsterdam in the 1920s. In 1935 he moved to Germany where he enjoyed a successful career in light entertainment films and reportedly became one of Adolph Hitler’s favourite actors.

Vintage German postcard. Adler-Film, Ross Verlag No. 335/1. Photo by Curt Meyer, Berlin.

Norwegian film actress Aud Egede Nissen (1893-1974) was a star of the German silent cinema. During the 1910s, she produced dozens of her own films. In the 1930s, she returned to Norway, where she appeared in some films but acted mainly on stage.

Vintage German postcard. Adler-Film. Ross 335/2. Photo by Curt Meyer.

Norwegian film actress Aud Egede Nissen (1893-1974) was a star of the German silent cinema. During the 1910s, she produced dozens of her own films. In the 1930s, she returned to Norway, where she appeared in some films but acted mainly on stage.

German postcard by Ross Verlag, Berlin, no. 385/2, 1919-1924. Photo: Curt Mayer, Wilmersdorf (Berlin) / Adler-Film.

Norwegian film actress Aud Egede Nissen (1893 - 1974) was a star of the German silent cinema. In the 1910s, she produced dozens of her own films. In the 1930's she returned to Norway, where she appeared in some films and acted mainly on stage.

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German postcard by 'Das Programm von Heute', Zeitschrift für Film und Theater G.m.b.H., Berlin. (Reproduction in cooperation with Ross Verlag, Berlin). Photo: Adler-Film.

During the 1940s Paul Klinger (1907-1971) starred in 'Blut und Boden' films of the Third Reich, and in the 1950’s he was a popular fatherly star of the German cinema. Later he became the German voice of Cary Grant.

Encore! (See also our Gustav Fröhlich card uploaded yesterday).

German postcard by Film-Foto-Verlag, no. A 3608/1. Photo: Adler Film.