Ellen Kessler

Ellen Kessler

출생 : 1936-08-20, Nerchau, Germany

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Alice and Ellen Kessler (born 20 August 1936 in Nerchau, Saxony, Germany) are twin entertainers known in Europe, especially Germany and Italy, from the 1950s and 1960s for their singing, dancing, and acting. They are usually credited as the Kessler Twins (Die Kessler-Zwillinge in Germany and Le Gemelle Kessler in Italy), where they remain popular. The Kessler sisters enjoyed a significant degree of popularity in the US, appearing on national television programs such as The Ed Sullivan Show. The Kesslers made their American television debut on the CBS variety show, The Red Skelton Hour. They also appeared in the 1963 film Sodom and Gomorrah as dancers and were featured on the cover of Life Magazine that same year. Their parents, Paul and Elsa, sent them to ballet classes at the age of six, and they joined the Leipzig Opera's child ballet program at age 11. When they were 18, their parents used a visitor's visa to escape to West Germany, where they performed at the Palladium in Düsseldorf. They performed at The Lido in Paris between 1955 and 1960, where they met Elvis Presley, on leave from the Army on June 17, 1959, and represented West Germany in the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in 8th place with Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n (Tonight we want to go dancing). They moved to Italy in 1960 and gradually moved to more serious roles. They became very popular thanks to the RAI television variety show Studio Uno (1961–1966). At the age of 40, they agreed to pose on the cover of the Italian edition of Playboy. That issue became the fastest-selling Italian Playboy to that date. They moved back to Germany in 1986 and live in Grünwald. They have received two awards from both the German and Italian governments for promoting German-Italian cooperation through their work in show business. Source: Article "Kessler Twins" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Ein Leben wie im Flug
Self
The celebration of Joachim 'Blacky' Fuchsberger's 80th birthday. A biographical documentary.
Johannes Heesters: Eine Legende wird 100
Self
Treffpunkt Herz
Gast
Andere Zeiten - andere Sitten
Self
Playgirl
Self
Alexandra is a model who comes to Berlin to rekindle an affair she started in Rome with businessman Joachim Steigenwald. But he pretends to be too busy for her and has his employee take Alexandra sightseeing. He, too, immediately falls under her enchantment. When they encounter Steigenwald, she finds herself between the two men, as someone who is always up for flirting with men …
Complexes
Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone")
In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.
Canzoni, bulli e pupe
Self
In order to promote a plumcake an adman associates with a mad scientist who has found a way to interfere with TV broadcasts.
Dead Woman from Beverly Hills
Tiddy Sister Nr. 1
Detective C.G. (Klaus-Juergen Wussow) begins to investigate the death of an attractive woman (Heidelinde Weis) whose naked body was found in Beverly Hills. When he recovers her journal, he is taken into her past where he finds that she lead a sexually promiscuous life. Perhaps in the pages of the diary will be a clue to her killer's identity. This thriller was the first German feature to be shot in Hollywood after WWII as well as the first feature for German television director Michael Pfleghar. Based on a bestselling novel by Curt Goetz, Die Tote Von Beverly Hills/The Corpse of Beverly Hills was adapted to the screen only a few short years after his death.
The Thursday
Self
It's the story of a day spent by Dino, separated by his wife, who sees his son Robertino after five years. Dino has not contributed anything in life and to win the affection of his son, invents a story about his past. At the end of the day however, he will succeed in establishing a positive relationship with his son and telling the truth about himself.
Maskenball bei Scotland Yard
Kessler-Zwillinge
소돔과 고모라
Bailarina
롯은 히브리인들을 이끌고 사막을 지나 기름진 약속의 땅을 찾아간다. 그들은 오랜 유랑 끝에 한 마을에 도착하여 밭을 경작하며 정착 생활에 들어간다. 그런데 이들의 땅에 사막부족인 헬라 민족이 침입해 들어 와서 집을 불태우며 소동을 일으킨다. 롯은 소돔성의 여왕과 손을 잡고 유황과 불을 이용해 이들을 물리친다. 애써 가꾼 땅이 황무지로 변하자 살 곳을 찾아 소돔성에 들어간 히브라인들. 우상을 섬기는 타락한 소돔성의 분위기에 젖어든 그들은 방탕한 생활에 빠져 하나님의 뜻을 거역하는 생활을 한다. 한편, 롯은 여왕의 동생과 결투 끝에 그를 죽이고 감옥에 갇혀 최후의 날을 기다리는 신세가 된다. 이 때, 롯에게 목자들을 데리고 소돔성을 떠나라는 하나님의 게시가 들려오면서 수갑이 풀리고 감옥문이 열리는 기적이 일어난다. 하나님은 의인이 열명만 있어도 성을 멸하지 않으리라고 마지막으로 약속하지만 그 의인이 없어 소돔성을 불과 유황으로 심판하신다. 심판의 장면을 절대로 돌아보지 말라는 하나님의 마지막 명령이 있은 후에 롯은 이를 믿는 사람들을 데리고 홀연히 성을 빠져나오는데.
Der Vogelhändler
Tänzerin
Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies
Milli
정복자 에릭
Daya
In the 9th Century, two Viking children, separated since their early childhood with one raised by the British and the other by Vikings, meet after nearly 20 years as rivals as war breaks out between Britian and the Vikings for control of England.
Die lachende Dritte
Ellen
Rocco e le sorelle
A Sicilian leaves for Milan, in search of fortune, with the four sisters he supervises fiercely.
Mein Schatz ist aus Tirol
Lo
Countess Mariza
Rosika
Paying a rare visit to her estate, a countess clashes with the man she hired to manage it.
The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina
Tänzerin
Sabrina is a beautiful thief, one who happens to have seven moles on her thigh, forming the constellation Ursa Minor; this is the only clue German police have to solve a recent robbery. Teo is a photographer looking for a pair of beautiful legs to participate in a photo contest. When he secretly takes a photo of Sabrina's legs, including the telltale moles, Sabrina has to get it back at any cost, something which brings her into dangerous proximity with the smitten Teo. Romance and assorted hijinx ensue.
Das Posthaus im Schwarzwald
Cilli
Rural comedy set in the Black Forest.
Tabarin
Self
Jacques Forestier, also a choreographer, an art decorator and a stage producer, is the very competent manager of "Tabarin", a renowned Parisian music-hall. A hard worker, he always wants the best for the public, at the expense of his health. He is assisted in his task by his wife Rosine and his lively secretary Mimi. Chance has it that one of the dancers he auditions for a new show is Florence, his former lover. He doesn't want her in the show but the spiteful belle has a rich influential protector who imposes her anyway. Some time later, Jacques falls victim of a heart attack.
Der Bettelstudent
Katja
The Count of Luxemburg
Franzi
Die Zwillinge vom Zillertal
Tänzerin
Mit Rosen fängt die Liebe an
Lotte
Vier Mädels aus der Wachau
Hanni
Scherben bringen Glück
Flora Fleuron
Solang es hübsche Mädchen gibt
Ellen