The 1999 German film Tuvalu is mostly silent ; the small amount of dialog is an odd mix of European languages, increasing the film's universality.

Much has been said about various " tactical errors " made by both the German and American forces in the film's climactic battle.

The German film company Tobis Film sued Chaplin following the film's release to no avail.

Following the film's lackluster response in the UK, German distributors did decline to distribute it, but their lack of interest did not technically constitute a ban.

It is left to the film's other main actor, Gustav von Wangenheim ( Eddie Izzard ) to explain to them that the mysterious lead is apparently an obscure German theater performer named Max Schreck ( Willem Dafoe ), who, according to Murnau, is a highly professional character actor.

The film's producer, Albin Grau ( Udo Kier ) however, suspects that Schreck is not really a German theater actor, and is confused when Murnau tells him that he in fact found Schreck in the old castle.

The film's screenplay was adapted by Blake Edwards ( Andrews ' husband ) and Hans Hoemburg from the 1933 German film Viktor und Viktoria by Reinhold Schünzel.

The film's significance as a cultural artifact of German post-WWII introspection is enhanced by the fact that its haunting medieval-sounding score is written by Hans Werner Henze, the noted German modernist composer.

With homophobia in German professional sports ( and also among the sports fans ) being just as rampant as in many other countries and the disdain of many " out " gays to be involved in an activity that they perceive to be associated with homophobia and preferring to form their own clubs instead, the film's theme, despite adhering to the standards of comedy, resonates with reality and is not as outrageous as it may seem.

Their pennant numbers can be made out quite clearly, although they are reversed to conform with the film's convention that all British ships should move from left to right of the screen, and German ships " vice-versa ".

The film's German title is Wenn Katelbach kommt ( When Katelbach Comes ).

Half the film's dialogues are in multiple languages: Hindi, English, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali, and German.

Kiefer Sutherland's character Daniel P. Schreber is named after Daniel Paul Schreber, a German judge who suffered from narcissistic, paranoid psychosis and possibly schizophrenia and whose autobiographical Memoirs of My Nervous Illness ( Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken ) the film's plot alludes to at various instances.

The film's title in German is Der ewige Jude, the German term for the character of the " Wandering Jew " in medieval folklore.

An Italian-West German co-production, the film's backers were expecting a routine murderer-on-the-loose yarn in the Edgar Wallace-tradition.

It has been noted that by opening and closing in a predicted future where not only had the war been won but a ( fictitious ) full-scale German invasion of Britain defeated, and by presenting a scenario where all echelons of British society unite for the common good ( the lady of the manor sacrifices herself without hesitation, for example ), the film's message was morale-boosting and positive rather than scaremongering.

Werner III -- A Movie Triple or a German Culture Study ?, ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE-ISSUE 4. 4-JULY 1999, English essay on the Werner series and franchise, published on the occasion of the third film's release

* Anna Quayle as Frau Hoffner – Frau Hoffner is Mata Hari's teacher, portrayed as a parody of Cesare in the German Expressionist film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ( her school is modelled on the film's expressionist decor ).

On the film's initial release, the French critics ' general response was moderate, ranging from mild enthusiasm to general disdain or disappointment, claiming it to be either a repetition of German expressionism or simply a disappointment of the director's leap from documentary filmmaker to a genre filmmaker claiming the film to be in a " minor genre, quite unworthy of his abilities ".

In 2005, Gencebay was featured in the film Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul by German Turkish director Fatih Akın, as well as on the film's soundtrack with the song " Hatasız Kul Olmaz.

The DoP makes decisions on lighting and framing of scenes in conjunction with the film's director.

His grandson, Frank Capra III, is a Hollywood director and worked as an assistant director in the 1995 film The American President, which referred to Frank Capra in the film's dialogue.

This time there was no soundtrack album in spite of the importance of music in the film as the film's writer, director and star Tim Robbins was concerned that the politically right wing content would be taken seriously and used by right wing politicians.

Anne Brebner, the film's casting director, was almost cast as Harold's mother when Vivian Pickles was briefly unable to do the role.

Hal Ashby, the film's director, shared certain ideals with the era ’ s youth culture, and in this film he contrasts the doomed outlook of the alienated youth of the time with the hard-won optimism of those who endured the horrors of the early 20th century, contrasting nihilism with purpose.

Their feature film for Paramount Pictures, Easy Come, Easy Go, was canceled when Berry, as well as the film's director and other crew members, were seriously injured in a railroad accident while shooting the movie in Chatsworth, California in August 1965.

She went to the Alps to meet the film's director, Arnold Fanck, hoping to secure the lead in his next project.

The creative use of music videos within their 1964 debut film A Hard Day's Night, particularly the performance of " Can't Buy Me Love ", led MTV decades later to honor the film's director, Richard Lester, with an award for " basically inventing " the music video.

Eric Harrison of the Houston Chronicle noted that Cruz " goes all out " with her appearance and Patrick Peters of Empire magazine commented that the film's director, who also appears in the film, was able to draw a " sensitive performance " from Cruz.

Just as today, a film's success depended upon the setting, the mood, the script, the skills of the director, and the overall talent of the cast.

It also led a film critic to paraphrase the film's title in an attack on the director, saying, " Bring me the head of Sam Peckinpah ".

The band started drifting back together in 1998. and officially re-formed to record a song for the soundtrack of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, at the behest of the film's director ( and Hoffs ' husband ) Jay Roach.

Doug Scott and Ellen Anthony, who played the younger Dahlberg children, were found in Lawrence ( Anthony was the daughter of the film's Kansas casting director Jack Wright ).

Goldwyn and the film's director, William Wyler, offered Leigh the secondary role of Isabella ; but she refused, preferring the role of Cathy, which went to Merle Oberon.

The director also employed Peter Handke, who wrote much of the dialogue, the poetic narrations, and the film's recurring poem " Song of Childhood.

Jinks and Cohen involved Ball throughout the film's development, including casting and director selection.

In 1967, she reunited with director Demy for the musical Les Demoiselles de Rochefort with her sister Dorléac — who was killed in a car accident shortly before the film's release.

At the 1999 ceremony Benigni received the award for Best Actor ( the first for a male performer in a non-English-speaking role, and only the third overall acting Oscar for non-English-speaking roles ), the score by Nicola Piovani won Best Original Dramatic Score, and the film was awarded the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, which Benigni accepted as the film's director.

The lead in The Wanters seemed hers, until the film's director objected, finding her " unphotogenic ".

Finally, the film's director complained to Mayer that he could get nothing out of the young actress, and when summoned to Mayer's office, she fully expected the axe to fall: " But to my surprise, Mr. Mayer's manner was paternal.

In 1985, the director claimed Cohn, whom he described as the " Jewish producer ," trimmed the film simply so theaters could have more daily showings and increase the film's chance of turning a profit.

It is accepted by the winning film's director, but is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.

The rules currently governing the Foreign Language Film category state that " the Academy statuette ( Oscar ) will be awarded to the picture and accepted by the director on behalf of the film's creative talents " ( emphasis added ).