#Erni Mangold

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BEFORE SUNRISE 1995

If there's any kind of magic in this world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? The answer must be in the attempt.

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42 Years Ago - March 21, 1981 - Christoph Waltz in Die Weltmaschine aired!!  My favorite guy with my favorite lady, Erni Mangold!!

Fun Fact - Was filmed in actual diner, all those people in background were actual customers just doing their thing, not aware this was a movie being made. 

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GUTRUF

Screenshot aus dem ORF Film über Erni Mangold von 2021

[mercurysgarden]

you are both stars, don’t forget it.  when the stars exploded billions of years ago, they formed everything that is this world.  everything we know is stardust.  so, don’t forget, you are stardust.

— Erni Mangold as Palm Reader, Before Sunrise

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Ernie Mangold Ehemann und Fritz Eckhard

[watchingalotofmovies]

Der Tote am Teich

Der Tote am Teich    [trailer]

A body is found on the ice of a frozen pond in an Austrian village. The man who found the body is a retired police officer who, to the disdain of the two female detectives officially in charge of the case, decides to further investigate the matter.

Above average TV crime movie. Hader sort of plays a milder version of his signature character Brenner. Still depressed, but with a tad more will to live. Relatively speaking.

I was grateful for the subtitles. Austrian dialect really is a language on its own.

[21secondsofchristoph]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTOPH!

The ARTE documentary aired yesterday in honor of Christoph's birthday and I translated the interview parts for everyone who doesn't speak German. I added the time stamps so you guys can match the translations to the documentary.

Robert Dornhelm  2:10

I've known Christoph for nearly half a century, that's no exaggeration. I've known him right when he finished the Reinhardt Seminar and Christoph hasn't changed at all, it's almost creepy. He has his clear convictions of what is right and what is wrong, while maintaining a sense of humor, which might be viewed as no sense of humor by people who have very exact world views. But he has a very good and dry sense of humor, which I very much appreciate

Robert Dornhelm 5:45

He is a man in the public eye and when it's about promoting his films or giving interviews he does it very well. But he does it for the project, as for himself, he prefers to stay anonymous and in the shadows.

Roland Geyer 6:35

[Talking about Fidelio and its villains]

My initial thought was he tell the story via its villains. But in our conversations, I discovered he was more interested in the love story of the 2 people and I liked that approach just as well.

Roland Geyer 7:20

He told me very clearly that he didn't want to take the spotlight he wanted the focus to be on the story and the work.

Reinhard Schwabenitzky 9:55

Christoph was still attending the Reinhardt Seminar when we filmed Der Einstand.  The problem was that the students weren't allowed to film anything while they were attending. But after seeing the audition tapes, Christoph was the best by far. So I asked him to take the role and he risked getting kicked out of school. Christoph was brilliant, especially in the little nuances. And he really showed what he had to offer.

Erni Mangold 15:38

He has always been a young gentleman, always dressed well in a suit and tie. I can't remember him ever wearing jeans but he was always orderly and very intelligent.

Erni Mangold 18:00

He was never loud or cheeky, he never rebelled, he was always someone who paid attention and listened, always a very precise boy.

Robert Dornhelm 18:35

Christoph guards his true self and he's wearing a mask. Why? That's his secret and it's his to reveal, although I doubt he ever will.  But I believe it's a mixture of not making himself too important and simple shyness.  But he has no reason to be shy. Why should he be shy as an actor who's always on stage? Maybe he's merely self critical, he thinks "who am I to make myself that important?"

Reinhard Schwabenitzky 20:40

He had a bit of an attitude for a brief time. While I was filming with him in Berlin, we were shooting 2 seasons, he went to Strasberg in New York in between filming. And when he came back he was different and it didn't do him any good. I even stopped talking to him after that because it became too complicated. And he probably behaved similarly around others. Then he had his big TV break with the role of Roy Black.

Peter Keglevic 23:30

I think his biggest strength is not announcing anything special and not always doing something special, or talking about how difficult and complicated it is to play his roles and how hard they are to prepare for.  He does none of those things. He more or less arrives on set, completely unwatched, and suddenly, the character is there. He effortlessly fabricates it and that's what makes working with him so comfortable.

Andreas Mailath-Pokorny 26:50

[Talking about Christoph's musicality and his stepfather, composer Alexander Steinbrecher. When Christoph visited the city library in Vienna, he studied the scores of his stepfather.]

To my surprise, something none of us had anticipated happened: He really immersed himself into it, not just the score of his stepfather but also into other valuable scores we have here, like 'Die Feldermaus' and other originals. And he let the staff explain everything to him far beyond the agreed upon time slot while listening curiously. It was a joy for us to see someone who is world famous and such a great talent as an actor to be moved and interested by what we told him. I gave him a copy of the score [holds it into the camera]  and he was very happy to accept it.

Elisabeth Urbancic-Waltz  28:55

He strictly separates the private from the professional and I'd say that's a good thing.

Reinhard Schwabenitzky 33:20

I'd argue that real comedy is always rooted in tragedy. You have to feel the tragedy to make it comical by overplaying the tragedy.

[ Talking about King Schultz, a character who is American through and through. Christoph had to put aside his German roots without abandoning them completely.]

Reinhard Schwabenitzky 38:30

When an actor has it in him, it's especially great. He embodied it well and I thought he was brilliant in Inglourious Basterds. I don't know anybody who could have played it like him.

Diane Kruger 39:10

Quentin wanted German actors for German roles, meaning he wanted to feel the German essence. The costumes, the makeup...it's all very German.

Robert Dornhelm  41:50

Basically, it's almost impossible to choose your roles, you are chosen for them. I don't believe it was his dream to play a Bond villain. It's clearly something where he knows it's going to be seen by the whole world, it's funny and it's paid very well.

[improvisedambitions]

You need to resign yourself to the awkwardness of life. Only if you find peace within yourself will you find true connection with others.

Palm Reader (played by Erni Mangold), Before Sunrise (1995)

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TPS’S 15 OTHER FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME - BACK AND FOURTH

Before Sunrise (1995) Director: Richard Linklater Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl, Karl Bruckschwaiger, Tex Rubinowitz, Erni Mangold, Dominik Castell, Haymon Maria Buttinger, Adam Goldberg Best Moment: Either the poem Delusion Angel or the café telephone roleplay

[christophfanalways]

41 Years Ago - March 21, 1981!!  Christoph with the amazing Erni Mangold in Die Weltmaschine aired!! 

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Top phim về các địa điểm du lịch khiến khán giả khó có thể rời mắt

Phim "Niềm sống" (The bucket list)

The Bucket List đưa ta đến với câu chuyện của hai người đàn ông là Edward và Carter.

Đạo diễn: Rob Reiner

Ngày phát hành: 15/12/2017

Thời lượng: 97 phút

Diễn viên: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Rob Morrow

"The bucket list" đưa ta đến với câu chuyện của hai người đàn ông là Edward và Carter, một thợ máy và một nhà tư bản giàu có. Cả hai chẳng có bất kỳ điểm chung gì, trừ việc họ đều mắc bệnh ung thư. Dường như số phận đã đưa đẩy hai con người già cỗi này gặp nhau để rồi phần đời còn lại của họ hoàn toàn thay đổi. Cả hai quyết định rằng, họ sẽ cùng nhau thực hiện bản danh sách "những việc phải làm trước khi chết".  

Hai "ông lão" đi xăm mình, rồi đua xe Mustang, rồi nhào lộn trên không... Sau đó, họ sang châu Phi đi săn, sang Ấn Độ xem đền Taj Mahal, sang Ai Cập coi kim tự tháp, lên Himalaya nhưng gặp bão tuyết, rồi dừng chân ở một khách sạn ở Paris. Bộ phim đã trải qua rất nhiều bối cảnh nổi tiếng thế giới khiến khán giả vô cùng mãn nhãn.

Trong một phân cảnh đối thoại giữa Edward và Carter khi họ đang ở trên đỉnh nhìn ngắm kim tự tháp, Carter mới kể cho Edward rằng, người Ai Cập có một niềm tin rất đặc biệt về cái chết. Đó là bất kỳ ai chết đi, khi đến cổng thiên đàng đều được hỏi hai câu hỏi sau: "Con đã tìm thấy niềm vui trong đời mình chưa?" và "Cuộc đời của con có mang lại niềm vui cho người khác hay không?". Nếu trả lời không, bạn sẽ không được cho phép bước qua cổng để vào thiên đàng. 

Đây là chi tiết đắt giá nhất của toàn bộ phim, ẩn ý cho người xem về cái gọi là "thước đo cuộc đời". Ch��ng ta sẽ dùng gì để đo đời mình? Giàu có và địa vị (như Edward)? Hay những thành tựu ta đạt được? Hay cách chúng ta sống?... Mỗi người sẽ có câu trả lời khác nhau tùy vào niềm tin của người đó. Tuy nhiên, bộ phim này đã khẳng định rất rõ "cách chúng ta sống" chính là thước đo cuộc đời lớn nhất mà một người có thể có. 

"The bucket list" là một bộ phim nhẹ nhàng, hài hước nhưng đầy ý nghĩa. Diễn xuất của hai tài tử gạo cội Jack Nicholson và Morgan Freeman càng làm cho bộ phim thật sự chạm đến trái tim của người xem. Nó mang đến cho chúng ta những câu hỏi đầy ý nghĩa về cuộc đời. 

Phim "Con nhà siêu giàu Châu Á" (Crazy rich Asians)

"Crazy rich Asians" là bộ phim hài - tình cảm xoay chuyện cưới xin của người thừa kế của tập đoàn Young.

Đạo diễn: Jon M.Chu

Ngày phát hành: 15/08/2018

Thời lượng: 121 phút

Diễn viên:Henry Golding, Lisa Lu, Ken Jeong, Awkwafina,…

Phim "Con nhà siêu giàu châu Á" là phim điện ảnh hài tình cảm dựa trên tiểu thuyết cùng tên của Kevin Kwan. Bộ phim xoay quanh chuyến trở về đảo quốc Sư tử nhằm ra mắt gia đình của Nicholas Young (Nick) – người thừa kế của tập đoàn Young cùng bạn gái Rachel Chu – cô gái gốc Hoa lớn lên tại New York. Mạch phim dựa trên motif của câu chuyện Lọ Lem – Hoàng tử đến với nhau dù gặp nhiều cản trở từ gia đình (đại diện là mẹ Nick – bà Eleanor Young).

Chuyện phim "Crazy rich Asians" bắt đầu với hành trình nối liền khoảng cách địa lý giữa Hoa Kỳ – đảo quốc Sư tử và kết thúc cũng với rất nhiều cuộc hành trình. Đó có thể là hành trình tìm lại gốc gác Á Đông của Rachel mà thông qua đó đạo diễn John Chu nói hộ tiếng lòng của cả một thế hệ người Mỹ gốc Hoa. Đó cũng có thể là hành trình tìm lại chính mình của Eleanor – tìm lại một bản thể nguyên bản nhất sau khi gạt đi những danh giá, hào quang hay hy sinh, chịu đựng.

Phim "Mắt biếc" (Dreamy Eyes)

Phim "Mắt biếc" với nhiều cảnh đẹp của Việt Nam. (Nguồn clip: NSX)

Đạo diễn: Victor Vũ

Ngày phát hành: 20/12/2019

Thời lượng:117 phút

Diễn viên: Trần Nghĩa, Trúc Anh, Trần Phong, Khánh Vân, Thảo Tâm

"Mắt biếc" xoay quanh mối tình đơn phương của Ngạn với Hà Lan - cô bạn gái có cặp mắt hút hồn nhưng cá tính bướng bỉnh. Một chuyện tình nhiều cung bậc, từ ngộ nghĩnh trẻ con đến tình yêu thuở học trò trong sáng, trải qua bao biến cố, trở thành một cuộc "đuổi hình bắt bóng" buồn da diết nhưng không nguôi hy vọng. 

Câu chuyện càng trở nên éo le hơn khi Trà Long - con gái của Hà Lan lớn lên lại nhen nhóm một tình yêu như thế với Ngạn.

Ngạn đã chăm lo cho Trà Long suốt mười mấy năm, từ lúc cô bé còn nhỏ cho đến khi trở thành thiếu nữ đi học trên Thành phố Huế. Trà Long như một bản sao của Hà Lan, làm Ngạn cảm thấy như được sống lại một thời ký ức ngày xưa. Biết rằng Ngạn sẽ không bao giờ yêu mình, Hồng đau khổ dọn vào Sài Gòn sống.

Trà Long bắt đầu yêu Ngạn, điều này làm anh bất ngờ. Để tránh mọi chuyện tồi tệ hơn, Ngạn quyết định bỏ đi thật xa. Hai mẹ con Hà Lan đều sốc khi biết Ngạn ra đi. Sau một hồi tâm sự với Trà Long, Hà Lan hiểu rằng cô không nên bỏ lỡ một người yêu mình thật lòng.

Phim "Bí mật của Walter Mitty" (The secret life of Walter Mitty)

"Bí mật của Walter Mitty" không phải một bộ phim hài khiến mọi người cười lăn lộn. Bộ phim giúp truyền cảm hứng tích cực đến người xem.

Đạo diễn: Ben Stiller

Ngày phát hành: 5/10/2013

Thời lượng: 114 phút

Diễn viên: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn, Kathryn Hahn,...

"Bí mật của Walter Mitty" xoay quanh câu chuyện của Mitty, nhân viên chế bản phim của Tạp chí giấy Life nổi tiếng. Người này có cuộc sống cực kỳ nhàm chán, cuộc sống mà chúng ta có thể bắt gặp ở rất nhiều người: ban ngày đi làm, sau đó lầm lũi về nhà, sống cô lập bản thân trong bốn bức tường, kết bạn hay giao lưu chỉ thông qua vài trang mạng xã hội, để rồi bắt đầu một ngày mới lặp lại như vậy.

Mitty từng là một đứa trẻ năng động, thích chơi ván trượt, để tóc bờm ngựa… nhưng chính cuộc sống hằng ngày khiến anh đánh mất những đam mê trước đây của mình.

Đến một ngày nọ, vì vấn đề kinh doanh, tạp chí giấy Life bị đóng cửa, thay vào đó là "Cuộc sống ảo" (Life online). Sự kiện này làm cho nhiều nhân viên có nguy cơ bị sa thải do không phù hợp với cơ cấu mới, Mitty cũng nằm trong số đó. Trước khi đóng cửa, Life ra số cuối cùng, với ảnh bìa của Sean O'Connell, nhiếp ảnh gia gắn bó rất lâu cùng Life. Tuy vậy, một sự cố xảy ra khiến tấm phim thứ 25, được nhấn mạnh sẽ chọn làm bìa, lại biến mất. Với trách nhiệm của một người 16 năm trong nghề, Mitty quyết định lên đường tìm tung tích tấm phim thứ 25.

Bộ phim được đầu tư phần hình ảnh bắt mắt với bối cảnh của New York, Iceland, Greenland và Himalaya... cùng phần âm nhạc với giai điệu cuốn hút. 

Phim "Trước lúc bình minh" (Before Sunrise)

"Before Sunrise" được đạo diễn bởi Richard Linklater.

Đạo diễn: Richard Linklater

Ngày phát hành: 27/01/1995

Thời lượng: 105 phút

Diễn viên: Julie Delpy, Erni Mangold, Andrea Eckert,…

"Before Sunrise" kể về Jesse, một người Mỹ vừa bị người yêu "đá" ở Madrid, đang trong tâm trạng chán chường đã mua một vé tàu đi du lịch khắp châu Âu. Jesse gặp nàng Celine, một sinh viên người Ph��p trẻ trung xinh đẹp đang trên đường về nhà bắt đầu một học kỳ mới và bắt đầu du lịch vài giờ cùng nhau.

Quyết định dừng tàu tại Vienna để đi dạo khắp thành phố, Jesse và Celine nhận ra họ có những tương đồng về mặt tinh thần dù chỉ 14 tiếng bên cạnh nhau để nghe nhạc, nhâm nhi cà phê, ngắm trăng treo trên đầu… rồi xa nhau, không hẹn ngày gặp lại.

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The Visit from Die Trickfilmer on Vimeo.

"Fantasy, dream or reality? What is the difference? When people get old..."

This 8 minute tragic-comedy by Conrad Tambour tells the story of an old woman, who, to the horror of her son, is cooking up a meal in the middle of the night for her long-deceased friends.The film features the voices of famous Austrian actors such as Erni Mangold, Erwin Steinhauer, Klaus Ofczarek and Ingrid Burkhard.

trickfilmer.at neuer-trickfilm.at/filme/derbesuch/ filmakademie.de

AWARDS «Hamburg Animation Award 2011» «Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Preis 2012» Chitrakatha '11 «Winner of Chitrakatha '11» Content Award Vienna 2011 « Infoscreen Award» Cutout Fest 2011 «first place narrative category» FATPIGtures «best student short» FBW «Best short of the month» October 2011 Sehsüchte 2011 «best animation film» shnit shortfilmfestival «Magic Jack» Shortynale «special jury mention» Skena Up «best animation award» U.FRAME «best animation» Watersprite «best animated short» «best screenplay» Stoke Your Fires Film Festival «best student animation» XXS Dortmunder Kurzfilmfestival «2nd place» 13. Jenaer Cellu l´art award for «best screenplay» DIAGONALE «best new comer of the year» All eyes on youth «Bester Film aus 15 Jahre Jugendjury»

SCREENINGS Next Generation Short Tiger 2011 ITFS 2011 Hiroshima 2012, Japan Diagonale 2012, Austria Filmfest Dresden 2011 Filmfest Eberswalde DOK Leipzig 2011 Animago 2011 Exground Filmfest 2011 Grenzland Filmtage Selb 2011 23rd Trieste Film Festival 2011 Stoke Your Fires 2012 FiSH Festival 2012, Germany Jenaer Kurzfilmfestival "cellu l'art", Germany Chitrakatha International, India Student Animation Festival 2011 Content Award Vienna 2011, Austria Cutout Fest 2011 FATPIGtures Jugendfilmfestival 2011 Hamburg Animation Award 2011 Sehsüchte 2011, Germany shnit International Shortfilmfestival 2011 Shortynale 3. KLBG Kurzfilmfest 2011 Skena Up 2011 U.FRAME International Academic Video Festivals 2011 Cambridge International Student Film Festival 2012, UK XXS Dortmunder Kurzfilmfestival 2011 Iternationales Filmfestival Contra Vision Graphinale Wien 2012, Austria Anima Mundi 2011, Brazil Animafest Zagreb 2011, Croatia Animanima 2009, Serbia Anima Brussels Animation Film Festival 2010, Belgium Anim'est 2009, Romania CineMAiubit 2009, Romania Filmschau BW 20010, Germany KROK International Animated Film 2010, Russia Monstra Lisbon Animated Film Festival 2011, Portugal Tehran International Animation Festival 2011, Iran Thalmässinger Kurzfilmtage 2012 KingBonn China International New Media Shorts Festivals 2012 Monterrey International Film Festival Shorts at Moonlight 2012, Germany Supertoon 2012 Kurzfilmnacht Filmkunstfest MV 2012 Euganea Film Festival 2011 7th edition of NAFF, Neum Animated Film Festival Sofia IAFF, Bulgaria European Short Film Festival 2012 at MIT Festival of Nations, Germany

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Ich will doch nur, daß ihr mich liebt (I Only Want You to Love Me) | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1976

Erni Mangold, (Vitus Zeplichal)

[saturdaynightmatinee]

CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 7 / 10

Título Original: Der Vampir auf der Couch (Therapy for a Vampire)

Año: 2014

Duración: 87 min.

País: Austria

Director: David Rühm

Guion: David Rühm

Música: Bernd Jungmair, Stefan Jungmair

Fotografía: Martin Gschlacht

Reparto: Jeanette Hain, Tobias Moretti, Cornelia Ivancan, Dominic Oley, David Bennent,Karl Fischer, Erni Mangold, Lars Rudolph, Anatole Taubman, Julia Jelinek,Dominic Marcus Singer, Christoph F. Krutzler, Tobias Ofenbauer, Katharina Gorgi,Verena Altenberger, Christina Simhandl

Productora: Novotny, Novotny Filmproduktion GmbH / hugofilm

Género: Comedy, Horror

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3400980/

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDYXIIDbAQM

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Fashionable Capri pants--2017/02/28

Sonja de Lennart (born 21 May 1920 in Prussia) is a European fashion designer. In 1948, she invented Capri pants.

Early life

Sonja de Lennart was born in 1920 into a multicultural family and is the daughter of an industrialist and syndicus. In her youth, she was a keen athlete in swimming and track and field. By the age of eight, de Lennart had already won many swimming competitions. In 1932, she participated in the official National Youth Competitions as an athlete in track and field running the 100 m and 1000 m sprint. She was an active member of the Classic Theater Society along with being a talented student of the Breslau State Opera ballet whose teacher was the famous dancer and ballet master, Anna Capana.

After attending business college in Breslau, her dream of becoming a fashion designer became a passion. She studied design despite her father’s extremely strong opposition and threat of disinheritance. She secretly enrolled as a student apprentice at Erich Boehm Atelier and later at Herman Palm Atelier in Berlin in which she studied the skillful trade of tailoring and the customizing of garments – from elegant hats to evening gowns – until she became a master craftsman of her trade graduating as a textile engineer. After World War II, she was entered as a member into the prestigious Handwerksrolle of the Chamber of Trade. After the political regime had destroyed the family fortune, it was de Lennart who, after World War II, restored her family financially with her fashion design trade.

Fashion career

In 1945, after the war, Sonja de Lennart began to produce fashion wear and opened her first boutique, Salon Sonja, in Munich. Her fashion career began with a rare but fortunate circumstance when the fashion advisor of the Taylor’s Guild, M. Ponater, allowed de Lennart to exhibit one of her first creations (a hand painted dress which she painted herself and displayed on a mannequin) in one corner of Ponater’s booth of the leading Fashion Trade Fair, Handwerksmesse, where he was displaying and selling his own fashion collection. This one and only opportunity to show her talent had customers standing in line to place orders for which she wasn’t prepared. This event turned into the beginning of the distribution of de Lennart’s creations. The demand for her designs was so overwhelming that soon after, the family began to manufacture another of her creations, imitation leather vestures, as well as three-quarter length coats that were exhibited at the Craftsman Fair and distributed nationwide becoming a bestseller.

In that same year, she created a wide-swinging skirt with a wide belt (which she modeled herself), a blouse, and hat. Her design collection became known as the Capri Collection. She chose this name as it was her family’s love for the island of Capri that captivated her together with a recorded song sent to her by her family in America called, "Isle of Capri". Her love for this song and her increased fondness for the Island of Capri, gave her the inspiration of the Capri name.

In 1948, after years of women wearing the typical wide and rather masculine pants, de Lennart created the sexy tight three-quarter length Capri pants with the stylish short slit on the outer-side of the pant leg. The original classic Capri Pants were designed in specific lengths for winter and summer wear. In 1949, German actress, Mady Rahl, and Austrian actress, Erni Mangold, both posed for Sonja de Lennart in the original summer- and winter-style Capri pant, respectively.

In 1952, Edith Head recognized the innovative and revolutionary style of Sonja de Lennart and had her Capri Collection  [the wide-swinging Capri skirt, the high-neck Capri blouse, and the wide Capri belt and Capri pants sewn by the Italian Fontana sisters for Audrey Hepburn in the movie, Roman Holiday. In 1953,Hubert de Givenchy had de Lennart’s Capri pants stitched for Audrey Hepburn, which she wore in the movie Sabrina (1954).

Edith Head introduced the Capri skirt, Capri blouse, Capri pants, and Capri belt to the world; but, it was the Capri pants that made history. Among the many who have worn the fashionable Capri pants are Doris Day, Jane Russell, Katharine Hepburn, Gina Lollobrigida, Ava Gardner, Elizabeth Taylor, Jacqueline Kennedy,Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Sophia Loren, Anita Ekberg, and Mary Tyler Moore. Capri pants marched even in the Existentialist Bars from Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris: “Young women loved themselves in black roll necks, tight Capri pants, and flatties [flat sandals] along with straight long hair and black-painted eyes a la Juliette Greco,” reported Professor Gundula Wolter (1994, 270).

Sonja de Lennart was also the first designer who utilized the famous Everglaze textile from America which her family from California sent to de Lennart upon her request. Subsequently, it developed into big business for the American manufacturer. The material was then licensed to European companies; as a result, foreign royalties accounted for more than 70 percent of the firm’s total profits.

In 1955 in Munich, Sonja de Lennart opened her new, much larger fashion house and renamed the company Maison Haase to include, in part, both her and her husband’s name. De Lennart’s fashion house became the place to be. Major movie companies, prominent opera directors, costume designers, and notables from all over the world traveled to Europe to acquire Sonja de Lennart’s design. Among those were Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens, and Klaus Kinski as well as nobles like the Countess of Stauffenberg; the Woolworth heir, Sunny von Bülow; Princess Auersperg and Queen Soraya Esfandiary, the wife ofShah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, The 5th Dimension, and many others.

De Lennart became one of the most innovative European fashion designers after World War II influencing a whole generation of new designers and was considered a leading pioneer of her time by major magazines wherein she was interviewed along with legendary fashion designers as Yves Saint Laurent, Paco Rabanne, and André Courrèges. There was almost no fashion designer who did not add Capri pants to their collection.

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Sonja de Lennart (born 21 May 1920 in Prussia) is a European fashion designer. In 1948, she invented Capri pants. Early lifeSonja de Lennart was born in 1920 into a multicultural family and is the daughter of an industrialist and syndicus. In her youth, she was a keen athlete in swimming and track and field. By the age of eight, de Lennart had already won many swimming competitions. In 1932, she participated in the official National Youth Competitions as an athlete in track and field running the 100 m and 1000 m sprint. She was an active member of the Classic Theater Society along with being a talented student of the Breslau State Opera ballet whose teacher was the famous dancer and ballet master, Anna Capana.After attending business college in Breslau, her dream of becoming a fashion designer became a passion. She studied design despite her father’s extremely strong opposition and threat of disinheritance. She secretly enrolled as a student apprentice at Erich Boehm Atelier and later at Herman Palm Atelier in Berlin in which she studied the skillful trade of tailoring and the customizing of garments – from elegant hats to evening gowns – until she became a master craftsman of her trade graduating as a textile engineer. After World War II, she was entered as a member into the prestigious Handwerksrolle of the Chamber of Trade. After the political regime had destroyed the family fortune, it was de Lennart who, after World War II, restored her family financially with her fashion design trade.Fashion careerIn 1945, after the war, Sonja de Lennart began to produce fashion wear and opened her first boutique, Salon Sonja, in Munich. Her fashion career began with a rare but fortunate circumstance when the fashion advisor of the Taylor’s Guild, M. Ponater, allowed de Lennart to exhibit one of her first creations (a hand painted dress which she painted herself and displayed on a mannequin) in one corner of Ponater’s booth of the leading Fashion Trade Fair, Handwerksmesse, where he was displaying and selling his own fashion collection. This one and only opportunity to show her talent had customers standing in line to place orders for which she wasn’t prepared. This event turned into the beginning of the distribution of de Lennart’s creations. The demand for her designs was so overwhelming that soon after, the family began to manufacture another of her creations, imitation leather vestures, as well as three-quarter length coats that were exhibited at the Craftsman Fair and distributed nationwide becoming a bestseller.In that same year, she created a wide-swinging skirt with a wide belt (which she modeled herself), a blouse, and hat. Her design collection became known as the Capri Collection. She chose this name as it was her family’s love for the island of Capri that captivated her together with a recorded song sent to her by her family in America called, "Isle of Capri". Her love for this song and her increased fondness for the Island of Capri, gave her the inspiration of the Capri name.In 1948, after years of women wearing the typical wide and rather masculine pants, de Lennart created the sexy tight three-quarter length Capri pants with the stylish short slit on the outer-side of the pant leg. The original classic Capri Pants were designed in specific lengths for winter and summer wear. In 1949, German actress, Mady Rahl, and Austrian actress, Erni Mangold, both posed for Sonja de Lennart in the original summer- and winter-style Capri pant, respectively.In 1952, Edith Head recognized the innovative and revolutionary style of Sonja de Lennart and had her Capri Collection  [the wide-swinging Capri skirt, the high-neck Capri blouse, and the wide Capri belt and Capri pants sewn by the Italian Fontana sisters for Audrey Hepburn in the movie, Roman Holiday. In 1953,Hubert de Givenchy had de Lennart’s Capri pants stitched for Audrey Hepburn, which she wore in the movie Sabrina (1954).Edith Head introduced the Capri skirt, Capri blouse, Capri pants, and Capri belt to the world; but, it was the Capri pants that made history. Among the many who have worn the fashionable Capri pants are Doris Day, Jane Russell, Katharine Hepburn, Gina Lollobrigida, Ava Gardner, Elizabeth Taylor, Jacqueline Kennedy,Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Sophia Loren, Anita Ekberg, and Mary Tyler Moore. Capri pants marched even in the Existentialist Bars from Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris: “Young women loved themselves in black roll necks, tight Capri pants, and flatties [flat sandals] along with straight long hair and black-painted eyes a la Juliette Greco,” reported Professor Gundula Wolter (1994, 270).Sonja de Lennart was also the first designer who utilized the famous Everglaze textile from America which her family from California sent to de Lennart upon her request. Subsequently, it developed into big business for the American manufacturer. The material was then licensed to European companies; as a result, foreign royalties accounted for more than 70 percent of the firm’s total profits.In 1955 in Munich, Sonja de Lennart opened her new, much larger fashion house and renamed the company Maison Haase to include, in part, both her and her husband’s name. De Lennart’s fashion house became the place to be. Major movie companies, prominent opera directors, costume designers, and notables from all over the world traveled to Europe to acquire Sonja de Lennart’s design. Among those were Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens, and Klaus Kinski as well as nobles like the Countess of Stauffenberg; the Woolworth heir, Sunny von Bülow; Princess Auersperg and Queen Soraya Esfandiary, the wife ofShah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, The 5th Dimension, and many others.De Lennart became one of the most innovative European fashion designers after World War II influencing a whole generation of new designers and was considered a leading pioneer of her time by major magazines wherein she was interviewed along with legendary fashion designers as Yves Saint Laurent, Paco Rabanne, and André Courrèges. There was almost no fashion designer who did not add Capri pants to their collection.