"version. Kaye was the subject of ""This Is Your Life"" in 1986 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the curtain call of the West End stage version of ""'Allo 'Allo!"" at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Kaye returned as Rene Artois in a 2007 one-off television revival of ""'Allo 'Allo!"" and in a stage show in Brisbane, Australia, at the Twelfth Night Theatre in June and July, alongside Sue Hodge as Mimi Labonq and Guy Siner as Lieutenant Gruber. The other characters were portrayed by Australian actors, including Katy Manning, Steven Tandy, Chloe Dallimore, and Jason Gann. Kaye's"
"enmity between the Gestapo and the German military. Many storylines for "" 'Allo 'Allo"" also derive directly from episodes of ""Secret Army"", such as the valuable paintings and the accompanying forgeries, which both the Germans and the Resistance are seeking to obtain in the ""Secret Army"" second series episode ""Weekend"". Some actors from ""Secret Army"" also appear in ""<nowiki>'Allo 'Allo</nowiki>!"": Richard Marner, Guy Siner, John D. Collins, Hilary Minster and David Beckett. Inspiration was also drawn from patriotic black-and-white British melodramas of the 1940s. The French village setting is reminiscent of 1972's ""Clochemerle"", whilst Rene's intermediary role between the Germans"
"All"") but who is now the lover of a German officer. March 3, 1942. It is Marguerite’s 40th birthday and she is celebrating with her friends, who are living in blissful ignorance of the war (""Let the World Turn""). As dinner is served, Marguerite's former talent agent, Georges, brings a band in. The band consists of Armand, his sister Annette, her boyfriend Lucien and their friend Pierrot. Annette, Lucien and Pierrot are members of the resistance. Armand recalls seeing Marguerite sing years before, and being captivated. Marguerite is delighted to learn that they are a swing band and encourages everyone"
"""Allo 'Allo!"" was set in the French town of Nouvion during the German occupation of the Second World War. Its focus was a café in the town square run by René Artois (played by Gorden Kaye). There were sustained attempts by the occupiers to appropriate the ""Fallen Madonna"", a local treasure, to provide a nest egg after the war. Among those who coveted it were the local German commandant Colonel Kurt Von Strohm (Richard Marner) and the ""Führer"" Adolf Hitler himself on whose behalf Herr Otto Flick (Richard Gibson) of the ""Gestapo"" was instructed to secure it (but secretly wanted"
"René Artois René François Artois is a fictional character, the main character in the BBC sitcom ""'Allo 'Allo!"", which ran from 1982 to 1992. The character was played by Gorden Kaye. In the 2009 stage production of 'Allo 'Allo!, the part was played by Jeffrey Holland. The character is loosely based on Albert Foiret, the café owner at the centre of the action in an earlier BBC drama series, ""Secret Army"". Artois (usually referred to as René, but codenamed Nighthawk by the ""Résistance"") is the owner of the Café René in the occupied French town of Nouvion, during World War"
"Army. They get into trouble with their captain on numerous occasions, leading him to punish them numerous times by making them stable cleaners. When they are stationed at the German town of Koblenz, Wilson meets and falls in love with Gretchen Rittner, daughter of an innkeeper. He is unable to propose marriage to her, however, with a murder charging hanging over his head. Eventually, the man he thought he murdered turns up and this allows Wilson to finally marry Gretchen. Only copies of the cut print released in the United States (without most of the musical numbers) seem to have"
"Darrow) is against the idea of having to fight England when World War I breaks out. Meanwhile, the oblivious Monte is caught in the arms of a woman by her German officer husband (Lucien Prival), who insists upon a duel the next day. Monte flees that night. When Roy is mistaken for his brother, he goes ahead with the duel and is shot in the arm. Karl is conscripted into the German Air Force, and the two British brothers enlist in the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Monte only to get a kiss from a girl at the recruiting station. When"
"Aldo look at the now dead Sullivan and understand what he died for, but suddenly Valli is shot in the back and killed by a German soldier from nowhere, allowing Aldo now the sole-surviving Italian-American commando of the mission to react, Aldo sees many dead Germans and Italian-American's that where people he knew now gone, all too silent everything seems quiet and now he is all by himself, but not before Hans, the last of Professor Agen's Junior NCO's survived the battle by himself, he nearly attempts to kill Aldo, but he sees in his heart the truth and he"
"only difference is that ""Secret Mission"" is straight while ""Allo Allo"" is a broad farce. Probably the only comical aspect of the movie is James Mason’s French accent, but he does at least look suitably embarrassed as he substitutes ‘z’s for ‘th’s."" Secret Mission Secret Mission is a 1942 British war film directed by Harold French and starring Hugh Williams, James Mason, Nancy Price, Carla Lehmann and Roland Culver. During the Second World War, two British army officers, Garnett and Gowan, together with Private Clark, who used to live in France and ran a café with his French wife, and"
"'Allo 'Allo! Allo Allo! is a BBC television British sitcom that was first broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992, comprising 85 episodes. The story is set in a small-town café in German-occupied France during the Second World War. It is a parody of another BBC programme, the wartime drama ""Secret Army"". ""Allo, Allo!"" was created by David Croft, who also wrote the theme music, and Jeremy Lloyd. Lloyd and Croft wrote the first six series. The remaining series were written by Lloyd and Paul Adam. Set during the Second World War, ""Allo Allo!"" tells the fictitious story of"
"Café René The Café René is a fictional French café in a British sitcom, ""'Allo 'Allo!"" broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992, which ran for 85 episodes. The series is set in the French town of Nouvion, in Nazi-occupied France in the early 1940s. The café is owned by René François Artois, the main character of the story. It is frequented by the German forces. René has to be polite to them, but also has to be careful not to be seen as a collaborator. The local commandant, Colonel Von Strohm, his assistant Captain Hans Geering, and his"
"performance since the 1960s, ""Arminio"", like all Handel operas, is performed at festivals and opera houses today. Among other productions, the opera was staged by the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe in 2016. Arminio, chieftain of a Germanic tribe who has taken up arms to fight against the Roman invasion of his country, yields to his wife Tusnelda's entreaties to retire from the field of battle lest they should both be taken prisoner. (Duet:""Non è tema""). They leave as Varo and Tullio enter. Tullio informs the Roman general Varo that Arminio has retreated and Varo reveals that he is in love with"
"as a collaborator. The fact that the café's cabaret is performed by his tone-deaf wife, Madame Edith, goes some way towards protecting his claim that he remains impartial as possible. Actually, René's waitresses, Yvette and Maria, are responsible for entertaining the Germans upstairs with the flying helmet, egg whisk and wet celery. The local commandant, Colonel Von Strohm, and his assistant Captain Hans Geering are two of the most frequent visitors to the café. In a war where money means very little; René trades the girls' services for wartime luxuries such as butter, sugar, paraffin and gasoline. René has also"
"the war front and military. ""Hartmann"", aviation officer. ""Writzky"", aviation officer. ""Hastenteuffel"", aviation officer. ""Pfundtmayer"", aviation officer. ""Sigbert von Mohrungen"", President of purchasing for crude metals. ""Baron Pflungk"", Attaché for the ministry of Foreign Affairs. ""Dr. Schmidt-Lausitz"", cultural leader. ""Der Maler Schlick"", the painter Schlick. ""Oderbruch"", Engineer in the Air-Travel Ministry. ""Anne Eilers"", wife of Friedrich Eilers. ""Waltraut von Mohrungen"", who goes by the alias Pützchen. Anne's sister. ""Olivia Geiss"", diva. ""Diddo Geiss"", Olivia's niece; love interest of General , despite how much younger than him she is. ""Lyra Schoeppke"", named ""die Tankstelle,"" which means ""The Gas Station."" ""Otto"", restaurant"
"secretary Private Helga Geerhart often visit the café. Café René The Café René is a fictional French café in a British sitcom, ""'Allo 'Allo!"" broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992, which ran for 85 episodes. The series is set in the French town of Nouvion, in Nazi-occupied France in the early 1940s. The café is owned by René François Artois, the main character of the story. It is frequented by the German forces. René has to be polite to them, but also has to be careful not to be seen as a collaborator. The local commandant, Colonel Von"
"his proposal to marry him. After the dinner, Razo and Dasha confess romantic feelings for each other. Razo - A witty, clumsy, lovable, 17-year-old boy who helped protect Enna while she burned in the war. He believes that Captain Talone made a mistake in choosing him for Bayern's Own because he can't fight well. He struggles to prove his worth to his comrades by solving the case of the burner. His eye of observation is exceptional. Razo also falls in love with Lady Dasha. Enna - A gifted fire-speaker who burned most of the Tiran army during the war. One"
"Show at the Hop Farm in Kent. In 2014 Gibson appeared with fellow ""'Allo, 'Allo!"" cast members at the Sofia International Film Festival. Gibson also works as a radio actor, scriptwriter and voiceover artist. Richard Gibson Richard Gibson (born 1 January 1954) is an English actor, probably best known for his role as the archetypal Gestapo Officer Herr Otto Flick in the BBC hit sitcom series, ""'Allo 'Allo!"". Gibson was born in Kampala, Uganda, before the country gained independence from the UK. He was a chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral and educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, Radley College near"
"They are soon to be joined by Hilmar Baron von dem Hamm, Lolo's dashing fiancé, who is an officer in the German army. Also present is the Geheimrat von Knospelius, a high-ranking civil servant. Burdened with a physical handicap, and never having married, Knospelius is used to leading a vicarious life through the people he surrounds himself with, and as soon as they have arrived he introduces himself to both the Buttlärs and the Grills. The presence of a scandalous couple does not go unnoticed by the Buttlär children. Rather, it is one of their games to sneak out of"
"also trying to keep his affairs with his waitresses secret from his wife, Edith (Carmen Silvera), who regularly sings in the café. But she is such an appallingly bad singer (which she does not realise herself) that visitors to her café often put cheese in their ears to block the sound. In addition, the communist resistance is plotting against René for serving Germans and for working with the Gaullist Resistance. However, the communist resistance only blow things up for money. The only reason they do not shoot René is that their leader, Denise Laroque (Moira Foot), is in love with"
"a Gentile, and Karl Silberbauer, the Gestapo officer who arrested the hiders, was also an Austrian Gentile. So, out of mercy, Silberbauer spares Miep. After the arrest, Miep and Jan go to the annex, and Miep finds Anne Frank's diary in the floor of Anne's room, and she collects it before the Annex is emptied by the Nazis. A day later, Miep decides to bribe Silberbauer in return of her friends, but Silberbauer denies. The war is finished a few months later, and Otto Frank safely returns to Amsterdam. Miep and Jan shelter him. Otto tells Miep that Mrs Frank"
"Karl Silberbauer searches for hoarded money. Two of the helpers (of those in the Secret Annex) are also arrested. In conversation with Otto, Silberbauer is stunned to learn that he served as an officer in the Imperial German Army during World War I. Silberbauer laments that, if they had not gone into hiding, Otto and his family would have received decent treatment. Afterwards, the Franks are sent on a train to Westerbork, a transit camp, where Anne, her family and friends are held in the criminal ""S Barracks"". There, Anne meets a woman, Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper (Klára Issová) and her sister"
"said Flick the Gestapo"" (as opposed to ""fuck the Gestapo"") while pronouncing his name more clearly. Herr Otto Flick Herr Otto Flick is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom ""'Allo 'Allo!"", which ran from 1982 to 1992. He was played by Richard Gibson for most of the sitcom's run, and by David Janson in the ninth and final series. On ""The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!"" it was revealed that the character was based on a combination of Joseph Goebbels and Arnold Toht from ""Raiders of the Lost Ark"", and that Gibson had wished to incorporate all manner of grotesqueries"
"of the team. Since then he has collaborated frequently with them in special operations, participating in numerous sabotages and responsible for the destruction of at least three trains, fourteen tanks and over fifty land vehicles. His information about the German troops is essential for the British Secret Service. Character: Rene has an amiable personality and is great at making conversation. He harbours a feeling of absolute hatred towards the Nazis. The skills he learned while he was in the Secret Service have made him expert in communications and techniques of infiltration and sabotage and has a natural instinct for imitation"
"away to hide with his cousin; when interrupted by the five German officers, he explains that his wife had been proposing to him. In one early episode, René is arrested for blowing up a railway line and shot by a German firing squad on the orders of General Erich von Klinkerhoffen (Hilary Minster), a ruthless general from Berlin, but the German officers put dummy bullets in the firing squad's rifles. Although René survives, he has to spend the entire series posing as his own twin brother, who is also called René. René's will bequeaths the café to Edith; so to"
"Germans to know the truth about the new leader: he is actually a French soldier and writer, Jacques Forestier. A field nurse, Eva, had nursed back to health knowing his real nationality but taking advantage of his amnesia to reeducate him as a German. In hopes of preserving the cultural heritage of his people, Zelten brings Siegfried's lover, Genevieve, to the German town of Gotha, ostensibly to give lessons in French, but really in hopes that she may restore his memory. Ironically, Zelten and Genevieve dash Siegfried's self-conception as the symbol of a new Germany precisely by revealing the soldier's"
"meets Ettore, an Alpino who is tired of war and drops his rifle in disgust when Francesco mentions that he likes heroes of war. Ettore has come back to see his girlfriend Anja again, who is Slavic and works at Don Bruno's orphanage. Fearing for Carlo's safety, Giulia burns all his pictures so that Novak will not be able to recognize him, and gives Carlo to Don Bruno, the local priest, who takes him into his orphanage. Meanwhile, the Germans leave the village, which is taken shortly afterwards by the partisans. Novak enters a school, interrupting a music lesson of"
"off. She dutifully married a man selected by her father from their own social class. The soldiers are the dregs of the army. Valois was cashiered from the British Army for suspected cowardice, including being drunk when his command was attacked. His second-in-command, Major Benson (Louis Hayward), is a card cheat, and also (though Valois does not know it) keeps an Arapaho mistress hidden within the fort. Lieutenant Daly was acquitted of a charge of treason. Most of these revelations are told during dinner by Captain Valois, to humiliate the men involved. Only Sergeant Otto Hansbach (Ernest Borgnine) is a"
"Goebbels insisted that all German performers contribute to it, and concluded that a film based on it would be even more successful. During the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, the young Inge Wagner and Luftwaffe Fliegerleutnant (Flight Lieutenant) Herbert Koch meet, and within a few days fall in love. They make plans for their joint future, but before they can get married, Herbert is seconded to the Condor Legion and ordered to the Spanish Civil War; he is forced to leave immediately without giving Inge any explanation. The mission is top secret and all contact with home is forbidden, including"
"Lippe-Biesterfeld, was an officer in the German Army. Although the secret services on both sides were interested in this peculiar pair of brothers, no improper contacts or leaks of information were ever discovered. The Prince proved himself to be a loyal Dutch citizen and officer. He cut off relations with those members of his family who were enthusiastic Nazis. As a sign of his ""Dutchness"", near the end of the war, he spoke only Dutch when negotiating the surrender of German forces in the Netherlands. At the outset of the Second World War, during the German invasion of the Netherlands,"
"any stormtrooper. Röhm saw violence as a means to political ends. He took seriously the socialist promise of National Socialism, and demanded that Hitler and the other party leaders initiate wide-ranging socialist reform in Germany. Not content solely with the leadership of the SA, Röhm lobbied Hitler to appoint him Minister of Defence, a position held by the conservative General Werner von Blomberg. Although nicknamed the ""Rubber Lion"" by some of his critics in the army for his devotion to Hitler, Blomberg was not a Nazi, and therefore represented a bridge between the army and the party. Blomberg and many"
"aftermath of war, lending these sections of the film a historical documentary feel. Pacifist John Armstrong (Ames) runs a drapery store in the small town of Melcombe, helped by his apprentice Peggy (Peggy Carlisle) and German assistant Otto (Dallas Cairns), who are having an affair. Local landowner Lieutenant Baring (Newall) finds Otto a suspicious character, but is angrily assured by John that he is trustworthy. Armstrong is attracted to Baring's cousin Betty (Elsie), who plans to turn their home, Fanshawe Hall, into a wounded soldiers' hospital on the inevitable outbreak of war between Britain and Germany. Otto leaves John a"
"Richard Gibson Richard Gibson (born 1 January 1954) is an English actor, probably best known for his role as the archetypal Gestapo Officer Herr Otto Flick in the BBC hit sitcom series, ""'Allo 'Allo!"". Gibson was born in Kampala, Uganda, before the country gained independence from the UK. He was a chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral and educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, Radley College near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and the Central School of Speech and Drama. He took part in ""'Allo 'Allo!"" during the vast majority of the series. Dressed in an ankle-length leather coat and with the obligatory stiff-legged"
"with Vole's German wife Christine (Marlene Dietrich), he finds her rather cold and self-possessed, but she does provide an alibi, although by no means an entirely convincing one. Therefore, he is greatly surprised when, at the end of the trial, she is summoned as a witness by the prosecuting barrister. While a wife cannot be compelled to testify against her husband, Christine was in fact still married to a German man when she wed Leonard (who was in the Royal Air Force and part of the occupation forces in Germany). She testifies that Leonard admitted to her that he had"