"a bronze bust of Harold Ramis as the film's version of Spengler is seen just as Erin Gilbert leaves her office. During the credits of ""Ghostbusters"", the words ""For Harold Ramis"" are seen. Spengler's hair was changed from brown in the films (Ramis' natural hair color) to a blond pompadour in the animated series (Spengler wore his hair in a ponytail on ""Extreme Ghostbusters""). This was reportedly done due to legal issues concerning character / actor likenesses. Despite his leanings toward science, Spengler has a family history of witchcraft (three ancestors, Zedekiah, Eli and Ezekiel, were wizards), of which he"
"German Doctor"" applies a refreshing level of restraint to its intriguing premise, and boasts solid performances from a talented cast."" The German Doctor The German Doctor () is a 2013 Argentine historical drama film directed, produced, and written by Lucía Puenzo, based on her own novel ""Wakolda"" (2011). The film stars Àlex Brendemühl as Nazi SS officer and physician Josef Mengele, infamous for performing human experiments in the Auschwitz concentration camp. It also stars Florencia Bado, Natalia Oreiro, Diego Peretti, Elena Roger, and Guillermo Pfening. Josef Mengele is in exile in Argentina in 1960, living under a new identity. He"
"The German Doctor The German Doctor () is a 2013 Argentine historical drama film directed, produced, and written by Lucía Puenzo, based on her own novel ""Wakolda"" (2011). The film stars Àlex Brendemühl as Nazi SS officer and physician Josef Mengele, infamous for performing human experiments in the Auschwitz concentration camp. It also stars Florencia Bado, Natalia Oreiro, Diego Peretti, Elena Roger, and Guillermo Pfening. Josef Mengele is in exile in Argentina in 1960, living under a new identity. He makes a long journey by road to a new location by following a family, as the roads are dangerous. Mengele"
"""Frontier in Space"", ""Planet of Evil"" and ""Blink""), ""Quiller"", ""Fawlty Towers"" (as Dr Finn in ""The Germans"", 1975), ""The Professionals"" (as Dr Henry in the episode ""Klansmen"", never transmitted on terrestrial TV in the UK), ""Miss Marple"", ""Yes, Prime Minister"", ""Bergerac"", ""The Bill"", ""Casualty"", ""Holby City"" and ""Sea of Souls"". His films include ""The Plague of the Zombies"" (1966), """" (1981), ""Rise and Fall of Idi Amin"" (1981), ""White Mischief"" (1987), ""Cry Freedom"" (1987), ""Shooting Fish"" (1997), ""Wondrous Oblivion"" (2003) and ""Shooting Dogs"" (2005). He has featured in the Channel 4 documentary ""Random"" (2011) and in the BBC Three drama"
"Ed Begley Jr. Edward James Begley Jr. (born September 16, 1949) is an American actor. Begley has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He is most recognized for his role as Dr. Victor Ehrlich, the bumbling surgical partner of William Daniels' Dr. Mark Craig, on the television series ""St. Elsewhere"" (1982–1988); the role earned him six consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. He also co-hosted, along with wife Rachelle Carson, the green living reality show entitled ""Living with Ed"" (2007–2010). Equally prolific in cinema, Begley's best known films include ""Stay Hungry"""
"the mad Doctor in the Bud Spencer–Terence Hill film ""Watch Out, We're Mad"" (1974), Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler in ""The Eagle Has Landed"" (1976), and the Bond arch-villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ""You Only Live Twice"" (1967), the first film in which the villain's face is clearly seen. His interpretation of the character has become predominant in popular culture considering the popularity of the comic villain, Dr. Evil in the successful ""Austin Powers"" film series, which primarily parodies it. In the crime drama ""Hell is a City"" (1960), shot in Manchester, he starred opposite Stanley Baker, whilst he was memorably"
"both British and American distributors. Ponti also saw the production as a showcase for his wife, Sophia Loren. When the existence of a strain of plague (vaguely identified as pneumonic) is revealed at the US mission at the International Health Organization, three terrorists seek to blow up the US mission. Two of them are shot, one mortally, by security personnel but one escapes. The surviving terrorist is hospitalised and quarantined and identified as Swedish. Dr. Elena Stradner (Ingrid Thulin) and US Colonel Stephen Mackenzie (Burt Lancaster) (Military Intelligence assigned to the IHO) argue over the nature of the strain, which"
"Thomas Kretschmann Thomas Kretschmann (; born 8 September 1962) is a German American actor. He played Lieutenant Hans von Witzland in the 1993 film ""Stalingrad"", Hauptmann Peter Kahn in the 2013 film ""Stalingrad"", Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in ""The Pianist"", Hermann Fegelein in ""Downfall"", Major Otto Remer in the 2008 film ""Valkyrie"", and Captain Engelhorn in the 2005 remake of ""King Kong"", and voiced Professor Z in ""Cars 2"". He appeared as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in Marvel Studios' """" and """". Kretschmann was born in Dessau, East Germany, on 8 September 1962. Before he became an actor, Kretschmann trained to"
"Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert Englund, Danny Trejo, Michael Rooker, and George A. Romero, all playing themselves. During World War II, Doctor Ludvig Maxis formed Group 935, a group of scientists that was intended to improve the human condition. Lacking funds, they soon turned to creating superweapons to aid the Nazis. Their discovery of Element 115 from a meteorite in Japan lead to the creation of zombies. Maxis and his assistant, Dr. Edward Richtofen, also work on other projects, leading to the creation of teleportation devices and 115-powered weapons. Attempting to use himself as a test subject, Richtofen accidentally teleports to"
"disregard for hospital rules, which are bound by bureaucratic red tape. The reason for his conflict is his steadily rising interest in research for selective color staining, the marking of cells and microorganisms, using certain dyes and marking agents, which, as he describes in the film, have a certain 'affinity' to that which is to be stained and nothing else. Emil von Behring (Otto Kruger), whom Dr. Ehrlich meets and befriends, while experimenting with his staining techniques, is impressed with Dr. Ehrlich's staining methods and refers to it as 'specific staining,' adding that this is one of the greatest achievements"
"Doctor Stoerk, can I help you at all? I deal with most derangements, sir. Mesmer (film) Mesmer is a 1994 Austrian-Canadian-British-German biographical film directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a script by Dennis Potter. It stars Alan Rickman as Franz Anton Mesmer and depicts his radical new ways as a pioneering physician. In 18th century Vienna, Franz Anton Mesmer believes he is able to heal patients by drawing out something unique from inside his patients. However, the only ones who seem to have improvements are the young ladies he helps. His controversial methods and their consequences lead him to leave Vienna"
"they have a son, Jonathan. Maurice LaMarche Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian voice actor and comedian. He has voiced the animated version of Egon Spengler in ""The Real Ghostbusters"" and its follow-up ""Extreme Ghostbusters"", The Brain in ""Animaniacs"" and its spin-off ""Pinky and the Brain"", and various characters in ""Futurama"", for which he won an Emmy. LaMarche was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His family moved to Timmins, Ontario, soon after he was born. LaMarche's childhood was filled with his ""own little world of cartoons and sixties television"". It was in his second year of high"
"is anchored by a fictitious love triangle between Mata Hari and two officers, the French Georges Ladoux (Oliver Tobias) and the German Karl von Bayerling (Christopher Cazenove). Ladoux and Bayerling are personal friends but end up on opposing sides of the war, providing ample opportunity to explore the dramatic tension between honor and personal loyalty on the one hand and patriotism and duty to one's country on the other. Their ethical dilemma is contrasted to the amoral scheming of the main villain, Dr. Elsbeth Schragmüller (invariably known as ""Fräulein Doktor""), a doctor of psychology and leading operative of German intelligence."
"was above average for a Norwegian movie at the time. Aging Norwegian doctor Carl (Espen Skjønberg) collapses in the streets of Oslo, and awakens in the hospital. To his great surprise he finds himself surrounded by his old buddies Ernest (Mitchum), Ted (Robertson) and August (Josephson). Taking matters into their own hands they ""kidnap"" the dying Carl and embark on an emotional journey back to Heidelberg, where they met studying medicine before World War II. Their plan is to fulfill Carl's final wish but soon find their cheerful trip overshadowed as they reveal a plot dating back to the pre-war"
"him quadriplegic. Allan fails to adjust to his condition, becoming suicidal and despondent. When Geoffrey Fisher, a scientist friend of his (John Pankow), who has been experimenting with the injection of human brain tissue into Capuchin monkeys learns this, he is prompted to supply one of the experimental monkeys, named ""Ella"" (played by Boo, and voiced by Frank Welker), to Allan as a helper. Their relationship is amicable at first, with Allan's life being made much easier, and the two bond deeply, even sharing poignant moments with romantic music, but soon their interaction takes a decidedly sinister turn. The monkey"
"others to fight cancer). Ehrlich's laboratory has the help of a number of scientists like Sahachiro Hata (Wilfred Hari). The medical board, headed by Dr. Hans Wolfert (Sig Ruman), believes much of Ehrlich's work is a waste of money and resources and fight for a reduction, just as Ehrlich begins to work on a cure for syphilis. Ehrlich is financially backed by the widow of Jewish banker Georg Speyer, Franziska Speyer (Maria Ouspenskaya) and after 606 tries he finally discovers the remedy for the disease. This substance, first called ""606"", is now known as Arsphenamine or Salvarsan. The joy of"
"energy policy. Hapsburg plans to kidnap the real Dr. Meinheimer and replace him with a lookalike named Earl Hacker (also portrayed by Griffiths) who will endorse an energy policy according to the dictates of the energy lobby. In the third film of the saga, Frank is married to Jane, and he has retired from Police Squad. The film introduces the criminal Rocco Dillon (Fred Ward), who is stuck in prison. He's contacted by Papshmir to be given a target for a bombing. Frank is pulled out of retirement. He goes undercover pretending to be a prisoner named ""Nick 'The Slasher'"
"Fräulein Doktor (film) Fräulein Doktor is a First World War spy film released in 1969, loosely based on the life of Elsbeth Schragmüller. It was an Italian and Yugoslavian co-production directed by Alberto Lattuada, starring Suzy Kendall and Kenneth More, and featuring Capucine, James Booth, Giancarlo Giannini and Nigel Green. It was produced by Dino De Laurentiis and has a music score by Ennio Morricone. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures in the United States. A woman spy and some male agents working for the Germans during World War I land at night near the British naval base at Scapa"
"for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his portrayal of Freud. In August 1904, Sabina Spielrein arrives at the Burghölzli, the pre-eminent psychiatric hospital in Zurich, suffering from hysteria and begins a new course of treatment with the young Swiss doctor, Carl Jung. He uses word association and dream interpretation as part of his approach to psychoanalysis, and finds that Spielrein's condition was triggered by the humiliation and sexual arousal she felt as a child when her father spanked her naked. Jung and chief of medicine Eugen Bleuler recognize Spielrein's intelligence and energy, and"
"and discovers a massive wreck of a large spacecraft partially buried in the ocean. Skinner and Michael Kritschgau (John Finn) desperately attempt to find the truth behind the alien object. Unsuccessful, Scully returns from Africa to revisit Mulder, but instead she finds out that he has disappeared. She contacts Kritschgau and Skinner to find her partner. The Smoking Man has taken Mulder away to transplant the telepathic part of Mulder's brain into his own cranium, but the surgery is a failure. While investigating a bizarre disappearance of a young girl from her home, Mulder soon discovers the truth about his"
"his country to become a safe haven for Nazi war criminals. Mical and Bauer stay with pigeon fancier Jose Garriga (John Moreno) who quickly charms them and wins their friendship. Ingrid and Franz meet with their fellow Nazis and discuss a plan to convince Kessler to take over their group and give them 48 billion Deutschmarks which is used to keep the exiled Nazis. Kessler and Ruckert also meet with their comrades under the command of Martin Bormann (we do not actually see him, only his arm). Whilst there, Kessler is repulsed to meet Dr. Josef Mengele (Oscar Quitak), Auschwitz's"
"a mysterious package in their possession. They are soon ambushed by the Allied forces, but successfully escape. In present day, a group of researchers in Antarctica, Dr. Paige Morgan among them, are abducted by a platoon of gas-masked soldiers wearing swastika armbands and dragged into a hidden environment in the center of the Earth. There, they discover that Dr. Josef Mengele and a group of surviving Nazi soldiers are plotting an invasion of Earth to create a Fourth Reich. Lawson received the directorial assignment after reading the script and pitching himself as director in the fall of 2011. The film"
"a silver bullet, thereby releasing him from the curse. Even though both Dracula and Larry Talbot perished in the previous film, in this entry they are depicted as still alive and seeking a cure for their respective afflictions from a brilliant scientist, Dr. Edelmann. Frankenstein's Monster plays a minor role in this film, only being found when Talbot tries to drown himself. In the end, Talbot is finally cured of his affliction and falls in love with Edelmann's attractive assistant, Miliza Morrelle (Martha O'Driscoll). He then kills Edelman, who has transformed into a Mr. Hyde-like creature. This film is the"
"of Stephen and Jane's relationship, including how they met, as well as the fact that Jane knew about Stephen's disease before they started dating. ""Slate"" also comments that the film underplays Hawking's stubbornness and refusal to accept outside assistance for his disorder. For ""The Guardian"", Dean concluded by saying: Physicist Adrian Melott, a former student of Dennis Sciama, Hawking's doctoral supervisor portrayed in the film, strongly criticised the portrayal of Sciama in the film. In the film, when Stephen attends the opera in Geneva, his companion was actually Raymond LaFlamme, his PhD student. On 8 October 2013, Universal Pictures International"
"Cyborg (film) Cyborg is a 1989 American martial-arts cyberpunk film directed by Albert Pyun. Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Gibson Rickenbacker, a mercenary who battles a group of murderous marauders led by Fender Tremolo (Vincent Klyn) along the East coast of the United States in a post-apocalyptic future. The film is the first in Pyun's Cyborg Trilogy. It was followed by 1993's ""Knights"" (originally entitled ""The Kingdom of Metal: Cyborg Killer"") and ""Omega Doom"" in 1997. ""Cyborg"" was followed by sequels ""Cyborg 2"" and """". A plague known as the living death cripples civilization. A small group of surviving scientists"
"Harold Ramis Harold Allen Ramis (; November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, director, writer, and comedian. His best-known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in ""Ghostbusters"" (1984) and ""Ghostbusters II"" (1989) and Russell Ziskey in ""Stripes"" (1981); he also co-wrote those films. As a director, his films include the comedies ""Caddyshack"" (1980), ""National Lampoon's Vacation"" (1983), ""Groundhog Day"" (1993), and ""Analyze This"" (1999). Ramis was the original head writer of the television series ""SCTV"", on which he also performed, as well as a co-writer of ""Groundhog Day"" and ""National Lampoon's Animal House"" (1978). The"
"more of a Democrat. He soon gains international fame as a ""human chameleon"". Interviewed in one of the witness shots, Bruno Bettelheim makes the following comment: Dr. Eudora Fletcher (Mia Farrow) is a psychiatrist who wants to help Zelig with this strange disorder when he is admitted to her hospital. Through the use of hypnotism, she discovers Zelig yearns for approval so strongly that he physically changes to fit in with those around him. Dr. Fletcher eventually cures Zelig of his compulsion to assimilate, but goes too far in the other direction; for a brief period he is so intolerant"
"The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler is a 1943 American war film directed by James P. Hogan. The film follows a man who plans to murder Adolf Hitler and steal his identity. Franz Huber (Ludwig Donath), an Austrian actor known for his impersonations of celebrities, is captured by the Gestapo and forced to undergo plastic surgery to become a stand-in for Adolf Hitler. The conspirators are planning to poison Hitler and put Huber in his place - and under their control. Huber, who is a good anti-Nazi is able to foil the Gestapo and"
"(played by Ben Kingsley) is a composite of the accountant Stern, factory manager Abraham Bankier, and Göth's personal secretary, Mietek Pemper. The character serves as Schindler's alter ego and conscience. Kingsley is best known for his Academy Award-winning performance as Gandhi in the 1982 biographical film. Overall, there are 126 speaking parts in the film. Thousands of extras were hired during filming. Spielberg cast Israeli and Polish actors specially chosen for their Eastern European appearance. Many of the German actors were reluctant to don the SS uniform, but some of them later thanked Spielberg for the cathartic experience of performing"
"in an abandoned cabin, but as darkness falls they are attacked by vampires inhabiting a hidden crypt under the cabin. In present-day Sweden, doctor Annika and her teenage daughter Saga are moving to a town in Lappland, so Annika can work close to the famous geneticist Gerhard Beckert. The polar night has begun, with one month until dawn, much to Saga's dismay. Saga finds a friend in the enigmatic gothgirl Vega, who invites her to a party. Saga decides to go, having nothing better to do. At the local hospital the medical student Sebastian finds some pills which Beckert has"
"""wrinkle in time"" exists there, and that the ""Ardent"" was the subject of government experimentation related to the Philadelphia Experiment from World War II. In Norway, Mulder and Scully get Henry Trondheim (John Savage), a naval trawler captain, to take them to the ""Ardent""'s last known location. After crashing into the bow of the ""Ardent"", Mulder, Scully, and Trondheim find signs of advanced corrosion, even though the ""Ardent"" is only a few years old. Below decks, the party finds the mummified remains of several crew members. They also find the wizened commanding officer of the ""Ardent"", Captain Barclay, who claims"
"Mesmer (film) Mesmer is a 1994 Austrian-Canadian-British-German biographical film directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a script by Dennis Potter. It stars Alan Rickman as Franz Anton Mesmer and depicts his radical new ways as a pioneering physician. In 18th century Vienna, Franz Anton Mesmer believes he is able to heal patients by drawing out something unique from inside his patients. However, the only ones who seem to have improvements are the young ladies he helps. His controversial methods and their consequences lead him to leave Vienna and head to Paris. However, once there, he takes advantage of his unique methods"
"about a sexologist who tries transforming a low-skilled prostitute into a goddess of passion. While he tries to prepare her to seduce a gay male artist (Casey Donovan), it is he for whom she develops feelings. In this film, Henry Higgins (of ""Pygmalion"") is replaced by Dr. Seymour Love, the sexologist, played by Jamie Gillis. Eliza Doolittle (of ""Pygmalion"") becomes Dolores ""Misty"" Beethoven, who is played by Constance Money, and Colonel Pickering becomes Geraldine Rich, played by Jacqueline Beudant. During the film, Misty achieves ""elevation"" better than Love and Rich had hoped and then cuts them off, as in George"