Marika Rökk
Birthday: 1913-11-03
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Biography: Marika Rökk, born Marie Karoline Rökk, was a Hungarian dancer, singer and actress who gained prominence in German films in the Nazi era. In 1924 her family moved to Paris where she learned to dance and starred with the Hoffmann Girls at the Moulin Rouge cabaret. After a tour that led her to Broadway she continued her dance training in the United States. As an acclaimed revue dancer on numerous European stages, Rökk was selected as the ideal candidate to be groomed and promoted as this new type of star and in 1934 was offered a two-year contract with UFA, where she became one of the most prolific film stars of the time.
Movies
Clear the stage for Marika
A dance and music film tailored completely for Marika Rokk: After her divorce, the wife of a compos...
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Hitler's Hollywood
Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came i...
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The Woman of My Dreams
Blonde goddess Marika Rökk plays Julia Koster, a ravishing red-headed musical revue star and her ope...
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Mein Mann, das Wirtschaftswunder
It would be a feast for the press if it became known that Alexander Engelmann, boss of Engelmann-Wer...
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Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies
Operetta star Ulrich Hansen wants to return to his original profession as a doctor and announces his...
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Die Fledermaus
Dr. Gabriel Eisenstein, legal counsel at Arabayam & Co., is serving an eight-day sentence in the Gri...
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Die Nacht vor der Premiere
Carola Lorm, a celebrated revue star from South America, is not thrilled that her daughter Barbara w...
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A Train of Ghosts
Remake of the English movie Ghost Train (1931, Walter Forde). Seven people are stranded for a stormy...
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The Beggar Student
To take a revenge on countess Laura, who slapped him at his proposal, the Governor of the occupied P...
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Kora Terry
When Bartos, the director of the Odeon variety theater, cancels an artist at short notice, he hires ...
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It Was a Gay Ballnight
1865. Katharina goes to a ball in Moscow. There she meets again Tchaikowsky, her first and only love...
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Women Are Better Diplomats
A seductive dancer (Marika Rökk) helps her uncle to fight against the closing of his casino. Through...
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Gasparone
In the fantasy state of Olivia, the robber chief Gasparone is up to all sorts of mischief. But Prefe...
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Hallo Janine
The French ballet girl Janine, a gifted tap-dancer, dreams of a musical career in Paris. But first s...
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At the Green Cockatoo by Night
The inhibited, uptight Irene Wagner must take over running the seedy dance club the Green Cockatoo o...
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Schloß Königswald
In Königswald Castle, eight noble old ladies and their maid are waiting for the end of World War II....
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Und du mein Schatz fährst mit
Opera singer Maria Seydlitz has just left her fiancé because he put her between the choice of husban...
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Child of the Danube
Marika is a cheerful girl who lives on the Danube aboard an old barge she inherited from her father....
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Tanz mit dem Kaiser
The young emperor Joseph II of Austria and Hungary is not interested in romance and marriage, and ev...
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Leichte Kavallerie
Rosika, a girl from Genoa, fled her innkeeper stepfather after he tried to abuse her. She finds refu...
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A Night in May
A reckless young woman has her driving license withdrawn, drives home anyway and gets involved in a ...
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Why Sailors Leave Home
When their ship arrives in an Arabian port, the sailors are given shore leave among them Bill Biggle...
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Request Concert
The young, attractive Inge Wagner becomes acquainted with Herbert Koch during the Berlin Olympics, h...
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Kiss Me Darling!
The director discusses film subjects with three screen-play writers. The three episodes are formed f...
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Hot Blood
Baroness Marika von Korossy dresses up as a man, in order to compete in a horse race. Her victorious...
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Wild Roses
Éva, the young, wild girl, the "wild rose", who was raised by her grandfather, Uncle Ábris, on the c...
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Triumph Over Violence
Romm pulls out all the stops in its selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only in...
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