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Grethe Weiser (born in Hannover, Germany, as Mathilde Ella Dorothea Margarethe Nowka) was a singer, comedian, film and stage actress. She grew up in Kotsche and Dresden and went to the private school Höhere Töchter. At the age of 18 she married Josef Weiser, with whom she had a son in 1922. The family moved to Berlin, where Mr. Weiser opened a cabaret for his wife. There Grethe studied acting and singing, played first at the famous Wintergarten and at the Cabaret der Komiker. Soon she became one of the best German Couplet and Chansonnette singers. Her first silent movie was "Männer vor der Ehe" (1927), where she played a mate. Later her husband decided to leave Germany because he was Jewish and so not destroy the career of his wife. After the divorce in 1934 she met film producer Hermann Schwerin and he became her companion. Most of her films were comedies, happy humor films and full of heart. In 1960 she played on stage in Hamburg and in Berlin an der Komödie am Hebbel and at the Renaissance Theater. In 1968 she got an award called "Verdienstkreuz" from the German President. She made more than 140 movies and some of her greatest were The Divine Jetta (1937) ("The Divine Jetta") (1937), Die große Liebe (1942) ("The Great Love")(1942) in which she met the great Zarah Leander and became her life long friend, Gabriela (1950) with Zarah Leander, Fanfaren der Liebe (1951) ("Fanfares of Love") (1951) which was remade in the USA with Marilyn Monroe as "Some Like It Hot", Der Onkel aus Amerika (1953) ("Uncle from America") (1953) opposite Hans Moser, and Casino de Paris (1957).

Beautiful German silent actress and singer, the daughter of a stage actor, opera tenor and variety director, who was popularly known as 'Papa Benz'. Parry was discovered for films in 1919 by the director/producer Richard Eichberg (whom she subsequently married). She reached the pinnacle of her career starring opposite Paul Wegener (of 'Golem' fame) in the historical drama Monna Vanna (1922). Otherwise, she was at her best in comedies. After Parry's film career reached a hiatus in the late 1920's, she made a short-lived comeback in talking pictures, starring in a couple of Viennese operettas. She was also a successful radio singer and recording artist of popular hits like "Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt" (with the orchestra of Theo Mackeben). In 1956, Parry moved to Buenos Aires with her second husband, the director of the German theatre-in-exile, "Freie Deutsche Bühne". Following a theatrical comeback in the play "Manon", she continued to perform for several more years on various stages across South America.

Isi ter Jung was born on 7 November 1942 in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was a producer and production manager, known for Männer sind zum Lieben da (1970), Jet Generation (1968) and Father's Day (1996). She was married to Eckhart Schmidt. She died on 12 June 2007 in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany.

Manfred Gregor was born on 7 March 1929 in Tailfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was a writer, known for Town Without Pity (1961), The Bridge (1959) and Die Brücke (2008). He was married to Franziska Staab. He died on 4 February 2018 in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany.

Harald Böhmelt was born on 23 October 1900 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was a composer, known for A Girl You Don't Forget (1932), Ich war Jack Mortimer (1935) and Die Sache mit Styx (1942). He died on 15 October 1982 in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany.

Hermann Schwerin was born in 1902 in Berlin, Germany. He was a producer, known for Vatertag (1955), Casino de Paris (1957) and Meine Kinder und ich (1955). He was married to Grethe Weiser. He died on 2 October 1970 in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany.

Willy Krüger was born on 15 May 1902 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Feuerwerk (1963), Die inneren Stimmen (1961) and Das Mädchen mit den Katzenaugen (1958). He was married to Lotte Goebel. He died in 1980 in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany.

Composer and pianist, famed for his song "Lili Marleen". He was educated in music theory at Cologne and Munich, then was a theatrical music director in Heidelberg. In 1938, he set to music a poem, written by Hans Leip, about a soldier's sweetheart who waited for him in the lamplight, but it was not a success, selling only a few hundred copies. But in 1941 a version of the song ("Lili Marleen") was broadcast from German-occupied Belgrade, and made a hit with Allied and Axis soldiers alike, though British authorities reportedly ordered English lyrics for the song to prevent Allied troops from singing the German version. After the war, Schultze found himself discredited for his work in German films, and took work as a gardener, later apologizing for supporting the Nazi regime.

Kristian Schultze was born on 21 January 1945 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Enemy Mine (1985), Scarface (1983) and Max und Moritz (1956). He died on 22 November 2011 in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany.

Alice Verden was born on 20 January 1885 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Zwischen gestern und morgen (1947), Pygmalion (1956) and Liebe '47 (1949). She died on 31 December 1956 in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany.

Jürgen Gorter Jr. was a director, known for Ski Extrem (1968) and Visions of Eight (1973). He died on 3 December 2005 in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany.

Karl Frey was born on 20 February 1866 in Amberg, Bavaria, Germany. Karl was a director and writer, known for Spitzweg, der ewige Hochzeiter (1920), Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1919) and Papa Haydn (1920). Karl died on 28 June 1950 in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany.

Sigrid Heuck was born on 11 May 1932 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was a writer, known for Said's Story (2000), Mondjäger (1990) and Alpha Forum (1998). She died on 3 October 2014 in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany.

Dieter Gruschwitz was born on 9 January 1954. He died on 27 March 2022 in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany.

Willy Richartz was born on 25 September 1900 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a composer, known for Krach um Jolanthe (1934), Wenn Männer verreisen (1940) and Oberwachtmeister Schwenke (1935). He died on 8 August 1972 in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany.