Marika Rokk

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Born: Marie Karoline Rökk on November 3, 1913 in Cairo, Egypt
Died: May 16, 2004 (age 90) in Baden, Lower Austria, Austria
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was an Austrian-German singer, dancer and actress of Hungarian descent, who became famous in German films, notably in the Nazi era.
Life and work

Rökk was born in Cairo, Egypt, the daughter of the Hungarian architect Eduard Rökk and his wife Maria Karoly. She spent her early childhood in Budapest, before in 1924 her family moved to Paris. Here she learned to dance and starred as a dancer with the "Hoffmann Girls" at the Moulin Rouge cabaret. After a tour that led her to the Broadway and several cities in the United States, she came to the United Kingdom where she acted in her first film, Why Sailors Leave Home (1930) directed by Monty Banks, starring Leslie Fuller.
In 1934, Rökk was offered a contract with the Universum Film AG (UFA) in Germany, where she became one of the most famous filmstars of the time, performing in operetta movies like Leichte Kavallerie, Der Bettelstudent or Gasparone together with Johannes Heesters. She had her final breakthrough with a double role in Kora Terry, a 1940 film directed by her future husband Georg Jacoby with several dance interludes quite revealing at that time. In the same year, Rökk appeared in the propaganda film Wunschkonzert by Eduard von Borsody (as herself), followed by her performance in Georg Jacoby's Women Are Better Diplomats (Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten, UFA's first Agfacolor motion picture) in 1941, together with Willy Fritsch.
After World War II, she received a profession ban, but was rehabilitated in 1947 and could continue her movie career. In 1948 she was among the first recipients of the German Bambi media award. Rökk became one of Europe's most famous operetta singers, performing on stage until 1986.
She was married to Georg Jacoby from 1940 until his death in 1964, and to Hungarian actor Fred Raul from 1968 until he died in 1985. She is the mother of actress Gabriele Jacoby.
Rökk died of a heart attack in Baden bei Wien, Austria.
Awards

1948, 1968, 1987, 1990, 1998 Bambi
1981 Deutscher Filmpreis, Special Award for Outstanding Contributions to German Cinema
1987 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actress
Filmography

Why Sailors Leave Home (1930)
Csókolj meg, édes! (1932)
Kiss Me Sergeant (1932)
Kísértetek vonata (1933)
Leichte Kavallerie (1935)
Heißes Blut (1936)
Der Bettelstudent (1936)
Und du mein Schatz fährst mit (1937)
Karussell (1937)
Gasparone (1937)
Eine Nacht im Mai (1938)
Tanzendes Herz (1939)
Vadrózsa (1939)
Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht (1939)
Hallo Janine! (1939)
Kora Terry (1940)
Wunschkonzert (1940)
Zirkusblut (1940)
Tanz mit dem Kaiser (1941)
Hab mich lieb (1942)
Die Frau meiner Träume (1944)
Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten (1941)
Fregola (1949)
Sensation in San Remo (1951)
Kind der Donau (1950)
Die Czardasfürstin (1951)
Maske in Blau (1953)
Die geschiedene Frau (1953)
Nachts im grünen Kakadu (1957)
Das gab's nur einmal (1958)
Bühne frei für Marika (1958)
Die Nacht vor der Premiere (1959)
Mein Mann, das Wirtschaftswunder (1961)
Heute gehn wir bummeln (1961)
Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies (1962)
Die Fledermaus (1962)
Der letzte Walzer (1973)
Schloß Königswald (1988)

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Der Bettelstudent (1936)



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[Dirk]

This is at 1930s Jones Beach, Long Island. What strange kind of bathing-suit is THAT?


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[malagate89]

I'm very happy to see there are more fans of Marika Rökk here! Undeservedly she is almost completely unknown nowadays, which tells more about our times than about the great dancer, actress and singer!



Almost nothing of her movies have been translated in english, and I had no luck trying to find her early english language movies.



Und du mein Schatz fährst mit! (1936, literally "And you my Treasure/Darling fares/travels with/along"). Scene of this movie is New York. This makes it even more sad this movie hasn't been dubbed or translated as far as I know.

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Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten (1939-1940)

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2 scenes from Kora Terry (Germany, 1940) with Marika Rökk.




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Marika Rökk taking a bath in barrel in Die Frau meiner Träume (Germany, 1944)

[Dirk]

. No logos, good quality! Premiere of this movie was January 1937. It was filmed july-september 1936. So Marika is 22 on these pictures...
2 Videoclips from this movie.



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2nd clip. Its worth to play with gamma, contrast and brightness a little while watching. see here for preview with other gamma-value in videoplayer. Seethrough!



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