Rolf Hoppe
Rolf Hoppe( 6 December 1930 – 14 November 2018) was a prolific German stage, cinema, and television actor, who played in more than 400 films in a career which spanned over six decades.
Known for Sardsch( 1997), Orpheus in der Unterwelt( 1974) and Goya- oder Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis( 1971).
To English- speaking audiences, as well as in several European countries where it has become an annual Holiday Classic, Hoppe is perhaps best known for his rôle as" the King" in the 1973 East- German – Czechoslovakian co-production:" Three Gifts for Cinderella"( the title used for its UK début), or" Three Nuts for Cinderella"( the title used for its US début); also known as" Three Wishes for Cinderella" in various subsequent releases in the English- speaking world.
( The original German title is:" Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel", and the original Czech title is:" Tři oříšky pro Popelku)."
Pavel Trávníček
Pavel Trávníček( born October 26, 1950) is a Czech actor.
He has appeared in more than 70 film and television productions since 1971, most of them produced in the Czechia, occasionally in Germany.
Trávníček is probably best- known for his starring role as the Prince in the fairy- tale film" Three Wishes for Cinderella( Tři oříšky pro Popelku)", a holiday classic in many European countries.
He subsequently portrayed a number of leading roles in fairy- tale films during the 1970s and 1980s, including" The Third Prince( Tretí princ)"( 1983), in which he was reunited with his" Three Wishes for Cinderella" co-star Libuše Šafránková.
In 1998, he founded his own theatre" Skelet" in Prague.
He has married four times.
He married his fourth wife, Monika, in 2015; they have a son born in December 2016.
He also has two adult sons from his previous marriages.
Ella Endlich
Jacqueline Zebisch( born 18 June 1984), known professionally as Ella Endlich, is a German singer who also performed as Junia as a teenager.
Best- known for her song" Küss mich, halt mich, lieb mich", which is based on the title song of the film" Tři oříšky pro Popelku", she participated in the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
Tři oříšky pro Popelku
Tři oříšky pro Popelku( German: Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel), also known as" Three Wishes for Cinderella" and broadcast in the UK under the title" Three Gifts for Cinderella") is a Czechoslovak/ East German fairy- tale film from 1973.
It was directed by Václav Vorlíček in co-production between DEFA- Studio für Spielfilme and Barrandov Studios.
The story was based on a fairy tale written by Božena Němcová( a Bohemian variation of the classic Cinderella fairytale).
The film had its international premiere in East Berlin in 1973 and is until today a popular Christmas holiday film in many European countries.
Joyride (1997 film)
Joyride is a 1997 American film directed by Quinton Peeples.
Contact (1997 American film)
Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis.
It is a film adaptation of Carl Sagan's 1985 novel of the same name; Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film.
Jodie Foster portrays the film's protagonist, Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, a SETI scientist who finds strong evidence of extraterrestrial life and is chosen to make first contact.
The film also stars Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, John Hurt, Angela Bassett, Rob Lowe, Jake Busey and David Morse.
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan began working on the film in 1979.
Together, they wrote a film treatment more than 100 pages long and set up "Contact" at Warner Bros. with Peter Guber and Lynda Obst as producers.
When development stalled on the film, Sagan published "Contact" as a novel in 1985, and the film adaptation was rejuvenated in 1989.
Roland Joffé and George Miller had planned to direct it, but Joffé dropped out in 1993, and Warner Bros. fired Miller in 1995.
Robert Zemeckis was eventually hired to direct, and filming for "Contact" lasted from September 1996 to February 1997.
Sony Pictures Imageworks handled most of the visual effects sequences.
The film was released on July 11, 1997.
"Contact" grossed over $171 million worldwide.
The film won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and received multiple awards and nominations at the Saturn Awards.
Robert Zemeckis
Robert Lee Zemeckis( born May 14, 1952) is an American director, film producer and screenwriter frequently credited as an innovator in visual effects.
He first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of" Romancing the Stone"( 1984) and the science- fiction comedy" Back to the Future" film trilogy, as well as the live- action/ animated comedy" Who Framed Roger Rabbit"( 1988).
In the 1990s, he directed" Death Becomes Her" and then diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's" Forrest Gump", for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director; the film itself won Best Picture.
The films he has directed have ranged across a wide variety of genres, for both adults and families.
Zemeckis' films are characterized by an interest in state- of- the- art special effects, including the early use of the insertion of computer graphics into live- action footage in" Back to the Future Part II"( 1989) and" Forrest Gump", and the pioneering performance capture techniques seen in" The Polar Express"( 2004)," Monster House"( 2006)," Beowulf"( 2007)," A Christmas Carol"( 2009), and" Welcome to Marwen"( 2018).
Though Zemeckis has often been pigeonholed as a director interested only in special effects, his work has been defended by several critics including David Thomson, who wrote that" No other contemporary director has used special effects to more dramatic and narrative purpose."
Knut Risan
Knut Risan( 19 February 1930 – 1 February 2011) was a Norwegian actor.
He was born in Trondheim, and made his stage debut at Nationaltheatret in 1956.
He was employed here until 1998, and had guest appearances at the Norwegian National Opera, Den Nationale Scene and Riksteatret.
He is remembered for his roles in" Reisen til Julestjernen" and for the voiceover in" Tři oříšky pro Popelku", shown every Christmas in Norway.
He was married to Astrid Folstad.
Václav Vorlíček
Václav Vorlíček( 3 June 1930 – 5 February 2019) was a Czech film director.
He studied filmmaking at FAMU from 1951 to 1956, and began directing feature films since the early 1960s.
His filmography includes several comedies made in collaboration with screenwriter Miloš Macourek.
He directed several children's and fairytale films, most notably" Tři oříšky pro Popelku"( 1973), a Christmas film classic in many European countries.
The director was a widower and father of two daughters.
He died in his hometown Prague, aged 88, from cancer.
Fred Roy Krug
Fred R. Krug is an American film and television producer- director born in Bern, Switzerland.

Question: Which film has the director born first, Tři Oříšky Pro Popelku or Contact (1997 American Film)?