
Sophia Loren and Robert Wagner in I sequestrati di Altona, directed by Vittorio de Sica, 1962 / source: IMDB
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Sophia Loren and Robert Wagner in I sequestrati di Altona, directed by Vittorio de Sica, 1962 / source: IMDB

Gerhard Riebicke ::
Gymnasium Nudes, advertising photograph for the film ‘Wege zu Kraft
und Schönheit’, 1925.
Vintage gelatin silver print.
Along with Helmy Hurt, Gerhard
Riebicke was the set photographer for the UFA film ’Wege zu Kraft
und Schönheit’ (‘The Way to Strength
and Health: a film of modern body culture’, 1925),
directed by Wilhelm Prager and Nicolaus Kaufmann (casting, among others, Jack
Dempsey and Leni Riefenstahl). / src: liveaucioneers
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Film still of Kuchizuke [Kisses], directed by Yasuzo Masumura, 1957 / via
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Mary Pickford in Kiki, directed by Sam Taylor (1931) / via
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Marlene Dietrich as
Marie Kolverer (X 27)
in Dishonored directed by Josef von Sternberg (1931) / src: IMDB

Marlene Dietrich as
Marie Kolverer (X 27)
in
Dishonored, directed by Josef von Sternberg (1931)
/ via
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Photographer Helmy Hurt (active 1920s) had a photography studio in Berlin and together with Gerhard Riebicke she was the set photographer for the UFA film «Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit. Ein Film über moderne Körperkultur» (1925), directed by Wilhelm Prager and Dr. Nicolaus Kaufmann.

Along with Helmy Hurt, Gerhard Riebicke was the set photographer for the UFA film «Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit. Ein Film über moderne Körperkultur» (1925), directed by Wilhelm Prager and Nicolaus Kaufmann (casting, among others, Jack Dempsey and Leni Riefenstahl). This image still captures the general mood of the earlier FKK nudist movement which stressed the importance of movement and exercise outdoors. (quoted from src)