Franz Seitz senior

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Franz Seitz , also Franz Felix (born April 14, 1888 in Munich , Bavaria ; † March 7, 1952 in Schliersee , Bavaria) was a German director , actor , film producer and screenwriter .

Life

Grave of the Seitz family in the Schliersee cemetery

Franz Seitz completed a two-year private acting training and performed under the pseudonym "Franz Felix" on various Bavarian stages. In 1908 he received an engagement at the Nuremberg Volkstheater. In 1912 he made his debut as a director. In 1917 he directed his first silent film for producer Peter Ostermayr . From 1919 to 1929 he worked for the Munich film company Emelka , where he was also the production manager .

He had his own production company since the early 1930s , but Franz Seitz mainly remained a director for other clients. His specialty were hearty taverns with an alpine background. Shortly after Hitler came to power, he directed and produced the propaganda film S.A. Man fire . The greatest success was the Prussian-Bavarian film comedy IA in Upper Bavaria in 1936 . During the Second World War he could no longer realize any projects. Franz Seitz was married to the actress Anni Terofal. His son Franz Seitz also became a film producer and director, who already produced his father's last directorial work, The Last Shot . Son Hans was a well-known comedian under the name Hans Terofal .

He rests in the cemetery in Schliersee, Bavaria.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1917: The Lord with the Great Dane (direction, screenplay)
  • 1918: The Criminal (director, screenplay)
  • 1919: The Dying Salome (Director, Screenplay)
  • 1919: The Damned (Director, Screenplay)
  • 1920: The Billion Testament (Director, Screenplay)
  • 1920: Lost Game (Director)
  • 1920: The Outcast (Director)
  • 1920: The Last Shot (Director, Screenplay)
  • 1920: Tom Murger, the bank robber (Director, Actor)
  • 1921: The Sinful Vestal Virgin (Director, Screenplay)
  • 1921: The Red Bat (Director)
  • 1922: The Black Harlequin (director, co-script, actor)
  • 1923: The Fate of Thomas Balt (director, co-screenplay)
  • 1924: The blonde Hannele (director)
  • 1924: Your desire is a sin (director, co-script)
  • 1925: Mrs. Warrington's Perfume (Director)
  • 1925: The Adventurous Wedding (director, co-script)
  • 1926: Secret sinners (director)
  • 1926: The Hunter of Fall (Direction, Co-script)
  • 1927: poor little Colombine (director, co-screenplay)
  • 1927: The happy farmer (director)
  • 1927: Almenrausch and Edelweiß (director)
  • 1928: The Women’s War (director)
  • 1929: Left the Isar - right the Spree (director)
  • 1932: When the donkey is too comfortable (director)
  • 1933: With you through thick and thin (direction, production management)
  • 1933: SA Mann Brand (direction, production)
  • 1933: A kiss on a summer night (director, producer)
  • 1933: Die blonde Christl , (director)
  • 1934: Warning! Who knows this woman? (Direction, production)
  • 1934: With the blonde Kathrein (direction, production)
  • 1936: You Can't Be Faithful (Director)
  • 1936: The Sin of Youth (director)
  • 1936: IA in Upper Bavaria (direction, production)
  • 1937: Love doesn't go that far (direction, production)
  • 1938: The Rooster Scandal (Director)
  • 1938: The Whitsun Organ (director, co-screenplay)
  • 1939: Wedding with Obstacles (director, co-screenplay)
  • 1939: The Last Judgment (director, co-script)
  • 1941: The heiress from Rosenhof (director, co-script)
  • 1950: Two in One Suit (co-script)
  • 1951: The Last Shot (Director, Screenplay)

Radio plays

Note: The years refer to the time of the original shipment, not of production.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to information provided by the Schliersee municipality; see. Kay Less: The film's great personal dictionary . Other sources incorrectly state 1887.
personal data
SURNAME Seitz, Franz senior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seitz, Franz; Felix, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director, actor, film producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1952
Place of death Schliersee , Bavaria