Friedrich Zelnik

Friedrich Zelnik on a photograph by Nicola Perscheid

Friedrich Zelnik (born May 17, 1885 in Chernivtsi , † November 29, 1950 in London ) was a director , actor and producer .

Life

Zelnik graduated from high school in Czernowitz, then successfully studied law in Vienna and then went to several theater stations to Berlin, where he worked as an actor for Oskar Messter from 1910 .

In the 1910s, Zelnik became known for elegant roles in undemanding films. In 1917 he married the Polish actress Lya Mara , whom he later built to star. Around the same time he began working as a director and producer and retired as an actor. In addition to a few literary adaptations ( Anna Karenina after Lew Tolstoy 1920, Die Weber after Gerhart Hauptmann 1927), Friedrich Zelnik mainly created commercial entertainment products, including several operetta films and the second German Edgar Wallace film The Red Circle . In 1929 he was the first German dubbing director in Hollywood .

Together with his wife, Zelnik left Germany for good in 1933 and filmed in England and Holland . After obtaining British citizenship, he Anglicized his first name in Frederic. After 1940 he only worked as a producer.

Filmography

presentation

1910: Japanese victim 1911: Forgotten in luck 1911: The bliss of the blind in love 1911: The bell of luck 1911: The miller and his child 1912: European slave life 1915: Greetings from below 1915: The Riddle of Sensenheim 1915: The dark castle 1915: § 14 BGB 1915: Poor Marie 1915: souls that meet at night 1915: The Van Dola's Adventure 1916: The Fever Sonata 1916: The Hermit of St. George 1916: On the anvil of happiness 1916: game within game 1917: The double face (also production) 1917: your son 1917: The Sex of the Rogues, Part 1 1918: The Rose of Jiandur

1918: The nun and the harlequin 1918: The spring song 1918: The Rothenburgers 1918: The sex of the rogue. Part 2 1919: In the service of love 1919: Lucas, chapter 15 1919: Eugene Onegin 1920: the horror 1920: The adventurer of Paris 1920: The yellow diplomat 1920: The Apache Lord 1921: Monte Carlo 1921: The Cayenne Convict 1921: The buried me 1922: De. Excellency the Auditor 1922: The Kreutzer Sonata 1922: CdE 1922: Count Festenberg 1923: Irene d'Or 1923: Daisy. A lady's adventure 1925: Old Mamsell's Secret (1925)

Director

1917: The Crown of Kerkyra 1917: The big lot 1917: Edelweiss 1917: Klein Doortje 1918: nightshade 1918: Gänseliesel 1918: The defender 1918: Your Highness Hypochondriac 1919: Maria Evere 1919: Margarete. The story of a fallen woman 1919: Manon. The high song of love 1919: The heir to the Count of Monte Christo 1919: The ladies with the emeralds 1919: The House of Innocence 1919: The feast of Rosella 1919: Charlotte Corday 1920: Anna Karenina 1920: Spiritism 1920: Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac 1920: The experiences of the famous dancer Fanny Elßler 1921: Carnival 1921: Count Varenne's mistress 1921: Miss Beryl ... a millionaire's whim 1921: From the memoirs of a film actress 1921: The Picadilly Girl, Part 1 1921: The Picadilly Girl, Part 2 1922: Se. Excellency the Auditor 1922: Lyda Ssanin 1922: The king's mistress 1922: Yvette the fashion princess 1922: Count Festenberg 1923: Katyusha Maslowa 1923: Irene d'Or 1923: Daisy

1924: Nelly, the bride without a husband 1924: By order of the Pompadour 1925: The Venus of Montmartre 1925: athletes 1925: women who are often not greeted 1925: Letters that did not reach him 1926: The Sanssouci mill 1926: The Forester Christian 1926: On the beautiful blue Danube 1926: The violet eater 1926: The laughing cricket 1927: The Gypsy Baron 1927: The weavers 1927: The dancing Vienna 1928: Mariett is dancing today 1928: Mary Lou 1929: My heart is a jazz band 1929: The red circle 1931: The Forester Christian 1931: Waltz paradise 1931: Everyone asks about Erika 1932: a sweet secret 1932: The dancer from Sanssouci 1932: Spies in the Savoy Hotel 1933: Happy 1933: Kaiserwalzer 1933: Once upon a time there was a musician 1934: Mister Cinders 1936: Southern Roses 1937: The Lilac Domino 1938: Vadertje Langbeen 1939: Tomorrow we don't pray! 1939: I Killed the Count

production

• 1917: Lori & Co.
• 1917: Paradise Lost
• 1917: The noble lady
• 1918: At the crossroads
• 1918: Halka's pledge
• 1918: The Rothenburgers

literature

• Evelin Förster: The woman in the dark. Authors and composers of cabaret and entertainment from 1901–1935. A cultural story. Edition Braus, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86228-057-5 .
• Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. Acabus-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , pp. 552 f.

Web links

• Friedrich Zelnik in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Friedrich Zelnik at filmportal.de (biography, filmography and picture)