Fritz Koselka
Friedrich "Fritz" Koselka (born July 24, 1905 in Graz , † July 31, 1978 in Vienna ) was an Austrian film journalist and screenwriter .
Live and act
The son of the editor Andreas Koselka studied German and English at the University of Graz and also attended the Academy for Music and Performing Arts . Koselka then took his first steps as a stage actor, cabaret artist and songwriter, but only found his true calling in writing film scripts. Koselka wrote, from 1943 mostly in collaboration with his one year older wife Lilian Belmont, a number of manuscripts on classical Viennese comedies, in which Hans Moser and / or Paul Hörbiger often played the leading role. Some of these comedy materials were great successes with audiences, including Anton the Last , My Daughter Lives in Vienna , To Be God's Dear Lord and The Holiday Child .
Such films were often directed by EW Emo, who is known for his comedies . For the retrospective 1948 - Austria between Yesterday and Tomorrow at the Filmarchiv Austria in October 2018 in Vienna, curator Olaf Möller wrote, for example, about Alles Läge (script: Koselka / Belmont, director: Emo): “When 1948 is the year of Alexander Lernet in upscale entertainment -Holenia , then for its more popular version it should be that of Lilian Belmont and Fritz Koselka: In addition to Alles Lüge , the duo was also responsible for Kleine Melodie aus Wien . The Schwank demonstrates - despite the existing melancholy streak of all creative main participants - a sense for the brusquely thigh-thumping. There is the grandma with money and whimsy, the granddaughter who wants to go her own way and the hunchbacked relatives who live quite well from the financial donations from the old lady ... "
After the war , when Koselka worked full-time as a film editor for the Wiener Zeitung , the Koselka / Belmont couple only wrote film manuscripts until 1952.
Filmography (complete)
- 1936: One shouldn't go to sleep without kissing
- 1939: Anton the Last
- 1940: My daughter lives in Vienna
- 1941: Love is duty-free
- 1941: We ask for a dance
- 1942: Be the Lord for once
- 1943: black and white
- 1943: The holiday child
- 1944: I ask for power of attorney
- 1945: like a thief in the night
- 1948: All lies
- 1949: Little melody from Vienna
- 1950: Now it hits 13
- 1951: Dance into happiness
- 1952: The man in the tub
- 1963: Applause for Smetana (TV short film)
literature
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 887.
Web links
- Fritz Koselka in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fritz Koselka at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koselka, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koselka, Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian film journalist, screenwriter and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1978 |
| Place of death | Vienna |