Fritz Walden

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Fritz Walden , actually Friedrich Drobilitsch , also Fritz Drobilitsch-Walden and Franz Drobilitsch , (born January 3, 1914 in Vienna ; † September 12, 1992 ibid) was an Austrian publicist , author and culture editor as well as film , literature , music and Theater critic .

Life

In the 1970s, a cinema hall in the Vienna Urania Fritz Walden was made available for his film analysis lessons at the Film Academy, where films from all times were viewed and discussed every Saturday morning.

Fritz Walden studied German for a few semesters . Since the 1950s he was the culture editor of the Wiener Arbeiter-Zeitung . He took an active part in cultural events, and in 1964 he was, alongside Edwin Zbonek, a founding member of the Association of the Vienna Film Festival, which took over the organization of the Viennale film festival , as it was now called. In the 1970s and 80s he taught film analysis at the Vienna Film Academy, was brought in as a juror at international film festivals such as the Berlinale, and in the 1980s was a member of the film advisory board of the Austrian Film Funding Ministry of Education . In addition, he was a sponsor and mentor of young Viennese filmmakers, whom he sometimes also supported materially. With the first text insertion in the opening credits of the film, Mansur Madavi dedicated his film “Emergency Exit” to him out of gratitude .

He belonged to a generation of critics who made no secret of their passion for the films, plays or operas that were to be reviewed and is often quoted in other media by colleagues or in diploma theses.

Fritz Walden also appeared in films and wrote poetry for contemporary music.

He has two daughters from his marriage to Margarete.

Quotes

"You should never have seen a film for the first time ..."

- Fritz Walden : about 1978 to his students

Publications (selection)

Fiction
  • As if it never happened. Anatomy of a betrayal. Novel. Hans Deutsch Verlag, Vienna 1962.
  • Sindelar. The "paper" military leader. A story. Publishing house of the magazine Der Jugendliche Arbeiter , Vienna 1949.
Other publications

literature

To the publicist Fritz Walden
  • Friedrich Stadler : Expelled Reason. Emigration and exile of Austrian science. 1930-1940. Vol. 2: Emigration - Exile - Continuity. Unchanged new edition. Lit Verlag, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7373-0 , pp. 861-862.
  • Hans Heinz Fabris, Fritz Hausjell (ed.): The fourth power. On the history and culture of journalism in Austria since 1945. Verlag für Gesellschaftskritik, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-85115-134-8 , pp. 213-215 ( Austrian texts on social criticism , vol. 53).
  • Jacques Hannak (Ed.): Inventory of Austria. 1945–1963. Forum-Verlag, Vienna 1963, p. 484.
To the film critic and film sponsor Fritz Walden
  • Edith Blaschitz: Popular film and the "fight against dirt and trash". Film reception in Austria between control, identification and educational efforts (1946–1970). Dissertation , University of Vienna , Vienna 2009 ( online , PDF file, 3.46 MB).
  • Rita Hochwimmer: Trends and breaks in the development of the Viennale film festival from 1960–1972 and their public reception. Dissertation, University of Vienna, Vienna 2008 ( online , PDF file, 1.71 MB).
  • Walter Fritz : I experience the world in the cinema. 100 years of cinema and film in Austria. Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-85447-661-2 , p. 272.
  • Alexander Horwath , Lisl Ponger , Gottfried Schlemmer (eds.): Avantgardefilm. Austria. 1950 until today. Wespennest, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-85458-508-X , p. 382 (series Wespennest-Film ).
  • Walter Fritz: Cinema in Austria. Vol. 3: 1945-1983. Film between commerce and avant-garde. Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-215-04992-9 , pp. 82, 110, 119 ( An Austria topic from the Bundes-Verlag ).
To the literary and theater critic Fritz Walden
To the music critic Fritz Walden

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vienna City Hall Correspondence, Historical Review 1964
  2. ↑ Berlinale 1972
  3. ↑ ABC Sevilla Andalusian newspaper from 1972
  4. ^ Art report 1984 (PDF; 2.2 MB) of the Federal Ministry for Education and Art
  5. ↑ Filmarchiv Austria ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Fritz Walden in 1980 on Exit-Just don't panic  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / filmarchiv.at
  6. ^ Kitchen Talks with Rebellins Review 1980 on the website of the filmmaker Karin Berger
  7. ^ Workers' newspaper Kulturforum from November 4, 1970
  8. ^ Der Spiegel about a reprise on Karl Valentin, accessed on April 13, 2011
  9. ^ Colic Andreas Ungerböck in Zeitschrift für Literatur
  10. ↑ Diploma thesis on Helmut Qualtinger from the University of Vienna by Sabine Krängler 2006
  11. ↑ Fritz Walden in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  12. ↑ Music collection catalog directory  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the Vienna Library in the Vienna City Hall@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.katalog.wienbibliothek.at  
personal data
SURNAME Walden, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drobilitsch, Friedrich (real name); Drobilitsch-Walden, Fritz (full name); Drobilitsch, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian publicist, author and culture editor as well as film, literature, music and theater critic
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1992
Place of death Vienna