Frederic Zelnik(1885-1950)
- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Frederic Zelnik was born on 17 May 1885 in Czernowitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary [now Chernivtsi, Ukraine]. He was a producer and director, known for The Gala Performance (1932), Kaiserwalzer (1933) and The Gypsy Baron (1927). He was married to Lya Mara. He died on 29 November 1950 in London, England, UK.
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Producer
- 1949
- Give Me the Stars
- producer
- 1945
- 1944
- 1933
- Es war einmal ein Musikus
- producer (as Friedrich Zelnik)
- 1933
- 1932
- 1932
- 1931
- 1929
- Mary Lou
- producer
- 1928
- Dancing Vienna
- producer (as Friedrich Zelnik)
- 1927
- 1927
- 1927
- Die lachende Grille
- producer
- 1926
- Der Veilchenfresser
- producer
- 1926
Director
- 1939
- 1939
- 1938
- 1937
- 1936
- 1935
- C'était un musicien
- Director
- 1933
- 1933
- Es war einmal ein Musikus
- Director (as Friedrich Zelnik)
- 1933
- Kaiserwalzer
- Director (as Friedrich Zelnik)
- 1933
- 1932
- 1932
- Ein süsses Geheimnis
- Director
- 1931
- 1931
- Walzerparadies
- Director
- 1931
Actor
- 1923
- Se. Exzellenz der Revisor
- (as Friedrich Zelnik)
- 1922
- 1922
- Die Kreutzersonate
- Wassja Posdnyschow
- 1922
- C.d.E.
- Lord Percy Auillion
- 1922
- 1921
- Der Sträfling von Cayenne
- (as Friedrich Zelnik)
- 1921
- Monte Carlo
- (as Friedrich Zelnik)
- 1921
- Der Apachenlord
- (as Friedrich Zelnik)
- 1920
- Alternative names
- Friedrich Zelmik
- Born
- Died
- Spouse
- Lya Mara1918 - November 29, 1950 (his death)
- TriviaInfluential producer-director, a former actor, who came to prominence in the German cinema of the 1920's (as Friedrich Zelnik). He was the mentor of his actress-wife 'Lya Mara', whose films he promoted through their joint production company Zelnik-Mara Film GmbH. Of Jewish background, he was forced to flee from Germany in 1933 and later continued making films in Britain.
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