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Frederic Zelnik(1885-1950)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Actor
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Frederic Zelnik
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 previously married to Lya Mara. He died on 29 November 1950 in London, England, UK.
BornMay 17, 1885
DiedNovember 29, 1950(65)
BornMay 17, 1885
DiedNovember 29, 1950(65)
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Frederic Zelnik
Frederic Zelnik

Known for

The Gala Performance (1932)
The Gala Performance
5.6
  • Producer(as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • 1932
Kaiserwalzer (1933)
Kaiserwalzer
  • Director(as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • 1933
The Gypsy Baron (1927)
The Gypsy Baron
5.5
  • Producer
  • 1927
Lya Mara in The Beautiful Blue Danube (1926)
The Beautiful Blue Danube
  • Producer(as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • 1926

Credits

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Producer

  • Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray in The Glass Mountain (1949)
    The Glass Mountain
    • (as Fred Zelnik)
  • Give Me the Stars
  • Jan Van Loewen in Heaven Is Round the Corner (1944)
    Heaven Is Round the Corner
  • Laddie Cliff, Will Fyffe, and Stanley Lupino in Happy (1933)
    Happy
  • Es war einmal ein Musikus (1933)
    Es war einmal ein Musikus
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • The Gala Performance (1932)
    The Gala Performance
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • Die Tänzerin von Sans Souci
  • Lya Mara in Jeder fragt nach Erika (1931)
    Jeder fragt nach Erika
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • Der rote Kreis (1929)
    Der rote Kreis
  • Mary Lou
  • Dancing Vienna
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • Die Weber (1927)
    Die Weber
  • The Gypsy Baron (1927)
    The Gypsy Baron
  • Die lachende Grille
  • Der Veilchenfresser

Director

  • Who Is Guilty? (1939)
    Who Is Guilty?
  • Morgen gaat 't beter! (1939)
    Morgen gaat 't beter!
  • Lily Bouwmeester, Emma Morel, Paul Storm, and Frederic Zelnik in Vadertje Langbeen (1938)
    Vadertje Langbeen
    • (as Friedrich Zelmik)
  • Michael Bartlett and June Knight in The Lilac Domino (1937)
    The Lilac Domino
  • George Robey in Southern Roses (1936)
    Southern Roses
  • Clifford Mollison and Zelma O'Neal in Mister Cinders (1935)
    Mister Cinders
    • (as Fred Zelnik)
  • C'était un musicien
  • Laddie Cliff, Will Fyffe, and Stanley Lupino in Happy (1933)
    Happy
    • (as Fred Zelnik)
  • Es war einmal ein Musikus (1933)
    Es war einmal ein Musikus
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • Kaiserwalzer (1933)
    Kaiserwalzer
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • The Gala Performance (1932)
    The Gala Performance
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • Die Tänzerin von Sans Souci
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • Else Elster, Hans Marr, and Hansi Niese in Ein süsses Geheimnis (1931)
    Ein süsses Geheimnis
  • Lya Mara in Jeder fragt nach Erika (1931)
    Jeder fragt nach Erika
  • Charlotte Susa, Gretl Theimer, and José Wedorn in Walzerparadies (1931)
    Walzerparadies

Actor

  • Das Geheimnis der alten Mamsell
  • Der Matrose Perugino
  • Die Marionetten der Fürstin
  • Lya Mara and J. Fenneker in Daisy. Das Abenteuer einer Lady (1923)
    Daisy. Das Abenteuer einer Lady
  • Irene d'Or
  • Se. Exzellenz der Revisor
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • Frederic Zelnik and J. Fenneker in Graf Festenberg (1922)
    Graf Festenberg
  • Lev Tolstoy, Frederic Zelnik, and J. Fenneker in Die Kreutzersonate (1922)
    Die Kreutzersonate
  • C.d.E.
  • Um ein Erbe
  • Frederic Zelnik and J. Fenneker in Das begrabene Ich (1921)
    Das begrabene Ich
  • Emmy Sturm, Frederic Zelnik, and J. Fenneker in Der Sträfling von Cayenne (1921)
    Der Sträfling von Cayenne
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • Frederic Zelnik and J. Fenneker in Monte Carlo (1921)
    Monte Carlo
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • Der Mann mit den drei Frauen
  • Fred Sauer, Frederic Zelnik, and J. Fenneker in Der Apachenlord (1920)
    Der Apachenlord
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)

Personal details

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    • May 17, 1885
    • Czernowitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary [now Chernivtsi, Ukraine]
    • November 29, 1950
    • London, England, UK
    • Lya Mara1918 - November 29, 1950 (his death)

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    Influential 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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