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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 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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Known for

The Gala Performance (1932)
The Gala Performance
5.5
  • Producer(as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • 1932
Kaiserwalzer (1933)
Kaiserwalzer
5.8
  • Director(as Friedrich Zelnik)
  • 1933
The Gypsy Baron (1927)
The Gypsy Baron
4.6
  • Producer
  • 1927
William Dieterle, Harry Liedtke, Lya Mara, Eduard von Winterstein, and Frederic Zelnik in The Bohemian Dancer (1926)
The Bohemian Dancer
  • Producer
  • 1926

Credits

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Producer

  • Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray in The Glass Mountain (1949)
    The Glass Mountain
    6.5
    • producer (as Fred Zelnik)
    • 1949
  • Give Me the Stars
    • producer
    • 1945
  • Jan Van Loewen in Heaven Is Round the Corner (1944)
    Heaven Is Round the Corner
    6.4
    • producer
    • 1944
  • Laddie Cliff, Will Fyffe, and Stanley Lupino in Happy (1933)
    Happy
    6.4
    • producer
    • 1933
  • Es war einmal ein Musikus (1933)
    Es war einmal ein Musikus
    • producer (as Friedrich Zelnik)
    • 1933
  • The Gala Performance (1932)
    The Gala Performance
    5.5
    • producer (as Friedrich Zelnik)
    • 1932
  • Die Tänzerin von Sanssouci (1932)
    Die Tänzerin von Sanssouci
    6.9
    • producer
    • 1932
  • Walter Janssen, Lya Mara, Ralph Arthur Roberts, and Ernö Verebes in Jeder fragt nach Erika (1931)
    Jeder fragt nach Erika
    7.2
    • producer (as Friedrich Zelnik)
    • 1931
  • Lya Mara in Der rote Kreis (1929)
    Der rote Kreis
    7.3
    • producer
    • 1929
  • Mary Lou
    • producer
    • 1928
  • Dancing Vienna (1927)
    Dancing Vienna
    • producer (as Friedrich Zelnik)
    • 1927
  • Die Weber (1927)
    Die Weber
    7.1
    • producer
    • 1927
  • The Gypsy Baron (1927)
    The Gypsy Baron
    4.6
    • producer
    • 1927
  • Die lachende Grille
    • producer
    • 1926
  • Der Veilchenfresser
    • producer
    • 1926

Director

  • Who Is Guilty? (1939)
    Who Is Guilty?
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1939
  • Morgen gaat 't beter! (1939)
    Morgen gaat 't beter!
    7.5
    • Director
    • 1939
  • Lily Bouwmeester, Emma Morel, Paul Storm, and Frederic Zelnik in Vadertje Langbeen (1938)
    Vadertje Langbeen
    6.8
    • Director (as Friedrich Zelmik)
    • 1938
  • Michael Bartlett and June Knight in The Lilac Domino (1937)
    The Lilac Domino
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1937
  • George Robey in Southern Roses (1936)
    Southern Roses
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1936
  • Clifford Mollison and Zelma O'Neal in Mister Cinders (1935)
    Mister Cinders
    7.2
    • Director (as Fred Zelnik)
    • 1935
  • C'était un musicien (1933)
    C'était un musicien
    • Director
    • 1933
  • Laddie Cliff, Will Fyffe, and Stanley Lupino in Happy (1933)
    Happy
    6.4
    • Director (as Fred Zelnik)
    • 1933
  • Es war einmal ein Musikus (1933)
    Es war einmal ein Musikus
    • Director (as Friedrich Zelnik)
    • 1933
  • Kaiserwalzer (1933)
    Kaiserwalzer
    5.8
    • Director (as Friedrich Zelnik)
    • 1933
  • The Gala Performance (1932)
    The Gala Performance
    5.5
    • Director (as Friedrich Zelnik)
    • 1932
  • Die Tänzerin von Sanssouci (1932)
    Die Tänzerin von Sanssouci
    6.9
    • Director (as Friedrich Zelnik)
    • 1932
  • Else Elster, Hans Marr, and Hansi Niese in Ein süsses Geheimnis (1931)
    Ein süsses Geheimnis
    • Director
    • 1931
  • Walter Janssen, Lya Mara, Ralph Arthur Roberts, and Ernö Verebes in Jeder fragt nach Erika (1931)
    Jeder fragt nach Erika
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1931
  • Charlotte Susa, Gretl Theimer, and José Wedorn in Walzerparadies (1931)
    Walzerparadies
    • Director
    • 1931

Actor

  • Das Geheimnis der alten Mamsell
    • 1925
  • Der Matrose Perugino
    • 1924
  • Die Marionetten der Fürstin
    • 1924
  • Lya Mara and Josef Fenneker in Daisy. Das Abenteuer einer Lady (1923)
    Daisy. Das Abenteuer einer Lady
    • 1923
  • Irene d'Or
    • 1923
  • Se. Exzellenz der Revisor
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
    • 1922
  • Frederic Zelnik and Josef Fenneker in Graf Festenberg (1922)
    Graf Festenberg
    • 1922
  • Lev Tolstoy, Frederic Zelnik, and Josef Fenneker in Die Kreutzersonate (1922)
    Die Kreutzersonate
    • Wassja Posdnyschow
    • 1922
  • C.d.E.
    • Lord Percy Auillion
    • 1922
  • Um ein Erbe
    Short
    • 1921
  • Frederic Zelnik and Josef Fenneker in Das begrabene Ich (1921)
    Das begrabene Ich
    • 1921
  • Emmy Sturm, Frederic Zelnik, and Josef Fenneker in Der Sträfling von Cayenne (1921)
    Der Sträfling von Cayenne
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
    • 1921
  • Frederic Zelnik and Josef Fenneker in Monte Carlo (1921)
    Monte Carlo
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
    • 1921
  • Der Mann mit den drei Frauen
    • 1920
  • Fred Sauer, Frederic Zelnik, and Josef Fenneker in Der Apachenlord (1920)
    Der Apachenlord
    • (as Friedrich Zelnik)
    • 1920

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Friedrich Zelmik
  • Born
    • May 17, 1885
    • Czernowitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary [now Chernivtsi, Ukraine]
  • Died
    • November 29, 1950
    • London, England, UK
  • Spouse
    • Lya Mara1918 - November 29, 1950 (his death)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    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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