Frederic Zelnik was an Austrian producer, director, and actor. He was one of the most important producers-directors of the German silent cinema. Zelnik achieved success through period operetta films in the 1920s and 1930s.
Two Hearts in Waltz Time is a 1930 German film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Irene Eisinger, Walter Janssen, Oskar Karlweis, Willi Forst, Gretl Theimer, and S.Z. Sakall. It is an operetta written directly for the screen, with music by Robert Stolz.
Die Försterchristl is an operetta in three acts by Georg Jarno to a libretto by Bernhard Buchbinder. It premiered on 17 December 1907 at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. Three years later, its English version by librettist Leonard Liebling had a run of 64 performances at Broadway's Herald Square Theatre in 1910/11 under the title The Girl and the Kaiser. The work is known in English as The Girl and the Kaiser, The Bohemian Dancer, The Forester's Daughter and in French as La petite amie de sa majesté and Christelle et l'empereur.
Oskar Leopold Karlweis was an Austrian-American stage and film actor, active internationally.
The Bohemian Dancer is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Harry Liedtke, and William Dieterle. It premiered in Berlin on 5 March 1926. It is based on the operetta 1907 Die Försterchristl composed by Georg Jarno with a libretto by Bernhard Buchbinder. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Gustav A. Knauer and Andrej Andrejew who designed the sets. The film is set in Vienna and Hungary during the 18th century.
The Young Baron Neuhaus is a 1934 German historical drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Viktor de Kowa, Käthe von Nagy and Christl Mardayn.
The Beaver Coat is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Jürgen von Alten and starring Heinrich George, Ida Wüst, and Rotraut Richter. It is an adaptation of Gerhart Hauptmann's play The Beaver Coat. The German premiere took place on 3 December 1937. Another film version of the play The Beaver Coat was released in 1949.
Count Festenberg is a 1922 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and Frederic Zelnik and starring Charles Willy Kayser, Harald Paulsen and Heinrich Peer.
Irene Eisinger was a German and British opera singer and film actress. Her career was closely linked to the foundation and the early years of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
The Emperor's Waltz is a 1933 German musical film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Mártha Eggerth, Paul Hörbiger, and Carl Esmond.
The Forester's Daughter is a 1952 West German musical comedy film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Johanna Matz, Karl Schönböck and Will Quadflieg. It is based on the 1907 operetta Die Försterchristl, which is set in the Austrian Empire during Franz Josef's reign. The film is part of the operetta film subgenre.
The Forester's Daughter is a 1962 West German historical musical film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Sabine Sinjen, Peter Weck and Gerlinde Locker. It was one of four film versions of the 1907 operetta Die Försterchristl.
The Bird Seller is a 1935 German musical comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Maria Andergast, Wolf Albach-Retty, and Lil Dagover. It is an operetta film, based on the work of the same name by Carl Zeller.
The Last Waltz is a 1953 West German musical romance film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt, and starring Eva Bartok, Curd Jürgens, and O. E. Hasse.
Irene of Gold is a 1923 German silent film directed by Karl Sander and Frederic Zelnik and starring Margarete Schlegel, Yelena Polevitskaya and Hans Albers.
Madame Pompadour is a 1931 German historical musical film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Anny Ahlers, Kurt Gerron, and Walter Jankuhn. Part of the tradition of operetta films, it portrays the relationship between Madame Pompadour and Louis XV of France. The film is not based on the operetta Madame Pompadour by Leo Fall. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin while location filming took place at the Palace of Versailles. A separate French version A Caprice of Pompadour was also released.
The Gentleman from Maxim's is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Lee Parry, Johannes Riemann and Oskar Karlweis. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gustav A. Knauer and Walter Reimann.
The Naked Truth is a 1932 American German language comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Jenny Jugo, Oskar Karlweis and Trude Hesterberg. It is the German version of the 1929 film Nothing but the Truth. It was also known by the alternative title of Heut' küsst Paris
The Confessions of the Green Mask is a 1916 German silent film directed by Max Mack and starring Alfred Abel and Reinhold Schünzel.
