Vintage German postcard. Verlag Hermann Leiser, No. 9538. Photo by Braae, norwegische Foto-Kunst.
Austrian actor Friedrich Zelnik or Frederic Zelnik (1885-1950) was also one of the most important producers-directors of the German silent cinema. Already in the early 1910s he became a film star in Germany, but during the 1920s he had his greatest successes there as director-producer of operetta style costume films starring his wife, Lya Mara. A critical success was his drama Die Weber/The Weaver (1927). After 1933, he worked in Great-Britain and also directed two films in the Netherlands.
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