Frederic Zelnik

Biography

Actor, director and producer. One of the most popular directors of the German silent film scene.

Career Overview

Frederic Zelnik has 113 screen credits in a career dating back to 1910. Signature works include I Killed the Count, Tomorrow It Will Be Better, Daddy Long Legs. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

113

Birth Date

1885-05-17 00:00:00

Birth Place

Czernowitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary [now Chernivtsi, Ukraine]

Known For

• I Killed the Count
• 

  Tomorrow It Will Be Better
• 

  Daddy Long Legs
• 

  The Lilac Domino
• 

  Southern Roses
• 

  Mister Cinders

Frequent Collaborators

• George Western (4 collaborations)
• Kenneth Western (4 collaborations)
• Rudolph Bernauer (3 collaborations)
• Clifford Grey (3 collaborations)
• Isadore Goldsmith (2 collaborations)
• Hans May (2 collaborations)
• Leslie Perrins (2 collaborations)
• Jan Teunissen (2 collaborations)
• Rudolf Meyer (2 collaborations)
• Max Tak (2 collaborations)

Credits

• production (17 credits)

  • The Glass Mountain

    producer

    production
    1949
  • Heaven Is Round the Corner

    producer

    production
    1944
  • Happy

    producer

    production
    1933
  • Es war einmal ein Musikus

    producer

    production
    1933
  • The Crimson Circle

    producer

    production
    1929
  • An der Schönen Blauen Donau

    producer

    production
    1926
  • Erniedrigte und Beleidigte

    producer

    production
    1922
  • Wer unter Euch ohne Sünde ist

    producer

    production
    1921
  • Anna Karenina

    producer

    production
    1920
  • Kri-Kri, die Herzogin von Tarabac

    producer

    production
    1920
  • Leichtsinn und Lebewelt

    producer

    production
    1919
  • Pogrom

    producer

    production
    1919
  • Manon: The High Song of Love

    producer

    production
    1919
  • Leichtsinn und Genie

    producer

    production
    1919
  • Eugen Onegin

    producer

    production
    1919
  • Graf Michael

    producer

    production
    1918
  • Der schwarze Pierrot

    producer

    production
    1916

• directing (65 credits)

  • I Killed the Count

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Tomorrow It Will Be Better

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Daddy Long Legs

    director

    directing
    1938
  • The Lilac Domino

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Southern Roses

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Mister Cinders

    director

    directing
    1935
  • C'était un musicien

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Happy

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Es war einmal ein Musikus

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Kaiserwalzer

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Spione im Savoy-Hotel

    director

    directing
    1932
  • Barbarina, the King's Dancer

    director

    directing
    1932
  • A sweet secret

    director

    directing
    1931
  • Everyone Asks for Erika

    director

    directing
    1931
  • Waltz Paradise

    director

    directing
    1931
  • The forest girl

    director

    directing
    1931
  • The Crimson Circle

    director

    directing
    1929
  • Mein Herz ist eine Jazzband

    director

    directing
    1929
  • Mary Lou

    director

    directing
    1928
  • Heut tanzt Mariett

    director

    directing
    1928
  • Das tanzende Wien

    director

    directing
    1927
  • The Weavers

    director

    directing
    1927
  • The Gypsy Baron

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Die lachende Grille

    director

    directing
    1926
  • Der Veilchenfresser

    director

    directing
    1926
  • An der Schönen Blauen Donau

    director

    directing
    1926
  • The Bohemian Dancer

    director

    directing
    1926
  • Die Mühle von Sanssouci

    director

    directing
    1926
  • Frauen, die man oft nicht grüßt

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Athleten

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Die Venus von Montmartre

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Auf Befehl der Pompadour

    director

    directing
    1924
  • Daisy. Das Abenteuer einer Lady

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Auferstehung. Katjuscha Maslowa

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Lyda Ssanin

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Die Männer der Sybill

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Das Mädel aus der Hölle

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Graf Festenberg

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Die Tochter Napoleons

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Erniedrigte und Beleidigte

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Yvette, die Modeprinzessin

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Die Geliebte des Königs

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Die Ehe der Fürstin Demidoff

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Tanja, die Frau an der Kette

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Das Mädel von Picadilly

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Aus den Memoiren einer Filmschauspielerin

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Trix, der Roman einer Millionärin

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Miss Beryll... die Laune eines Millionärs

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Die Geliebte des Grafen Varenne

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Fasching

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Anna Karenina

    director

    directing
    1920
  • Der Apachenlord

    director

    directing
    1920
  • Kri-Kri, die Herzogin von Tarabac

    director

    directing
    1920
  • Spiritismus

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Die Pflicht zu leben

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Hölle der Jungfrauen

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Leichtsinn und Lebewelt

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Manon: The High Song of Love

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Maria Evere

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Durchlaucht Hypochonder

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Nachtschatten

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Margarete. Die Geschichte einer Gefallenen

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Klein Doortje

    director

    directing
    1917
  • Das große Los

    director

    directing
    1917
  • Die Gräfin von Navarra

    director

    directing
    1917

• writing (4 credits)

  • Daddy Long Legs

    writer

    writing
    1938
  • Kaiserwalzer

    writer

    writing
    1933
  • Spione im Savoy-Hotel

    writer

    writing
    1932
  • Waltz Paradise

    writer

    writing
    1931

• actors (27 credits)

  • Graf Festenberg

    Max Wessely alias Graf Festenberg

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • C.d.E.

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Die Kreutzersonate

    Wassja Posdnyschow

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Das begrabene Ich

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Der Sträfling von Cayenne

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Monte Carlo

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Der Apachenlord

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Die gelbe Fratze

    Fred Keppner

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Leichtsinn und Genie

    Kean

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Eugen Onegin

    Eugen Onegin

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Das Frühlingslied

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Die Rothenburger

    Dr. Richard Neidlinger/Dr. Tauber

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Die Nonne und der Harlekin

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Graf Michael

    Graf Michael

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Das Geschlecht der Schelme. 1. Teil

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Am Amboß des Glücks

    von Hoven

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Spiel im Spiel

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Ein Gruß aus der Tiefe

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Das Abenteuer des van Dola

    van Dola

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Das Rätsel von Sensenheim

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Das dunkle Schloß

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Arme Maria

    Warenhausbesitzer / store owner

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Seelen, die sich nachts begegnen

    Fred Hohn

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • § 14 BGB

    Heinrich Vollmer

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Das Liebesglück der Blinden

    Arzt

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Forget About Luck

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Japanese Sacrifice

    actor

    actors
    1910