Fritz Schulz
Fritz Schulz was born on April 25, 1896, in Karlsbad, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director known for his work in *Ende schlecht, alles gut* (1934), *Kaczmarek* (1928), and *Dienst ist Dienst* (1931). He was married to Ágnes Eszterházy. He died on May 9, 1972, in Zurich, Switzerland.
A character actor and singer, he appeared on stage starting in 1913 and in films the following year. He typically played romantic heroes and gentlemen or dashing officers in musical comedies or crime melodramas. As a "suspect" Jew, he was expelled from the Reich Theatre Chamber in 1933 and briefly interned. He was eventually released through the efforts of his wife (former silent film star Agnes Esterházy) and fled to Switzerland. He became a member and director at the Stadttheater Zürich (1940–56) and the Schauspielhaus Zürich (1956–69), specializing in operettas as well as classical and modern plays.
Under the National Socialists, a ban was soon proclaimed on screening Austrian films featuring Jewish participation in Germany. Many Jewish filmmakers began producing their own films in German. The first independent production company was founded as early as 1934 by émigrés Fritz Schulz, Rudi Loewenthal, and Erich Morawsky; their first film was titled *Salto in die Seligkeit* (1934). However, just a year later—following their direction of *Letzte Liebe* (1935)—they were forced to close the production company. The press described this type of film as "émigré films" or simply as independent films.
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Movies (67)
Sacred Waters
1960 · Der Dorfpfarrer
Die unvollkommene Ehe
1959 · Ernst Fiala - Bürovorsteher
Die ganze Welt singt nur Amore
1956 · Paul Fiala, ihr Vater, Musikprofessor
The Light of Love
1954 · Dr. Franz Kellermann
Ich und meine Frau
1953 · Ernst Noak
Gruß und Kuss aus der Wachau
1951 · Director
Dilemma
1940 · Mister Reed
Skeppsbrutne Max
1936 · Director
Last Love
1935 · Director
Ende schlecht, alles gut
1934 · Director
Salto in die Seligkeit
1934 · Fritz Wiesinger, Director
The Constant Nymph
1933 · Jacob Birnbaum
Das Tankmädel
1933 · Hubert Krell
Waltz Time
1933 · Fritz Eisenstein
Tell Me Who You Are
1933 · Dr. Claudius Berger
Sehnsucht 202
1932 · Bobby
Ja, treu ist die Soldatenliebe
1932 · Bimbo
The Song of Night
1932 · Koretzky
Montparnasse Girl
1932 · André Laboudèle
The Spanish Fly
1931 · Heinrich Meisel
Einer Frau muß man alles verzeih'n
1931 · Fritz Meyer, Weinreisender
Duty Is Duty
1931 · Kaczmarek
The rejuvenated Adolar
1931 · Dr. Bruno Stürmer, Hertas Gatte
The Soaring Maiden
1931 · Paul Brandt
The Battle of Bademuende
1931 · Franz - Infanterist
The Stork Goes on Strike
1931 · Harry
My Cousin From Warsaw
1931 · Fred Carteret
The love doctor
1931 · Sally Hobbs
The Beggar Student
1931 · Jan
Headlong into happiness
1931 · Marcel Durant
Kasernenzauber
1931 · Husar Hintertupfer
Three Days in the Guardhouse
1930 · Max Plettke
Schoeller's Boarding House
1930 · Jallings
A waltz in the sleeping compartment
1930 · Günther
Only You
1930 · Georg Lenz
Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous
1930 · Claude
The Inn at the Rhine
1930 · Stud. jur. Heinz Babinger
Tonight - Eventually
1930 · Teddy
There is a woman who will never forget you
1930 · Writer
Mein Herz gehört Dir...
1930 · Tjurkod
Alimente
1930 · Anton Kulicke
Wenn Du noch eine Heimat hast
1930 · Stutz
Dear Homeland
1929
Möblierte Zimmer
1929
Tales from the Vienna Woods
1928
Kaczmarek
1928
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
1927
Die Frau mit dem Etwas
1925 · Gustav Lenz
Cold Heart
1924 · Peter Munk
Das Spiel mit dem Schicksal
1924 · Heinrich Höther
Lola Montez, the King’s Dancer
1922 · Junger Venezianer
C.d.E.
1922
Tanja, die Frau an der Kette
1922
Turfpiraten
1922
Das Mädel von Picadilly
1921
Trix, der Roman einer Millionärin
1921
Miss Beryll... die Laune eines Millionärs
1921
Monte Carlo
1921
Die schwarze Schmach
1921
Anna Karenina
1920
Der Apachenlord
1920
Die Marchesa d'Arminiani
1920 · Lothar von Raff
Der Amönenhof
1920
Different from the Others
1919 · Kurt Sivers
Kill No More!
1919
When Four Do the Same
1917 · Tobias Schmalzstich, Lehrling
Ossis Tagebuch
1917 · Fritz