Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 25, 1896
Died
May 09, 1972
Place of Birth
Karlsbad, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic]
Credits
68 titles
Fritz Schulz
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Die Perle – Aus dem Tagebuch einer Hausgehilfin
Professor Goldschmidt
Sacred Waters
Der Dorfpfarrer
Die unvollkommene Ehe
Ernst Fiala - Bürovorsteher
Die ganze Welt singt nur Amore
Paul Fiala, ihr Vater, Musikprofessor
The Light of Love
Dr. Franz Kellermann
Ich und meine Frau
Ernst Noak
Gruß und Kuss aus der Wachau
Director
Dilemma
Mister Reed
Skeppsbrutne Max
Director
Last Love
Director
Ende schlecht, alles gut
Director
Salto in die Seligkeit
Fritz Wiesinger
The Constant Nymph
Jacob Birnbaum
Das Tankmädel
Hubert Krell
Waltz Time
Fritz Eisenstein
Tell Me Who You Are
Dr. Claudius Berger
Sehnsucht 202
Bobby
Ja, treu ist die Soldatenliebe
Bimbo
The Song of Night
Koretzky
Montparnasse Girl
André Laboudèle
The Spanish Fly
Heinrich Meisel
Einer Frau muß man alles verzeih'n
Fritz Meyer, Weinreisender
Duty Is Duty
Kaczmarek
The rejuvenated Adolar
Dr. Bruno Stürmer, Hertas Gatte
The Soaring Maiden
Paul Brandt
The Battle of Bademuende
Franz - Infanterist
The Stork Goes on Strike
Harry
My Cousin From Warsaw
Fred Carteret
The love doctor
Sally Hobbs
The Beggar Student
Jan
Headlong into happiness
Marcel Durant
Kasernenzauber
Husar Hintertupfer
Three Days in the Guardhouse
Max Plettke
Schoeller's Boarding House
Jallings
A waltz in the sleeping compartment
Günther
Only You
Georg Lenz
Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous
Claude
The Inn at the Rhine
Stud. jur. Heinz Babinger
Tonight - Eventually
Teddy
There is a woman who will never forget you
Writer
Mein Herz gehört Dir...
Tjurkod
Alimente
Anton Kulicke
Wenn Du noch eine Heimat hast
Stutz
Dear Homeland
Möblierte Zimmer
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Kaczmarek
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
Die Frau mit dem Etwas
Gustav Lenz
Cold Heart
Peter Munk