Acting
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.
Filmography
Die Perle – Aus dem Tagebuch einer Hausgehilfin
Series · 1969
Sacred Waters
Film · 1960
Die unvollkommene Ehe
Film · 1959
Die ganze Welt singt nur Amore
Film · 1956
The Light of Love
Film · 1954
Ich und meine Frau
Film · 1953
Dilemma
Film · 1940
Salto in die Seligkeit
Film · 1934
The Constant Nymph
Film · 1933
Waltz Time
Film · 1933
Das Tankmädel
Film · 1933
Tell Me Who You Are
Film · 1933
Sehnsucht 202
Film · 1932
Montparnasse Girl
Film · 1932
The Song of Night
Film · 1932
Ja, treu ist die Soldatenliebe
Film · 1932
My Cousin From Warsaw
Film · 1931
The rejuvenated Adolar
Film · 1931
The Spanish Fly
Film · 1931
The love doctor
Film · 1931
Duty Is Duty
Film · 1931
Einer Frau muß man alles verzeih'n
Film · 1931
The Beggar Student
Film · 1931
Kasernenzauber
Film · 1931
The Soaring Maiden
Film · 1931
Headlong into happiness
Film · 1931
The Battle of Bademuende
Film · 1931
The Stork Goes on Strike
Film · 1931
Only You
Film · 1930
Mein Herz gehört Dir...
Film · 1930
A waltz in the sleeping compartment
Film · 1930
The Inn at the Rhine
Film · 1930
Schoeller's Boarding House
Film · 1930
Alimente
Film · 1930
Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous
Film · 1930
Three Days in the Guardhouse
Film · 1930
Tonight - Eventually
Film · 1930
Wenn Du noch eine Heimat hast
Film · 1930
Dear Homeland
Film · 1929
Möblierte Zimmer
Film · 1929
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Film · 1928
Kaczmarek
Film · 1928
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
Film · 1927
Die Frau mit dem Etwas
Film · 1925
Das Spiel mit dem Schicksal
Film · 1924
Cold Heart
Film · 1924
C.d.E.
Film · 1922
Tanja, die Frau an der Kette
Film · 1922
Turfpiraten
Film · 1922
Lola Montez, the King’s Dancer
Film · 1922
Die schwarze Schmach
Film · 1921
Miss Beryll... die Laune eines Millionärs
Film · 1921
Das Mädel von Picadilly
Film · 1921
Trix, der Roman einer Millionärin
Film · 1921
Monte Carlo
Film · 1921
Der Amönenhof
Film · 1920
Anna Karenina
Film · 1920
Der Apachenlord
Film · 1920
Die Marchesa d'Arminiani
Film · 1920
Different from the Others
Film · 1919
Kill No More!
Film · 1919
When Four Do the Same
Film · 1917
Ossis Tagebuch
Film · 1917