Fritz Schulz

Acting · Directing · Writing

Born April 25, 1896, Karlsbad, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic]

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 — Professor Goldschmidt
• 1960Sacred Waters — Der Dorfpfarrer
• 1959Die unvollkommene Ehe — Ernst Fiala - Bürovorsteher
• 1956Die ganze Welt singt nur Amore — Paul Fiala, ihr Vater, Musikprofessor
• 1954The Light of Love — Dr. Franz Kellermann
• 1953Ich und meine Frau — Ernst Noak
• 1951Gruß und Kuss aus der Wachau — Director
• 1940Dilemma — Mister Reed
• 1936Skeppsbrutne Max — Director
• 1935Last Love — Director
• 1934Ende schlecht, alles gut — Director
• 1934Salto in die Seligkeit — Fritz Wiesinger, Director
• 1933Das Tankmädel — Hubert Krell
• 1933Tell Me Who You Are — Dr. Claudius Berger
• 1933The Constant Nymph — Jacob Birnbaum
• 1933Waltz Time — Fritz Eisenstein
• 1932Ja, treu ist die Soldatenliebe — Bimbo
• 1932Montparnasse Girl — André Laboudèle
• 1932Sehnsucht 202 — Bobby
• 1932The Song of Night — Koretzky
• 1931Duty Is Duty — Kaczmarek
• 1931Einer Frau muß man alles verzeih'n — Fritz Meyer, Weinreisender
• 1931Headlong into happiness — Marcel Durant
• 1931Kasernenzauber — Husar Hintertupfer
• 1931My Cousin From Warsaw — Fred Carteret
• 1931The Battle of Bademuende — Franz - Infanterist
• 1931The Beggar Student — Jan
• 1931The Soaring Maiden — Paul Brandt
• 1931The Spanish Fly — Heinrich Meisel
• 1931The Stork Goes on Strike — Harry
• 1931The love doctor — Sally Hobbs
• 1931The rejuvenated Adolar — Dr. Bruno Stürmer, Hertas Gatte
• 1930A waltz in the sleeping compartment — Günther
• 1930Alimente — Anton Kulicke
• 1930Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous — Claude
• 1930Mein Herz gehört Dir... — Tjurkod
• 1930Only You — Georg Lenz
• 1930Schoeller's Boarding House — Jallings
• 1930The Inn at the Rhine — Stud. jur. Heinz Babinger
• 1930There is a woman who will never forget you — Writer
• 1930Three Days in the Guardhouse — Max Plettke
• 1930Tonight - Eventually — Teddy
• 1930Wenn Du noch eine Heimat hast — Stutz
• 1929Dear Homeland
• 1929Möblierte Zimmer
• 1928Kaczmarek
• 1928Tales from the Vienna Woods
• 1927Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed!
• 1925Die Frau mit dem Etwas — Gustav Lenz
• 1924Cold Heart — Peter Munk
• 1924Das Spiel mit dem Schicksal — Heinrich Höther
• 1922C.d.E.
• 1922Lola Montez, the King’s Dancer — Junger Venezianer
• 1922Tanja, die Frau an der Kette
• 1922Turfpiraten
• 1921Das Mädel von Picadilly
• 1921Die schwarze Schmach
• 1921Miss Beryll... die Laune eines Millionärs
• 1921Monte Carlo
• 1921Trix, der Roman einer Millionärin
• 1920Anna Karenina
• 1920Der Amönenhof
• 1920Der Apachenlord
• 1920Die Marchesa d'Arminiani — Lothar von Raff
• 1919Different from the Others — Kurt Sivers
• 1919Kill No More!
• 1917Ossis Tagebuch — Fritz
• 1917When Four Do the Same — Tobias Schmalzstich, Lehrling