Arzén von Cserépy (1881–1958) was a
Hungarian screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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,
film producer
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and
director who was based in
Germany. He ran his own production company
Cserépy-Film until it was merged into the larger
UFA empire. von Cserépy became associated with a series of films about the
Prussian monarch
Frederick the Great. He was sometimes credited as Arzén Cserépy.
Selected filmography
Screenwriter
* ''
The Armoured Vault
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'' (1914)
* ''
Marshal Forwards'' (1932)
Producer
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'' (1920)
* ''
Mary Magdalene
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'' (1920)
* ''
The Girl from Acker Street'' (1920)
* ''
A Day on Mars
''A Day on Mars'' (German: ''Ein Tag auf dem Mars'') is a 1921 German silent sci-fi comedy film directed by Heinz Schall and starring Lilly Flohr, Hermann Picha and Gerhard Ritterband. It premiered in Berlin on 20 February 1921.Grange p.86
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'' (1921)
* ''
Fridericus Rex'' (1922-1923)
* ''
Old Heidelberg'' (1923)
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Strong Winds
''Strong Winds'' (German: ''Windstärke 9. Die Geschichte einer reichen Erbin'') is a 1924 German silent film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Maria Kamradek, Alwin Neuss and Albert Bennefeld.Das Ufa-Buch p.126
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'' (1924)
* ''
The Hymn of Leuthen'' (1933)
Director
* ''
Seltsame Köpfe'' (1916)
* ''
Colomba'' (1918)
* ''
Pandora's Box'' (1921)
* ''
Fridericus Rex'' (1922)
* ''
The Hymn of Leuthen'' (1933)
* ''
A Woman With Power of Attorney'' (1934)
* ''
Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne!'' (1935)
* ''
Landslide
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'' (1940)
Bibliography
* Kaes, Anton. ''Shell Shock Cinema: Weimar Culture and the Wounds of War''. Princeton University Press, 2009.
* Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa story: a history of Germany's greatest film company, 1918-1945''. University of California Press, 1999.
External links
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1881 births
1958 deaths
German-language film directors
Hungarian film directors
Film people from Budapest
Hungarian expatriates in Germany
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