Fedor Ozep or Fyodor Otsep (russian: Фёдор Алекса́ндрович О́цеп, ''Fyodor Aleksandrovich Otsep''; February 9, 1895 – June 20, 1949) was a Russian-American film director and screenwriter, born in

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. An important early writer on film and film theory, he served as dramaturge for the Mezhrabpomfilm-Rus company and wrote a number of films for directors such as V.I. Pudovkin and

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before turning to directing in 1926. Ozep was born into a Jewish merchant family in Moscow; his parents Khonon and Basya Otsep owned an umbrella factory.Address book «Вся Москва» (1900)
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'' in Germany, he decided to remain and worked throughout Europe during the 1930s, enjoying international acclaim for films including ''

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'' and '' Amok''. With the advent of World War II he moved to Hollywood but was unable to establish a career there, directing only one film. His last two films were made in Canada. He died of a heart attack in

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in 1949.

Filmography

* '' The Queen of Spades'' (1916, dir.

), screenwriter * ''Metel'' (1918, dir.

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), screenwriter * '' Polikushka'' (1922, dir.

Alexander Sanin Alexander Akimovich Sanin (russian: Александр Акимович Санин, né Shoenberg, Шёнберг; – 8 May 1956) was a Russian actor, director and acting teacher.

), screenwriter * ''

The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom ''The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom'' (russian: Папиросница от Моссельпрома, Papirosnitsa ot Mosselproma) is a 1924 Soviet film. The silent comedy film is directed by Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky and stars Igor Ilyinsky. Plot ...

'' (1924, dir.

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), screenwriter * '' The Stationmaster'' (1925, dir.

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), screenwriter * ''

Aelita ''Aelita'' (russian: Аэли́та, ), also known as ''Aelita: Queen of Mars'', is a 1924 Soviet silent science fiction film directed by Yakov Protazanov and produced at the Mezhrabpom-Rus film studio. It was based on Alexei Tolstoy's 1923 ...

'' (1924, dir.

), screenwriter * ''

Miss Mend ''Miss Mend'' (also known as ''The Adventures of the Three Reporters'') is a 1926 Soviet spy film, originally realised in three parts, directed by and starring Boris Barnet and Fyodor Otsep. It is loosely based on the books by Marietta Shaginya ...

'' (1926, dir. Fedor Ozep,

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), director and screenwriter * ''

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'' (1928), director and screenwriter * '' The Doll With Millions'' (1928, dir. Sergei Komarov), screenwriter * ''

'' (1929), director and screenwriter * ''

'' (1931), director and screenwriter **There were two versions made at the same time, one in French and one in German, German language film co-director:

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* ''Mirages de Paris'' (1933), director and screenwriter * ''Großstadtnacht'' (1933), director and screenwriter **''Großstadtnacht'' and ''Mirages de Paris'' were two versions of the same film, made at the same time, one in French and one in German * '' Amok'' (1934), director * '' A Woman Alone'' (1936, dir.

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), screenwriter * ' (1937), director and screenwriter * ''

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'' (1938), director * ''

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'' (1938), director and screenwriter **There were two versions made at the same time, one in French and one in Italian, Italian language film co-director:

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* ''

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'' (1943, dir. Fedor Ozep, Henry S. Kesler), director * ''Cero en conducta'' (1945, dir. Fedor Ozep, José María Téllez), director * '' The Music Master (Le Père Chopin)'' (1945), director * ''

Whispering City ''Whispering City'' (also known as ''Crime City'') is a 1947 black-and-white film noir directed by Fedor Ozep and starring Paul Lukas, Mary Anderson, and Helmut Dantine.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 23 ...

'' (1947), director * ''

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'' (1947), director **''Whispering City'' and ''La Forteresse'' were two versions of the same film, made at the same time, one in English and one in French

References

External links

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"The Erased Auteur: Rediscovering Fedor Ozep"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ozep, Fedor 1895 births 1949 deaths Mass media people from Moscow People from Moskovsky Uyezd Russian Jews Russian film directors Male screenwriters Russian male writers Silent film directors 20th-century Russian screenwriters 20th-century Russian male writers Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States Russian expatriates in France