Max Zilzer (23 November 1868, in

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– 1943, in

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) was a Hungarian-born

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and

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. Zilzer was

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and died under interrogation by the

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during World War II. He was the father of actor

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Selected filmography

* '' He This Way, She That Way'' (1915) * '' The Secret of the American Docks'' (1919) * '' The Eyes of the World'' (1920) * ''

The Bull of Olivera ''The Bull of Olivera'' (german: Der Stier von Olivera) is a 1921 German silent historical drama film directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Emil Jannings. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by ...

'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1924) * ''

Cock of the Roost ''Cock of the Roost'' (german: Der Hahn im Korb) is a 1925 German silent film, silent comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Reinhold Schünzel, Elga Brink and Maly Delschaft. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter R ...

'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' Girl in the Moon'' (1929) * ''

A Student's Song of Heidelberg ''A Student's Song of Heidelberg'' (German: ''Ein Burschenlied aus Heidelberg'') is a 1930 German musical film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Hans Brausewetter, Betty Bird and Willi Forst. It marked Hartl's directoral debut.Bock & Bergfeld ...

'' (1930) * ''

Raid in St. Pauli ''Raid in St. Pauli'' (German: ''Razzia in St. Pauli'') is a 1932 German drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Gina Falckenberg, Friedrich Gnaß and Wolfgang Zilzer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willy Schiller. ...

'' (1932)

Bibliography

* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.

External links

* 1868 births 1943 deaths German male film actors German male stage actors German male silent film actors Male actors from Budapest 20th-century German male actors German people of Jewish descent Hungarian people of Jewish descent German Jews who died in the Holocaust {{Germany-film-actor-stub