Arzén von Cserépy (1881–1958) was a Hungarian

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, film producer and

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who was based in

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. 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

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monarch

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. He was sometimes credited as Arzén Cserépy. Cserépy joined the

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in January 1932.

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R 9361-IX KARTEI/5600879.

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

* '' The Armoured Vault'' (1914) * '' Marshal Forwards'' (1932)

Producer

* ''

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'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' The Girl from Acker Street'' (1920) * '' A Day on Mars'' (1921) * ''

Fridericus Rex ''Fridericus Rex'' (German: ''Fridericus Rex - 1. Teil: Sturm und Drang'') is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Arzén von Cserépy and starring Otto Gebühr, Albert Steinrück and Gertrud de Lalsky. It portrays the life of t ...

'' (1922-1923) * '' Old Heidelberg'' (1923) * '' Strong Winds'' (1924) * '' The Hymn of Leuthen'' (1933)

Director

* '' Seltsame Köpfe'' (1916) * '' Colomba'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1921) * ''

'' (1922) * '' The Hymn of Leuthen'' (1933) * ''

A Woman With Power of Attorney ''A Woman With Power of Attorney'' (German: ''Ein Mädchen mit Prokura'') is a 1934 German drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous ...

'' (1934) * '' Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne!'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1940) * '' Let's Love Each Other'' (1941)

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.

References

External links

* 1881 births 1958 deaths German-language film directors Hungarian film directors Film people from Budapest Hungarian expatriates in Germany Nazi Party members {{Hungary-film-director-stub