Paul Czinner

Paul Czinner From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Question book-new.svg This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009) Paul Czinner (30 May 1890 – 22 June 1972) was a writer, film director, and producer.

Czinner was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. After studying literature and philosophy at the University of Vienna, he worked as a journalist. From 1919 onward, he dedicated himself to work for the filming industry as writer, director and producer. In 1924, he offered the leading role in his film Nju to Elisabeth Bergner. They became partners, and after the persecution of the Jewish people by Adolf Hitler they fled to Vienna and then London, where they were married. Despite Czinner's homosexuality, the union proved a happy and personally and professionally enriching union for both partners. 1934 saw the realisation of his film Katharina die Grosse, with his wife playing the main role, although the film was not shown in Germany. They emigrated to the United States in 1940, working on Broadway.

After the end of World War II, they returned to England, where Czinner made numerous successful opera movies (e.g. Don Giovanni, Der Rosenkavalier).

He died on 22 June 1972 in London, England, at the age of 82.

Selected filmography[edit] Inferno (1919) Nju (1924) Jealousy (1925) The Fiddler of Florence (1926) Doña Juana (1927) Fräulein Else (1929) The Way of Lost Souls (released in USA as The Woman He Scorned) (1929) Ariane (1931) Dreaming Lips (1932) Ariane, Russian maid; Mélo (1932) Catherine the Great (1934) Escape Me Never (1935) As You Like It, based on Shakespeare (1936) Dreaming Lips (1937) Stolen Life (1939) Dreaming Lips (1953) Don Giovanni, based on Mozart's opera. (1954) The Bolshoi Ballet (1958) The Royal Ballet (1959) Der Rosenkavalier, based on the opera by Richard Strauss (1962) Romeo and Juliet, ballet film starring Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn (1966) External links[edit] Paul Czinner at IMDB [show] v t e The films of Paul Czinner Stub icon This article about a film director is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Stub icon This article about a film producer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Flag of AustriaBiography icon This Austrian biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.