Arzén von Cserépy
Directing
Biography
Arzén von Cserépy (1881–1958) was a Hungarian screenwriter, film producer 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.
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Colomba
The story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia of his military campaigns to make Prussia a major power in Europe.
The Anthem of Leuthen
The last part of Fridericus Rex's main focus is entirely on the battle after years of conflict with Austria, which allied itself with France and Russia finally opens against Prussia in 1756 in the Seven Years War.
Fridericus Rex - 4. Teil: Schicksalswende
Guy Walser killed the unscrupulous seducer of his sister Marguerite and had to spend several years as a Bagnos convict for this bloody deed . His past is like a brand on his social existence that he can never shake off. He married Lucienne and they had a lovely daughter, Lilly. Despite all the wealth that Guy has worked for, he remains an outcast who, as the title suggests, seeks nothing more than eternal peace for himself.
Ein Ausgestoßener, 2. Teil: Der ewige Friede
The film was an epic portrayal of the life of Catherine the Great of Russia.
Catherine the Great
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Marshal Forward
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Madame d'Ora
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Ein Mädchen mit Prokura
Robert Lambard, son of a respected Parisian banker, seduces Marguerite Walser, the sister of Guy Walser, a diligent general manager employed by his father. At these times, especially in the upper social class, such an act is of course not without social consequences, and so Guy, after learning about this relationship, demands Lambard junior to marry his sister in order to restore her "soiled" honor . But he just laughs about it and brusquely rejects this request. Since Monsieur Walser puts the family honor and that of his sister above everything else, a heated argument ensues, in which Guy summarily kills the "despoiler of Marguerite's honor". Now Guy's life is destroyed too, because he is put on trial for this bloody act. There will be a convictionmanslaughter for ten years behind bars. This punishment is connected with a deportation. For seven years, Walser spent the life of a Bagno convict in nowhere, he was an outcast.
Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
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Der Klub der Neun
The film takes place in Russia during the World War I. Three Hungarian POWs are on the run from their Russian captives. One of them gets shot down. Lieutenant Balogh and Miska, his servant, are brought before Szergej Dragow. The Russian offers to take them on to serve him. Balogh says yes, only to attempt to escape later.
The Captive of Gorod
Based on the play of the same name by Frank Wedekind.
Die Büchse der Pandora
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Nirwâna
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Éjfélre kiderül
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Nur nicht weich werden, Susanne!
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Fridericus Rex - 1. Teil: Sturm und Drang
Houses, now abandoned and empty, are being boarded up in Besence of the Ormányság. "Only-childism" is in fashion, due to the law that provides for the way in which landed properties are inherited. The birth of children that are "not desirable" is being prevented through illegal medical intervention, which is often responsible for the death of pregnant women. The happiness of János and Julis are also the victims of this attitude: their parents would not hear of another child.
Landslide
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Fridericus Rex - 3. Teil: Sanssouci
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Fridericus Rex - 2. Teil: Vater und Sohn
Lidi has lived in America for thirty years. She has raised her son, John, elegantly, while she herself is just getting by. One day John doesn't even recognize her and Lidi returns home in sorrow. Then she learns that her father, who she thought was dead, is alive, but she refuses to acknowledge his daughter. John, overcome with grief, comes to Hungary to find his mother. His millionaire American fiancée is soon forgotten by Klári, the Hungarian postmistress, only she is supposed to marry the miller...