Otto Kreisler

Austrian film director (1890–1970)

Otto Kreisler
Born	1 November 1890 Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	1970 London, United Kingdom
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1918-1922 (film)

Otto Kreisler (1890–1970) was an Austrian film director of the silent era. Kreisler was of Jewish background, and directed films with largely Jewish themes such as The Jewess of Toledo and Theodor Herzl, Standard-Bearer of the Jewish People.^[1] He was later forced to emigrate to Britain due to the Nazis.

Selected filmography

Summer Idyll (1916)
The Jewess of Toledo (1919)
Maria Magdalena (1919)
Wandering Jew (1920)
Theodor Herzl (1921)
Ludwig II (1922)

References

^ Holmes & Silverman p.154

Bibliography

Holmes, Deborah & Silverman, Lisa. Interwar Vienna: Culture Between Tradition and Modernity. Camden House, 2009.
Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub, 2005.