Writing

Franz Schulz

Place of birth

Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Austrian playwright and screenwriter.

Known for

Behind the camera

The Three from the Filling Station poster
6.1

Willy, Kurt and Hans are broke, so they sell their car and open a filling station. Then, they all fall in love with the same girl.

The Three from the Filling Station

1930

Down in San Diego poster
6.7

A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San Diego, and suspect that a foreign espionage ring is at work trying to find out military secrets.

Down in San Diego

1941

The Night Is Young poster
6.0

Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with ballet dancer Lisl Gluck.

The Night Is Young

1935

Bombs Over Monte Carlo poster
6.4

The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen.

Bombs Over Monte Carlo

1931

The Lottery Lover poster
4.3

A crew of young military-school cadets are enjoying their first weekend in Paris. Frank Harrington, a girl-shy cadet, wins the lottery which "They" have organized, an Frank wins the right to woo the star of the Folies Bergere, Gaby Aimee, with her garter serving as proof of conquest. Meanwhile Frank has found the one girl-of-his-heart, Patty, and this serves to complicate matters.

The Lottery Lover

1935

No artwork available
8.0

In the nineteenth century a young Jewish woman living in the part of Poland controlled by Austria, meets an Austrian Count at a ball held by one of her father's business associates. After he rescues her from the unwanted attentions of a Polish army officer, they fall in love.

Judith Trachtenberg

1920

Bright Eyes poster
7.0

Jenny, a cheerful kitchen maid at the Paris-style Palais de Luxe, is hopelessly in love with charming head waiter Jean—only to be stood up when he forgets their planned tryst in favor of the hotel’s glamorous dancer, Lola. Humiliated and on the verge of arrest for “stealing” champagne, Jenny hides backstage where she’s mistaken for a performer, wows the crowd with an impromptu dance, and finally wins Jean’s heart.

Bright Eyes

1929

My Cousin From Warsaw poster
6.0

Meine Kusine aus Warschau (My Cousin From Warsaw) was based on a stage play by Louis Verneuil. It's a romantic farce, with the heroine posing as her own cousin to carry on two amours at once.

My Cousin From Warsaw

1931

The Fighting Guardsman poster
8.5

A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.

The Fighting Guardsman

1945

Artisten - Im Zauber der Manege poster
10.0

The magic of the circus stables. Controversies and small private conflicts between the artists, clowns and entertainers.

Artisten - Im Zauber der Manege

1928

Adventure in Diamonds poster
6.0

A government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John Loder) smuggle diamonds out of South Africa.

Adventure in Diamonds

1940

Born to Sing poster
5.4

A group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real composer of a Broadway show's songs.

Born to Sing

1942

Paris in Spring poster
7.0

Afraid of marriage, Simone (Mary Ellis) breaks off her long term engagement with her fiancé Paul de Lille (Tullio Carminati). Paul heads to the top of The Eiffel Tower with thoughts of suicide. In another part of Paris and also afraid of marriage, Mignon (Ida Lupino) breaks it off from her young lover (James Blakely). Despairing, Mignon also climbs to the top of the The Eiffel Tower intending to leap to her death. There she meets Paul and the two compare stories. After discussion, Paul dissuades her from leaping and the two conspire to make their respective partners jealous by pretending to have an affair with each other.

Paris in Spring

1935

Sunshine Susie poster
7.2

Sunshine Susie was a remake of the German film Die Privatsekretärin, and retained many of the originals general characteristics. Renete Muller who starred in the original, was again cast as the country girl seeking fame and fortune in the big city. She takes a secretarial job at a bank, and sets about catching the heart of her boss, Herr Hasel.

Sunshine Susie

1931

What Women Dream poster
8.2

In this pre-WWII German mystery-comedy, a lovely kleptomaniac with a taste for fine jewelry is unable to resist temptation. Strangely, every time she steals something, a mysterious man pays for it. A clumsy detective begins investigating and finds a crucial clue: a strongly scented woman's glove. The perfume is an expensive scent and the detective's pal realizes that it belongs to a popular nightclub singer. The friend quickly becomes enamored of the girl, but then so does her mystery man, a notorious international criminal. Eventually he gets arrested, leaving the detective's pal to move in on the singer.

What Women Dream

1933

Two Hearts Beat as One poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Two Hearts Beat as One

1932

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Räuberbande

1928

Dyckerpotts Erben poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dyckerpotts Erben

1928

Delikatessen poster
6.5

Friends Franz and Bela work in a deli belonging to Mr. Wallis. Franz is the manager and Bela a salesclerk. Both get to know the lovely Lilo. But while Bela is rebuffed, the charming womanizer Franz is more successful. After a boisterous celebration in the deli, Mr. Wallis tells Franz to get lost and hires Lilo as a new salesperson. Franz and Bela take a job at Mr. Markow's deli across the street and a serious competition begins between the two delis for survival.

Delikatessen

1930

Two Worlds poster
NR

German language version of Two Worlds.

Two Worlds

1930

Love's Carnival poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Love's Carnival

1929

Girls to Marry poster
5.5

Three brothers lead the life of bachelors and their rent is overdue. The landlord who also happens to be a matchmaker tries to marry off the oldest brother to a rich girl.

Girls to Marry

1932

The Two Worlds poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Two Worlds

1930

Amourous Adventure poster
7.0

When the husband of a rich lady is unfaithful, she plays the role of a chambermaid to a less prominent man.

Amourous Adventure

1932

Art of Love poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Art of Love

1928

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Raub der Sabinerinnen

1928

The Golden Abyss poster
8.0

An eccentric millionaire brings together four men who, under different circumstances, wanted to commit suicide. The proposal made to them is the following: they will travel to an islet that, according to legend, emerged from the sea when Atlantis sank and that houses a fabulous treasure buried by the Incas. But that territory is populated by the worst band of pirates and evildoers the world has ever known.

The Golden Abyss

1927

The Convict from Stamboul poster
6.5

Zezi, on being released from prison for smuggling, is ordered to leave the country. His incarceration has not lessened his craving for female society, but he finds his mistress false. A young girl, trying to sell vacuum-cleaners, calls at his home. Half-starved, she collapses. The blackleg’s heart is touched, and he befriends her. Gratitude on her side develops to love. Though she takes the place of the false one, she urges the man to marry her. This he does, though he has a wife, from whom he is separated.

The Convict from Stamboul

1929

I Marry My Husband poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

I Marry My Husband

1931

Fuhrmann Henschel poster
6.3

The simple and good-natured coachman Henschel has a sick wife and a deceitful maid who looks after the household. The wife makes him promise never to marry the maid. But after his wife's death, Henschel succumbs to the temptation of the maid.

Fuhrmann Henschel

1956

Der Erzieher meiner Tochter poster
9.0

An American billionaire's daughter is obsessed with the idea of marrying a count. Her father would prefer her to marry the son of a competitor. So he comes up with the idea of hiring the dashing Heinz to spoil her aristocratic ways. Heinz introduces himself to her as Count Rüttow-Mallwitz and takes her to Europe. There, the two fall in love, but when she finds out about the scam, she indignantly takes the next ship and returns to America. It is only on the crossing that Heinz manages to convince her that he really loves her

Der Erzieher meiner Tochter

1930

The Private Secretary poster
6.5

During hard times, a vivacious girl looks for an office job in the hope of landing a rich man.The director of the bank she works at flirts with her while not at first revealing his identity so she rejects him.

The Private Secretary

1931

Two Hearts in Waltz Time poster
7.2

Nicky and Vicky, two librettists who also happen to be brothers, are presently in collaboration with composer Toni. All too aware of Toni's amorous escapades, Nicky and Vicky try to keep the existence of their pretty sister Hedi a secret. Suffering from an acute case of writers' block (he has yet to find an inspiration for his next production), Toni throws a huge party, which is boycotted by his friends and associates so that he'll keep his mind on his work.

Two Hearts in Waltz Time

1930

The Road to Paradise poster
7.0

Willy, Jean and Guy are broke, so they sell their car and open a filling station. Then they all fall in love for the same girl. Simultaneously filmed French version of the German musical "Die Drei von der Tankstelle".

The Road to Paradise

1930

Leap Into Life poster
8.0

A young intellectual falls in love with a circus performer and decides to cultivate her into a lady and marry her. Eventually however she decides to return to her tightrope walker lover.

Leap Into Life

1924

Captain Craddock poster
7.0

The mystery passenger on Craddock's ship is his country's queen.When he loses money she's entrusted to him at roulette, he threatens to bomb Monte Carlo unless his loss is restored.

Captain Craddock

1931

Va Banque poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Va Banque

1930

Adventure on the Lido poster
5.7

The already successful tenor Mattei is discovered after he already retired into private life. Der Wiener Staatsoper place a significant part in this musical comedy drama.

Adventure on the Lido

1933

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Prince or Clown

1928

Father and Son poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Father and Son

1929