Arzén von Cserépy

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.

Arzén von Cserépy
Born	17 July 1881 Budapest Austria-Hungary
Died	March 1958 (aged 76)
Other names	Arzén Cserépy, Konrad Wieder
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, Producer, Director
Years active	1914–1942

Cserépy joined the Nazi Party in January 1932.^[1]

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

• The Armoured Vault (1914)
• Marshal Forwards (1932)

Producer

• Catherine the Great (1920)
• Mary Magdalene (1920)
• The Girl from Acker Street (1920)
• A Day on Mars (1921)
• Fridericus Rex (1922-1923)
• Old Heidelberg (1923)
• Strong Winds (1924)
• The Hymn of Leuthen (1933)

Director

• Seltsame Köpfe (1916)
• Colomba (1918)
• Pandora's Box (1921)
• Fridericus Rex (1922)
• The Hymn of Leuthen (1933)
• A Woman With Power of Attorney (1934)
• Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne! (1935)
• Landslide (1940)
• On the Way Home (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.