Carl Froelich

Biography

Carl August Hugo Froelich was a German film pioneer, film director, screenwriter and photographer. As cameraman for Oskar Messter's weekly newsreels Froelich filmed among many other things the aftermath of a train accident on the Berlin elevated railway on 28 September 1908, one of the worst transport disasters of the time. In 1913 Froelich made his directorial debut with "Richard Wagner". Between 1913 and 1951 he made 77 feature films.

Directed

1. Mädchen in Uniform (1931) — Director
2. The Four Companions (1938) — Director
3. The Life and Works of Richard Wagner (1913) — Director
4. Homeland (1938) — Director
5. It Was a Gay Ballnight (1939) — Director
6. Der Gasmann (1941) — Director
7. The Heart of a Queen (1940) — Director
8. Traumulus (1936) — Director
9. The Buchholz Family (1944) — Director
10. The Anthem of Leuthen (1933) — Director
11. Wedding in Barenhof (1942) — Director
12. If We All Were Angels (1936) — Director
13. The Growing Youth (1933) — Director
14. Such Great Foolishness (1937) — Director
15. Liselotte of the Palatinate (1935) — Director
16. Top Sergeant Schwenke (1935) — Director
17. Die Umwege des schönen Karl (1938) — Director
18. Hans in Every Street (1930) — Director
19. Trouble with Jolanthe (1934) — Director
20. I Was Jack Mortimer (1935) — Director
21. Ikarus, the Flying Man (1918) — Director
22. I for You, You for Me (1934) — Director
23. Fire in the Opera House (1930) — Director
24. The Night Belongs to Us (1929) — Director
25. Tenant Schulze against everyone (1932) — Director
26. Drei Mädchen spinnen (1950) — Director
27. Marriage of Affection (1944) — Director
28. Stips (1951) — Director
29. Der Taugenichts (1922) — Director
30. Die Liebschaften der Käthe Keller (1919) — Director
31. Die Verführten (1919) — Director
32. Luise, Queen of Prussia (1931) — Director
33. Gitta Discovers Her Heart (1932) — Director
34. Liebe im Kuhstall (1928) — Director
35. This One or None (1932) — Director
36. Refuge (1928) — Director
37. Volldampf voraus! (1934) — Director
38. Frühlingsmärchen (1934) — Director
39. Die Flammen lügen (1926) — Director
40. Violantha (1928) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Toteninsel (1921)