Fedor Ozep or Fyodor Otsep (, ''Fyodor Aleksandrovich Otsep''; February 9, 1895 – June 20, 1949) was a Russian-American film director and screenwriter, born in

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. An important early writer on film and film theory, he served as dramaturge for the Mezhrabpomfilm-Rus company and wrote a number of films for directors such as V.I. Pudovkin and

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before turning to directing in 1926. Ozep was born into a Jewish merchant family in Moscow; his parents Khonon and Basya Otsep owned an umbrella factory. During the production of ''

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'' in Germany, he decided to remain and worked throughout Europe during the 1930s, enjoying international acclaim for films including '' The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov'' and '' Amok''. With the advent of World War II he moved to Hollywood but was unable to establish a career there, directing only one film. His last two films were made in Canada. He died of a heart attack in

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in 1949.

Filmography

* '' The Queen of Spades'' (1916, dir.

), screenwriter * ''Metel'' (1918, dir.

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), screenwriter * '' Polikushka'' (1922, dir.

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), screenwriter * '' The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom'' (1924, dir.

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), screenwriter * '' The Stationmaster'' (1925, dir. Ivan Moskvin,

), screenwriter * '' Aelita'' (1924, dir.

), screenwriter * ''

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'' (1926, dir. Fedor Ozep,

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), director and screenwriter * '' The Yellow Ticket'' (1928), director and screenwriter * '' The Doll With Millions'' (1928, dir. Sergei Komarov), screenwriter * ''

'' (1929), director and screenwriter * '' The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov'' (1931), director and screenwriter **There were two

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made at the same time, one in French and one in German, German language film co-director:

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* ''Mirages de Paris'' (1933), director and screenwriter * ''Großstadtnacht'' (1933), director and screenwriter **''Großstadtnacht'' and ''Mirages de Paris'' were two

of the same film, made at the same time, one in French and one in German * '' Amok'' (1934), director * '' A Woman Alone'' (1936, dir.

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), screenwriter * ' (1937), director and screenwriter * ''

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'' (1938), director * '' Princess Tarakanova'' (1938), director and screenwriter **There were two

made at the same time, one in French and one in Italian, Italian language film co-director:

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* ''

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'' (1943, dir. Fedor Ozep, Henry S. Kesler), director * ''Cero en conducta'' (1945, dir. Fedor Ozep, José María Téllez), director * '' The Music Master (Le Père Chopin)'' (1945), director * '' Whispering City'' (1947), director * '' La Forteresse'' (1947), director **''Whispering City'' and ''La Forteresse'' were two

of the same film, made at the same time, one in English and one in French

References

External links

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"The Erased Auteur: Rediscovering Fedor Ozep"
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