Bruno Ziener

Bruno Ziener
Born	11 June 1870 Zwickau, Saxony
Died	9 February 1941 (1941-02-10) (aged 70) Berlin, Nazi Germany
Occupation(s)	Film actor Film director
Years active	1913-1941

Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 February 1941) was a German film actor and director. He appeared in over 100 films between 1913 and 1941. He also directed 28 silent films such as The Flight into Death (1921).

He was married to stage and film actress Manny Ziener.

Selected filmography

Director

• The Beggar Countess (1918)
• Maria (1919)
• The Flight into Death (1921)

Actor

• Die große Sünderin (1914) - Bankier Hausmann
• Lottekens Feldzug (1915)
• Der Brieföffner (1916) - Mörder
• Im Joche des Schicksals (1916) - Bankier Karl Heidinger
• Professor Erichsons Rivale (1916) - Prof. Dircksen
• Aussage verweigert (1916)
• Die Reise ins Jenseits (1916) - Herzog
• Der Schloßschrecken (1916)
• Der Fakir im Frack (1916) - Der Fakir im Frack
• The Night Talk (1917) - Jan Routt
• Das Nachtgespräch (1917)
• Königliche Bettler (1917)
• Aus vergessenen Akten (1917)
• Ein scharfer Schuss (1917)
• Der Fall Dombronowska...! (1917) - Kunstmaler Rietz
• Der Dieb (1918) - Benno, Freiherr von Lancken
• Das Tagebuch des Apothekers Warren (1918)
• Verworrene Wege (1918)
• Die Glocken der Katharinenkirche (1918)
• Indian Revenge (1920)
• Evening – Night – Morning (1920) - Cheston - Maud's lover
• Die Geheimnisse von New York (1920)
• Der Unheimliche (1922)
• Der falsche Prinz (1922) - Der Sterndeuter des Sultans
• I.N.R.I. (1923) - Simon Petrus
• Wood Love (1925) - Milon - General of the Greeks
• Guillotine (1925)
• The Circus Princess (1925)
• Bismarck (1925)
• The Director General (1925)
• The Bank Crash of Unter den Linden (1926) - Dr. Schumann
• Der Mann aus dem Jenseits (1926) - Rechtsanwalt
• State Attorney Jordan (1926) - Vorsitzender
• Bismarck 1862-1898 (1927)
• Out of the Mist (1927) - Jakob Hellmich
• Children's Souls Accuse You (1927) - Josef - Diener
• Ein Tag der Rosen im August... (1927) - Bankpräsident
• The Girl with the Five Zeros (1927) - Müller, Lotteriekollekteur
• The Prince of Rogues (1928) - Der alte Bückler
• Panic (1928)
• The Strange Night of Helga Wangen (1928) - Kaspar
• Eddy Polo in the Wasp's Nest (1928) - Diener bei Clarens
• Taxi at Midnight (1929) - W.S. Pinkus
• The Crimson Circle (1929) - Kriminalkommissar
• A Small Down Payment on Bliss (1929) - Ein alter Roué
• The Woman One Longs For (1929) - Diener
• Inherited Passions (1929)
• Durchs Brandenburger Tor. Solang noch Untern Linden... (1929) - Professor Berghaus
• Dear Homeland (1929)
• Men Without Work (1929) - Dupont
• A Mother's Love (1929)
• Anesthesia (1929) - Arzt
• The Call of the North (1929)
• The Mistress and her Servant (1929) - Baumgartner
• Dangers of the Engagement Period (1930) - Miller
• Police Spy 77 (1930)
• Das Mädel aus U.S.A. (1930) - Petroleumskönig
• Dreyfus (1930) - Alphonse Bertillon
• A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930)
• 1914 (1931) - Count von Schön
• The Man Who Murdered (1931) - Prospère - Diener bei Sévigné
• M (1931) - (uncredited)
• The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
• Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931) - Jeweler
• The Victor (1932)
• Johnny Steals Europe (1932) - Rittmeister
• The Eleven Schill Officers (1932)
• The Heath Is Green (1932)
• Trenck (1932) - Alvensleben, Minister
• Marschall Vorwärts (1932) - Humboldt
• Ship Without a Harbour (1932)
• The Innocent Country Girl (1933) - Ein Fahrgast
• Manolescu, der Fürst der Diebe (1933)
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
• Heimat am Rhein (1933) - Ein Freund von Andreas
• Hearts are Trumps (1934)
• Mother and Child (1934)
• Artisten (1935)
• His Late Excellency (1935)
• Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936)
• Escapade (1936)
• The Hour of Temptation (1936)
• Family Parade (1936)
• The Glass Ball (1937)
• Tango Notturno (1937)
• Talking About Jacqueline (1937)
• Land of Love (1937)
• Diamonds (1937)
• Fanny Elssler (1937)
• Red Orchids (1938)
• The Night of Decision (1938)
• Bel Ami (1939)
• Water for Canitoga (1939)
• The Journey to Tilsit (1939)
• Passion (1940)
• The Gasman (1941)
• The Swedish Nightingale (1941)

Bibliography

• Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

• Bruno Ziener at IMDb