Willy Zeyn (director)

Willy Zeyn (1876-1946) was a German film director and screenwriter of the silent era.[1] His son Willy Zeyn became a film editor and producer.

Willy Zeyn
Born	30 June 1876 Hamburg, German Empire
Died	9 August 1946 Munich, Germany
Occupation	Director, Screenwriter
Years active	1911-1924 (film)

Selected filmography

• The Gambler (1919)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1920) aka Der Hund von Baskerville[2]
• The Dance of Love and Happiness (1921)
• The New Paradise (1921)
• The Passenger in Compartment Seven (1922)

References

1. Elsaesser & Wedel p.305
2. Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 222.ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

Bibliography

• Thomas Elsaesser & Michael Wedel. A Second Life: German Cinema's First Decades.

External links

• Willy Zeyn at IMDb