2011, Martin Scorsese{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Scorsese", "gender": "Male" } His films are characterized by an unshakable belief in human dignity; a realist aesthetic; a preoccupation with moral and social issues; a warm and sympathetic treatment of character; an expert handling of actors; a meticulous attention to detail; consummate technical artistry; poetic restraint; and deliberately open endings. He was twenty-two but he said he felt older than the forty-year-olds in Hollywood. 1967, John Barry OBE{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "John Barry OBE", "gender": "Male" } Despite the financial panic then beginning, he found New York to be a different cultural environment:[3]:17, New York was a terrific experience, full of excitement, with a vitality and pace then totally lacking in Europe. His town -- symbol of a democracy gone soft -- faces a horrendous threat to its people's way of life. It was in the air and one sensed it at all levels, in school, at work and in society. 1960, Elizabeth Taylor{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth Taylor", "gender": "Female" } Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject: New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director: Academy Award for Best Director, Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: Academy Award for Best Director, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director, and Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: U.S. Congressional Lifetime Achievement Award, 1987. With the 2020 election approaching see the Trump family tree. A 1930s Scottish doctor (Sean Connery) goes climbing in the Alps with an infatuated niece (Betsy Brantley) he passes off as his wife. "[23], Zinnemann is often regarded as striking a blow against "ageism" in Hollywood. It was also an expression of Zinnemann's continued faith and optimism about America, with its energy and exuberance. When the young executive callowly asked Zinnemann to list what he had done in his career, Zinnemann delivered an elegant comeback by reportedly answering, "Sure. There was no ego, no asking for extra favors; there was the greatest consideration for her co-workers. The Men (1950) stars Marlon Brando as a paraplegic war veteran. See the Joe Biden family tree. His Other Children. The Day of the Jackal, a political thriller about an attempt to assassinate Charles de Gaulle, was shot on location in newsreel style, while Julia placed the characters in authentic settings, as in a suspenseful train journey from Paris to Moscow during World War II. [15] Sinatra would later win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. 1961, Burt Lancaster{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Burt Lancaster", "gender": "Male" } Death: December 18, 1997 (83-92) Immediate Family: Daughter of William Sidney Bartlett and Bella Maude Bartlett. Wife: Renee Bartlett (m. 1936) The film was based on the life of Marie Louise Habets. Born: 29-Apr-1907 Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Died: 14-Mar-1997 Location of death: London, England Cause of death: Heart Failure. FameChain has their amazing trees. The film starred Jane Fonda as Hellman and Vanessa Redgrave as her best friend Julia, a doomed American heiress who forsakes the safety and comfort of great wealth to devote her life to the anti-Nazi cause in Germany. [10]:3, His next film was A Hatful of Rain (1957), starring Don Murray, Eva Marie Saint and Anthony Franciosa, and was based on the play by Michael V. Gazzo. Zinnemann's next film, From Here to Eternity (1953), based on the novel by James Jones, was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and would go on to win 8, including Best Picture and Best Director. Nationality: United States Executive summary: From Here to Eternity. It was followed by Teresa (1951), starring Pier Angeli. He became disenchanted with Berlin after continually seeing decadent ostentation and luxury existing alongside desperate unemployment. ... Alfred Fred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an Austro-American film director. Fred Zinnemann, An Autobiography, London, Bloomsbury, 1992. He married Renee Bartlett on October 9, 1936 who remained with him till his death. [10]:86 He was further frustrated by his studio contract, which dictated that he did not have a choice in directing films like My Brother Talks to Horses (1947) and Little Mister Jim (1947) despite his lack of interest in their subject matter. The second best result is Renee A Bartlett age 60s in Jackson, CA. So, currently the list of the directors with seven of more Academy Award nominations for best director are Wyler, Scorsese, Wilder, Woody Allen, David Lean, Steven Spielberg and… wait for it… Fred Zinnemann. Sean Connery plays Douglas, a middle-aged Scottish doctor on vacation in the Alps in 1932 with a beautiful and fresh-faced young woman, Kate (Betsy Brantley), whom he introduces as his wife. He directed 19 actors to Oscar nominations, including Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift, Audrey Hepburn, Glynis Johns, Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Wendy Hiller, Jason Robards, Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Gary Cooper and Maximilian Schell. 1967, Frank Sinatra{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Sinatra", "gender": "Male" } The film was a risk for Zinnemann, since movie depictions of drug addiction and withdrawal were rare in the 1950s.[10]:3. You first." Set to be the next Supreme Court Judge. Start a FameChain Add to my FameChain. [13] During production he established a strong rapport with Gary Cooper, photographing the aging actor in many tight close-ups which showed him sweating, and at one point, even crying on screen. wife. Hepburn, who gave up the chance to play Anne Frank in order to work on The Nun's Story, considered the film to be her best and most personal work. This page was last edited on 17 March 2021, at 16:54. [3]:16, He arrived in New York at the end of October, 1929, at the time of the stock market crash. Working closely with cinematographer and longtime friend Floyd Crosby, he shot without filters, giving the landscape a harsh "newsreel" quality that clashed with the more painterly cinematography of John Ford's westerns. George Zinnemann. Oskar Zinnemann's grandchildren: 1949, View Renee Bartlett's Family Tree and History, Ancestry and Genealogy, Renee Bartlett's former husband was Fred Zinnemann, Renee Bartlett's grandson is David Zinnemann Renee Bartlett's granddaughter is Emily Zinnemann Renee Bartlett's granddaughter is Stephanie Zinnemann, Renee Bartlett's former daughter in law is Meg Tilly Renee Bartlett's former father in law was Oskar Zinnemann Renee Bartlett's former mother in law was Anna Zinnemann. They have also lived in Pine Grove, CA and San Jose, CA. Shot in war-ravaged Germany, the film stars Montgomery Clift in his screen debut as a GI who cares for a lost Czech boy traumatized by the war. About to send four astronauts to the ISS. Act of Violence by Mark Freeman © Copyright FameChain 2021, All rights reserved. [8], Although he was fascinated by the artistic culture of Germany, with its theater, music and films, he was also aware that the country was in a deep economic crisis. Fred Zinnemann (29 April 1907 – 14 March 1997) was an Austrian-American film director.He won Academy Awards for directing films in many genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir, and play adaptations.Nineteen actors appearing in Zinnemann's films received Academy Award nominations for their performances: among that number are Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Glynis Johns, Paul … She intended to send him a copy of the novel The Shiralee (later filmed with Peter Finch), but accidentally sent a copy of The Sundowners instead. To me it was the story of a man who must make a decision according to his conscience. In Hollywood, the story is known as "You First," and is often alluded to when veteran creators find that upstarts are unfamiliar with their work. He also had a younger brother. However, he only graduated with a law degree (not music) in 1927. Fox, for its part, turned to a recently-staged Broadway drama that had been lauded as one of the finest plays ever crafted on the subject of drug abuse, and tapped director Fred Zinnemann to bring playwright/actor Michael V. Gazzo's powerful A Hatful of Rain to film. […] He is, however, the subject of heroic assistance from anti-Nazi Germans. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. The film went on to win six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Scofield) and Best Director, Zinnemann's second such Oscar to date. While growing up in Austria, he wanted to become a musician, but went on to graduate with a law degree from the University of Vienna in 1927. [21] Zinnemann thought that Fonda's acting was extraordinary and she also deserved an Oscar. J. E. Smyth, "Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance", Univ. In August for an extraordinary film festival", "The Immigrant who Directed The American Classic High Noon", "Why Fred Zinnemann never mentioned his native Rzeszów? The film was also entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival. Renee Zinnemann (Bartlett) Birthdate: circa 1909. Mitchum and Kerr reunited for the Fred Zinnemann film, The Sundowners (1960), where they played husband and wife struggling in Depression-era Australia. John Huston Award, Artists Right Foundation, 1994. He had one son from the marriage named Timothy. The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry. Fred Zinnemann. After studying for a year at the Ecole Technique de Photographie et Cinématographie in Paris, he became a cameraman and found work on a number of films in Berlin, before emigrating to Hollywood. Sir Sean Connery stars in Fred Zinnemann's haunting tale of incestuous love set against a magnificent background of the Swiss Alps. 1949, John Huston{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "John Huston", "gender": "Male" } Meghan and Harry are now US based. Here, he studied both music and law. In a sense, the protagonist of the film is not the Tracy character but a humble German worker played by Hume Cronyn, who changes from Nazi sympathizer to active opponent of the regime as he aids Tracy. [8] Both of his parents were killed during the Holocaust. [17], Zinnemann's fortunes changed once again with A Man for All Seasons (1966), scripted by Robert Bolt from his own play and starring Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More, portraying him as a man driven by conscience to his ultimate fate. 1967, Lord Richard Attenborough CBE{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Lord Richard Attenborough CBE", "gender": "Male" } It is a story that still happens everywhere, every day. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Similarly, in A Hatful of Rain, he used a documentary style to present real life drug addiction in New York. The film was based on Anna Seghers' novel and, while filmed entirely on the MGM backlot, made realistic use of refugee German actors in even the smallest roles. He admits it. 1960, Zsa Zsa Gabor{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Zsa Zsa Gabor", "gender": "Female" } Early in his career, the Austrian-born future Oscar winner Fred Zinnemann codirected with Emilio Gómez Muriel the politically and emotionally searing Redes. His first big-budget film was The Seventh Cross (1944), starring Spencer Tracy.The two men admired each other, but did not get on very well. He won Academy Awards for directing films in many genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir, and play adaptations. Among his films were The Search (1947), The Men (1950), High Noon (1952), From Here to Eternity (1953), Oklahoma! Regarded as a consummate craftsman, Zinnemann traditionally endowed his work with meticulous attention to detail to create realism, and had an intuitive gift for casting and a preoccupation with the moral dilemmas of his characters. Zinnemann again incorporated newsreel footage in Behold a Pale Horse, about the Spanish Civil War. He says, "High Noon is "not a Western, as far as I'm concerned; it just happens to be set in the Old West. [28], In From Here to Eternity, for example, he effectively added actual newsreel footage of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which enhanced and dramatized the story. Explore how the celebrity world connects. Zinneman's remains were cremated at Kensal Green Cemetery and the cremated remains were collected from the cemetery. [3]:16 As a result of the changing political climate, along with the fact that sound films had arrived in Europe, which was technically unprepared to produce their own, film production throughout Europe slowed dramatically. [27], Zinnemann's training in documentary filmmaking and his personal background contributed to his style as a "social realist." In Oklahoma! Fred Zinnemann was born on April 29, 1907, in Vienna, Austria. Education. But he was jubilant because he was then certain that "this was the place one could breathe free and belong. Fred Zinnemann Alan Marcus ilm director Fred Zinnemann (1 907-1 997) was a consummate auteur. Prince adds that Zinnemann, having learned that both his parents died in the Holocaust, wanted Kane willing to "fight rather than run", unlike everyone else in town. Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-Reel: Golden Globe for Best Film Promoting International Understanding: "The Search" (1948). Alfred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an Austrian-born American film director. It was Brando's first film. He has been hiding from this man all the years since the end of the war. In the end, he must meet his chosen fate all by himself, his town's doors and windows firmly locked against him. Oklahoma! 1954, Walt Disney{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Walt Disney", "gender": "Male" }, Sir Laurence Olivier{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Sir Laurence Olivier", "gender": "Male" } Children Together. The central character—an escaped prisoner played by Tracy—is seen as comparatively passive and fatalistic. [10]:86, Zinnemann worked in Germany with several other beginners (Billy Wilder and Robert Siodmak also worked with him on the 1929 feature People on Sunday) after he studied filmmaking in France. Mother of Legendary Film Director Fred Zinnemann. Press of Mississippi, 2014. Dr. Oskar Szyja Zinnemann. He also said that regardless of the size of an actor's part, he spends much time discussing the roles with each actor separately and in depth. He told me that making a film was a great privilege, and you should never waste it. All relationship and family history information shown on FameChain has been compiled from data in the public domain. Join Facebook to connect with Renee Bartlett and others you may know. 1954, Marilyn Monroe{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Marilyn Monroe", "gender": "Female" } Renee is related to Marc Ellner and Andrew S Ellner as well as 2 additional people. (1955), Zinnemann's version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, the wide screen format Todd-AO made its debut, as did the film's young star, Shirley Jones. 11, no. In 1936, he married Renee Bartlett, who was born in Britain, where, beginning in 1963, they maintained their main home. Zinnemann, then only 21, got his parents' permission to go to America where he hoped filmmaking opportunities would be greater. With Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Leo McKern. He won four Academy Awards for directing and producing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play adaptations. [11] One of Zinnemann's first jobs in Hollywood was as an extra in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). 1968, Edith Evans{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Edith Evans", "gender": "Female" } Should you have information that conflicts with anything shown please make us aware by email. Zinnemann was intrigued by the opportunity to direct a film in which the audience would already be able to guess the ending (the Jackal failing his mission), and was pleased when it ultimately became a hit with the public. Act Of Violence (1949) - No Place To Go Frightened spouse Edith (Janet Leigh) calls Frank (Van Heflin) at the convention in L-A to warn him that Parkson (Robert Ryan) is on his trail, causing him to flee, and meet hooker Pat (Mary Astor) in a bar, in Fred Zinnemann's Act Of Violence, 1949. (1955), The Nun's Story (1959), A Man For All Seasons (1966), The Day of the Jackal (1973), and Julia (1977). Zinnemann fought hard with producer Harry Cohn to cast Montgomery Clift as the character of Prewitt, although Frank Sinatra, who was at the lowest point of his popularity, cast himself in the role of "Maggio" against Zinnemann's wishes. However, Zinnemann disagreed, insisting, late in life, that the issues in the film, for him, were broader, and were more about conscience and independent, uncompromising fearlessness. 1967, Judi Dench{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Judi Dench", "gender": "Female" } His films have received 65 Oscar nominations, winning 24; Zinnemann himself was nominated for ten, and won Best Director for From Here to Eternity, Best Picture and Best Director for A Man for All Seasons, and Best Documentary, Short Subjects for Benjy (1951). 2012, Frank Sinatra{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Sinatra", "gender": "Male" } The Democratic party contender for President. "[25], Zinnemann died of a heart attack in London, England on March 14, 1997. Zinnemann's style of cutting from close-up to close-up was heavily influenced by Carl Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), his favorite film. Anna Zinnemann Deceased. ", Film critic Stephen Prince suggests that the character of Kane actually represents Zinnemann, who tried to create an atmosphere of impending threat on the horizon, a fear of potential "fascism", represented by the gang of killers soon arriving. He was grateful that Hepburn was easy to work with: I have never seen anyone more disciplined, more gracious or more dedicated to her work than Audrey. 4, January–February 1986, pp.12–13, 62, 66–67. It was always there, oppressive, often snide, sometimes hostile, seldom violent. Zinnemann worked in Germany with several other beginners (Billy Wilder and Robert Siodmak also worked with him on the 1929 feature People on Sunday) after he studied filmmaking in France. Ecole Technique de Photographie et Cinématographie, "Fred Zinnemann will return to Rzeszów. 1968, Fred Astaire{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Fred Astaire", "gender": "Male" } High Noon is a 1952 American Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper.The plot, which occurs in real time, centers on a town marshal whose sense of duty is tested when he must decide to either face a gang of killers alone, or leave town with his new wife.. Discover the Coney Barret family tree. Zinnemann rounded out the 1950s with The Nun's Story (1959), casting Audrey Hepburn in the role of Sister Luke, a nun who eventually gives up the religious life to join the Belgian resistance in the Second World War. Mother of Tim Zinnemann. The film was both a critical and commercial flop, although Zinnemann would be told by various critics in later years that they considered it an underrated achievement. [8] According to one historian, Zinnemann's style "demonstrates the director's sense of psychological realism and his apparent determination to make worthwhile pictures that are nevertheless highly entertaining. 1968, Rod Steiger{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Rod Steiger", "gender": "Male" } As a result, "Zinnemann allies himself" with the film's hero. The apocryphal story goes that, in the 1980s, during a meeting with a young Hollywood executive, Zinnemann was surprised to find the executive didn't know who he was, despite having won four Academy Awards, and directing many of Hollywood's biggest films. [3]:226, Zinnemann's final film was Five Days One Summer (1982), filmed in Switzerland and based on the short story Maiden, Maiden by Kay Boyle. "Emotion had long since begun to displace reason," he said. [20], The Day of the Jackal was followed four years later by Julia (1977), based on a story in the book Pentimento by Lillian Hellman. Screenwriter Carl Foreman apparently intended High Noon to be an allegory of Senator Joseph McCarthy's vendetta against alleged Communists. 1967, Walter Matthau{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Matthau", "gender": "Male" } Director Fred Zinnemann had a long career behind the camera, starting as an apprentice in Germany before coming to Hollywood in 1929. Select this result to view Renee A Bartlett's phone number, address, and more. According to a Dec 1959 NYT article, producer-director Fred Zinnemann's inspiration to film The Sundowners came from lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II’s Tasmanian-born wife Dorothy, who urged him to make a film about Australia, a country that had rarely been featured in international films. He was among the first directors to insist on using authentic locations and for mixing stars with civilians to give his films more realism. The wealthy classes were moving more to the political right and the poor to the left. "In this way we make sure long before the filming starts that we are on the same wavelength," he says.[3]:223. Fred Zinnemann. Zinnemann explained the general context for many of his films: "One of the crucial things today [is] trying to preserve our civilization."[10]:86. Director Fred Zinnemann retains the play's verbosity without sacrificing the film's strong sense of visuals. Click here to Start FameChaining. Earlier in the decade, in fact, Zinnemann had worked with documentarian Robert Flaherty, "probably the greatest single influence on my work as a filmmaker", he said. Zinnemann considered Act of Violence the first project in which he "felt comfortable knowing exactly what I wanted and exactly how to get it."[12]. Tim Zinnemann. Articles in Senses of Cinema “Do Not Forsake Me: The Ballad of High Noon” and the Rise of the Movie Theme Song by Deborah Allison. Behold A Pale Horse (1964) was a post-Spanish Civil War epic based on the book Killing A Mouse on Sunday by Emeric Pressburger and starred Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and Omar Sharif, but was both a critical and commercial flop; Zinnemann would later admit that the film "didn't really come together. 1999, Sir Christopher Lee, CBE{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Sir Christopher Lee, CBE", "gender": "Male" } Harrowing film about drug addiction that helped bring down the Production Code in Hollywood where taboo subjects like sex and drugs were prohibited on screen. He said that many of the other extras were former Russian aristocrats and high-ranking officers who fled to America after the Russian revolution in 1917.[3]:23. 1961, Shirley MacLaine{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Shirley MacLaine", "gender": "Female" } Zinnemann's films are mostly dramas about lone and principled individuals tested by tragic events, including High Noon (1952), From Here to Eternity (1953); The Nun's Story (1959); A Man For All Seasons (1966); and Julia (1977). From Here to Eternity also featured Deborah Kerr, best known for prim and proper roles, as a philandering Army wife. Explore how the celebrity world connects. He said something to me that I always try to keep in my head every time I decide on what film to do next. 1961, Marilyn Monroe{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Marilyn Monroe", "gender": "Female" } He would soon be joined by Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Robert Siodmak, and many others.) However, the project was shut down in 1969, and the studio attempted to hold Zinnemann responsible for at least $1 million of the $3.5 million that had already been spent on pre-production. 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It was followed by Act of Violence (1948), a gritty film noir starring Van Heflin as a haunted POW, Robert Ryan as his hot-tempered former friend, Janet Leigh as Heflin's wife, and Mary Astor as a sympathetic prostitute. "[19] However, Universal then offered him the chance to direct The Day of the Jackal (1973), based on the best-selling suspense novel by Frederick Forsyth. A Hatful of Rain (Fred Zinnemann, 1957) 8/10. [8], Because he started his film career as a cameraman, his movies are strongly oriented toward the visual aspects. Fred Zinnemann's former daughter in law is, Renee Bartlett's former daughter in law is, Renee Bartlett's former father in law was, Renee Bartlett's former mother in law was, BAFTA: Fellows of the British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Golden Globe Award Winners 1961 - The 18th, Golden Globe Award Winners 1960 - The 17th, Golden Globe Award Winners 1967 - The 24th, Golden Globe Award Winners 1954 - The 11th, Golden Globe Award Winners 1949 - The 6th. Determined to resist, and in deep trouble, he moves all over the place looking for support but finding that there is nobody who will help him; each has a reason of his own for not getting involved. It starred Sean Connery and Betsy Brantley as a "couple" vacationing in the Alps in the 1930s, and a young Lambert Wilson as a mountain-climbing guide who grows heavily suspicious of their relationship. mother. Wife of Fred Zinnemann. Mrs. [3]:17, He took a Greyhound bus to Hollywood a few months later following the completion of his first directorial effort for the Mexican cultural protest film, The Wave, in Alvarado, Mexico. Fred Zinnemann & Renee Bartlett Married, Children, Joint Family Tree & History - FameChain. His wife Edith asks him if this man is the reason that they moved to the other side of the country. [6][7] His parents were Austrian Jews. He made 25 feature films during his 50-year career. [18], After this, Zinnemann was all set to direct an adaptation of Man's Fate for MGM. Fred Zinnemann, “Fred Zinnemann”, American Film, vol. [3]:166, The Sundowners (1960), starring Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr as an Australian outback husband and wife, led to more Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Kerr) and Best Supporting Actress (Glynis Johns), but won none. Fred Zinnemann … Fred Zinnemann wrote that, with all due respect to Foreman, calling the film an allegory for McCarthyism was "a narrow point of view. Perhaps Zinnemann's best-known work is High Noon (1952), one of the first 25 American films chosen in 1989 for the National Film Registry. Zinnemann filmed many scenes in a California hospital where real patients served as extras. The pleasure some people took in tearing down the film really hurt. Robert Mitchum - Wikipedia It was the first time Kramer and Foreman worked with director Fred Zinnemann , who had already been directing for twenty years and had won an Oscar. Zinnemann was born in Rzeszów,[1][2][4][5] the son of Anna (Feiwel) and Oskar Zinnemann, a doctor. ‎Five Days One Summer (1982) directed by Fred Zinnemann • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd born 1907, died 1997, age 89 ... Oskar Zinnemann's former wife was Anna Zinnemann. His parents were Anna Feiwel and Oskar Zinnemann. 1960, Dean Martin{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Dean Martin", "gender": "Male" }, Dame Julie Andrews{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Dame Julie Andrews", "gender": "Female" }