Fritz Walden

Fritz Walden, real name Friedrich Drobilitsch, also Fritz Drobilitsch-Walden and Franz Drobilitsch, (3 January 1914 – 12 September 1992) was an Austrian publicist, author and cultural editor as well as film, literature, music and theatre critic.

He actively participated in cultural events, and in 1964 he was a founding member of the Vereins der Wiener Filmfestwochen, which took over the organization of the Vienna Film Festival Viennale, as it was now called, alongside Edwin Zbonek.

Through the first font insert in the opening credits of the film Mansur Madavi [de] dedicated his film Notausgang to him out of gratitude.

Walden belonged to a generation of critics who made no secret of their passion for films,[3][4] Theaterstücke oder Opern[5] which were and are often reviewed in other media by colleagues from other countries.

[8] Walden also appeared in films[9] and wrote poetry for contemporary music.

In the 70s a cinema hall was built in the Vienna Urania where Walden presented his film analysis lessons at the Film Academy, where films from all periods were viewed and discussed every Saturday morning.