- Frederick Kiesler was born on September 22, 1890 in Czernowitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary [now Chernivtsi, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for 8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1955). He died on December 27, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Presented Ballet Mecanique (1924) at its premiere in Vienna on 24 September 1924. In the years after the premiere, several versions of this film were in distribution. However, the version thought to be closest to the one which premiered in Vienna in 1924 is a print of the film rediscovered in 1975 by Lillian Kiesler, widow of Frederick Kiesler. This version has been preserved by Anthology Film Archives of New York.
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