Willy Schmidt-Gentner
German and Austrian film score composer (1894-1964) · Germany · On the map · Musicians · Died at 69
Willy Schmidt-Gentner was one of the most successful German composers of film music in the history of German-language cinema. He moved to Vienna in 1933. At his most productive, he scored up to 10 films a year, including numerous classics and masterpieces of the German and Austrian cinema.
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Frida Richard Willy wrote Der Postmeister (1940)
Hermann Picha Willy wrote Secrets of the Orient and Comedians
Karl Platen Willy wrote Woman in the Moon and Asphalt
Werner Krauss Willy wrote I.N.R.I. and The Student of Prague
Paul Hörbiger Willy wrote Asphalt and Hungarian Rhapsody
Jenny Jugo Willy wrote The Indiscreet Woman (1927)
Julius Falkenstein Willy wrote Secrets of the Orient (1928)
Kurt Gerron Willy wrote The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
Olga Chekhova Willy wrote Maskerade and The Mill at Sanssouci
Hans Moser Willy wrote Gently My Songs Entreat (1933)
Jaro Fürth Willy wrote I.N.R.I. and Comedians
Lil Dagover Willy wrote Orient Express (1927)
Paul Biensfeldt Willy wrote Cab No. 13 and By Order of Pompadour
Georg John Willy wrote Alraune and The Mill at Sanssouci
Hans Albers Willy wrote Asphalt and By Order of Pompadour
Heinrich George Willy wrote Der Postmeister and Manolescu
Attila Hörbiger Willy wrote Premiere and HomecomingIván Petrovich Willy wrote Alraune and Latin Quarter
Max Gülstorff Willy wrote Cab No. 13 (1926)
Margarete Kupfer Willy wrote Woman in the Moon (1931)
Albert Paulig Willy wrote Cab No. 13 and The Blue Danube
Paula Wessely Willy wrote Episode, Homecoming and Maskerade
Sig Arno Willy wrote The Wife of Forty Years (1925)
Siegfried Breuer Willy wrote Der Postmeister and Operetta
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About this person
Country
Germany
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1964 · aged 69
