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Willy Schmidt-Gentner

Film Director / Composer | * 04/06/1894 († 69, 02/12/1964) | Neustadt am Rennsteig, Thuringia (Germany)
Willy Schmidt-Gentner (6 April 1894 – 12 February 1964) 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. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Die Pompadour

Certification unknown

1935 | 1h 25min
Drama
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Seine Tochter ist der Peter

Certification unknown

1937 | 1h 38min
Drama
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A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a successful expedition. ...

Woman in the Moon

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1929 | 3.7/5 | 2h 50min
Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction, Romance / Love
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Der Meister der Welt

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1927
Adventure, Science Fiction
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Movies with Willy Schmidt-Gentner as Actor(1)

as (uncredited)1922 Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Movies with Willy Schmidt-Gentner as Crew(71)

Sound/Original Music Composer1954 Carnival Story
Sound/Original Music Composer1954 Dieses Lied bleibt bei dir
Sound/Music1954 Das Licht der Liebe
Sound/Original Music Composer1954 Der treue Husar
Sound/Original Music Composer1954 Circus of Love
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 Wenn am Sonntagabend die Dorfmusik spielt
Sound/Original Music Composer1952 The Grapes Are Ripe
Sound/Original Music Composer1952 At the well in front of the gate
Sound/Music1952 Verlorene Melodie
Sound/Original Music Composer1951 The Lost One
Sound/Music1951 When the Evening Bells Ring
Sound/Music1951 The Wonder Kid
Sound/Music1951 Vienna Waltzes
Sound/Music1950 The Angel with the Trumpet
Sound/Music1950 Der Seelenbräu
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 Hexen
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 Vienna Girls
Sound/Music Director1949 Um eine Nasenlänge
Sound/Music1948 Die Frau am Weg
Sound/Music1948 The Angel with the Trumpet
Sound/Music1945 Wie ein Dieb in der Nacht
Sound/Music1944 Das Herz muß schweigen
Sound/Original Music Composer1943 Vienna 1910
Sound/Music1943 Lache Bajazzo
Sound/Music1941 Homecoming
Sound/Original Music Composer1940 The Postmaster
Sound/Music1940 Der liebe Augustin
Sound/Music1940 Operette
Sound/Music1939 Hotel Sacher
Directing/Director1937 Seine Tochter ist der Peter
Directing/Director1936 Prater
Sound/Music1936 Rendezvous in Wien
Directing/Director1935 Die Pompadour
Sound/Music1935 The Divine Spark
Sound/Original Music Composer1935 Episode
Sound/Music Coordinator1935 Eva, the Factory Girl
Sound/Music1935 Blood Brothers
Sound/Original Music Composer1934 Unfinished Symphony
Sound/Original Music Composer1934 Volga in Flames
Sound/Music Supervisor1934 Frasquita
Sound/Original Music Composer1934 Masquerade in Vienna
Sound/Music1933 Der große Trick
Sound/Music1933 Lover Divine
Sound/Music Director1933 Lover Divine
Sound/Music1932 Marschall Vorwärts
Sound/Music1932 The Song of Night
Sound/Original Music Composer1930 The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci
Sound/Original Music Composer1930 Cyankali
Sound/Original Music Composer1930 Love's Carnival
Sound/Original Music Composer1930 Darling of the Gods
Sound/Original Music Composer1930 Dolly is making a career
Sound/Original Music Composer1930 The White Devil
Sound/Original Music Composer1929 Manolescu, the Prince of Adventures
Sound/Music1929 Woman in the Moon
Sound/Original Music Composer1929 Wenn du einmal dein Herz verschenkst
Sound/Original Music Composer1929 A Throw of Dice
Sound/Music1929 Napoleon at St. Helena
Sound/Music1929 Latin Quarter
Sound/Original Music Composer1928 Hungarian Rhapsody
Sound/Music1928 Hurrah! I'm Alive!
Sound/Music1928 Six Girls and a Room for the Night
Sound/Music1928 Love
Sound/Music1927 Ghost Train
Sound/Music1927 Der Anwalt des Herzens
Sound/Music1927 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sound/Music1926 The Student of Prague
Sound/Music1926 The Golden Butterfly
Sound/Music1926 Cab No. 13
Sound/Original Music Composer1926 Children of No Importance
Sound/Music1923 Zwischen Abend und Morgen
Sound/Music1923 I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity

Citizenship: Germany
Born: Friday, 04/06 1894 (April) in Neustadt am Rennsteig, Thuringia (Germany)
Died: Wednesday, 02/12 1964 (February) in Vienna (aged: 69)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: German (DE)
Children: Rolf Schmidt-Gentner
Other names for Willy Schmidt-Gentner (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Willy Schmidt Gentner"
"Willi Schmidt-Gentner"
"Schmidt-Gentner"
Willy Schmidt-Gentner frequently works together with these people:
Willi Forst (18x, Crew)
Paul Hörbiger (9x, Actor)
Hans Moser (8x, Actor)
Arnold Pressburger (8x, Crew)
Fritz Arno Wagner (8x, Crew)
Karl Hartl (8x, Crew)
Paula Wessely (7x, Actress)
Gustav Ucicky (7x, Crew)
Walter Reisch (7x, Crew)
Fritz Imhoff (6x, Actor)
Gregor Rabinovitch (6x, Crew)
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