Biography
Georg Haentzschel ( 23 December 1907, Berlin – 12 April 1992, Cologne) was a German pianist, broadcaster, composer and arranger.
Haentzschel studied at the Stern Conservatoire in Berlin and made a career which eventually left him as the last remaining representative composer from what he considered the golden age of German film music. He worked equally happily as a jazz pianist, regularly collaborating with the similarly gifted Peter Igelhoff. He directed the Deutsche Tanz-und-Unterhaltungsorchester (German Dance and Entertainment Orchestra). After the war, he moved to West Germany and worked in Cologne.
Haentzschel's most famous film score, for the wartime extravaganza Münchhausen (1943) recalls his mentor Theo Mackeben. The score is flooded with romantic melody and effective scoring. Representative work may be heard in many other film scores, such as Via Mala (released 1948), Annelie (1941) and Robinson soll nicht sterben.
He was killed during the 1992 Roermond Earthquake.
Filmography
all 30
Movies 29
TV Shows 1
self 1
Marili (1959)
The Ideal Woman (1959)
Stefanie (1958)
Confess, Dr. Corda (1958)
Die Frühreifen (1957)
Meine Kinder und ich (1955)
Du mein stilles Tal (1955)
Hotel Adlon (1955)
The Last Illusion (1949)
Via Mala (1945)
Münchhausen (1943)
Der 5. Juni (1942)
Two in a Big City (1942)
Annelie (1941)
Der Kleinstadtpoet (1940)
Her First Experience (1939)
Menschen vom Varieté (1939)
Gefährliches Spiel (1937)
Die göttliche Jette (1937)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1907-12-23
Deathday1992-04-12 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceBerlin, Germany
CitizenshipsGermany
Also Known AsGeorg Friedrich Esaias Häntzschel
AwardsGerman Film Award
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