Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 172
Movies 172
Director 5
Composer
Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe (1956)
Movie
Composer
Heimatland (1955)
Movie
Composer
Espionage (1955)
Movie
Composer
Weg in die Vergangenheit (1954)
Movie
Composer
Eight Witnesses (1954)
Movie
Composer
Circus of Love (1954)
Movie
Composer
The Light of Love (1954)
Movie
Composer
Der treue Husar (1954)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Carnival Story (1954)
Movie
Composer
Dieses Lied bleibt bei dir (1954)
Movie
Composer
Wenn am Sonntagabend die Dorfmusik spielt (1953)
Movie
Composer
Von Liebe reden wir später (1953)
Movie
Composer
At the well in front of the gate (1952)
Movie
Composer
The Grapes Are Ripe (1952)
Movie
Composer
Don't Ask My Heart (1952)
Movie
Composer
Verlorene Melodie (1952)
Movie
Composer
When the Evening Bells Ring (1951)
Movie
Composer
The Wonder Kid (1951)
Movie
Composer
The Lost One (1951)
Movie
Composer
Vienna Waltzes (1951)
Movie
Composer
Erzherzog Johanns große Liebe (1951)
Movie
Composer
Der Seelenbräu (1950)
Movie
Composer
The Angel with the Trumpet (1950)
Movie
Composer
Der Schuß durchs Fenster (1950)
Movie
Composer
Prämien auf den Tod (1950)
Movie
Composer
Zyankali (1949)
Movie
Music Director
Um eine Nasenlänge (1949)
Movie
Composer
Alles Lüge (1949)
Movie
Composer
Vienna Girls (1949)
Movie
Composer
Witches (1949)
Movie
Composer
Fregola (1948)
Movie
Composer
Praterbuben (1948)
Movie
Composer
Die Frau am Weg (1948)
Movie
Composer
The Angel with the Trumpet (1948)
Movie
Composer
Singende Engel (1947)
Movie
Composer
Erde (1947)
Movie
Composer
Les amours de Blanche Neige (1947)
Movie
Composer
The World Turns Backward (1947)
Movie
Composer
Wie ein Dieb in der Nacht (1945)
Movie
Composer
Das Herz muß schweigen (1944)
Movie
Composer
Ein Blick zurück (1944)
Movie
Composer
Der gebieterische Ruf (1944)
Movie
Composer
Schrammeln (1944)
Movie
Composer
Vienna 1910 (1943)
Movie
Composer
Lache Bajazzo (1943)
Movie
Composer
Späte Liebe (1943)
Movie
Composer
Brüderlein fein (1942)
Movie
Composer
Homecoming (1941)
Movie
7
Composer
Dreimal Hochzeit (1941)
Movie
Composer
Operette (1940)
Movie
Composer
Der liebe Augustin (1940)
Movie
Composer
Ein Leben lang (1940)
Movie
Composer
Krambambuli (1940)
Movie
Composer
The Postmaster (1940)
Movie
Composer
Mother Love (1939)
Movie
Composer
Princess Sissy (1939)
Movie
Composer
Hotel Sacher (1939)
Movie
Composer
Aufruhr in Damaskus (1939)
Movie
Composer
Konzert in Tirol (1938)
Movie
Composer
Liebling der Matrosen (1938)
Movie
Director
Seine Tochter ist der Peter (1937)
Movie
Director
Prater (1936)
Movie
Composer
Opernring (1936)
Movie
Composer
Der Kosak und die Nachtigall (1936)
Movie
Music
Rendezvous in Wien (1936)
Movie
Composer
Die Leuchter des Kaisers (1936)
Movie
Composer
Episode (1935)
Movie
Director
Die Pompadour (1935)
Movie
Composer
Leutnant Bobby, der Teufelskerl (1935)
Movie
Composer
Only a Comedian (1935)
Movie
Music Coordinator
Eva, the Factory Girl (1935)
Movie
Music
The Divine Spark (1935)
Movie
Composer
Lockspitzel Asew (1935)
Movie
Composer
Blood Brothers (1935)
Movie
Music
Her Highness the Saleswoman (1934)
Movie
Composer
Masquerade in Vienna (1934)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Unfinished Symphony (1934)
Movie
Music Supervisor
Frasquita (1934)
Movie
Composer
Tales from the Vienna Woods (1934)
Movie
Composer
Volga in Flames (1934)
Movie
Music
The Princess's Whim (1934)
Movie
Music / Music Director
Lover Divine (1933)
Movie
Composer
Der große Trick (1933)
Movie
Composer
Marshal Forward (1932)
Movie
Music
The Song of Night (1932)
Movie
Composer
Two in a Car (1932)
Movie
Composer
Everyone Asks for Erika (1931)
Movie
Composer
That's All That Matters (1931)
Movie
Composer
Ash Wednesday (1931)
Movie
Composer
Wibbel the Tailor (1931)
Movie
Composer
The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci (1930)
Movie
Composer
Darling of the Gods (1930)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Dolly is making a career (1930)
Movie
Composer
A waltz in the sleeping compartment (1930)
Movie
Composer
Love's Carnival (1930)
Movie
Composer
Hokuspokus (1930)
Movie
Composer
Cyankali (1930)
Movie
Composer
Goethe's Jugendgeliebte (1930)
Movie
Composer
The three holy fountains (1930)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The White Devil (1930)
Movie
Composer
Wenn du einmal dein Herz verschenkst (1929)
Movie
Composer
Napoleon at St. Helena (1929)
Movie
Composer
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Movie
Original Music Composer
A Throw of Dice (1929)
Movie
Composer
Adieu Mascotte (1929)
Movie
Composer
Die Schmugglerbraut von Mallorca (1929)
Movie
Music
Latin Quarter (1929)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Manolescu, the Prince of Adventures (1929)
Movie
Composer
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929)
Movie
Composer
Asphalt (1929)
Movie
Composer
The Burning Heart (1929)
Movie
Music
Hurrah! I'm Alive! (1928)
Movie
Composer
Love (1928)
Movie
Composer
Homecoming (1928)
Movie
Composer
Casanovas Erbe (1928)
Movie
Composer
Frauenarzt Dr. Schäfer (1928)
Movie
Composer
Die Durchgängerin (1928)
Movie
Composer
Charlott etwas verrückt (1928)
Movie
Music
Six Girls and a Room for the Night (1928)
Movie
Composer
A Daughter Of Destiny (1928)
Movie
Composer
Prince or Clown (1928)
Movie
Composer
Hungarian Rhapsody (1928)
Movie
Composer
Orientexpress (1927)
Movie
Composer
Die indiskrete Frau (1927)
Movie
Composer
Der Anwalt des Herzens (1927)
Movie
Music
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Movie
4.63
Composer
Die weiße Spinne (1927)
Movie
Composer
Leichte Kavallerie (1927)
Movie
Composer
Das tanzende Wien (1927)
Movie
Music
Ghost Train (1927)
Movie
Composer
The Master of Nuremberg (1927)
Movie
Composer
Die Hose (1927)
Movie
Composer
Ich habe im Mai von der Liebe geträumt (1927)
Movie
Composer
The Queen of Spades (1927)
Movie
Composer
Mata Hari: the Red Dancer (1927)
Movie
Composer
The Weavers (1927)
Movie
Composer
The Vice of Humanity (1927)
Movie
Composer
Prinz Louis Ferdinand (1927)
Movie
Composer
Die Tragödie eines Verlorenen (1927)
Movie
Composer
Die Frau ohne Namen - 2. Teil (1927)
Movie
Composer
Die Frau ohne Namen - 1. Teil (1927)
Movie
Composer
Die Frau die nicht nein sagen kann (1927)
Movie
Composer
Dagfin (1926)
Movie
Composer
Madame Wants No Children (1926)
Movie
Composer
Staatsanwalt Jordan (1926)
Movie
Composer
Die lachende Grille (1926)
Movie
Composer
Derby (1926)
Movie
Composer
Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe (1926)
Movie
Composer
The Student of Prague (1926)
Movie
Composer
In Treue stark (1926)
Movie
Composer
Der Veilchenfresser (1926)
Movie
Composer
Children of No Importance (1926)
Movie
Composer
An der schönen blauen Donau (1926)
Movie
Composer
Die drei Mannequins (1926)
Movie
Composer
The Golden Butterfly (1926)
Movie
Composer
Der dumme August des Zirkus Romanelli (1926)
Movie
Composer
Cab No. 13 (1926)
Movie
Composer
Die Mühle von Sanssouci (1926)
Movie
Composer
Die rote Maus (1926)
Movie
Composer
Wenn Du eine Tante hast (1925)
Movie
Composer
Um ein Haar.. (1925)
Movie
Composer
Die vertauschte Braut (1925)
Movie
Composer
Living Buddhas (1925)
Movie
Composer
Comedians (1925)
Movie
Composer
Die Stimme des Herzens (1924)
Movie
Composer
Auf Befehl der Pompadour (1924)
Movie
Composer
Die Macht der Finsternis (1924)
Movie
Composer
Thamar, das Kind der Berge (1924)
Movie
Composer
Don Carlos und Elisabeth (1924)
Movie
Composer
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity (1923)
Movie
Composer
Between Evening and Morning (1923)
Movie
(uncredited)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Movie
4.87
Ratings
Average 3.92
Based on 78.2 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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1927
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1956
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1894-04-06
Deathday1964-02-12 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceNeustadt am Rennsteig, Germany
ChildrenRolf Schmidt-Gentner
CitizenshipsGermany
Also Known AsWilly Schmidt Gentner, Willi Schmidt-Gentner, Schmidt-Gentner
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Image credit: Giorno2, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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