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Maskerade (1934)
Scene Anton Walbrook & Paula Wesseley Director: Willi Forst Writers: Walter Reisch, Willi Forst Stars: Paula Wessely, Anton Walbrook (as Adolf Wohlbrück) and Peter Petersen Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification Paula Wessely ... Leopoldine Dur Anton Walbrook ... Der Zeichner Heideneck (as Adolf Wohlbrück) Peter Petersen ... Professor Carl Ludwig Harrandt Walter Janssen ... Paul Harrandt, Hofopernkapellmeister Olga Tschechowa ... Anita Keller - die Braut des Einen Hilde von Stolz ... Gerda - die Frau des Anderen Julia Serda ... Die Fürstin M. (as Julie Serda-Junkermann) Hans Moser ... Zacharias, der G�tner Fritz Imhoff rest of cast listed alphabetically: Poldi Dur (as Lisl Handl) Grete Natzler Wiener Philharmoniker ... Themselves Josephine Rudiger ... Krankenschwester (uncredited) Produced by Karl Julius Fritzsche .... producer Original Music by Willy Schmidt-Gentner Cinematography by Franz Planer Art Direction by Emil Stepanek Oskar Sternad Costume Design by Gerdago Makeup Department Willi Grabow .... makeup artist Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Heinz Helbig .... assistant director Sound Department Hermann Birkhofer .... sound Martin Müller .... sound Alfred Norkus .... sound Music Department Willy Schmidt-Gentner .... music arranger Other crew Karl Julius Fritzsche .... production management Production Companies Sascha-Verleih Tobis Filmkunst Distributors Huschak & Company (1934) (Austria) (theatrical) World Pictures Corporation (1937 ...
anton walbrook paula wesseley
Der Verlorene part 1
Looking thin and drawn, the 47-year-old Lorre initially emerges, almost unnoticed, from a railroad crossing, after a locomotive passes (as it will three times throughout the film, like fate on rails). Dr. Rothe is an urbane and confident physician making the rounds in a refugee camp, ministering to his patients until a ghost from his past unpacks repressed crimes and tormented memories, destabilising his ordinary reality with film noir doubt. As darkly revelatory flashbacks expose to what murderous depths this detached research scientist fell (while enabled and protected by the intelligence service). Der Verlorene/The Lost One (1951 West Germany 98 mins) Prod Co: Arnold Pressburger Filmproduktion Prod: Heinz Abel, Arnold Pressburger Dir: Peter Lorre Scr: Peter Lorre, Axel Eggebrecht, Benno Vigny Phot: Vaclav Vich Art Dir: Franz Schroedter Ed: Carl Otto Bartning Mus: Willy Schmidt-Gentner Cast: Peter Lorre, Karl John, Helmut Rudolph, Renate Mannhardt, Johanna Hofer, Gisela Trowe, Lotte Rausch, Eva Ingeborg Scholz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He filled the room though he was very thin and fragile. I had never met a man with this radiation, this aura. - Actress Gisela Trowe on Peter Lorre This 10 part presentation is shown without subtitles as it was originally meant for the screen in Germany. More than half a century seems time enough to be able to look in historys rear-view mirror back to traumatised postwar Germany and ...
Peter Lorre Der Verlorene Germany
Asphalt (Joe May, 1929) -- The Beauty of Betty Amann
Betty Amann was born in Germany in 1905 She died in the US in 1990 Asphalt, by Joe May. 1929 (Der Polizeiwachtmeister und die Diamantenelse. German title) Writing credits (in alphabetical order) Joe May writer (as Fred Majo) Hans Székely writer Rolf E. Vanloo screenplay Rolf E. Vanloo story CAST: Albert Steinrück ... Hauptwachtmeister Holk Else Heller... Mutter Gustav Fröhlich... Wachtmeister Albert Holk Betty Amann... Elsa Kramer Hans Adalbert Schlettow... Konsol Hans Albers... Ein Dieb Arthur Duarte Paul Hörbiger Trude Lieske Karl Platen Rosa Valetti... Frau an der Theke Hermann Vallentin Kurt Vespermann Produced by Erich Pommer.... producer Max Pfeiffer.... assistant producer (uncredited) Original Music by Karl-Ernst Sasse (1995) Willy Schmidt-Gentner Cinematography by Günther Rittau Art Direction by Erich Kettelhut Robert Herlth (uncredited) Walter Röhrig (uncredited) Costume Design by René Hubert Camera and Electrical Department Hans Schneeberger.... assistant camera (uncredited) CREDITS: Production Companies * Universum Film (UFA) Distributors * Universum Film (UFA) (1929) (Germany) (theatrical) * Ufa Film Company (1930) (USA) (theatrical)
aspahlt joe may erich pommer betty amann
Elfie Mayerhofer - Elfriede Datzig in Hotel Sacher 1939
ELFIE MAYERHOFER SINGS: A Slovenian Folk Song. (Elfirde Datzig & Walter Szurovy,Wolf Albach-Retty,Sybille Schmitz,Rosa Albach-Retty) and with a Russian Song.\Music by Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Elfie Mayerhofer sings also withelfriede Datzig
Trude Hesterberg - Eine Frau so wie ich
Trude Hesterberg sings this song in "Am Ende der Welt" ("Die Erbin der Wälder"). Filmed 1943, forbidden, the film had premiere in 1951. Composer is Willi Schmidt-Gentner Trude Hesterberg singt das Lied "Eine Frau so wie ich" in de Brigitte Horneyfilm "Am Ende der Welt". Dieser wurde 1943 verboten und kam erst 1950 in die Kinos. Siehe auch meine anderes Video mit Bildern aus dem Film: Mimi Thoma singt Brigitte Horney
Trude Hesterberg Am Ende der Welt Willi Schmidt Gentner 1943 UFA Wälder Eine Frau ich Chanson Diseuse Überläufer Film Brigitte Horney Filmmusik 40s
"Ich bin heute ja so verliebt !" (1)...Barnabas von Geczy (1941)
Please activate the HD function(1080p/720p) before watching the video or watch it with a larger type player (in 480p) The following five videos offer a different interpretation of a very popular song from 1941 : "Ich bin heute ja so verliebt'" (I'm so in love today!) from the 1940 movie "Operetta" which was directed by Willi Forst. Forst himself starred as Franz Jauner in this classic which focused on 19th century Viennese operetta. The movie's theme song however was composed by Willy Schmidt-Gentner.... Willi Forst recorded "Ich bin heute ja so verliebt!" for Odeon and many other versions exist.... The first video features a romantic / dramatic version by Barnabas von Geczy (1897-1971). The Hungarian bandleader was one of the most popular musicians in Europe from the 1920s to the 1940s. He recorded many sided for Lindström and Electrola. One of his best known records is "Puszta-Fox". More information on him can be found here : de.wikipedia.org The video features pictures and publicity for the movie "Operette". It also features a picture of the French pressing of the von Geczy recording and a picture of a rare Dutch version of the song, released on Imperial. The other versions can be found here : Kurt Henneberg and his orchestra : www.youtube.com Willy Berking and his big band with vocals by Horst Winter www.youtube.com Gloria Astor with the Eugen Jahn orchestra www.youtube.com Willy Vervoort & the Emile Deltour orchestra www.youtube.com About the record : Electrola EG ...
Ich bin heute ja so verliebt Barnabas von Geczy Orchester Willi Forst Operette 1940 Tanzorchester Electrola 1941 La Voix de son Maître Schellackplatte 78rpm 1940s Music deutsche Tanzmusik Walzer
from the movie The White Devil with Jaroff's choir
White Devil was the last of 5 German & Italian vehicles and might well have returned the actor to his former stature, were it not for a technical revolution that was sweeping through the industry. For this film is the first of Mosjoukine's to include a synchronised soundtrack. The film boasts an effective score - with compiled elements and original music by Michael Lewin, Marc Roland & Willy Schmidt-Gentner - some sequences of singing and whistling, and a range of sound effects... but no dialogue. It's likely that the film was initially shot silent then retrofitted with sound in order to make it more attractive in a rapidly changing market. As such it comes off very well, with an exciting and action packed plot and a meaty role for it's expressive and versatile star. Mosjoukine stars as a fiery Caucasian captain Hadscht Murat who quarrels with his leader (initially over a perceived insult to the leader's daughter and then more seriously over the fate of some prisoners) and apparently defects to fight for the despotic Czar Nicolai I (Fritz Alberti) and becomes involved with Neidowa (played by Lil Dagover - beautiful but rather wasted in a smallish part) Hoping to use Murat as a go-between in his plans to conquer the Caucasus, the Czar ruler finds that our hero is not so easily manipulated. Rescuing Neidowa from the Czar's clutches, Murat leads a people's revolt against the despotic regent. Alexandre Wolkof directs with great style and visual flare in a film that represents ...
Pascha Serge Jaroff The don Cossacks Easter
Elfriede Datzig & Walter Szurovy in the Film: Hotel Sacher 1939
WALTER SZUROVY in 1939 (aka:Molnar) Worked in USA w/ Humphrey Bogart in: :To Have and Have Not" Music-Willy Schmidt-Gentner.
Elfriede Datzig Walter Szurovy aka Molner in the 1939 Film Hotel Sacher
JARMILA NOVOTNA - Kosak und die Nachtigall - 1935
Die tschechische Sopranistin Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994), von der man sagte, sie vereine Schönheit und Stimme, in dem österreichischen Film "Der Kosak und die Nachtigall" von 1935. An Jarmilas Novotnas Seite spielt Ivan Petrovich. Leider ist mir nicht bekannt, ob sie das Lied jemals auf Platte eingesungen hat. Jarmila Novotna in the austrian film "Der Kosak und die Nachtigall" (1935). Musik/Music by Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Jarmila Novotna Nowotna Kosak Nachtigall Sopranistin Prag Wien Opernsängerin Sängerfilm 1930s 1935 Schmidt Gentner
Willi Forst - Geht's und verkauft's mein G'wand
Willi Forst Geht's und verkauft's mein G'wand Orchesterbegleitung Michael Jary Music: Johann Strauss Lyrics: W.Schmidt-Gentner und Ernst Marischka Wiener Blut - Tonfilm
Willi Forst Gehts und verkaufts mein Gwand michael jary odeon
Man ist einmal nur verliebt
aus dem österreichischen Film "Schrammeln" mit Paul Hörbiger, Hans Moser, Marte Harell, Hans Holt, 1944, das Lied "Man ist einmal nur verliebt", Musik: Willy Schmidt-Gentner, Text: Ernst Marischka
Man ist einmal nur verliebt
FILMS YOU SHOULD SEE before it's too late (4): DER VERLORENE (The Lost One) by Peter Lorre (1951)
Romuald Karmakar's list of "Films you should see before it's too late" (4): DER VERLORENE (The Lost One) by Peter Lorre (D, 1951). „DER VERLORENE, Peter Lorres einzige Regiearbeit, ist wie ein Bruderfilm zu Fritz Langs »M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder«. Zurück aus der Emigration in Frankreich und den USA, knüpft Lorre mit seinem Film in der jungen Bundesrepublik an das kinematografische Erbe an, das er, zusammen mit vielen anderen Künstlern, in der Weimarer Republik hinterlassen hat. Erneut bringt Lorre den Mut auf, einen Lustmörder zu spielen, einen »Totmacher«, wie die großartige Gisela Trowe ihn im Film nennt. Anders als bei »M« ist die Figur des Dr. Rothe, ein Wissenschaftler im weißen Kittel, in das Profiteursystem einer Gesellschaft, zudem in der NS-Zeit, eingebunden. Das akzentuiert den Schulddiskurs, der nicht nur an die Protagonisten des Films und die „Ausgebombten von Hamburg", dem Ort der Spielhandlung, gerichtet ist, sondern auch jene Träger der NS-Zeit im Auge hat, die in der postdiktatorialen Gesellschaft der Bundesrepublik das Aufräumen der Trümmer mit der Aufarbeitung der Verbrechen verwechseln. Wie viele andere nach dem Krieg, versucht auch Dr. Rothe die zweite Chance, die sich bietet, zu nützen und beginnt als Dr. Neumeister, bezeichnenderweise in einem Flüchtlingslager als fürsorglicher Arzt, auch ein neues Leben. Eines Tages wird er durch die Figur des Dr. Hoesch, einem ehemaligen Kollegen und Mordgehilfen aus dem Forschungsinstitut, gespielt von ...
Peter Lorre Arnold Pressburger Karl John Helmuth Rudolph Johanna Hofer Renate Mannhardt Benno Vigny Gisela Trowe Axel Eggebrecht Vaclav Vich Willi Schmidt Gentner Martin Müller Werner Schlagge Carl Otto Bartning Fritz Lang Lustmörder Hamburg Totmacher Ausgebombt Displaced Persons Flüchtlingslager Profiteur Deutschland Bundesrepublik NS Zeit Weimarer Republik Emigration Exil Romuald Karmakar
Willi Forst: WIENER BLUT ...
WIENER BLUT Walzer und Polka aus dem Tonfilm "Wiener Blut" (1942) Musik: J. Strauß / W. Schmidt-Gentner, Text: E. Marischka Willi Forst (1903 - 1980) mit Orchesterbegleitung, Leitung Michael Jary Schallplatte (25 cm) der Firma ODEON (1942)
Willi Forst Grammophon Wiener Blut 1942 Jörg Einert Michael Jary
"Nitschewo" - из фильма "Dreimal Hochzeit", Германия, 1941
Фрагмент из немецкой музыкальной комедии "Dreimal Hochzeit" (Три попытки брака). Премьера картины состоялась.. 24 июня 1941 года.. режиссер - Геза фон Больвари (Géza von Bolváry) композитор - Вилли Шмидт-Гентнер (Willy Schmidt-Gentner) в главных ролях: Вера Петровна (богатая молодая вдова) - Марта Харелл (Marte Harell) Князь Александр Воронин (Алекс) - Вилли Фритш (Willy Fritsch) Первое действие происходит в царской России, где Алекс и Вера собираются пожениться, но брак расстраивается из-за противодействия аристократического общества.. Второй раз они встречаются уже в 20-х годах в Берлине, где Вера - звезда популярного русского ревю, а Алекс - бедный таксист.. (именно этот фрагмент тут показан).. Чувства вспыхивают с новой силой, но брак опять расстраивается из-за интриг агента Веры.. В третий раз они встречаются уже в Америке.. Русское ревю уже не в моде и Вера теперь работает простой моделью.. Одинаково бедные, Алекс и Вера решают, что наконец пришло время жениться!) Фрагмент и информация о фильме взяты здесь - youtu.be/Mw6fnkgcEeE
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Willi Forst: GEHT´S UND VERKAUFT´S MEIN G´WAND ...
GEHT´S UND VERKAUFT´S MEIN G´WAND ... Wiener Lied aus dem Tonfilm "Wiener Blut" (1942) Musik: J. Strauß / W. Schmidt-Gentner, Text: E. Marischka Willi Forst (1903 - 1980) mit Orchesterbegleitung, Leitung Michael Jary Schallplatte (25 cm) der Firma ODEON (1942)
Willi Forst Grammophon Wiener Blut 1942 Jörg Einert Michael Jary
Willi Forst: ICH BIN HEUTE JA SO VERLIEBT
ICH BIN HEUTE JA SO VERLIEBT Lied und langsamer Walzer aus dem Tonfilm "Operette" (1940) Musik: W. Schmidt-Gentner, Text: HF Beckmann Willi Forst (1903 - 1980) mit Orchesterbegleitung, Leitung: Michael Jary
Willi Forst Grammophon Operette 1940 Jörg Einert Michael Jary
Willi Forst: WIENER OPERETTE
WIENER OPERETTE Ein musikaischer Querschnitt aus dem Tonfilm "Operette" (1940), zusammengestellt von W. Schmidt-Gentner Willi Forst (1903 - 1980) mit Orchesterbegleitung, Leitung: Michael Jary Schallplatte (25 cm) der Firma ODEON (1940)
Willi Forst Grammophon Michael Jary Bruno Balz Jörg Einert


COMMENT ON Willi-Schmidt-Gentner



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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Life

Schmidt-Gentner was born in Neustadt am Rennsteig in Thuringia, Germany. During his childhood he learnt the violin and took lessons in composition from Max Reger. After World War I Schmidt-Gentner worked as a civil servant checking that cinema owners were paying their full taxes. Through one of his clients he got a position as a band leader at film theatre performances. This raised his interest in films and as early as 1922 he produced his first composition to accompany a silent film. He performed many of his new pieces himself on the piano during films. He was also already responsible at this period for the sound tracks of a number of German classic films, for example Alraune (1928), Die weisse Hölle vom Piz Palü (1929) and Hokuspokus (1930)

With the arrival of sound films he quickly became one of the most sought-after filmscore composers in Germany, so that for a time he was scoring up to 10 films a year. He had a preference for light comedies and cheerful musical romances, but occasionally he took on more heavyweight productions with political overtones, for example the National Socialist propaganda film Wien 1910 (1943) or the historical film Spionage (1955) about the k. u. k. spy Colonel Redl.

In 1933 he moved to Vienna, where he directed his only two films, Die Pompadour (1935) and Prater (1936), for the company Mondial-Film. For Sascha-Film he composed the music for some of the greatest specimens of the Wiener Film genre, among others Maskerade and Hohe Schule (both 1934). After the Anschluss (the annexation of Austria to Germany) he became the "house composer" for the National Socialist-owned Wien-Film, which had developed out of the former Sascha-Film. For them he scored not only their many escapist romantic comedies, but also some of their few overt propaganda films such as Heimkehr (1941), Wien 1910 (1942) or Das Herz muß schweigen (1944). He was also repeatedly commissioned by the top directors of wartime Vienna, Willi Forst and Gustav Ucicky, whom he already knew from previous work, to write scores for their productions, such as Der Postmeister (1940), Operette (1940), Wiener Blut (1942) and Wiener Mädeln (1943/1949).

After the end of the war Schmidt-Gentner remained loyal to Vienna and successfully continued his composing career for many more films, predominantly musicals set in Austria, until he retired in 1955. Altogether he composed the music for about 200 films. He died in Vienna on 12 February 1964.

Filmography

A selection of films scored by Willy Schmidt-Gentner, with names of directors:
Silent films:

Sound films:

References

Stefanie Job: Die vernachlässigte Muse (Romanbiographie des Filmmusikers und UFA-Generalmusikdirektors Willy Schmidt-Gentner). Verlag Frieling, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-89009-804-5

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