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Willy Schmidt-Gentner is a Actor, Director, Sound and Compositor Allemand born on 6 april 1894 at Neustadt am Rennsteig (German)

Willy Schmidt-Gentner

Willy Schmidt-Gentner
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Nationality German
Birth 6 april 1894 at Neustadt am Rennsteig (German)
Death 12 february 1964 (at 69 years) at Vienna (Austria)

Willy Schmidt-Gentner (né le 6 avril 1894 à Neustadt am Rennsteig , mort le 12 février 1964 à Vienne) est un compositeur de musique de film. Son œuvre est très prolifique et participe à de nombreux films classiques des cinémas allemand et autrichien.

Biography

Enfant, Willy Schmidt-Gentner apprend le violon et la composition auprès de Max Reger. Après la Première Guerre Mondiale, il travaille comme fonctionnaire chargé de vérifier la fiscalité auprès des propriétaires de salles de cinéma. L'un d'eux lui propose un emploi de chef d'orchestre. Son intérêt pour la musique de film s'accroît et il signe sa première composition en 1922 pour un film muet. Il joue aussi du piano lors de séances de théâtre. Il obtient vite des succès : La Mandragore (1928), L'Enfer blanc du Piz Palü (1929), Hokuspokus (1930).

Lors de l'avènement du cinéma parlant, les commandes se multiplient auprès de lui, il compose parfois jusqu'à dix musiques de film par an. Il préfère les comédies légères, des romances musicales et va parfois vers le drame avec un arrière-plan politique, voire les films de propagande (Wien 1910 (1943)), ou le film historique (Spionage (1955)).

Lors de l'arrivée au pouvoir des nazis, il devient membre du NSDAP en mai 1933 puis part en 1934. En 1933, il s'installe à Vienne où le studio Mondial Film fait de lui un réalisateur : Die Pompadour (1935), Der Weg des Herzens (1936). Pour la compagnie Sascha-Film, il compose les musiques de grands films viennois : Mascarade (1934), Hohe Schule (1934). Après l'Anschluss, il accepte la production nazie, autant des comédies que des films de propagande : Heimkehr (1941), Das Herz muß schweigen (1944). Il fait la connaissance de réalisateurs pour lesquels il continuera d'écrire plus tard, Willi Forst et Gustav Ucicky : Le Maître de poste (1940), Opérette (1941), Sang viennois (1942).

Après la guerre, il compose toujours autant. Il s'arrête en 1955. Willy Schmidt-Gentner aura composé pour plus de 200 films.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Willy Schmidt-Gentner (79 films)

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Sound

The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna, 1h42
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer, Warwick Ward, Michael von Newlinsky, Franz Schafheitlin, Harry Hardt
Rating71% 3.570373.570373.570373.570373.57037
Michael Rostof, a young officer serving in the Tsar's army in pre-1914 St. Petersburg, strikes up a deep emotional bond with Nina Petrovna. Only later does he discover she is the kept mistress of the influential Colonel Beranoff. She chooses to give up the luxurious existence that Beranoff offers her, in order to live with the much poorer Rostof. Although they can not even pay their electricity bills on time they are both incredibly happy.
A Throw of Dice, 1h16
Directed by Himanshu Rai
Origin German
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Himanshu Rai, Charu Roy, Seeta Devi
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating64% 3.243583.243583.243583.243583.24358
The movie is about two kings vying for the love of a hermit's daughter, the beautiful Sunita. The two kings, Ranjit and Sohan share a passion for gambling and decide to play a game of craps to determine who will marry Sunita. Sunita wishes to marry Ranjit. Ranjit loses the game to the nefarious Sohan and as a forfeit becomes his slave. Sunita soon uncovers the truth about Sohan's evil deeds and to escape punishment he hurls himself off a cliff into the rapids below. Ranjit and Sunita are reunited and married.
Woman in the Moon, 2h36
Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Romance
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Films based on science fiction novels, Space opera, Sur la Lune
Actors Klaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Gustav von Wangenheim, Fritz Rasp, Margarete Kupfer
Roles Music
Rating71% 3.5972853.5972853.5972853.5972853.597285
The film is a melodrama with scientific speculation. Helius (Willy Fritsch) is an entrepreneur with an interest in space travel. He seeks out Professor Mannfeldt (Klaus Pohl), a visionary who has written a treatise on the likelihood of finding gold on the moon, only to be ridiculed by his peers. Helius recognizes the value of Mannfeldt's work, but a gang of evil businessmen have also taken an interest in Mannfeldt's theories.
The Burning Heart, 1h53
Directed by Ludwig Berger, Paul Martin, Ludwig Berger
Origin German
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Mady Christians, Gustav Fröhlich, Friedrich Kayßler, Frida Richard, Ida Wüst, Anton Edthofer

Le jeune compositeur Georg Wittig a développé un instrument de musique électronique révolutionnant la scène musicale, avec laquelle on peut produire des sons similaires à la voix humaine. Alors qu'il se prépare pour son premier concert, il tombe amoureux de la jeune chanteuse Dorothee, qu'il avait rencontrée dans le cimetière. La jeune femme vient de terminer ses études de chant et se produit dans le but de se nourrir à l'Odeon, un cabaret de seconde zone. Comme elle en a honte, elle se fait passer pour une employée de la poste. Une vraie postière, Inge Keller, la couvre auprès de Georg.
A Daughter Of Destiny, 1h48
Directed by Henrik Galeen
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener, Iván Petrovich, Georg John, Wolfgang Zilzer, John Loder
Roles Music
Rating62% 3.1016453.1016453.1016453.1016453.101645
A Professor is specializing in genetics is ambitious to conduct an experiment with a woman of "low social status", by impregnating her with a mandrake. The plant is believed by legend to sprout from the semen of hanged prisoners. He instructs his young nephew, Franz, to obtain a woman from the "scum of society". Franz reluctantly retrieves a prostitute, and the experiment is performed on her.
Love
Love (1928)
, 1h47
Directed by Paul Czinner
Origin Autriche-hongrie
Genres Drama
Actors Elisabeth Bergner, Agnes Esterhazy, Hans Rehmann, Olga Engl, Paul Otto, Leopold von Ledebur
Roles Music
Rating60% 3.042763.042763.042763.042763.04276
Grande coquette et séductrice, la duchesse de Langeais repousse les avances d'Armand de Montriveau, puis elle s'éprend de lui, mais il la repousse à son tour. Elle s'enfuit alors et se cache dans un couvent. Montriveau part à sa recherche.
Homecoming
Homecoming (1928)
, 1h18
Directed by Joe May
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors Lars Hanson, Gustav Fröhlich, Dita Parlo, Theodor Loos
Rating68% 3.4224353.4224353.4224353.4224353.422435
Richard and Karl are German prisoners of war in Siberia. Since escape is almost impossible, they are unguarded and live an almost idyllic existence running a ferry. Richard misses his wife Anna greatly; he literally counts the days since he's seen her and tells Karl about her and their home in detail. When he decides to escape, Karl comes with him. While crossing a desert Richard collapses. He asks Karl to go on without him, but Karl refuses to leave his friend and carries him. But when Karl leaves to get water, Richard is recaptured and sent to work in a lead mine.
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 1h35
Directed by Herman Bing, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, Arthur Housman, J. Farrell MacDonald
Roles Music
Rating80% 4.0479854.0479854.0479854.0479854.047985
A vacationing Woman from the City (Margaret Livingston) lingers in a lakeside town for weeks. After dark, she goes to a farmhouse where the Man (George O'Brien) and the Wife (Janet Gaynor) live with their child. She whistles from the fence outside. The Man is torn, but finally departs, leaving his wife with the memories of better times when they were deeply in love.
Ghost Train
Directed by Géza von Bolváry
Genres Horror, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Films based on plays
Actors Guy Newall, Ernő Verebes, Hertha von Walther
Roles Music
Rating70% 3.5113253.5113253.5113253.5113253.511325
Echoué pendant la nuit à la gare de Mangotsfield, lors d'un voyage en train à travers la campagne du Gloucestershire . L’atmosphère de la station abandonnée, combinée à l’entente sans escale de Bath à Gloucester utilisant une ligne principale de déviation incurvée adjacente pour contourner Mangotsfield, créant ainsi l’illusion d’un train approchant, passant mais partant sans être vu, s’impressionnant sur les sens de Ridley