Werner Schmidt-Boelcke
Werner Schmidt-Boelcke (1903–1985) was a German composer of film scores. He emerged during the silent era, producing music to accompany the films in cinemas. He enjoyed particular success during the Weimar Republic.
Werner Schmidt-Boelcke
- Name
- Werner Schmidt-Boelcke
- Born
- 28 July 1903
- Birthplace
- Rostock, German Empire
- Died
- 5 November 1985
- Place of death
- Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- Nazi Germany · Germany · Weimar Republic
- Honours
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · Filmband in Gold
- Languages
- German
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Werner Schmidt-Boelcke (1903–1985) was a German composer of film scores. He emerged during the silent era, producing music to accompany the films in cinemas. He enjoyed particular success during the Weimar Republic.
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Werner Schmidt-Boelcke was a composer, composer (sources also record musician) and conductor, among other activities, a national of Germany and Nazi Germany. The composer was born in Warnemünde and died in Gauting.
Languages used include German. Honours include Filmband in Gold.
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From the 1950s he worked largely in West German television.
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• Name — Werner Schmidt-Boelcke • Born — 28 July 1903 • Birthplace — Rostock, German Empire • Died — 5 November 1985 • Place of death — Munich, Bavaria, West Germany • Occupation — Composer • Years Active — 1924-1951 (Film)
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• The Shop Prince (1928) • Mary Lou (1928) • Pawns of Passion (1928) • Snowshoe Bandits (1928) • Spy of Madame Pompadour (1928) • Two Red Roses (1928) • Love in the Cowshed (1928) • Anesthesia (1929) • Cagliostro (1929) • Come Back, All Is Forgiven (1929) • Column X (1929) • The Chaste Coquette (1929) • The Living Corpse (1929) • Left of the Isar, Right of the Spree (1929) • It's You I Have Loved (1929) • Katharina Knie (1929) • Poison Gas (1929) • Tragedy of Youth (1929) • Revolt in the Batchelor's House (1929) • Ship in Distress (1929) • Love and Champagne (1930) • Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days (1930) • Only on the Rhine (1930) • Pension Schöller (1930) • In the Employ of the Secret Service (1931) • My Heart Incognito (1931) • The Yellow House of Rio (1931) • Yorck (1931) • Cavaliers of the Kurfürstendamm (1932) • Theodor Körner (1932) • Johannisnacht (1933) • The Lake Calls (1933) • Two Good Comrades (1933) • You Are Adorable, Rosmarie (1934) • The Man in the Saddle (1945) • Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1946) • Glück muß man haben (1950) • In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus (1951)
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Werner Schmidt-Boelcke was born at Warnemünde.
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Werner Schmidt-Boelcke died at Gauting.
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Warnemünde.
Birth place
Gauting.
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- 1.https://www.filmportal.de/person/werner-schmidt-boelcke_dafd57c88f994b9ebf79ebfdffe17261
- 2.Jung & Schatzberg p.147
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- Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.
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