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Paul Dessau(1894-1979)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Sound Department
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Paul Dessau was born on 19 December 1894 in Hamburg, Germany. He was a composer, known for Adventures of Casanova (1948), The Novel of Werther (1938) and Never Trust a Woman (1930). He was married to Ruth Berghaus, Antje Ruge, Elisabeth Hauptmann and Gudrun Kabisch. He died on 28 June 1979 in Königs Wusterhausen, German Democratic Republic.
BornDecember 19, 1894
DiedJune 28, 1979(84)
BornDecember 19, 1894
DiedJune 28, 1979(84)
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Known for

Turhan Bey, Lucille Bremer, Arturo de Córdova, and Noreen Nash in Adventures of Casanova (1948)
Adventures of Casanova
6.2
  • Music Department
  • 1948
The Novel of Werther (1938)
The Novel of Werther
6.6
  • Composer(as Henri Herblay)
  • 1938
Richard Tauber in Never Trust a Woman (1930)
Never Trust a Woman
5.2
  • Composer
  • 1930
Das Land des Lächelns (1930)
Das Land des Lächelns
6.7
  • Music Department
  • 1930

Credits

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Composer

  • Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
    8.4
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2003
  • Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1988
  • A Boa Pessoa de Setzuan
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1985
  • Der kaukasische Kreidekreis
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1983
  • Kaukasialainen liitupiiri
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1979
  • Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1979
  • Coriolan
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1978
  • Gospodin Puntila i yego sluga Matti (1974)
    Gospodin Puntila i yego sluga Matti
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1974
  • Paul Dessau in Paul Dessau (1974)
    Paul Dessau
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1974
  • Der kaukasische Kreidekreis
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1973
  • Der kaukasische Kreidekreis
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1976
  • Abschied (1968)
    Abschied
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 1968
  • Neuland unterm Pflug
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer
    • 1967
  • Poul Reichhardt in Undtagelsen og reglen (1967)
    Undtagelsen og reglen
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1967
  • 400 cm³
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1966

Music Department

  • Dobryy chelovek iz Sezuana (2020)
    Dobryy chelovek iz Sezuana
    • Music Department
    • 2020
  • Hundert Jahre Brecht (1998)
    Hundert Jahre Brecht
    • songs by
    • 1998
  • Television Theater (1953)
    Television Theater
    7.7
    TV Series
    • music by
    • 1997
  • Mãe Coragem e os Seus Filhos (1987)
    Mãe Coragem e os Seus Filhos
    8.6
    TV Movie
    • Music Department
    • 1987
  • Monster on the Campus (1958)
    Monster on the Campus
    5.8
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Unternehmen Teutonenschwert (1958)
    Unternehmen Teutonenschwert
    6.7
    • composer: stock music
    • 1958
  • Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Paula Corday, Richard Greene, John Hoyt, Stephen McNally, and Michael Pate in The Black Castle (1952)
    The Black Castle
    6.3
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Jeff Chandler, Judith Braun, and Charles Drake in Red Ball Express (1952)
    Red Ball Express
    6.4
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Macdonald Carey, Victor Jory, and Alexis Smith in Cave of Outlaws (1951)
    Cave of Outlaws
    6.0
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • The Strange Door (1951)
    The Strange Door
    6.3
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Rock Hudson, Emmett Kelly, Julie London, and J. Scott Smart in The Fat Man (1951)
    The Fat Man
    6.2
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc (1948)
    Joan of Arc
    6.4
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • The Vicious Circle (1948)
    The Vicious Circle
    5.6
    • musical director
    • 1948
  • Sydney Greenstreet, Lucille Bremer, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn, Zachary Scott, and Martha Vickers in Ruthless (1948)
    Ruthless
    6.8
    • musical supervisor
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • John Calvert and Rochelle Hudson in Devil's Cargo (1948)
    Devil's Cargo
    5.6
    • musical director
    • 1948

Sound Department

  • Die heiligen drei Brunnen
    • sound and silent version
    • 1930

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Paul Desau
  • Born
    • December 19, 1894
    • Hamburg, Germany
  • Died
    • June 28, 1979
    • Königs Wusterhausen, German Democratic Republic(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Ruth Berghaus1954 - June 28, 1979 (his death)
  • Other works
    He was music director for Bertolt Brecht's play, "The Good Woman of Setzuan," in an English Stage Company production at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England with Peggy Ashcroft, George Devine, Rachel Kempson, John Moffatt, Esme Percy, Peter Woodthorpe, Robert Stephens, Joan Plowright, Sheila Ballantine, Frazer Hines, John Osborne, Nigel Davenport, Peter Wyngarde, and John Nettleton in the cast. George Devine was also director. Berthold Goldschmidt was musical director.
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Did you know

  • Trivia
    Father of Maxim Dessau with Ruth Berghaus.
  • Nickname
    • Peter Daniel

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