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- Birth namePeter Paul Kreuder
- Peter Kreuder was born on August 18, 1905 in Aachen, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Suite Française (2014), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Valkyrie (2008). He was married to Ingrid Wallisch, Sophie Eschenbach, Gertrud Kathreiner and Erna Sachse. He died on June 28, 1981 in Salzburg, Austria.
- SpousesIngrid Wallisch(1971 - June 28, 1981) (his death)Sophie Eschenbach(1944 - ?) (divorced)Gertrud Kathreiner(1933 - ?) (divorced)Erna Sachse(1927 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
- Adopted Austrian citizenship in 1959.
- Joined the Nazi Party in 1932, but resigned his membership two years later.
- Conducted radio orchestras in Brazil and Argentina. Evita Peron bestowed upon him the title of professor in 1950.
- Pianist, composer and band leader, the son of a chamber music singer and trained at Cologne Conservatory and the Munich Academy of Music. First performed in public from the age of eleven. Musical director of the Deutschen Theater in Munich and in Berlin from 1922 and of the "Max-Reinhardt-Buehnen" in 1930. In the 1930's and 40's, he became a leading composer of film music. He was among the first to popularise jazz and swing elements in German music during the 1930's.
- Kreuder was born in Aachen, the son of a Kammersänger.
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