Willy Schmidt-Gentner(1894-1964)

Willy Schmidt-Gentner was born on 6 April 1894 in Neustadt am Rennsteig, Thuringia, Germany. He was a composer and director, known for Der Meister der Welt (1927), Woman in the Moon (1929) and Die Pompadour (1935). He was married to Steffie Vida and Katharina Gentner. He died on 12 February 1964 in Vienna, Austria.

Known for

7.3

6.9

6.8

Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe
6.2
- Composer
- 1956
Heimatland
5.2
- Composer
- 1955
Spionage
6.9
- Composer
- 1955
Weg in die Vergangenheit
6.6
- Composer
- 1954
Eight Witnesses
5.8
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1954
Das Licht der Liebe
6.1
- Composer
- 1954
Circus of Love
5.6
- Composer
- 1954
The Faithfull Hussar
5.6
- Composer
- 1954
Carnival Story
5.7
- Composer
- 1954
Cabaret
6.0
- Composer
- 1954
Wenn am Sonntagabend die Dorfmusik spielt
4.1
- Composer
- 1953
Von Liebe reden wir später
- Composer
- 1953
Hannerl: Ich tanze mit Dir in den Himmel hinein
5.3
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1952
Am Brunnen vor dem Tore
5.2
- Composer
- 1952
The Grapes Are Ripe
6.4
- Composer (as Willi Schmidt-Gentner)
- 1952

Emil und die Detektive
6.6
- conductor
- 1954
Carnival Story
5.7
- conductor
- 1954
Am Brunnen vor dem Tore
5.2
- musical adaptation & director
- 1952
Saison in Salzburg
6.4
- musical director
- 1952
Verlorene Melodie
7.1
- composer: song "Mambo"
- composer: songs "Komm'mach Tanzmusik" and "Das Glück kommt über Nacht"
- 1952
Cordula
5.5
- music arranger
- 1950
Um eine Nasenlänge
4.8
- musical director (as Willi Schmidt-Gentner)
- 1949
Fregola
6.6
- musical director
- 1948
Am Ende der Welt
6.4
- composer: song "Ich weiß ein Lied aus alter Zeit"
- 1947
Laugh Pagliacci
5.2
- musical director
- 1943
Vienna Blood
6.8
- music adaptor
- 1942
Heimkehr
4.0
- music arranger
- 1941
Operette
7.6
- arranger
- 1940
One Night in Paris
6.1
- musical director
- 1938
Peter im Schnee
7.6
- composer: songs "Eine Frau muss klug sein", "Ich bin immer nur das fünfte Rad am Wagen"
- 1937

Trivia
Willy Schmidt-Gentner remained a busy film composer after the war and his scores accompanied a lot of feature movies till to the middle of the 50s.