Kurt Edelhagen(1920-1982)

Music Department
Actor
Composer

Kurt Edelhagen was born on 5 June 1920 in Herne, Westphalia, Prussia [now Northrhine-Westphalia], Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for They Were So Young (1954), Beautiful Girls (1955) and Münchhausen in Afrika (1958). He was married to Helga Folkenborn. He died on 8 February 1982 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.

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Known for

They Were So Young

5.6

Music Department

1954

Beautiful Girls

5.0

Music Department

1955

Münchhausen in Afrika

4.2

Music Department

1958

Wehe wenn sie losgelassen...

4.7

Music Department(as Orchester Kurt Edelhagen)

1958

Credits

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Music Department

Klimbim
7.6
TV Series
- orchestra
- 1973–1975
Like a Bird on a Wire
6.6
TV Movie
- conductor
- 1975
Am laufenden Band
6.8
TV Series
- musical director
- 1974
Stars in der Manege
5.5
TV Series
- conductor
- 1972
Jetzt geht der Zirkus wieder los
TV Movie
- orchestrator
- 1965
Unsere tollen Tanten in der Südsee
4.4
- orchestrator
- 1964
Zu viele Köche
8.0
TV Series
- orchestrator
- 1961
Hier bin ich - hier bleib' ich
6.3
- orchestrator
- 1959
So ein Millionär hat's schwer
5.7
- orchestra
- 1958
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen...
4.7
- orchestra (as Orchester Kurt Edelhagen)
- 1958
Potpourri der guten Laune
TV Movie
- conductor
- 1958
Münchhausen in Afrika
4.2
- orchestra leader
- 1958
Liebe, Jazz und Übermut
5.6
- orchestra
- 1957
Du bist Musik
5.4
- orchestra
- 1956
Beautiful Girls
5.0
- musical director
- 1955

Actor

Composer

Personal details

Alternative names
- Orchester Kurt Edelhagen und eine Dixieland-Band
Born
- June 5, 1920
- Herne, Westphalia, Prussia [now Northrhine-Westphalia], Germany
Died
- February 8, 1982
- Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany(long illness)
Spouse
- Helga Folkenborn? - March 16, 1976 (her death, 1 child)

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Trivia
May 30, 1950, he leads his orchestra for the first German version of the French song "C'est si bon" which was written in 1947 by Henri Betti (music) and André Hornez (lyrics). The German lyrics were written by Ralph Maria Siegel and the song was sung by Rita Gallos.