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Fritz Rotter(1900-1984)

  • Writer
  • Music Department
  • Composer
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Fritz Rotter was born on 3 March 1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a writer and composer, known for The Mistress (1952), Woman in the Moon (1929) and The Comeback (1930). He died on 11 April 1984 in Ascona, Ticino, Switzerland.
BornMarch 3, 1900
DiedApril 11, 1984(84)
BornMarch 3, 1900
DiedApril 11, 1984(84)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

Hans Albers in The Mistress (1952)
The Mistress
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1952
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Woman in the Moon
7.3
  • Music Department(uncredited)
  • 1929
Hugo Fischer-Köppe, Kurt Gerron, Artur Guttmann, Renate Müller, Frida Richard, Max Schmeling, Reinhold Schünzel, Olga Tschechowa, and Josef Fenneker in The Comeback (1930)
The Comeback
6.0
  • Writer
  • 1930
Deanna Durbin, John Dall, and Donald O'Connor in Something in the Wind (1947)
Something in the Wind
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1947

Credits

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Writer

  • Briefe nach Luzern
    9.2
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1966
  • Die Halbzarte (1959)
    Die Halbzarte
    5.3
    • story
    • 1959
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950)
    Lux Video Theatre
    7.3
    TV Series
    • film story
    • 1954
  • Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht (1953)
    Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht
    5.3
    • story
    • 1953
  • Paula Wessely in Ich und meine Frau (1953)
    Ich und meine Frau
    6.4
    • novel
    • 1953
  • Hildegard Knef in Illusion in Moll (1952)
    Illusion in Moll
    6.4
    • manuscript
    • 1952
  • Kraft Mystery Theatre (1947)
    Kraft Mystery Theatre
    7.8
    TV Series
    • co-author
    • 1952
  • Hans Albers in The Mistress (1952)
    The Mistress
    6.8
    • story and screenplay
    • 1952
  • September Affair (1950)
    September Affair
    6.7
    • story
    • 1950
  • Deanna Durbin, John Dall, and Donald O'Connor in Something in the Wind (1947)
    Something in the Wind
    6.6
    • story
    • 1947
  • Noah Beery Jr., Bonita Granville, Margaret Irving, Irene Ryan, and Sarah Selby in The Beautiful Cheat (1945)
    The Beautiful Cheat
    5.4
    • story
    • 1945
  • Sally Eilers, Jimmy Lydon, and Warren William in Strange Illusion (1945)
    Strange Illusion
    6.2
    • original story
    • 1945
  • Ennio Cerlesi and Isa Miranda in Affairs of Maupassant (1935)
    Affairs of Maupassant
    • story
    • 1935
  • Little Mother (1935)
    Little Mother
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 1935
  • Hans Moser, Bronislau Kaper, Georg Alexander, Erika Glässner, Liane Haid, Walter Jurmann, Lucie Mannheim, Hans Steinhoff, Willy Stettner, Otto Wallburg, and Anton Ziegler in Madame Wants No Children (1933)
    Madame Wants No Children
    6.1
    • writer
    • 1933

Music Department

  • Therapy for a Vampire (2014)
    Therapy for a Vampire
    6.3
    • lyrics: additional music
    • 2014
  • Irén Ágay and Ernö Verebes in Hochzeitsreise zu 50% (1937)
    Hochzeitsreise zu 50%
    • composer: songs "Wie im Roman", "Drei kleine Worte"
    • 1937
  • Affairs of Maupassant (1935)
    Affairs of Maupassant
    5.8
    • lyrics
    • 1935
  • Le grand bluff (1933)
    Le grand bluff
    • lyricist
    • 1933
  • Moderne Mitgift (1932)
    Moderne Mitgift
    • lyricist
    • 1932
  • Oskar Sima and Gerda Maurus in Seitensprünge (1931)
    Seitensprünge
    6.9
    • lyrics
    • 1931
  • Hugo Fischer-Köppe, Kurt Gerron, Artur Guttmann, Renate Müller, Frida Richard, Max Schmeling, Reinhold Schünzel, Olga Tschechowa, and Josef Fenneker in The Comeback (1930)
    The Comeback
    6.0
    • lyrics
    • 1930
  • Woman in the Moon (1929)
    Woman in the Moon
    7.3
    • lyrics (uncredited)
    • 1929
  • Eine kleine Liebelei. Lied und Valse Boston
    Short
    • songtexts
    • 1929
  • Die Lorelei
    • lyrics
    • 1927

Composer

  • Hansjörg Felmy and Barbara Rütting in Die Schatten werden länger (1961)
    Die Schatten werden länger
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 1961
  • Paula Wessely in Ich und meine Frau (1953)
    Ich und meine Frau
    6.4
    • Composer
    • 1953

Personal details

  • Official site
    • Representative's Website
  • Born
    • March 3, 1900
    • Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
  • Died
    • April 11, 1984
    • Ascona, Ticino, Switzerland
  • Other works
    Story: "Strange Illusion" (filmed as Strange Illusion (1945))

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He spent his evening of life in Switzerland.
  • Salary
    • Strange Illusion
      (1945)
      $10,000 (story rights)

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