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Just Scheu(1903-1956)

  • Writer
  • Actor
  • Composer
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Just Scheu was born on 22 February 1903 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Freitag der 13. (1949), Zwei Herzen voller Seligkeit (1957) and The Rose Tattoo (1955). He died on 8 August 1956 in Bad Mergentheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
BornFebruary 22, 1903
DiedAugust 8, 1956(53)
BornFebruary 22, 1903
DiedAugust 8, 1956(53)
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Known for

Freitag der 13. (1949)
Freitag der 13.
6.1
  • Writer
  • 1949
Zwei Herzen voller Seligkeit (1957)
Zwei Herzen voller Seligkeit
4.8
  • Writer
  • 1957
Burt Lancaster and Anna Magnani in The Rose Tattoo (1955)
The Rose Tattoo
6.9
  • Music Department
  • 1955
Margot Hielscher, Paul Hörbiger, and Kurt Meisel in Der Teufel führt Regie (1951)
Der Teufel führt Regie
  • Writer
  • 1951

Credits

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Writer

  • Der Mann mit dem Zylinder
    TV Movie
    • musical comedy
    • 1977
  • Die Preußen kommen
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1970
  • Königin einer Nacht
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1969
  • Ein Engel namens Schmitt
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1967
  • Liebe um Mitternacht oder ''Eintritt frei''
    TV Movie
    • co-writer
    • 1965
  • Ein Engel namens Schmitt
    9.4
    TV Movie
    • story
    • 1964
  • Der Mann mit dem Zylinder
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1964
  • Ein Engel namens Schmid
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Die Preußen kommen
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1959
  • Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)
    Die schöne Lügnerin
    5.5
    • play
    • 1959
  • Die schöne Lügnerin
    TV Movie
    • co-writer
    • 1957
  • Zwei Herzen voller Seligkeit (1957)
    Zwei Herzen voller Seligkeit
    4.8
    • screenplay
    • 1957
  • Auf geht's
    6.6
    Short
    • written by
    • 1956
  • Der Mann mit dem Zylinder
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1955
  • Ein Engel namens Schmitt
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1954

Actor

  • Georg Schubert in Der Schatten des Herrn Monitor (1950)
    Der Schatten des Herrn Monitor
    6.9
    • Gerichtsvollzieher
    • 1950
  • Export in Blond (1950)
    Export in Blond
    5.7
    • Direktor bei Lloyds
    • 1950
  • Palace Scandal (1948)
    Palace Scandal
    6.5
    • 1948
  • Das seltsame Fräulein Sylvia
    • 1945
  • Harry Piel and Gerhild Weber in Der Mann im Sattel (1945)
    Der Mann im Sattel
    6.5
    • 1945
  • Bruni Löbel and John Pauls-Harding in Meine vier Jungens (1944)
    Meine vier Jungens
    • Schuldirektor
    • 1944
  • Großstadtmelodie (1943)
    Großstadtmelodie
    4.9
    • 1943
  • Titanic (1943)
    Titanic
    6.1
    • Dr. Lorenzen (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Damals (1943)
    Damals
    6.3
    • Polizeifotograf Vigo (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Meine Freundin Josefine (1942)
    Meine Freundin Josefine
    6.8
    • Gläubiger
    • 1942
  • Die Entlassung (1942)
    Die Entlassung
    6.9
    • 1942
  • Zarah Leander in Die große Liebe (1942)
    Die große Liebe
    6.2
    • Alfred Vanloos Bruder
    • 1942
  • Otto Gebühr in Der große König (1942)
    Der große König
    6.8
    • (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Wenn du noch eine Heimat hast (1942)
    Wenn du noch eine Heimat hast
    • 1942
  • Paul Hartmann in I accuse (1941)
    I accuse
    6.2
    • Dr. Scheu
    • 1941

Composer

  • Die Preußen kommen
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1970
  • Die schöne Lügnerin
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1957
  • Meine Frau macht Dummheiten (1952)
    Meine Frau macht Dummheiten
    • Composer
    • 1952

Personal details

  • Born
    • February 22, 1903
    • Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  • Died
    • August 8, 1956
    • Bad Mergentheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany(appendicitis)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Small-part supporting player, in films from 1936. When his acting career petered out in the late 40's, he turned to writing screenplays. Scheu also sidelined as a lyricist, composer and writer of popular songs ('Schlager'). In 1947, he devised and hosted the first quiz show on German radio ("Doppelt oder nichts").

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