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Walter Reisch

Letter Walter Reisch

1903 - 1983

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The screenwriter Walter Reisch made first experiences in the film business as an assistant of Alexander Korda and he wrote his first scripts for the Austrian film in the silent movie era. 
To his first movies belong "Miss Hobbs" (21),"Oberst Redl" (25), "Der Fluch" (25), "Ein Walzer von Strauss" (25), "Tingel Tangel" (27), "Der Bettelstudent" (27) and "Die Nacht gehört uns" (29).

He worked in Germany at the beginning of the 30's and committed some milestones of the German film history to paper, especially in the musical field. In this time he often worked together with director Geza von Bolvary and actor Willi Forst.
To his well-known works of those years belong "Hokuspokus" (30), "Das Lied ist aus" (30), "Das Flötenkonzert von Sans-souci" (30), "Der Raub der Mona Lisa" (31), "Ein blonder Traum" (32), "Die Gräfin von Monte-Christo" (32), "F.P.1 antwortet nicht" (32) and "Saison in Kairo" (33).

But when the National Socialists came into power in Germany the Jew Walter Reisch returned to Austria and continued his career in his home country. Especially his cooperation with the actor and director Willi Forst turned out to be very fruitful, they made the movies "Leise flehen meine Lieder" (33) und "Maskerade" (34), beside it he also directed his first movies "Episode" (35) and "Silhouetten" (36).

In 1936 he went to England where he wrote and directed the movie "Men Are Not Gods" (37), finally he migrated to Hollywood in 1937 with a cotract for M-G-M. There he was able to write again multitude well-known movies, among others for Billy Wilder, and was very successful.
Popular movies like "Ninotchka" (39) with Greta Garbo, "Comrade X" (40) with Hedy Lamarr, "That Hamilton Woman" (41) with Vivien Leigh, "Gaslight" (44) with Ingrid Bergmann, "Song of Scheherazade" (47) with Yvonne de Carlo and "Niagara" (53) with Marilyn Monroe came into being.

Walter Reisch was awarded with an Oscar for his movie "Titanic" in 1953, moreover he also was nominated for three more Oscars.
In 1955 he became presiding judge of the Academy committee for the category "Best Foreign Language Film".

Walter Reisch came back to Germany in the 50's for a short time and wrote the movies "Die Mücke" (54) and "Der Cornet - Die Weise von Liebe und Tod" (55), after that he returned to the USA where he was active as a screen writer till 1959.
To his last movies belong "Teenage Rebel" (56) with Ginger Rogers and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (59) with James Mason.

Walter Reisch was among others married with the ballerina Elisabeth Handl.
 

Other movies of Walter Reisch:
Frauen aus der Wiener Vorstadt (25) Leibfiaker Bratfisch (25) Küssen ist keine Sünd' (26) Schützenliesl (26) Die Dollarprinzessin und ihre sechs Freier (27) Die elf Teufel (27) Das Heiratsnest (27) Die indiskrete Frau (27) Ein Mädel aus dem Volke (27) Ein rheinisches Mädchen beim rheinischen Wein (27) Pratermizzi (27) Die Beichte des Feldkuraten (27)  Seine Hoheit, der Eintänzer (27) Faschingszauber (27) Dragonerliebchen  (28) Der Faschingsprinz (28) Die Zirkusprinzessin (28) Fräulein Fähnrich (29) Der lustige Witwer (29) Rabmadar - Gefangener M 7 (29) Der schwarze Domino (29) Die süsse Yvonne (29) Schwarzwaldmädel (29) Dich hab ich geliebt (29) La barcarolle d'amour (29) Der Held aller Mädchensträume (29) Die Frau, die jeder liebt, bist du! (29) Donauwalzer (30) Ich glaube nie mehr an eine Frau (30) Zwei Herzen im Dreiviertel-Takt (30) Mach mir die Welt zum Paradies (30) Ein Tango für Dich (30) Wie werde ich reich und glücklich? (30) Brand in der Oper (30) Die singende Stadt (30) The Temporary Widow (30) Va Banque (30) Der Herr auf Bestellung (30) Die lustigen Weiber von Wien (31) Liebeskommando (31) Im Geheimdienst (31) Der Prinz von Arkadien (32) Happy Ever After (32) The Only Girl (33) Ich und die Kaiserin (33) The Song You Gave Me (33) Unfinished Symphony (34) Two Hearts in waltz Time (34) So endete eine Liebe (34) Escapade (35) Casta diva (35) The Divine Spark (35) Silhouetten (36) Gateway (38) The Great Waltz (38) My Love Came Back (40) Seven Sweethearts (42) That Uncertain Feeling (41) Somewhere I'll Find You (42) The Heavenly Body (43) The Countess of Monte Cristo (48) The Fan (49) The Mating Season (51) The Model and the Marriage Broker (51) The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (55) Einmal eine grosse Dame sein (57) Stopover Tokyo (57) The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (59) 

Director:
Song of Scheherazade (47) Die Mücke (59) Der Cornet - Die Weise von Liebe und Tod (55)

Producer:
Silhouetten (36) Stopover Tokyo (57) Fräulein (58)

Filmsong:
Das Lied ist aus (30) Ein Tango für Dich (30)

Actor:
Ich und die Kaiserin (33)


 
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