Franz Grothe

Franz Grothe (17 September 1908 – 12 September 1982) was a German composer, mainly for the cinema. His musicals were outstanding successes. He was required to be a member of the Nazi party (No. 2.580.427).Ernst Klee: ''Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945.'' S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 202.

Selected filmography

* ''The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929)
* ''The Last Company'' (1930)
* ''Boycott'' (1930)
* '' Love Songs'' (1930)
* ''The Big Attraction'' (1931)
* ''Ronny'' (1931)
* '' The Unfaithful Eckehart'' (1931)
* ''The House of Dora Green'' (1933)
* ''And Who Is Kissing Me?'' (1933)
* '' The Girl with the Bruise'' (1933)
* ''The Castle in the South'' (1933)
* '' Tell Me Who You Are'' (1933)
* '' Dream Castle'' (1933)
* ''The Gentleman from Maxim's'' (1933)
* ''Waltz War'' (1933)
* ''The Big Bluff'' (1933)
* ''Heinz in the Moon'' (1934)
* ''Between Two Hearts'' (1934)
* '' So Ended a Great Love'' (1934)
* '' Miss Madame'' (1934)
* ''Peter, Paul and Nanette'' (1935)
* ''Winter Night's Dream'' (1935)
* ''The Blonde Carmen'' (1935)
* '' The Valley of Love'' (1935)
* ''A Woman Between Two Worlds'' (1936)
* ''The Love of the Maharaja'' (1936)
* ''The Castle in Flanders'' (1936)
* ''Red Orchids'' (1938)
* ''Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything'' (1938)
* ''Secret Code LB 17'' (1938)
*''The Secret Lie'' (1938)
* ''Alarm at Station III'' (1939)
* ''Marriage in Small Doses'' (1939)
* ''The Curtain Falls'' (1939)
* ''Der singende Tor'' (1939)
* ''Roses in Tyrol'' (1940)
* ''Women Are Better Diplomats'' (1941)
* '' The Swedish Nightingale'' (1941)
* '' Love Me'' (1942)
* ''I Entrust My Wife to You'' (1943)
* '' The Eternal Tone'' (1943)
* ''Love Premiere'' (1943)
* ''Don't Play with Love'' (1949)
* '' Nothing But Coincidence'' (1949)
* ''Derby'' (1949)
* '' Unknown Sender'' (1950)
* ''Taxi-Kitty'' (1950)
* '' Beloved Liar'' (1950)
* ''Harbour Melody'' (1950)
* '' Furioso'' (1950)
* '' Doctor Praetorius'' (1950)
* ''Chased by the Devil'' (1950)
* '' The Beautiful Galatea'' (1950)
* '' The House in Montevideo'' (1951)
* ''Fanfares of Love'' (1951)
* ''The Blue Star of the South'' (1951)
* ''Father Needs a Wife'' (1952)
* '' Must We Get Divorced?'' (1953)
* '' Hocuspocus'' (1953)
* ''Stars Over Colombo'' (1953)
* '' Fanfare of Marriage'' (1953)
* ''Scandal at the Girls' School'' (1953)
* ''They Call It Love'' (1953)
* '' The Blue Hour'' (1953)
* ''Ave Maria'' (1953)
* ''A Parisian in Rome'' (1954)
* '' Portrait of an Unknown Woman'' (1954)
* '' I Often Think of Piroschka'' (1955)
* ''The Blue Danube'' (1955)
* ''A Girl Without Boundaries'' (1955)
* '' Three Girls from the Rhine'' (1955)
* ''The Golden Bridge'' (1956)
* '' If We All Were Angels'' (1956)
* '' Queen Louise'' (1957)
* ''The Saint and Her Fool'' (1957)
* '' Goodbye, Franziska'' (1957)
* ''A Piece of Heaven'' (1957)
* ''Salzburg Stories'' (1957)
* ''Wir Wunderkinder'' (1958)
* ''The Trapp Family in America'' (1958)
* ''The Priest and the Girl'' (1958)
* ''The Man Who Walked Through the Wall'' (1959)
* '' The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp'' (1959)
* '' Old Heidelberg'' (1959)
* ''Twelve Girls and One Man'' (1959)
* ''Jacqueline'' (1959)
* ''The Last Pedestrian'' (1960)
* ''Stage Fright'' (1960)
* ''Sweetheart of the Gods'' (1960)
* '' Two Among Millions'' (1961)
* '' The House in Montevideo'' (1963)
* ''My Daughter and I'' (1963)
* ''A Mission for Mr. Dodd'' (1964)
* ''Praetorius'' (1965)
* '' Liselotte of the Palatinate'' (1966)

References

Bibliography

* Kater, Michael H. ''Composers of the Nazi Era: Eight Portraits''. Oxford University Press, 2000

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1908 births
1982 deaths
German film score composers
Male film score composers
German male composers
Musicians from Berlin
Nazi Party members
20th-century German composers
20th-century German male musicians
Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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