Walter Reisch (May 23, 1903 – March 28, 1983) was an
Austrian-born director and screenwriter. He also wrote
lyrics
Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist. The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a "libretto" and their writer, ...
to several songs featured in his films, one popular title is "Flieger, grüß mir die Sonne".
He was married to the dancer and actress
Poldi Dur and was the cousin of
Georg Kreisler.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Curse'' (1924)
* ''
A Waltz by Strauss'' (1925)
* ''
Colonel Redl'' (1925)
* ''
Kissing Is No Sin'' (1926)
* ''
Pratermizzi'' (1927)
* ''
Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine'' (1927)
* ''
The Indiscreet Woman'' (1927)
* ''
Carnival Magic'' (1927)
* ''
Darling of the Dragoons'' (1928)
* ''
It's You I Have Loved'' (1929)
* ''
The Merry Widower'' (1929)
* ''
The Woman Everyone Loves Is You'' (1929)
* ''
The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929)
* ''
Prisoner Number Seven'' (1929)
* ''
The Black Domino'' (1929)
* ''
The Hero of Every Girl's Dream'' (1929)
* ''
Black Forest Girl'' (1929)
* ''
The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930)
* ''
The Song Is Ended'' (1930)
* ''
Never Trust a Woman'' (1930)
* ''
A Gentleman for Hire'' (1930)
* ''
Two Hearts in Waltz Time'' (1930)
* ''
Fire in the Opera House'' (1930)
* ''
Hocuspocus'' (1930)
* ''
Danube Waltz'' (1930)
* ''
The Merry Wives of Vienna'' (1931)
* ''
The Theft of the Mona Lisa'' (1931)
* ''
In the Employ of the Secret Service
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'' (1931)
* ''
The Prince of Arcadia'' (1932)
* ''
A Blonde Dream'' (1932)
* ''
The Countess of Monte Cristo'' (1932)
* ''
Happy Ever After'' (1932)
* ''
Gently My Songs Entreat'' (1933)
* ''
Season in Cairo'' (1933)
* ''
The Empress and I'' (1933)
* ''
The Only Girl'' (1933)
* ''
Unfinished Symphony
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'' (1934)
* ''
So Ended a Great Love'' (1934)
* ''
Two Hearts in Waltz Time'' (1934)
* ''
Episode
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'' (1935)
* ''
The Divine Spark
''The Divine Spark'' is a 1935 British musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Marta Eggerth, Phillips Holmes, Benita Hume and Donald Calthrop. An Italian-language version ''Casta Diva (1935 film), Casta Diva'' was shot simultaneou ...
'' (1935)
* ''
The Great Waltz'' (1938)
* ''
Ninotchka'' (1939)
* ''
My Love Came Back'' (1940)
* ''
Comrade X'' (1940) (story)
* ''
That Hamilton Woman'' (1941)
* ''
That Uncertain Feeling'' (1941)
* ''
The Heavenly Body'' (1944)
* ''
Gaslight'' (1944)
* ''
Song of Scheherazade'' (1947)
* ''
The Mating Season'' (1951)
* ''
The Model and the Marriage Broker'' (1951)
* ''
Titanic
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'' (1953)
* ''
The Mosquito'' (1954)
* ''
Teenage Rebel'' (1956)
* ''
The Cornet'' (1956)
* ''
Just Once a Great Lady'' (1957)
* ''
Stopover Tokyo'' (1957)
* ''
Journey to the Center of the Earth
''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (), also translated with the variant titles ''A Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' and ''A Journey into the Interior of the Earth'', is a classic science fiction novel written by French novelist Jules Ve ...
'' (1959)
References
External links
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Walter Reisch (in German) from the online-archive of the
Österreichischen Mediathek
1903 births
1983 deaths
Film people from Vienna
Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winners
Austrian emigrants to the United States
Austrian film directors
Austrian film producers
Austrian lyricists
Deaths from cancer in California
20th-century Austrian businesspeople
20th-century Austrian male writers
20th-century Austrian screenwriters
20th-century American screenwriters
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