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Willy Schmidt-Gentner

Career

Active from 1926 to 1955, busiest in 1930 with 7 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Willy Schmidt-Gentner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    0.9, average 3.0
  • Dark Humor
    0.7, average 2.8
  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Tragic Love 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Forbidden Love 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Tragic Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

17 titles · average score 59
Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe
Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe (1956)

Music

Circus of Love
Circus of Love (1954)

Original Music Composer

Carnival Story
Carnival Story (1954)
GoodWatch score 41

Original Music Composer

Dieses Lied bleibt bei dir
Dieses Lied bleibt bei dir (1954)

Original Music Composer

The Faithful Hussar
The Faithful Hussar (1954)

Original Music Composer

When the Village Music Plays on Sunday Nights
When the Village Music Plays on Sunday Nights (1953)

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Am Brunnen vor dem Tore
Am Brunnen vor dem Tore (1952)

Original Music Composer

The Grapes Are Ripe
The Grapes Are Ripe (1952)

Original Music Composer

The Lost One
The Lost One (1951)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer

When the Evening Bells Ring
When the Evening Bells Ring (1951)

Original Music Composer

Der Seelenbräu
Der Seelenbräu (1950)

Music

The Angel with the Trumpet
The Angel with the Trumpet (1950)
GoodWatch score 66

Music

1940s

16 titles · average score 67
Viennese Girls
Viennese Girls (1949)

Original Music Composer

Witches
Witches (1949)

Original Music Composer

Um eine Nasenlänge
Um eine Nasenlänge (1949)

Music Director

The Angel with the Trumpet
The Angel with the Trumpet (1948)

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The World Turns Backward
The World Turns Backward (1947)

Music

Wie ein Dieb in der Nacht
Wie ein Dieb in der Nacht (1945)

Music

The Heart Must Be Silent
The Heart Must Be Silent (1944)

Music

Vienna 1910
Vienna 1910 (1943)

Original Music Composer

Vienna Blood
Vienna Blood (1942)

Original Music Composer

Homecoming
Homecoming (1941)

Music

The Postmaster
The Postmaster (1940)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

Operette
Operette (1940)

Music

1930s

30 titles · average score 69
Die Pompadour
Die Pompadour (1935)

Director

Episode
Episode (1935)

Original Music Composer

Masquerade in Vienna
Masquerade in Vienna (1934)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer

Unfinished Symphony
Unfinished Symphony (1934)

Original Music Composer

Volga in Flames
Volga in Flames (1934)

Original Music Composer

Lover Divine
Lover Divine (1933)

Music, Original Music Composer

The White Devil
The White Devil (1930)

Original Music Composer

The Flute Concert of Sans-souci
The Flute Concert of Sans-souci (1930)

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Darling of the Gods
Darling of the Gods (1930)

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Cyanide
Cyanide (1930)

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Dolly is making a career
Dolly is making a career (1930)

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Love's Carnival
Love's Carnival (1930)

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1920s

24 titles · average score 76
A Throw of Dice
A Throw of Dice (1929)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929)
GoodWatch score 77

Original Music Composer

Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers
Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers (1929)

Original Music Composer

Woman in the Moon
Woman in the Moon (1929)
GoodWatch score 76

Music

Hungarian Rhapsody
Hungarian Rhapsody (1928)

Original Music Composer

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
GoodWatch score 87

Music

Der Anwalt des Herzens
Der Anwalt des Herzens (1927)

Original Music Composer

Love
Love (1927)

Music

Children of No Importance
Children of No Importance (1926)

Original Music Composer

The Student of Prague
The Student of Prague (1926)
GoodWatch score 67

Music

I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity (1923)

Music

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
GoodWatch score 87

as (uncredited)