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Willy Schmidt-Gentner

Born: 6th April 1894, Neustadt am Rennsteig, Germany

Died: 12th February 1964, Vienna, Austria

Nationality: German

Willy Schmidt-Gentner was one of the most successful German composers of film music in the history of German-language cinema. He moved to Vienna in 1933. At his most productive, he scored up to 10 films a year, including numerous classics and masterpieces of the German and Austrian cinema.