Georg Haentzschel

{{Short description|German pianist, broadcaster, composer and arranger (1907–1992)}} '''Georg Haentzschel''' ( 23 December 1907, [[Berlin]] – 12 April 1992, [[Cologne]]) was a German pianist, broadcaster, composer and arranger.

Haentzschel studied at the [[Stern Conservatory|Stern Conservatoire]] in [[Berlin]] and made a career which eventually left him as the last remaining representative composer from what he considered the golden age of German film music. He worked equally happily as a jazz pianist, regularly collaborating with the similarly gifted [[Peter Igelhoff]]. He directed the [[Deutsche Tanz-und-Unterhaltungsorchester]] (German Dance and Entertainment Orchestra). After the war, he moved to [[West Germany]] and worked in Cologne.

Haentzschel's most famous film score, for the wartime extravaganza ''[[Münchhausen (1943 film)|Münchhausen]]'' (1943) recalls his mentor [[Theo Mackeben]]. The score is flooded with romantic melody and effective scoring. Representative work may be heard in many other film scores, such as ''Via Mala'' (released 1948), ''Annelie'' (1941) and ''Robinson soll nicht sterben''.

He was killed during the [[1992 Roermond earthquake|1992 Roermond Earthquake.]]<ref name="BEderAllMovie">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/georg-haentzschel-p217382|title=Georg Haentzschel|author=Bruce Eder|access-date=17 May 2008}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''[[The Divine Jetta]]'' (1937) * ''[[Dangerous Game (1937 film)|Dangerous Game]]'' (1937) * ''[[Don't Promise Me Anything]]'' (1937) * ''[[Her First Experience]]'' (1939) * ''[[Stars of Variety]]'' (1939) * ''[[Small Town Poet]]'' (1940) * ''[[Annelie (film)|Annelie]]'' (1941) * ''[[5 June (film)|5 June]]'' (1942) * ''[[Two in a Big City]]'' (1942) * ''[[When the Young Wine Blossoms (1943 film)|When the Young Wine Blossoms]]'' (1943) * ''[[Via Mala (1945 film)|Via Mala]]'' (1945) * ''[[The Charming Young Lady (film)|The Charming Young Lady]]'' (1953) * ''[[It Was Always So Nice With You]]'' (1954) * ''[[Emil and the Detectives (1954 film)|Emil and the Detectives]]'' (1954) * ''[[My Children and I]]'' (1955) * ''[[The First Day of Spring]]'' (1956) * ''[[Precocious Youth]]'' (1957) * ''[[Confess, Doctor Corda]]'' (1958) * ''[[Stefanie (film)|Stefanie]]'' (1958) * ''[[The Man Who Sold Himself (1959 film)|The Man Who Sold Himself]]'' (1959) * ''[[Marili]]'' (1959) * ''[[The Ideal Woman]]'' (1959)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0003170|name=Georg Haentzschel}}

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