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- Falecido(a) em28 de março de 1983 · Los Angeles, Califórnia, EUA (câncer)
- Walter Reisch nasceu o 23 de maio de 1903 em Viena, Áustria-Hungria (agora Áustria). Era autor e diretor e foi conhecido pelo seu trabalho em À Meia Luz (1944), Silhuetas (1936) e Romance em Viena (1935). Foi casado com Liesl Handl. Morreu o 28 de março de 1983 em Los Angeles, Califórnia, EUA.
- CônjugeLiesl Handl(1937 - 28 de março de 1983) (sua morte)
- To his last movies belong "Teenage Rebel" (1956) with Ginger Rogers and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1959) with James Mason.
- In 1936 he went to England where he wrote and directed the movie "Men Are Not Gods" (1937), finally he migrated to Hollywood in 1937 with a contract for M-G-M. There he was able to write again multitude well-known movies, among others for Billy Wilder, and was very successful.
- He worked in Germany at the beginning of the 30's and committed some milestones of the German film history to paper, especially in the musical field. In this time he often worked together with director Geza von Bolvary and actor Willi Forst.
- He also wrote lyrics to several songs featured in his films, one popular title is "Flieger, grüß mir die Sonne".
- Walter Reisch came back to Germany in the 50's for a short time and wrote the movies "Die Mücke" (1954) and "Der Cornet - Die Weise von Liebe und Tod" (1955), after that he returned to the USA where he was active as a screen writer till 1959.
- [on Hedy Lamarr]: I don't think I exaggerate when I say she was the most beautiful girl God ever sent down to Earth.
- At Fox, it was like being in a big newspaper office. Everything went according to Zanuck's taste, Zanuck's speed, Zanuck's way of making pictures - that is, fast, topical, very little conversation, very few arguments. I personally just loved it.
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