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The filmcomposer Werner Bochmann belonged to the leading filmcomposers
from the middle of the 30's and influenced the golden era of the musical
movies.
Werner Bochmann studied at his father's request chemistry after World
War I but soon his enthusiasm for music caught on. He earned his first
money at the State Opera where he rehearsed roles with singers. In the
following years he studied music by Joseph Gustav Mraczek and Frank Schreker.
He got his first important musical work as a pianist at the Argentine
orchestra of José Soler and was introduced into a new music world.
Werner Bochmann began to commit first compositions to paper. In 1929
the time came up. The American publishers Irving Berlin published Bochmann's
first hit called "I Called to Say Good Night".
His great breakthrough came with his engagement at the Ufa where he
composed countless film scores in the following decades.
To his well-known works of the 30's belong "April, April!" (35), "Kirschen
in Nachbars Garten" (35), "The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss" (36), "Kautschuk"
(38), "Umwege zum Glück" (39) and "Kongo-Express" (39).
During wartime, when the entertainment film was very important for the
public mental state he composed musical backgrounds and hits to movies
like "Quax, der Bruchpilot" (41), "Hauptsache glücklich!" (41), "Fronttheater"
(42), "Die Feuerzangenbowle" (44) and "Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel" (44).
When Germany was exposed to the biggest armed conflicts, Werner Bochmann
found refugein his weekend house on the Schliersberg which became his fixed
residence. There he set many movies to music and many of his songs outdid
often the movie in popularity. To his most important works of the 50's
belong "Der Theodor im Fussballtor" (50), "Quax in Afrika" (53), "Der Mann
meines Lebens" (54) and "Heisse Ernte" (56).
Werner Bochmann spotted in his long career, among others, the later
actress Ilse Werner as a singer and art whistler.
Other movies from Werner Bochmann:
Die Insel (34) Einer zuviel an
Bord (35) Ein idealer Gatte (35) Geheimnis eines alten Hauses (36) Donner,
Blitz und Sonnenschein (36) Der Abenteurer von Paris (36) Alarm in Peking
(37) Sherlok Holmes und die graue Dame (37) Ich liebe Dich (38) Heiratsschwindler
(38) Das Mädchen von gestern Nacht (38) Ich verweigere die Aussage
(39) Spassvögel (39) Ein Robinson - Tagebuch eines Matrosen (39) Sensationsprozess
Casilla (39) Lauter Liebe (40) Wunschkonzert (40) Herz ohne Heimat (40)
Meine Tante - deine Tante (40) Das andere Ich (41) Himmelhunde (42) Fünftausend
Mark Belohnung (42) Liebeskomödie (42) Gefährtin meines Sommers
(43) Ich vertraue dir meine Frau an (43) Johann (43) Sophienlund (44) Der
grüne Salon (44) Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen (44) Seinerzeit zu meiner Zeit
(44) Junge Herzen (44) Das alte Lied (45) Frau über Bord/Das Mädchen
Juanita (45) Heidesommer (45) Sag' die Wahrheit (46) Unser Mittwochabend
(48) Die kupferne Hochzeit (48) Das Geheimnis der roten Katze (49) Gesucht
wird Majora (49) Ich mach dich glücklich (49) Die Kreuzlschreiber
(50) Aufruhr im Paradies (50) Die fidele Tankstelle (50) Mein Freund, der
Dieb (51) Drei Kavaliere (51) Ein Fenster in die Welt (51) Heimat, deine
Sterne (51) Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab (52) Gesprengte Gitter/Die
Elefanten sind los/Pank (53) Die Mühle im Schwarzwäldertal (53)
Die kleine Stadt will schlafen gehen/Die sieben Sünder (54) Das Kreuz
am Jägersteig (54) Ball der Nationen (54) Die spanische Fliege (55)
Der Fischer vom Heiligensee (55) Das Forsthaus in Tirol (55) Der Pfarrer
von St. Michael (57) Die fidelen Detektive (57) Die Pamir (59) Auf Wiedersehen
am blauen Meer (62) Rendezvous mit Annegret (65) |
