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Lothar Brühne


1900 - 1958

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The filmcomposer Lothar Brühne began his musical career as a piano player for cinemas where he accompanied movies with music together with a silent movie orchestra.

He entered the film business in 1933 and at the beginning he wrote the music for short movies like "Die Goldgrube" (33) and "Stradivaris Schülergeige" (36).

In the second half of the 30s he became a filmcomposer of feature movies and he composed the soundtrack for productions like "Brillanten" (37), "La Habanera" (37), "5 Millionen suchen einen Erben" (38), "Die Nacht der Entscheidung" (38), "Fasching" (39) and "Eine Frau wie Du" (39).

During World War II he was engaged for well-known movies like "Feinde" (40), "Die keusche Geliebte" (40), "Komödianten" (41), "Jenny und der Herr im Frack" (41), "Romanze in Moll" (43), "Tonelli" (43) and "Orient-Express" (44).

Lothar Brühne continued his career as a filmcomposer after World War II and he remained active till his premature death in 1958.
To his post-war movies belong "Das verlorene Gesicht" (48), "Dreimal Komödie" (49), "Dreizehn unter einem Hut" (50), "Der Mann, der zweimal leben wollte" (50), "Bis wir uns wiedersehn" (52), "Ich und Du" (53), "Meines Vaters Pferde" (54), "Regina Amstetten" (54), "Kleiner Mann - ganz gross" (57) and the serial "Gesucht wird Mörder X" (59).

To Lothar Brühne's most popular movie songs belong "Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt" and "Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein?" which he wrote both for the actress and singer Zarah Leander as well as "Ich brech' die Herzen der stolzesten Frau'n" for Heinz Rühmann.

Lothar Brühne was married with Vera Brühne who was part of a sensational murder trial as one of the accused at the beginning of the 60s.


Other movies from Lothar Brühne:
Schnitzel fliegt (35) Die Geige lockt (35) Les pattes de mouche (36) In 49 Minuten (36) Die Hochzeitsreise (36) Gueule d'amor (37) Steckbrief 606 (37) Psst, ich bin Tante Emma (37) Papas Fehltritt (37) Lore (37) Die Bombenidee (37) S.O.S. Sahara (38) Der Blaufuchs (38) Susi und der schwarze Mann (38) Der Fünfzigmarkschein (38) Der Stammbaum des Dr. Pistorius (39) Brand im Ozean (39) Befreite Hände (39) Was will Brigitte? (41) Geliebte Welt (42) Ein Zug fährt ab (42) Damals (43) Scherzo – Verwitterte Melodie (43) Gefährlicher Frühling (43) Seine beste Rolle (44) Komm zu mir zurück (44) Dir zuliebe (44) Die kupferne Hochzeit (48) Lang ist der Weg (49) Philine (49) Liebesheirat (49) Eine grosse Liebe (49) Regimentsmusik (50) Die Tat des Anderen (51) Die Sehnscuth des Herzens (51) Das seltsame Leben des Herrn Bruggs (51) Der Weibertausch (52) Unter den Sternen von Capri (53) Morgengrauen (54) Der Engel mit dem Flammenschwert (54) Frühlingslied (54) Ein Herz schlägt für Erika (56) Beichtgeheimnis (56)

 
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