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Willy Fritsch(1901-1973)

  • Actor
  • Soundtrack
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Willy Fritsch in Der kleine Grenzverkehr (1943)
Willy Fritsch was born on 27 January 1901 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Woman in the Moon (1929), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Amphitryon (1935). He was previously married to Dinah Grace. He died on 13 July 1973 in Hamburg, Germany.
BornJanuary 27, 1901
DiedJuly 13, 1973(72)
BornJanuary 27, 1901
DiedJuly 13, 1973(72)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win

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Willy Fritsch and Brigitte Helm in Die Insel (1934)
Willy Fritsch in Murder for Sale (1930)
Willy Fritsch and Lotte Koch in Anschlag auf Baku (1942)
Willy Fritsch in Spies (1928)
Willy Fritsch and Camilla Horn in The Cheeky Devil (1932)
Heli Finkenzeller, Fita Benkhoff, Gina Falckenberg, and Willy Fritsch in Boccaccio (1936)
Willy Fritsch and Marte Harell in Dreimal Hochzeit (1941)
Willy Fritsch and Maria Holst in Vienna Blood (1942)
Willy Fritsch, Maria Holst, Dorit Kreysler, and Fred Liewehr in Vienna Blood (1942)
Willy Fritsch in Melody of the Heart (1929)
Xenia Desni, Willy Fritsch, and Lydia Potechina in The Waltz Dream (1925)
Romy Schneider and Willy Fritsch in Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht (1953)

Known for:

Woman in the Moon (1929)
Woman in the Moon
7.3
  • Wolf Helius
  • 1929
Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Inglourious Basterds
8.3
  • Soundtrack("Ich wollt ich waer ein Huhn")
  • 2009
Amphitryon (1935)
Amphitryon
6.7
  • Jupiter
  • Amphitryon
  • 1935
Willy Fritsch and Dita Parlo in Melody of the Heart (1929)
Melody of the Heart
8.0
  • János Garas
  • 1929

Credits

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Actor

  • Mona Baptiste in Blå time (1963)
    Blå time
    • Singer
    • TV Series
    • 1964
  • Thomas Fritsch in I Learned It from Father (1964)
    I Learned It from Father
    • Clemens Andermann
    • 1964
  • Jazz und Jux in Heidelberg
    • 1964
  • Rauf und runter
    • TV Movie
    • 1964
  • Der Himmel kann warten
    • Alexander Allerson
    • TV Movie
    • 1962
  • The Bellboy and the Playgirls (1962)
    The Bellboy and the Playgirls
    • 1962
  • Isola Bella (1961)
    Isola Bella
    • Konsul Heinrich Stülcken
    • 1961
  • Was macht Papa denn in Italien? (1961)
    Was macht Papa denn in Italien?
    • Studienrat Hanselmann
    • 1961
  • Wenn die Heide blüht (1960)
    Wenn die Heide blüht
    • Dr. Erdman
    • 1960
  • Ruth Leuwerik and Peter van Eyck in Liebling der Götter (1960)
    Liebling der Götter
    • Gunzel
    • 1960
  • Hubertusjagd (1959)
    Hubertusjagd
    • Otto Lindenberg
    • 1959
  • Tunis Top Secret (1959)
    Tunis Top Secret
    • Narrator
    • Major Knickerbocker
    • 1959
  • Mady Rahl in Mit Eva fing die Sünde an (1958)
    Mit Eva fing die Sünde an
    • Gregor
    • 1958
  • Schwarzwälder Kirsch (1958)
    Schwarzwälder Kirsch
    • Arthur Altenberg
    • 1958
  • Zwei Herzen im Mai (1958)
    Zwei Herzen im Mai
    • Gesenius
    • 1958

Soundtrack

  • Bititsch
    • performer: "Lili Marlene"
    • Short
    • 2009
  • Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)
    Inglourious Basterds
    • performer: "Ich wollt ich waer ein Huhn"
    • 2009
  • Tango Kabaree (2001)
    Tango Kabaree
    • performer: "Ich tanze mit dir in den Himmel hinein"
    • 2001
  • Kintopp Kintopp (1981)
    Kintopp Kintopp
    • performer: "Ein Freund, ein guter Freund" (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 1981
  • Die Reise nach Wien (1973)
    Die Reise nach Wien
    • performer: "An der Donau, wenn der Wein blüht"
    • 1973
  • Heinz Erhardt, Thomas Fritsch, Willy Fritsch, and Wenche Myhre in Andere Zeiten - Andere Sitten (1967)
    Andere Zeiten - Andere Sitten
    • performer: "Andere Zeiten - Andere Sitten", "So sieht das heute aus", "Das waren tolle Zeiten", "Unsere Ahnen", "Ganz im Trend", "Ich erinnere mich gut", "Liebling, mein Herz lässt dich grüßen"
    • TV Movie
    • 1967
  • Thomas Fritsch in I Learned It from Father (1964)
    I Learned It from Father
    • performer: "Das hab ich von Papa gelernt", "Liebling, mein Herz läßt Dich grüßen"
    • 1964
  • Ingrid Pan, Georg Thomalla, and Grethe Weiser in Damenwahl (1953)
    Damenwahl
    • performer: "Bring ein bisschen Sonnenschein in meine einsamen Nächte" (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Willy Fritsch and Lilian Harvey in Seven Slaps (1937)
    Seven Slaps
    • performer: "Ich tanze mit Dir in den Himmel hinein"
    • 1937
  • Oskar Sima, Willy Fritsch, Lilian Harvey, and Paul Kemp in Glückskinder (1936)
    Glückskinder
    • performer: "Ich wollt' ich wär' ein Huhn"
    • 1936
  • Amphitryon (1935)
    Amphitryon
    • performer: "Amphitryon-Walzer"
    • 1935
  • Willy Fritsch and Renate Müller in Cairo Season (1933)
    Cairo Season
    • performer: "Saison in Kairo", "Mir ist so, ich weiss nicht wie"
    • 1933
  • Willy Fritsch and Käthe von Nagy in Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht (1932)
    Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht
    • performer: "Wenn ich Sonntags in mein Kino geh'...", "Wenn du nicht kommst, dann haben die Rosen umsonst geblüht"
    • 1932
  • Willy Fritsch and Käthe von Nagy in Her Grace Commands (1931)
    Her Grace Commands
    • performer: "Du hast mir heimlich die Liebe in's Haus gebracht", "Frag' nicht wie, frag' nicht wo..."
    • 1931
  • Heinz Rühmann, Willy Fritsch, and Lilian Harvey in Murder for Sale (1930)
    Murder for Sale
    • performer: "Fidschi"
    • 1930

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Willi Fritsch
  • Born
    • January 27, 1901
    • Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]
  • Died
    • July 13, 1973
    • Hamburg, Germany(heart attack)
  • Spouse
    • Dinah GraceMarch 1937 - May 12, 1963 (her death, 2 children)
  • Children
    • Thomas Fritsch
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Print Biographies
    • 1 Interview
    • 5 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 4 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    In Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, Lilian Harvey's duet with Willy Fritsch from the 1936 film "Glückskinder", Ich wollt' ich wär ein Huhn ("I wish I was a chicken") can be heard playing on a phonograph in the basement scene "La Louisiane" as well as in the extended scene "Lunch With Goebbels", as Joseph Goebbels (Sylvester Groth) happily sings a portion of the song after deciding to hold a private screening of the film. After the screening, cinema owner, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent), under the alias "Emmanuelle Mimieux", comments on liking Lilian Harvey in the film - to which an irritated Goebbels angrily insists her name never be mentioned again in his presence.

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