Willy Fritsch(1901-1973)

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.

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Bititsch
- performer: "Lili Marlene"
- Short
- 2009
Inglourious Basterds
- performer: "Ich wollt ich waer ein Huhn"
- 2009
Tango Kabaree
- performer: "Ich tanze mit dir in den Himmel hinein"
- 2001
Kintopp Kintopp
- performer: "Ein Freund, ein guter Freund" (uncredited)
- TV Series
- 1981
Die Reise nach Wien
- performer: "An der Donau, wenn der Wein blüht"
- 1973
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
I Learned It from Father
- performer: "Das hab ich von Papa gelernt", "Liebling, mein Herz läßt Dich grüßen"
- 1964
Damenwahl
- performer: "Bring ein bisschen Sonnenschein in meine einsamen Nächte" (uncredited)
- 1953
Seven Slaps
- performer: "Ich tanze mit Dir in den Himmel hinein"
- 1937
Glückskinder
- performer: "Ich wollt' ich wär' ein Huhn"
- 1936
Amphitryon
- performer: "Amphitryon-Walzer"
- 1935
Cairo Season
- performer: "Saison in Kairo", "Mir ist so, ich weiss nicht wie"
- 1933
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
Her Grace Commands
- performer: "Du hast mir heimlich die Liebe in's Haus gebracht", "Frag' nicht wie, frag' nicht wo..."
- 1931
Murder for Sale
- performer: "Fidschi"
- 1930

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.