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Joseph Schmidt(1904-1942)

  • Actor
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Joseph Schmidt
Educated in Czernowitz, his musical education began in a synagogue choir. In 1924 he moved to Berlin to continue his musical studies. His opera debut was in Berlin in 1929, his film career began in 1931 with "Liebesexpress". His most famous movie was the 1933 film "Ein Lied geht um die Welt." He lived in Berlin, Vienna, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Nice and died in a Swiss internment camp for illegal refugees in 1942.
BornMarch 4, 1904
DiedNovember 16, 1942(38)
BornMarch 4, 1904
DiedNovember 16, 1942(38)
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Photos8

Evi Panzner and Joseph Schmidt in Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel (1934)
Charlotte Ander and Joseph Schmidt in My Song Goes Round the World (1934)
Jack Barty, John Loder, and Joseph Schmidt in My Song Goes Round the World (1934)
Dina Gralla and Joseph Schmidt in Der Liebesexpreß (1931)
Charlotte Ander and Joseph Schmidt in Ein Lied geht um die Welt (1933)
Joseph Schmidt
Lilliane Dietz and Joseph Schmidt in Wenn du jung bist, gehört dir die Welt (1934)

Known for:

A Star Fell from Heaven (1936)
A Star Fell from Heaven
6.5
  • Josef Reiner
  • 1936
Jack Barty, John Loder, and Joseph Schmidt in My Song Goes Round the World (1934)
My Song Goes Round the World
7.0
  • Ricardo
  • 1934
Ein Lied geht um die Welt (1933)
Ein Lied geht um die Welt
6.5
  • Ricardo
  • 1933
Heute nacht oder nie (1972)
Heute nacht oder nie
7.0
  • Soundtrack("Heute Nacht oder nie")
  • 1972

Credits

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Actor

  • A Star Fell from Heaven (1936)
    A Star Fell from Heaven
    6.5
    • Josef Reiner
    • 1936
  • Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben (1935)
    Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben
    5.7
    • Beppo
    • Tonio
    • 1935
  • Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel (1934)
    Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel
    6.9
    • Joseph Reiner, Musikstudent
    • 1934
  • Jack Barty, John Loder, and Joseph Schmidt in My Song Goes Round the World (1934)
    My Song Goes Round the World
    7.0
    • Ricardo
    • 1934
  • Wenn du jung bist, gehört dir die Welt (1934)
    Wenn du jung bist, gehört dir die Welt
    7.3
    • Carlo
    • 1934
  • Ein Lied geht um die Welt (1933)
    Ein Lied geht um die Welt
    6.5
    • Ricardo
    • 1933
  • Hans Feher and Magda Sonja in Gehetzte Menschen (1932)
    Gehetzte Menschen
    • 1932
  • Goethe lebt...!
    • Tenor
    • 1932
  • Dina Gralla and Joseph Schmidt in Der Liebesexpreß (1931)
    Der Liebesexpreß
    5.0
    • Enrico Tonelli, Sänger
    • 1931

Soundtrack

  • Heute nacht oder nie (1972)
    Heute nacht oder nie
    7.0
    • performer: "Heute Nacht oder nie"
    • 1972
  • A Star Fell from Heaven (1936)
    A Star Fell from Heaven
    6.5
    • performer: "A Star Fell from Heaven" (uncredited), "I'm Happy When It's Raining" (uncredited), "I'll Sing a Song of Love to You" (uncredited), "Wine and Waltz" (uncredited), "La Coeur de la Vie", "I Hear You Calling Me", "Excelsior"
    • 1936
  • Dina Gralla and Joseph Schmidt in Der Liebesexpreß (1931)
    Der Liebesexpreß
    5.0
    • performer: "Das alte Wort: Ich liebe dich !"
    • 1931

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 1.53 m
  • Born
    • March 4, 1904
    • Davideny, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary [now Davydivka, Ukraine]
  • Died
    • November 16, 1942
    • Gyrenbad, Zürich, Switzerland(heart attack)
  • Other works
    4 CD collection (Opera, Pop-Music, Film Music) on EMI CHS 7 64676 2
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    With an engagement for a German radio broadcast began his successful international career.

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