Siegfried Franz
Siegfried Franz (born August 14, 1913 in Mannheim ; † March 18, 1998 in Hamburg ) was a German film and radio play composer.
Life
Siegfried Franz, son of a board member, received piano lessons as a child. After graduating from high school, he attended the master class for piano with Max von Pauer , composition with Wilhelm Petersen and conducting with Chlodwig Rasberger at the City University of Music and Theater in Mannheim .
In 1938 Franz achieved “artistic maturity with distinction” in both subjects and was accepted into the university's teaching staff a little later. He worked there for three years as a lecturer in music theory and piano. During this time his first own compositions were performed.
After the outbreak of war , Franz was hired by the Wehrmacht High Command to organize evening hours. From 1941 he trained singers in the army and air force. After he finally had to serve as a normal soldier, Franz fell into American captivity, where he was able to set up a camp band.
After his release, Franz became the second pianist under the composer and conductor Hans-Martin Majewski at the Altonaer Theater in Hamburg . There he met the cabaret artist Ossi Wagner , who brought him to the NWDR as a freelance composer .
Here Franz, who had long since settled in Hamburg, advanced to become one of the most prominent and busiest composers for radio plays . In addition to stage music and operas for radio, numerous pieces of music for television followed from the 1950s, and finally from 1954 a total of 22 film music . At the end of the 1970s he withdrew into private life.
Siegfried Franz, who married his former fellow student Dorothea Reimann in 1943, died almost five months after the death of his wife on March 18, 1998 in Hamburg. Today their son Udo works as a cameraman.
Filmography
Feature films
- 1954: Canaris
- 1956: Three birches on the heather
- 1957: At night when the devil came
- 1958: Madeleine and the legionnaire
- 1958: Dr. Crippen is alive
- 1958: The doctor from Stalingrad
- 1958: Night nurse Ingeborg
- 1958: The girl from the Moorhof
- 1958: a wonderful summer
- 1959: Dorothea Angermann
- 1959: Doctor without a conscience
- 1960: Mrs. Warren's trade
- 1960: The carnival confession
- 1960: Captain, your stars
- 1961: Beloved impostor
- 1961: The Life of Adolf Hitler (Documentary)
- 1961: The last chapter
- 1961: The Liar
- 1962: The happy years of the Thorwalds
- 1969: The angels of St. Pauli
- 1971: Jürgen Roland's St. Pauli Report
- 1972: Schoolgirl Report. Part 3: What parents don't even suspect
Television films
- 1954: John Walker writes to his mother
- 1958: Death at the fairground
- 1962: The rebellion
- 1964: steel net : deer
- 1964: steel net: beach chair 421
- 1965: Stahlnetz: Night on Easter Sunday
- 1966: Steel Net: The Fifth Man
- 1968: steel net: one dead too many
- 1968: Pole Poppenspäler
- 1977: dizzy with money and love
TV Shows
- 1959: The Other (TV Six Divider)
- 1966–1968: Cliff Dexter (26 episodes)
- 1967–1973: On the trail of the perpetrator (17 episodes)
- 1968–1969: Police radio calls (12 episodes)
- 1968–1969: Three women in the house (26 episodes)
- 1969–1972: Percy Stuart (52 episodes)
- 1976–1978: Looking for ... (26 episodes)
- 1978: Heidi (5 episodes)
- 1980–1981: IOB - special order (26 episodes)
Radio plays (selection)
- 1948: Friedrich Karl Fromm : Purge in Ithaka - Director: Hans Quest
- 1949: Robert Louis Stevenson : Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Director: Gustav Burmester
- 1951: Günter Eich : Dreams - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1952: Günter Eich: The guests of Mr. Birowski - Director: Gustav Burmester
- 1954: Dylan Thomas : Under the Milk Forest - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1955: Oskar Wessel : Hiroshima - Director: Gustav Burmester
- 1956: Günter Eich: The Last Day of Lisbon - Director: Friedrich Carl Kobbe
- 1956: Kurt Reiss : Da Capo - Director: Kurt Reiss
- 1957: Michael Gilbert : The man who couldn't sleep (6 parts) - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
- 1957: Lev Tolstoy : How Much Earth Do People Need? - Director: Gustav Burmester
- 1958: Karl Wittlinger : A five-mark piece called Müller - Director: Kurt Reiss
- 1959: Rolf and Alexandra Becker : Permit me, my name is Cox (3rd season) - Director: SO Wagner
Discography
- Siegfried Franz: German film composer. Episode 3, 2006, Bear Family Records (BCD 16483 AR)
Web links
- Siegfried Franz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Siegfried Franz at filmportal.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Franz, Siegfried |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film and radio play composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1913 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1998 |
Place of death | Hamburg |