Walter Reisch (May 23, 1903 – March 28, 1983) was an Austrian-born director and screenwriter. He also wrote lyrics to several songs featured in his films, one popular title is "Flieger, grüß mir die Sonne".^[1] He was married to the dancer and actress Poldi Dur and was the cousin of Georg Kreisler.

Selected filmography[edit]

• The Curse (1924)
• A Waltz by Strauss (1925)
• Colonel Redl (1925)
• Kissing Is No Sin (1926)
• Pratermizzi (1927)
• Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine (1927)
• The Indiscreet Woman (1927)
• Carnival Magic (1927)
• Darling of the Dragoons (1928)
• It's You I Have Loved (1929)
• The Merry Widower (1929)
• The Woman Everyone Loves Is You (1929)
• The Night Belongs to Us (1929)
• Prisoner Number Seven (1929)
• The Black Domino (1929)
• The Hero of Every Girl's Dream (1929)
• Black Forest Girl (1929)
• The Flute Concert of Sanssouci (1930)
• The Song Is Ended (1930)
• Never Trust a Woman (1930)
• A Gentleman for Hire (1930)
• Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1930)
• Fire in the Opera House (1930)
• Hocuspocus (1930)
• Danube Waltz (1930)
• The Merry Wives of Vienna (1931)
• The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
• In the Employ of the Secret Service (1931)
• The Prince of Arcadia (1932)
• A Blonde Dream (1932)
• The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932)
• Happy Ever After (1932)
• Gently My Songs Entreat (1933)
• Season in Cairo (1933)
• The Empress and I (1933)
• The Only Girl (1933)
• Unfinished Symphony (1934)
• So Ended a Great Love (1934)
• Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934)
• Episode (1935)
• The Divine Spark (1935)
• The Great Waltz (1938)
• Ninotchka (1939)
• My Love Came Back (1940)
• Comrade X (1940) (story)
• That Hamilton Woman (1941)
• That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
• The Heavenly Body (1944)
• Gaslight (1944)
• Song of Scheherazade (1947)
• The Mating Season (1951)
• The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
• Titanic (1953)
• The Mosquito (1954)
• Teenage Rebel (1956)
• The Cornet (1956)
• Just Once a Great Lady (1957)
• Stopover Tokyo (1957)
• Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Walter Reisch at IMDb
• Walter Reisch discography at Discogs
• Walter Reisch (in German) from the online-archive of the Österreichischen Mediathek