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Filmmaker · Austria

Walter Reisch

Died in 1983

Walter Reisch (1903-1983), born in Vienna, entered the cinema while still at school as an extra and assistant at Sascha-Film, then wrote in Berlin, until 1933, many screenplays and song lyrics for the musical film. Of Jewish origin, he returned to Vienna in 1933, went to England in 1936 and reached Hollywood in September 1937, tied to MGM, then to Fox. He received an Oscar for screenwriting, became an American citizen and died in Los Angeles.

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