Franz R. Friedl

Franz René Friedl (30 May 18925 December 1977), was an Austrian violist and composer. He was born in Oberkappel, then part of Austria-Hungary. From 1933 he was music composer for theatre and films, including The Eternal Jew, a film promoting Nazi ideology against Jews. He is listed on some recordings as the conductor of the “Berlin Symphony Orchestra”, a pseudonym of an unidentified ensemble, but it is doubtful whether he actually was the conductor. From 1940 to 1945 he was musical director of Die Deutsche Wochenschau. The grandchild of his only daughter is Björn Stenvers. He died in Essen, on 5 December 1977. *1933 Von Gemsen und Steinböcken *1933 Aus der Heimat des Elchs *1933 Tierbilder aus den finnischen Wäldern *1935 Frischer Wind aus Kanada *1935: Abessinien von heute – Blickpunkt der Welt (Dokumentarfilm) *1935 Stützen der Gesellschaft *1935: Im Lande Widukinds *1935 Die Heilige und ihr Narr *1935: Kater Lampe *1936 Flitterwochen *1936 Annemarie, the story of young love *1938 Es leuchten die Sterne *1938 Liebelei und Liebe *1938 Rätsel der Urwaldhölle *1938 Der Edelweißkönig *1939 Arinka (USSR, Lenfilm) *1939 Das Ekel *1940 Kampf um Norwegen *1940 Der ewige Jude *1949 (UA 19