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Willy Schiller

1899 – 1973

German production designer

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About Willy Schiller

Lived 1899 – 1973 (aged 73). Willy Schiller was a German production designer and art director.

Willy Schiller (11 August 1899 – 17 July 1973) was a German art director. In the later part of his career he worked for DEFA, the East German state-controlled film studio.

Selected filmography

Radio Magic (1927) The Green Alley (1928) Don Juan in a Girls' School (1928) The Lady from Argentina (1928) Love in the Cowshed (1928) Only a Viennese Woman Kisses Like That (1928) The Night of Terror (1929) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929) The Youths (1929) Distinguishing Features (1929) Yes, Yes, Women Are My Weakness (1929) Youthful Indiscretion (1929) Beware of Loose Women (1929) Secret Police (1929) The Woman Everyone Loves Is You (1929) The Daredevil Reporter (1929) From a Bachelor's Diary (1929) German Wine (1929) A Mother's Love (1929) Busy Girls (1930) Witnesses Wanted (1930) Man schenkt sich Rosen, wenn man verliebt ist (1930) Pariser Unterwelt (1930) Rag Ball (1930) The Man in the Dark (1930) Next, Please! (1930) Of Life and Death (1930) The Love Market (1930) Two People (1930) A Waltz by Strauss (1931) The Adventurer of Tunis (1931) Raid in St. Pauli (1932) Little Man, What Now? (1933) The Country Schoolmaster (1933) What Women Dream (1933) Ich sing' mich in dein Herz hinein (1934) Love, Death and the Devil (1934) The Devil in the Bottle (1935) Make Me Happy (1935) Les époux célibataires (1935) The Green Domino (1935) The Green Domino (1935) Boccaccio (1936) Donogoo Tonka (1936) Donogoo (1936) City of Anatol (1936) The Kreutzer Sonata (1937) Wells in Flames (1937) The Chief Witness (1937) The Strange Monsieur Victor (1938) A Girl Goes Ashore (1938) Les nuits blanches de Saint-Pétersbourg (1938) Frau Sylvelin (1938) Drei Unteroffiziere (1939) Her First Experience (1939) Who's Kissing Madeleine? (1939) Small Town Poet (1940) Liebesschule (1940) With the Eyes of a Woman (1942) The Big Number (1943) Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1943) Meine vier Jungens (1944) The Years Pass (1945) Hoegler's Mission (1950) Zugverkehr unregelmäßig (1951) The Sonnenbrucks (1951) Karriere in Paris (1952) Swings or Roundabouts (1953) Alarm at the Circus (1954) Genesung (1956) Polonia-Express (1957) Skimeister von morgen (1957) Der kleine Kuno (1959) Steinzeitballade (1961)

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Willy Schiller?

German production designer (1899-1973)

When was Willy Schiller born?

Willy Schiller was born on 11 August 1899 in Berlin.

When did Willy Schiller die?

Willy Schiller died on 17 July 1973 in Babelsberg.

What was Willy Schiller's occupation?

Willy Schiller was a production designer and art director.

What nationality was Willy Schiller?

Willy Schiller was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Willy Schiller

· Wikidata: Q1258155

· DBpedia: Willy Schiller

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