The Film Music Museum

Werner Richard Heymann


14/02/1896 Königsberg, Germany (Today Kalinigrad, Russia) - 30/05/1961 München, Germany

List of Silent-Films: 28

Original title English title Release date Notes Sample
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - 30/12/1925 US Film, Music for the German release (Late 1926). N/A
Die Brüder Schellenberg *The two Brothers 22/03/1926 - N/A
Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer - 16/04/1926 Only arrangement of music by Ernö Rapée? N/A
Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen - 20/05/1926 - N/A
Michel Strogoff - 30/06/1926 French Film, music for German release? (28/08/1926 as Der Kurier des Zaren) N/A
Wie einst im Mai - 19/08/1926 - N/A
Wien - Berlin - 21/08/1926 - N/A
Im weißen Rößl - 27/08/1926 - N/A
Der Mann im Feuer - 23/09/1926 - N/A
Sein großer Fall - 30/09/1926 - N/A
Das Mädel auf der Schaukel - 07/10/1926 - N/A
Faust Faust 14/10/1926 - N/A
Der Sohn des Hannibal - 23/12/1926 - N/A
Vater werden ist nicht schwer - 31/12/1926 - N/A
Brennende Grenze - 03/01/1927 - N/A
Eine Dubarry von heute A Modern Dubarry 24/01/1927 - N/A
Meine Tante - Deine Tante - 21/02/1927 - N/A
Durchlaucht Radieschen - 25/03/1927 - N/A
Die Bräutigame der Babette Bomberling - 04/04/1927 - N/A
Die sieben Töchter der Frau Gyurkovics - 13/04/1927 Premiere date in Germany, in Sweden it was 26/12/1926, probably without Heymann's music N/A
Valencia, Du schönste aller Rosen - 30/05/1927 - N/A
Jugendrausch Eva and the Grashopper 10/06/1927 - N/A
Regine. Die Tragödie einer Frau - 29/07/1927 - N/A
Der letzte Walzer - 19/08/1927 - N/A
Die heilige Lüge - 02/09/1927 - N/A
Der fidele Bauer - 10/11/1927 - N/A
Die Große Sprung - 20/12/1927 - N/A
Spione Spies 22/03/1928 - N/A

List of Sound-Films: 91

Original title English title Release date Notes Sample
Paganini in Venedig - 14/04/1929 Short Film. N/A
Wilhelm Gombert: Lied des Gondoliere aus »Paganini in Venedig« - 27/04/1929 Short Film. Classification date, Premiere date unknown. N/A
Des Haares und der Liebe Wellen - 19/07/1929 Short Film. N/A
Melodie des Herzens - 16/12/1929 - N/A
Liebeswalzer - 07/02/1930 - N/A
The Love Waltz - 23/07/1930 English version of "Liebeswalzer" N/A
Die Drei von der Tankstelle - 15/09/1930 - N/A
Le chemin du paradis - 02/10/1930 French version of "Die Drei von der Tankstelle" N/A
Ihre Hoheit befiehlt - 03/03/1931 - N/A
Princesse, à vos ordres! - 02/04/1931 French version of "Ihre Hoheit befiehlt" N/A
Bomben auf Monte Carlo - 31/08/1931 - N/A
Der Ball - 10/09/1931 - N/A
Le bal - 11/09/1931 French version of "Der Ball" N/A
Le capitaine Craddock - 24/09/1931 French version of "Bomben auf Monte Carlo" N/A
Der Kongreß tanzt - 29/09/1931 - N/A
Le congrès s'amuse - 30/10/1931 Frech version of "Der Kongreß tanzt". N/A
The Congress Dances - 30/11/1931 English version of "Der Kongreß tanzt" N/A
Der Sieger - 21/03/1932 - N/A
Le vainqueur - 24/03/1932 French version of "Der Sieger" N/A
Monte Carlo Madness - 03/06/1932 English version of "Bomben auf Monte Carlo" N/A
Quick - 09/08/1932 German version. Music also by Hans-Otto Borgmann and Gérard Jacobson. N/A
Quick - 26/08/1932 French version. Music also by Hans-Otto Borgmann and Gérard Jacobson. N/A
Ein blonder Traum - 23/09/1932 - N/A
Un rêve blond - 20/10/1932 French version of "Ein blonder Traum". Music also by Gérard Jacobson N/A
Happy Ever After - 08/11/1932 English version of "Ein blonder Traum". Music also by Gérard Jacobson N/A
Ich bei Tag und Du bei Nacht - 18/11/1932 -
À moi le jour, à toi la nuit - 23/12/1932 French version of "Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht" N/A
Adorable - 19/05/1933 English version of "Ihre Hoheit befiehlt" N/A
Gambling Ship - 23/06/1933 - N/A
Idylle au Caire - 30/06/1933 - N/A
Saison in Kairo - 20/07/1933 - N/A
Early to Bed - 28/07/1933 English version of "Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht" N/A
Caravan - 28/09/1934 English Language N/A
Caravane - 26/10/1934 French version of "Caravan" N/A
Le grand refrain - 18/09/1936 - N/A
The King and the Chorus Girl - 27/03/1937 - N/A
Angel - 22/10/1937 Music also by Friedrich Hollaender N/A
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife - 23/03/1938 Music also by Friedrich Hollaender. N/A
Ninotchka - 06/10/1939 - N/A
The Earl of Chicago - 05/01/1940 - N/A
The Shop Around the Corner - 12/01/1940 - N/A
Primrose Path - 22/03/1940 - N/A
One Million B.C. - 05/04/1940 - N/A
Escape to Glory - 20/05/1940 Music also by Sidney Cutner N/A
He Stayed for Breakfast - 31/08/1940 - N/A
This Thing Called Love - 20/12/1940 - N/A
Topper Returns - 21/03/1941 - N/A
That Uncertain Feeling - 17/04/1941 - N/A
She Knew All the Answers - 14/05/1941 - N/A
My Life with Caroline - 01/08/1941 - N/A
Bedtime Story - 25/12/1941 - N/A
To Be or Not to Be - 15/02/1942 - N/A
The Wife Takes a Flyer - 28/04/1942 - N/A
They All Kissed the Bride - 11/06/1942 - N/A
Flight Lieutenant - 29/06/1942 - N/A
A Night to Remember - 10/12/1942 - N/A
Appointment in Berlin - 15/07/1943 - N/A
Caribbean Romance - 17/12/1943 - N/A
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout - 13/01/1944 - N/A
You Can't Ration Love - 28/02/1944 - N/A
Knickerbocker Holiday - 17/03/1944 - N/A
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid - 20/04/1944 - N/A
Mademoiselle Fifi - 27/07/1944 - N/A
Hail the Conquering Hero - 09/08/1944 - N/A
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay - 02/09/1944 - N/A
My Pal Wolf - 25/09/1944 - N/A
Three Is a Family - 23/11/1944 - N/A
Together Again - 22/12/1944 - N/A
It's in the Bag! - 21/04/1945 - N/A
Kiss and Tell - 04/10/1945 - N/A
Hold That Blonde - 07/11/1945 - N/A
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock - 18/02/1947 - N/A
Lost Honeymoon - 29/03/1947 - N/A
Always Together - 10/12/1947 - N/A
The Mating of Millie - 08/03/1948 - N/A
Let's Live a Little - 09/12/1948 - N/A
Tell It to the Judge - 18/11/1949 - N/A
A Kiss for Corliss - 25/11/1949 - N/A
A Woman of Distinction - 01/03/1950 - N/A
The Petty Girl - 17/08/1950 Music also by George Duning N/A
Emergency Wedding - 15/11/1950 - N/A
Durch Dick und Dünn - 21/09/1951 - N/A
Heidelberger Romanze - 23/12/1951 - N/A
Alraune - 23/10/1952 - N/A
Neue Welt - 29/06/1954 Documentary N/A
Ein Haus voll Liebe - 10/09/1954 - N/A
Geliebtes Fräulein Doktor - 02/12/1954 - N/A
Der Kongreß tanzt - 19/12/1955 - N/A
Die Drei von der Tankstelle - 22/12/1955 - N/A
Le chemin du paradis - 09/03/1956 - N/A
Bomben auf Monte Carlo - 11/03/1960 - N/A