Hanns Eisler

Hanns Eisler

Born: July 6, 1898
Died: September 6, 1962
in Leipzig, Germany
Hanns Eisler (1898–1962) was a German-Austrian composer. He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, for his long artistic association with Bertolt Brecht, and for the scores he wrote for films. Because of his Jewish background and his communist convictions, Eisler was in exile during the 1930s and 1940s.

Movies for Hanns Eisler...

Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 22, 2003
Type: Movie
A short documentary in the Chaplin Today series about Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux." Includes an interview with Claude Chabrol, whose 1963 film "Landru" concerns the same serial killer that inspired Chaplin's film.