Walter Baumgartner

Walter Baumgartner
Born	16 November 1904 Sevelen, Switzerland
Died	3 October 1997(1997-10-03) (aged 92) Zollikerberg, Switzerland
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1947–1990 (film)

Walter Baumgartner (16 November 1904 – 3 October 1997) was a Swiss film composer. He scored over ninety films, working in his later years with the producer-director Erwin C. Dietrich. His nephew was the cinematographer Peter Baumgartner. He was married to the German actress Helen Vita from 1956 until his death.

Selected filmography

• Palace Hotel (1952)
• The Venus of Tivoli (1953)
• The Strangler of the Tower (1966)
• Bed Hostesses (1973)
• Frauengefängnis (1975)
• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
• Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (1977)
• Women in Cellblock 9 (1977)
• Sechs Schwedinnen im Pensionat (1979)
• High Test Girls (1980)

Bibliography

• Peter Cowie & Derek Elley. World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1977. p. 513

External links

• Walter Baumgartner at IMDb