Trivia

The author and film composer Günter Neumann began his artistic career as a humorist at the piano at the "Cabaret der Komiker", later followed appearances at the cabaret "Katakombe".

As an actor he only appeared in few more productions in front of the camera, e.g. "Rückblende 1963" (1963) and "Rottenknechte" (1971).

He remained active in both fields after the war. As a film composer he wrote the sound for "Berliner Ballade" (1948), and as a screen writer he was responsible for the productions like "Berliner Ballade" (1948) and "Das Spukschloss im Spessart" (1960).

Günter Neumann was married with the actress Tatjana Sais.

His first contact to the film business was not as a writer or as a composer but as an actor. He impersonated a small role in Fritz Lang's movie "M" (1931).

He founded the popular cabaret "Die Insulaner" in 1948 which achieved huge popularity via radio and later television.

He gained a foothold in the film business at the end of the 30s and he wrote few film compositions for movies like "Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen" (1938) and "Der dunkle Punkt" (1940) as well as the scripts for "Paradies der Junggesellen" (1939), "Kleine Mädchen - grosse Sorgen" (1941) and "Eine kleine Sommermelodie" (1944).