Trivia

He spent his evening of life in Switzerland.

He took part in other cinematical projects from the 30s to the 60s.

When he went to Berlin he experienced the height of his career in the 20s and 30s.

To his most popular hit song texts belong "Veronika, der Lenz ist da", "Wenn der weisse Flieder wieder blüht", "Ich küsse ihre Hand, Madame" and "Du passt so gut zu mir wie Zucker zum Kaffee".

During his career Fritz Rotter wrote about 1200 lyrics for songs.

The screenwriter, lyricist and filmcomposer Fritz Rotter began his career in 1917 as writer of texts for several cabarets in Vienna like the Simplicissimus and for chansons.

He wrote his first filmmusic for "Grossstadtschmetterling" (1929) and "Wenn der weisse Flieder wieder blüht" (1929).

The career of Fritz Rotter was interrupted in Germany by the rise of the National Socialists. He first fled to Austria, then, in 1936, he went to England. Two years later, he emigrated to the USA where he wrote screenplays and movie song lyrics.

He worked together with well-known composers like Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz, he wrote lyrics for hit songs and wrote filmcompositions.

He was also regular active as a screenwriter and he wrote the scripts for "Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna" (1929), Nachts auf den Strassen" (1952), "Illusion in Moll" (1952), "Ich und meine Frau" (53), and "Die Halbzarte" (1959).