--- name: "Oscar Straus" canonical: "https://film.one/person/oscar-straus" roles: ["Composer"] born: "6 April 1870" died: "11 January 1954" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-19T21:58:03.616868+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Oscar Straus Composer. Born 6 April 1870 in Vienna. Died 11 January 1954. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 6 April 1870, Vienna - **Died:** 11 January 1954 - **Active:** 1931–1932 - **Also known as:** Oscar Strauss, Oskar Strauss - **Frequently works with:** [Charles Ruggles](https://film.one/person/charles-ruggles.md), [Ernst Lubitsch](https://film.one/person/ernst-lubitsch.md), [Maurice Chevalier](https://film.one/person/maurice-chevalier.md), [Samson Raphaelson](https://film.one/person/samson-raphaelson.md) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Straus_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206667, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006308/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50977 ## Biography Oscar Straus (also credited as Oscar Strauss or Oskar Strauss) was an Austrian composer of operettas, film scores and songs. Born in Vienna, he studied music in Berlin under Max Bruch and worked as a theatre conductor and cabaret composer before returning to Vienna to write operettas. His best-known operettas include *Ein Walzertraum* (1907) and *Der tapfere Soldat* (1908; known in English as *The Chocolate Soldier*). He composed film scores for Ernst Lubitsch's *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931) and *One Hour with You* (1932), as well as *La Ronde* (1950). Following the Nazi Anschluss he fled to Paris, where he became a French citizen, and later to Hollywood; after the Second World War he returned to Europe and settled in Bad Ischl, where he died in 1954. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *One Hour with You* (1932), Fi1m 77, Songs, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/one-hour-with-you.md) - *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), Fi1m 78, Music, Songs, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-smiling-lieutenant.md) ## Complete filmography (15) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Eine Frau, die weiß was sie will* (1958), Original Music Composer - *The Earrings of Madame de...* (1953), Original Music Composer - *La Ronde* (1950), Original Music Composer - *From Mayerling to Sarajevo* (1940), Original Music Composer - *Three Waltzes* (1938), Original Music Composer - *The Last Waltz* (1936), Music - *The Last Waltz* (1936), Music - *Žena, která ví, co chce* (1934), Original Music Composer, Theatre Play - *The Queen's Affair* (1934), Music, Theatre Play - *Die Herren vom Maxim* (1933), Music - *One Hour with You* (1932), as Songs · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/one-hour-with-you.md) - *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), as Songs · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-smiling-lieutenant.md) - *A Lady's Morals* (1930), as Songs - *The Waltz Dream* (1926), Music - *Magic Waltz* (1918), Music ## Gallery - ![IdentificatieTitel(s): Portret van de componist Oscar StrausObjecttype: foto prentbriefkaart Objectnummer: RP-F-F15364Opschriften / Merken: opschrift, recto, ha (1907)](https://film.one/media/person/1225699/gallery-24b801a57933.jpg) IdentificatieTitel(s): Portret van de componist Oscar StrausObjecttype: foto prentbriefkaart Objectnummer: RP-F-F15364Opschriften / Merken: opschrift, recto, ha (1907) — Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Briefkaart_met_daarop_een_foto_van_de_componist_Oskar_Straus%2C_met_handtekening_%281907%29%2C_RP-F-F15364.jpg/1280px-Briefkaart_met_daarop_een_foto_van_de_componist_Oskar_Straus%2C_met_handtekening_%281907%29%2C_RP-F-F15364.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Oscar Straus, fotografiert von Ludwig Gutmann, Wien. Mit einer Widmung von Oscar Straus für Paul Fischer (Violinist, Mitglied der Wiener Philharmoniker und 2. G (1907)](https://film.one/media/person/1225699/gallery-11c63de9438a.jpg) Oscar Straus, fotografiert von Ludwig Gutmann, Wien. Mit einer Widmung von Oscar Straus für Paul Fischer (Violinist, Mitglied der Wiener Philharmoniker und 2. G (1907) — Ludwig Gutmann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Oscar_Straus_by_Ludwig_Gutmann%2C_1907.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Franz Löwy - Portrait des Komponisten Oscar Strauss, 1929. Gelatine- bzw. Bromsilber, auf Untersatzblatt montiert, hier z. T. betitelt, datiert, je ca. 24,5 x 1](https://film.one/media/person/1225699/gallery-b760326a421f.jpg) Franz Löwy - Portrait des Komponisten Oscar Strauss, 1929. Gelatine- bzw. Bromsilber, auf Untersatzblatt montiert, hier z. T. betitelt, datiert, je ca. 24,5 x 1 — Franz Löwy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Franz_Loewy_-_Portrait_Oscar_Straus%2C_1929_%28mit_Rahmen%29.jpg/1280px-Franz_Loewy_-_Portrait_Oscar_Straus%2C_1929_%28mit_Rahmen%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Oscar Straus](https://film.one/media/person/1225699/gallery-adef68310077.jpg) Oscar Straus — Edith Barakovich, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Oscar_Straus_um_1918.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Oscar Straus (composer) (1907)](https://film.one/media/person/1225699/gallery-1301ed6a7312.jpg) Oscar Straus (composer) (1907) — Nicola Perscheid, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Composer_Oscar_Straus_1907.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Ludwig Gutmann Oscar Straus 1907 Widmung für Bernhard Herzmansky, Musikverlag Doblinger](https://film.one/media/person/1225699/gallery-7024a20f0c3f.jpg) Ludwig Gutmann Oscar Straus 1907 Widmung für Bernhard Herzmansky, Musikverlag Doblinger — Ludwig Gutmann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Ludwig_Gutmann_Oskar_Straus_1907.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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