---
name: "Wolfgang Zeller"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wolfgang-zeller"
fi1m_id: "wolfgang-zeller"
imdb_id: "nm0954632"
tmdb_id: 11575
wikidata_id: "Q90803"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "12 September 1893"
died: "11 January 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:57:27.835306+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."
---

# Wolfgang Zeller

## Identity

Wolfgang Zeller

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wolfgang-zeller
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wolfgang-zeller
- **IMDb ID:** nm0954632
- **TMDB ID:** 11575
- **Wikidata ID:** Q90803
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Zeller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90803, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0954632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11575

Composer. Born 12 September 1893 in Biesenrode, Mansfeld-Südharz, Germany. Died 11 January 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 12 September 1893, Biesenrode, Mansfeld-Südharz, Germany
- **Died:** 11 January 1967
- **Active:** 1926–1932
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Zeller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90803, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0954632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11575

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- **HBO Max:** [*Vampyr*](https://film.one/film/vampyr.md) (85)

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## Biography

Wolfgang Zeller was a German composer of film and theatre music. Born in Biesenrode in 1893, he studied violin in Munich and composition in Berlin. After serving in the First World War he worked as a violinist and, from 1921 to 1929, as in-house composer and conductor at the Volksbühne theatre in Berlin.

Zeller’s film career began with the orchestral score for Lotte Reiniger’s silhouette animation *The Adventures of Prince Achmed* (1926). He went on to compose for Walter Ruttmann’s *Melodie der Welt* (1929), Carl Theodor Dreyer’s *Vampyr* (1932) and G. W. Pabst’s *L’Atlantide* (1932). During the 1930s and 1940s he scored numerous German features, including Veit Harlan’s *Jud Süß* (1940).

After 1945 Zeller continued to work in film, writing music for East German productions such as *Marriage in the Shadows* (1947) and the documentary *Serengeti Shall Not Die* (1959). He died in Berlin in 1967.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Vampyr* (1932), Fi1m 85, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/vampyr.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *12:34 AMM* (2024), Music
- *Serengeti Shall Not Die* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Lady Country Doctor* (1958), Music
- *Schwalben am Spieß* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *You Can No Longer Remain Silent* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Ein toller Tag* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Ännchen von Tharau* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Rollender Stahl* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Borneo - Insel der Schönheit, Leidenschaft und Dämonie* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Eyes of Love* (1951), Music
- *Der Schatten des Herrn Monitor* (1950), Music
- *Schatten der Nacht* (1950), Music
- *Schicksal aus zweiter Hand* (1949), Music
- *Palace Scandal* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *… und wenn’s nur einer wär’ …* (1949), Music
- *The Bridge* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Night* (1949), Music
- *Morituri* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Grube Morgenrot* (1948), Music
- *It's Up To You* (1948), Music
- *Marriage in the Shadows* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *The Years Pass* (1945), Music
- *Meine vier Jungens* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Immensee* (1943), Music
- *Andreas Schlüter* (1942), Music
- *Himmelhunde* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *The Waitress Anna* (1941), Music
- *Süss, the Jew* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Der Polizeifunk meldet* (1939), Music
- *The Governor* (1939), Sound Director
- *Fahrendes Volk* (1938), Music
- *You and I* (1938), Music
- *Mannesmann* (1938), Music
- *Petermann ist dagegen* (1938), Music
- *Shadows over St. Pauli* (1938), Original Music Composer
- *The Broken Jug* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *The Sovereign* (1937), Music
- *Ride to Freedom* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *Eternal Forest* (1936), Music
- *Stuttgart, die Großstadt zwischen Wald und Reben* (1935), Music
- *The Old and The Young King* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *Der Student von heute* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *Aus der Tiefe empor* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *Deutschland - zwischen gestern und heute* (1934), Music
- *Wajan* (1933), Music
- *The Mistress of Atlantis* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Sacred Waters* (1932), Music
- *Unsichtbare Brücken* (1932), Music
- *Queen of Atlantis* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Vampyr* (1932), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/vampyr.md)
- *Feind im Blut* (1931), Music, Music Director
- *Excelsior* (1931), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Ten Minutes with Mozart* (1930), Music Director
- *Miss Europe* (1930), Original Music Composer
- *Melody of the World* (1929), Music
- *Luther* (1928), Music
- *The Adventures of Prince Achmed* (1926), Original Music Composer

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