Norbert Glanzberg
Composer · Died February 25, 2001, aged 90 · Rohatyn, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ukraine]
Norbert Glanzberg (12 October 1910 in Rohatyn, Austria-Hungary – 25 February 2001 in Paris) was a Galician-born French composer. Mostly a composer of film music and songs, he was also notable for some famous songs of Édith Piaf. In his twenties he lived in Germany, where he began his career scoring films for directors including Billy Wilder and Max Ophüls. When the Nazi regime came to power there in 1933, he, as a Jew, fled to Paris, where he performed in nightclubs under bandleaders such as Django Reinhardt, which is where he first met Piaf. At different times from 1939 to 1945 he toured with Piaf, when he wrote many of her songs and accompanied her on piano when she sang. For many of those years they were lovers, and Piaf saved his life on more than one occasion by hiding him from both the French Vichy police, who were helping the Nazis round up Jews for deportation, and later from the Nazi occupiers themselves. After the war he continued writing film scores for French films along with composing classical music, which included works and songs from Berlin and romantic classics. At the end of his career he wrote a concerto for two pianos in 1985 which was inspired by the novels of Isaac Bashevis Singer. Norbert Glanzberg was born from Jewish parents in Rohatyn in Galicia in the dual Austro-Hungarian Royal and Imperial Monarchy. His original name was Nathan, changed to Norbert when he arrived in Germany. In 1911, his family moved to Würzburg in Bavaria, where Norbert received his first harmonica from his mother, which gave rise to the question: "Why does music laugh, why does music cry?" He entered the Conservatory of Würzburg in 1922, already a passionate, and he was appointed as assistant conductor of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1929, where he would meet Béla Bartók and Alban Berg. Hired by the UFA (Universum Film AG) as a composer in 1930, 21-year-old Glanzberg wrote a film scores for Billy Wilder's German comedy The Wrong Husband and for Max Ophüls' comedy Cod Liver Oil is Preferred. He also wrote scores for opera music and was musical director for concerts in 1930, including ones by dancer Ellen Von Frankenberg. When the Nazi regime came into power in Germany in 1933, Joseph Goebbels referred to Glanzberg in the NSDAP newspaper, Der Angriff, as a degenerate Jewish artist. Glanzberg then went into exile in Paris. In 1935 he met another exile in Paris, guitarist and bandleader Django Reinhardt, and became his pianist when his band played in Paris clubs. They played the evening that Edith Piaf first performed in front of an audience, after the club's manager heard her singing in the street and persuaded her to perform on stage. Piaf's powerful voice made an impression on Glanzberg, writes biographer Carolyn Burke. He performed and composed songs in music-halls in Paris in the years before the war. In 1938, he met French singer Lily Gauty, and wrote Le bonheur est entré dans mon cœur (Happiness has entered my heart) for her. He also accompanied singers performing in fashion collections shows. ... Source: Article "Norbert Glanzberg" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 12, 1910
- February 25, 2001 (aged 90)
- Rohatyn, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ukraine]
- Composer
- 5 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
What are Norbert Glanzberg's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 4
Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Norbert Glanzberg's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Norbert Glanzberg's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
27 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
Playmates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Janique Aimée (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
A Blonde Like That (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Love and the Frenchwoman(1960)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Prisoner of the Volga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Why Women Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
My Uncle(1958)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Michael Strogoff(1956)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Her Bridal Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Quand vient l'amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
The Blonde Witch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Blackmail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Ma petite folie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Tempest in the Flesh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
My Brother from Senegal(1953)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Double or Quits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
It Happened in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Le Costaud des Batignolles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Les deux Monsieur de Madame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Valse brillante (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Bichon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Nine Boys, One Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Street Singer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
The Wrong Husband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Career shape
A full career of 27 titles from 1931 to 1968.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Norbert Glanzberg's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 2 are Broadly Agreed.
- Universally Loved1
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Norbert Glanzberg work with?
People who share at least 2 of Norbert Glanzberg's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Noël Roquevert shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Noël RoquevertShared titles: Love and the Frenchwoman (1960), My Brother from Senegal (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Noël Roquevert
- Paulette DubostShared titles: Love and the Frenchwoman (1960), My Brother from Senegal (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Paulette Dubost
- Paul DemangeShared titles: Michael Strogoff (1956), My Brother from Senegal (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Demange
Cinematographers
- Robert LefebvreShared titles: Love and the Frenchwoman (1960), Michael Strogoff (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Lefebvre