Olof Thiel (October 31, 1892 – December 10, 1978) was a
Swedish
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film producer, film production manager, and composer.
As a composer, he most often used the pseudonym "Jacques Armand." He also wrote some of the lyrics to his melodies.
Family
Otto Thiel was the son of Ernest Thiel (1859–1947) and Anna Fredrika Josephson. His father Ernest created the Thiel Gallery () art museum, which is one of the foremost museums in Stockholm. Otto Thiel's daughter Madeleine Uggla was a singing teacher and the mother of the actor
Magnus Uggla
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Career
Thiel was one of the directors of the company Filmaktiebolaget Biörnstad & Thiel, and he started the film company AB Irefilm.
He composed the music for almost all of Irefilm's film productions.
Film music (selected)
* ''
A Stolen Waltz
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Synopsis
Inga, a struggling music student living in a St ...
'' (1932)
* ''
Fantegutten
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'' (1932)
* ''
Flickan från varuhuset'' (1933)
* ''
Ä' vi gifta?'' (1936)
* ''
The Ghost of Bragehus
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'' (1936)
* ''
Poor Millionaires'' (1936)
* ''
En sjöman går iland'' (1937)
* ''
Witches' Night'' (1937)
* ''
Happy Vestköping
''Happy Vestköping'' (Swedish: ''Lyckliga Vestköping'') is a 1937 Swedish comedy film directed by Ragnar Arvedson and starring Isa Quensel, Einar Axelsson and Nils Wahlbom.Wallengren p.54
Synopsis
The small Swedish town of Vestköping awaits t ...
'' (1937)
* ''
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'' (1937)
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Career
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'' (1938)
* ''
Comrades in Uniform
''Comrades in Uniform'' (Swedish: ''Kamrater i vapenrocken'') is a 1938 Swedish comedy film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Gösta Cederlund, Fritiof Billquist and Sigge Fürst.Qvist & Von Bagh p.44 The film's sets were designed by the art ...
'' (1938)
Films directed
*1934: ''
Synnöve Solbakken''
*1935: ''
Kanske en gentleman''
*1936: ''
Stackars miljonärer
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''
*1939: ''
Midnattssolens son''
References
External links
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Olof Thielat the
Swedish Film Database
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The Swedish Film Institute ( sv, Svenska Filminstitutet) was founded in 1963 to support and develop the S ...
Olof Thielat the Czecho-Slovak Film Database
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1892 births
1978 deaths
Swedish male composers
Swedish film producers