Robert Hanell was born on March 2, 1925 in Tschoschl, Czechoslovakia [now Straz, Krimov, Czech Republic]. He was a composer, known for
Hochzeitsnacht im Regen (1967),
Orpheus in der Unterwelt (1974) and
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (1977). He died on March 14, 2009 in Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf, Brandenburg, Germany.