Heino Gaze

Heino Gaze
Born	(1908-02-20)20 February 1908 Halle, German Empire
Died	24 October 1967(1967-10-24) (aged 59) West Berlin, West Germany
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1952–1966 (film)

Heino Gaze (20 February 1908 – 24 October 1967) was a German composer. In Germany he is best known as the composer of "La Le Lu (nur der Mann im Mond schaut zu)" sung by Heinz Rühmann in the film Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne. Probably most famous in America is his song "Kalkutta liegt am Ganges" which became a hit performed by Lawrence Welk under the title "Calcutta". He worked on more than thirty film scores during his career.

Selected filmography

• Homesick for You (1952)
• Cuba Cabana (1952)
• Pension Schöller (1952)
• Lady's Choice (1953)
• Dutch Girl (1953)
• Hit Parade (1953)
• Josef the Chaste (1953)
• Money from the Air (1954)
• Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne (1955)
• Request Concert (1955)
• Tired Theodore (1957)
• Victor and Victoria (1957)
• Beneath the Palms on the Blue Sea (1957)
• Widower with Five Daughters (1957)
• Father, Mother and Nine Children (1958)
• Triplets on Board (1959)
• That's No Way to Land a Man (1959)
• The High Life (1960)

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• Heino Gaze at IMDb