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- Bruno Balz was the greatest German lyricist (Lied-Texter) of all time. Miss Zarah Leander with the help of Michael Jary saved his life from the Nazis and get him out of a Concentration Camp during WWII. "Victor and Viktoria" was his first success in 1933. He did a lot of lyrics for Michael Jary, songs as "Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt" ("Le Vent m'a dit une chanson") for the film La Habanera (1937) in which Miss Leander sold millions of Odeon records in three languages (German, Swedish and French).
Another song is "Davon geht die Welt nicht unter" ("Ce n'est pas la fin du monde"), which was an anti-Nazi song. After WWII Bruno Balz worked with Zarah in the film "Gabriella" and also wrote "Das machen nur die Beine von Dolores" ("The Legs Of Dolores", "Le Charme de Dolores") and "Wir wollen niemals auseinandergeh'n", which was meant for Zarah Leander.
- IMDb mini biography by: Rudi Polt / rudipolt@aol.com
- Bruno Balz was saved from the Konzentration Camp with the help from the Swedish singer Zarah Leander.
- Held by the Nazi regime because of his homosexuality. He was give special permission to leave the concentration camp conditional on him producing inspirational music for the German movie-going public.
- The fall of the Nazi regime did not spell an end to the persecution of Balz, as Paragraph 175, the law against homosexuality, continued in force. Thus his name is considerably less well-known than if he had been properly credited for his lyrics.
- Many of his important lyrics he wrote for the singer and actress Zarah Leander.
- Because of his homosexuality he soon fell out of favor with the National Socialists. Already in 1936 he was arrested for the first time and he was only released on condition that his name will no longer appear in the public. Furthermore they arranged an unconsummated marriage.
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