Heinz Gietz was born on March 31, 1924 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. He was a composer, known for The Reader (2008), Jetzt dreht die Welt sich nur um dich (1964) and Liebe, Jazz und Übermut (1957). He died on December 24, 1989 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.