Leo Leux

Leo Leux
Born	7 March 1893 Munich, Bavaria German Empire
Died	8 September 1951 West Berlin West Germany
Other names	Gottlieb Leuchs
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1930 - 1951 (film)

Leo Leux (1893–1951) was a German composer of film scores. He began working on films during the Weimar Republic, following the introduction of sound films. During the Nazi era, Leux worked largely on entertainment films such as Truxa (1937)^[1] as well more ideogically-oriented films such as Venus on Trial (1941).^[2] He continued to work in cinema following the Second World war, right up to his death in 1951.

Selected filmography

• The Love Hotel (1933)
• Little Dorrit (1934)
• The Young Count (1935)
• His Late Excellency (1935)
• Knockout (1935)
• Maria the Maid (1936)
• Truxa (1937)
• The Beaver Coat (1937)
• Star of the Circus (1938)
• Robert and Bertram (1939)
• Venus on Trial (1941)
• The Little Residence (1942)

References

1. Waldman p.152
2. Waldman p.153

Bibliography

• Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942. McFarland & Company, 2008.

External links

• Leo Leux at the Internet Movie Database