Roman Vlad was born on December 29, 1919 in Cernauti, Bukovina, Romania [now Chernivtsi, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Die Mauern von Malapaga (1949), Der Pakt mit dem Teufel (1950) and Ein Sonntag im August (1950). He died on September 21, 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.