Walter Samuel Abridged analytical notes on the film music of Klaus Harmony. Hamburg, 1997

Jesus, You Really Do Mean Diamonds Don’t You? The strand of The Ladies Man concerning a jewel robbery proved exciting to Klaus Harmony, as the diamond at the centre of the plot originated in Golconda, India; the composer was particularly receptive to Eastern philosophies and relished the opportunity to explore Indian music. Jesus, You Really Do Mean Diamonds Don’t You? gave Harmony precisely this occasion, underscoring the moment when the protagonist of the film takes his mistress, Katrien, to the museum exhibiting the Galconda diamond. She experiences a spiritual epiphany, her consciousness fragmenting like light deflected by the precious stone; and in a state of vivid arousal she marches Herbie to a janitor’s closet where she makes him swear to deliver the diamond to her before ravishing him.