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Die Akte Zarah Leander (2013)

Directed by Torsten Striegnitz, Simone Dobmeier

Documentary, History

Zarah Leander was one of the greatest film stars of the Third Reich. Adored by the Nazis, she rose to become the highest-paid female film star of National Socialism. To this day, she remains inextricably linked to our collective memory, reviled as a "Nazi siren" but also loved unconditionally. At the same time, there are files in Sweden that claim she was a Russian spy. Extremely contradictory rumors that continue to shape the myth of Zarah Leander to this day. She herself described herself as completely apolitical. "The Zarah Leander File" delves into the life of the Swedish film diva and asks: Who was the woman behind the mysterious gaze, the frivolous songs, and the pompous gestures? Who was "Leander" really?

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Cast

Zarah Leander Self (archive footage)
J
Jutta Jacobi Self - Biographer
B
Brigitte Pettersson Self - Sectretary of Zarah Leander
R
Richard Rosengren Self - Play and screenplay writer
T
Tiina Rosenberg Self - Rector of the University of Arts, Helsinki
M
Martin Lücke Self - Musicologist
P
Paul Seiler Self - Zarah Leander expert
G
Georg Seeßlen Self - Film theorist and historian

Crew

Director
Torsten Striegnitz, Simone Dobmeier
Writer
Torsten Striegnitz, Simone Dobmeier
Producer
Christian Beetz

Details

Release date
2013-10-23
Genres
Documentary, History
Original language
DE