Die Akte Zarah Leander (2013)
Die Akte Zarah Leander (2013)
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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Zarah Leander Zarah Leander As: Self (archive footage)
Jutta Jacobi Jutta Jacobi As: Self - Biographer
Brigitte Pettersson Brigitte Pettersson As: Self - Sectretary of Zarah Leander
Richard Rosengren Richard Rosengren As: Self - Play and screenplay writer
Tiina Rosenberg Tiina Rosenberg As: Self - Rector of the University of Arts, Helsinki
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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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Genres: Documentary, History

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Release Date: 23 October 2013

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Zarah Leander

Zarah Leander

Self (archive footage)

Jutta Jacobi

Jutta Jacobi

Self - Biographer

Brigitte Pettersson

Brigitte Pettersson

Self - Sectretary of Zarah Leander

Richard Rosengren

Richard Rosengren

Self - Play and screenplay writer

Tiina Rosenberg

Tiina Rosenberg

Self - Rector of the University of Arts, Helsinki

Martin Lücke

Martin Lücke

Self - Musicologist

Paul Seiler

Paul Seiler

Self - Zarah Leander expert

Georg Seeßlen

Georg Seeßlen

Self - Film theorist and historian

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Axel Schneppat

Axel Schneppat

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Jürgen Rehberg

Jürgen Rehberg

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Ralf Dobrick

Ralf Dobrick

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