Die Akte Zarah Leander

Simone Dobmeier
2013-10-23


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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?

Cast

Name Character Team
Zarah Leander Self (archive footage) Unowned
Jutta Jacobi Self - Biographer Unowned
Brigitte Pettersson Self - Sectretary of Zarah Leander Unowned
Richard Rosengren Self - Play and screenplay writer Unowned
Tiina Rosenberg Self - Rector of the University of Arts, Helsinki Unowned
Martin Lücke Self - Musicologist Unowned
Paul Seiler Self - Zarah Leander expert Unowned
Georg Seeßlen Self - Film theorist and historian Unowned