Die Akte Zarah Leander
2013
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?
Crew
- Director Torsten Striegnitz
- Director Simone Dobmeier
- Writer Torsten Striegnitz
- Writer Simone Dobmeier
Cast
Zarah Leander
Self (archive footage)
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Jutta Jacobi
Self - Biographer
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Brigitte Pettersson
Self - Sectretary of Zarah Leander
- R
Richard Rosengren
Self - Play and screenplay writer
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Tiina Rosenberg
Self - Rector of the University of Arts, Helsinki
- M
Martin Lücke
Self - Musicologist
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Paul Seiler
Self - Zarah Leander expert
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Georg Seeßlen
Self - Film theorist and historian
Crew
- Director — Torsten Striegnitz
- Director — Simone Dobmeier
- Writer — Torsten Striegnitz
- Writer — Simone Dobmeier
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