Zarah Leander
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Biography
[Edit]Zarah Leander was the most popular singing movie star during the Nazi period. Born Zarah Hedberg in Sweden, she came up through the ranks of small-town Swedish vaudeville and operetta to establish herself on the Viennese stage by 1935, appearing in Ralph Benatsky's Axel an der Himmelstür. UFA studios in Berlin had lost Marlene Dietrich to Hollywood in 1930, and had since then been seeking a suitable replacement. Although not a strong actress, Zarah Leander's looks combined the sultry sensuality of Dietrich with the Nordic iciness of Greta Garbo. Her singing voice was suitable for Viennese operetta, and from the standpoint of sheer musical talent, she could certainly outpace what Dietrich had been able to offer in this respect. These aspects of Leander's talent proved enough to convince UFA to sign her as a contract player in 1936.
She first hit it big with movie audiences in two films directed by Detlef Sierck (later known by his Hollywood name of Douglas Sirk) Zu Neuen Ufern (1937) and La Habanera (1937). Sirk had the wisdom to engage composer Ralph Benatsky to write the music for the first of these films, and by the second, he had established Leander's basic character of type: an exotic foreign entertainer who, after being duped through some unscrupulous means, manages to recapture her dignity and find fulfillment through a twist of fate. While Sirk fled Nazi Germany not long after La Habanera was completed, this formula was able to sustain Leander's unchallenged popularity in Germany for her next nine features, including huge hits such as Heimat (1938) and Es War Eine Rauschende Ballnacht (1939).
With Die Grosse Liebe (1942), Leander played against type, and as a result, enjoyed her greatest success. She appeared as a music hall entertainer ensnared in a love triangle between a jealous composer and a soldier. Although ruthlessly butchered by both Allied and Axis censors, Die Grosse Liebe somewhat surreptitiously mirrored the exhaustion and futility felt by most ordinary Germans during the Second World War, and reflected a common hope that the war should soon end. Theo Mackeben composed the music, and two of the songs from Die Grosse Liebe, "Mein Leben für die Liebe" and "Ich Weiss, Es Wird Eimal ein Wunder Geschehen," were among Leander's biggest hits.
During the making of Damals (1943), Leander received a communiqué from Hitler's Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. Under the terms of Leander's 1936 contract, her salary as a UFA contract player was deposited directly into her Swedish bank account. Goebbels informed Leander that her contract was to be re-negotiated into Deutschmarks, and that the time had arrived for her to become a German citizen. In return, Goebbels offered Leander property in East Prussia, but she would also have to surrender her Swedish-based businesses and property to the Reich. Her German home had already been destroyed by bombs, so Leander left for Stockholm, abruptly ending her career as the top operetta star in Nazi Germany. The Third Reich itself would not long outlast it.
This was the beginning of a 15-year period where Zarah Leander would find most of the doors of opportunity closed to her. During this period, Leander relied on her Swedish interests, including running a fish cannery, and worked occasionally in minor films. But her association with Nazi Germany and its film industry proved poisonous to her reputation, and many Swedes reviled her as a Nazi collaborator. In 1958, Leander finally managed a comeback in the Viennese production of Madame Scandaleuse, an operetta written by Peter Kreuder. From that point until her retirement in 1972, an older and wiser Zarah Leander was celebrated as a legendary performer in German-speaking lands, appearing on-stage and in television, but only seldom in movies. Leander wrote an autobiography, Es War so Wunderbar, and several documentary films have been made on her admittedly interesting life, both before and after her death at age 74 in 1981.
Title: Die Grössten Hits Von Zarah Leander / Die Grossten Hits Von Zarah Leander
Artist: Zarah Leander
Genre: Pop
Title: Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein / Kann denn Liebe Sunde sein
Artist: Zarah Leander
Genre: World Music, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical
Title: TætPå/Vill ni se en stjärna? Vol. 1 / TaetPa/Vill ni se en stjarna? Vol. 1
Artist: Zarah Leander
Genre: Pop
Title: TætPå/Schön war die Zeit, Vol. 2 / TaetPa/Schon war die Zeit, Vol. 2
Artist: Zarah Leander
Genre: Pop
Title: Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt / Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzahlt
Artist: Zarah Leander
Genre: Pop
Title: Det Började Med Ett Glas Champagne / Det Borjade Med Ett Glas Champagne
Artist: Zarah Leander
Genre: Folk
Title: Leander, Zarah: Centenary Edition - the Complete Legendary German Recordings (1936-1952)
Artist: Zarah Leander, Michael Jary, Lothar Brühne / Lothar Bruhne, Rias Tanzorchester, Studio Orchestra, Odeon Kunstlerorchester, UFA Sound Film Orchestra, Metropol Vocalists, Theo Mackeben, Gerhard Gregor, Hamburg NWDR Symphony Orchestra, Nico Dostal, Einar Groth, UFA Sound Film Choir, Boris Romanoff Balalaika Orchestra, Sunshine Quartet
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Title: Sverigeboxen - Filharmoni Och Folkton
Artist: Zarah Leander, Alice Babs, Mats Paulson, Evert Taube, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Harry Arnold, Mats Rondin, Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra / Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Gavle Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Halstead, Studio Orchestra, Studio Ensemble, Karl Gerhard, Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, Niklas Willen, Ulf Samuelsson, Ake Jelvings Orchestra, Edvard Persson, Ulla Billquist, Julius Jacobsen, Sarah Lindloff, Kjell Henriksson, Okko Kamu, Orebro Chamber Choir, Fred Sjoberg, Jerker Johansson, Robin Rydqvist, Petter Sundkvist, Gothenburg Musicians, Lunds Studentsangare, Naemi Briese, Neil Baker, Peder Hansson, Lund University Male-Voice Choir, Johanna Persson, Mats Norrefalk, Ladies Only Cafe Strings, Charles Norman, Solvieg Agren, Sara Troback Hesselink, Harry Arnolds Orchestra, Charles Norman Orchesta, Sven Arefeldts Orchestra, Stella Chamber Choir, Hans Ek
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Collections
Title: Das waren Schlager
Genre: World Music
Title: Die besten Gassenhauer der 30er bis 50er Jahre
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Schlager Allerlei, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Als Die Hits Noch Schlager Waren, 2
Genre: Folk
Title: Schlager Medaillons, Vol. 12 (Disc 2/2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Schlager - Raritaten
Genre: World Music
Title: Populärmusik Från 1940 / Popularmusik Fran 1940
Genre: Pop
Title: Schlager Potpourri 2
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Perlen der Volksmusik, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Capriolen (Original Aufnahmen 1937)
Genre: Pop
Title: Es leuchten die Sterne (Original Aufnahmen 1938)
Genre: Pop
Title: Hofkonzert im Hinterhaus (Original Aufnahmen 1937)
Genre: Pop
Title: Theo Mackeben: Film Music (Recorded 1929-1945)
Genre: Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Wirtschaftswunder Zeit, 3
Genre: Folk
Title: Die Goldenen 50er - Wirtschaftwunderzeit Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Als Die Hits Noch Schlager Waren, 6
Genre: Folk
Title: Als die Hits noch Schlager waren Folge 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Als die Hits noch Schlager waren Folge 11
Genre: Pop
Title: Als die Hits noch Schlager waren Folge 9
Genre: Pop
Title: Original German Oktoberfest
Genre: Jazz
Title: Großes Kino 2 / Grosses Kino 2
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Populärmusik Från 1936 / Popularmusik Fran 1936
Genre: Pop
Title: Populärmusik Från 1939 / Popularmusik Fran 1939
Genre: Pop
Title: Songs for Grammophone Collection
Genre: World Music
Title: Wartime Favorites 2, Vol. 4
Genre: World Music
Title: Davon geht die Welt nicht unter (Aufnahmen von 1929-1947)
Genre: Pop
Title: Schlager Music from the German Cinema, Vol. 8
Genre: World Music
Title: Schlager Music from the German Cinema, Vol. 2
Genre: World Music
Title: Golden Evergreens, Vol. 7
Title: Als die Hits noch Schlager waren, 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Das waren Schlager
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Populärmusik Från 1937 / Popularmusik Fran 1937
Genre: Pop
Title: Tonfilm Schlager, Vol. 1 (8 of 10)
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Als Die Hits Noch Schlager Waren, 1
Genre: Folk
Title: Dieses Lied hat keinen Text
Title: 100 Gassenhauer, Vol. 2 (2/2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Masters of Music: Tonfilm Schlager, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Goldene Evergreens, Vol. 3
Featuring albums
Title: Benatzky: Axel an der Himmelstür / Benatzky: Axel an der Himmelstur
Artist: Ralph Benatzky
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Musik für Demenzkranke, Vol. 2 / Musik fur Demenzkranke, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop
Title: Der Untergang (Downfall) (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: Stephan Zacharias
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Der erste Kuss (Tanzmusik) [Peter Kreuder: Aufn. von 1952-1959]
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop