Zarah Leander

**span4f** · January 27th, 2014, 04:05 AM

Zarah Leander (15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Swedish actress and singer.

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Leander began her career in the late 1920s, and by the mid-1930s her success in Europe, particularly in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, led to invitations to work in the United States. Leander was reluctant to relocate her children, and opted to remain in Europe, and from 1936 was contracted to work for the German Universum Film AG (UFA) while continuing to record songs. Leander later noted that while her films were successful, her work as a recording artist was more profitable.

As a result of her controversial choice to work for the state-owned UFA in Adolf Hitler's Germany, her films and song lyrics were viewed by some as propaganda for the Nazi cause, although she took no public political position. Leander was strongly criticized as a result, particularly in Sweden where she returned after her Berlin home was bombed during an air raid. Initially she was shunned by much of the artistic community and public in Sweden, and found herself unable to resume her career after the Second World War. It was several years before she could make a comeback in Sweden, and she would remain a figure of public controversy for the rest of her life.

Eventually she returned to performing throughout Europe, but was unable to equal the level of success she had previously achieved. She spent her later years in retirement in Stockholm, and died there at the age of 74.

**span4f** · January 27th, 2014, 04:06 AM

A Zarah portrait collection

**span4f** · January 27th, 2014, 04:07 AM

Zarah Leander in Damals (1943)

**span4f** · February 11th, 2014, 05:45 PM

One more scene from this movie

**bourschwa** · July 23rd, 2021, 03:30 PM

Ave !

From "Premiere", 1937:

**Spargel** · March 15th, 2023, 07:13 AM

Filmwoche, nr. 6, 8. Februar 1939

Filmwoche, nr. 10, 8. März 1939

Filmwelt, nr. 35/36, 16. September 1942

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**Spargel** · June 23rd, 2023, 05:20 PM

Zu neuen Ufern (1937)

Heimat (1938)

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**Spargel** · February 4th, 2024, 06:23 PM

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January 27th, 2014, 04:05 AM	#1
span4f Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 9,065 Thanks: 305 Thanked 162,582 Times in 9,085 Posts	Zarah Leander Zarah Leander (15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Swedish actress and singer. IMDB Leander began her career in the late 1920s, and by the mid-1930s her success in Europe, particularly in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, led to invitations to work in the United States. Leander was reluctant to relocate her children, and opted to remain in Europe, and from 1936 was contracted to work for the German Universum Film AG (UFA) while continuing to record songs. Leander later noted that while her films were successful, her work as a recording artist was more profitable. As a result of her controversial choice to work for the state-owned UFA in Adolf Hitler's Germany, her films and song lyrics were viewed by some as propaganda for the Nazi cause, although she took no public political position. Leander was strongly criticized as a result, particularly in Sweden where she returned after her Berlin home was bombed during an air raid. Initially she was shunned by much of the artistic community and public in Sweden, and found herself unable to resume her career after the Second World War. It was several years before she could make a comeback in Sweden, and she would remain a figure of public controversy for the rest of her life. Eventually she returned to performing throughout Europe, but was unable to equal the level of success she had previously achieved. She spent her later years in retirement in Stockholm, and died there at the age of 74.

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