''Back Then'' (german: Damals) is a 1943 German
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Rolf Hansen and starring
Zarah Leander
Zarah Leander (; 15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany between 1936 and 1943, when she was contracted to work for the state-owned Universum Film AG (UFA). Although no exact record ...
,
Hans Stüwe
Hans Stüwe (14 May 1901 – 13 May 1976) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Prinz Louis Ferdinand'' (1927)
* ''Potsdam (film), Potsdam'' (1927)
* ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927)
* ''The Bordello in Rio'' (1927)
* ''Ass ...
, and
Rossano Brazzi
Rossano Brazzi (18 September 1916 – 24 December 1994) was an Italian actor.
Biography
Brazzi was born in Bologna, Italy, the son of Maria Ghedini and Adelmo Brazzi, an employee of the Rizzoli shoe factory. He was named after Rossano Vene ...
.
[O'Brien pp. 179–194] The film's sets were designed by
Walter Haag
Walter Haag (1898–1978) was a German art director. He worked on more than sixty films during his career including the 1940 historical melodrama ''The Heart of a Queen''.Hull p.179-80
Selected filmography
* ''The Private Life of Louis XIV'' (19 ...
.
It was made at the
Babelsberg Studio
Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since ...
, by
Universum Film AG
UFA GmbH, shortened to UFA (), is a film and television production company that unites all production activities of the media conglomerate Bertelsmann in Germany. Its name derives from Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft (normally abbreviated as ...
, Germany's largest film company. It was Leander's final film of the Nazi era, as she returned to Sweden shortly afterwards. This was a blow for the German film industry, as she was the most popular and highest-paid star. Leander's next film was not for another seven years, when she made a comeback in ''
Gabriela Gabriela may refer to:
* Gabriela (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian feminine given name
* ''Gabriela'' (1942 film), a Czech film
* ''Gabriela'' (1950 film), a German film
* ''Gabriela'' (1983 film), a Brazilian film
* ''Gabriela' ...
'' (1950).
Cast
References
Bibliography
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1943 films
Films of Nazi Germany
German drama films
1943 drama films
1940s German-language films
Films directed by Rolf Hansen
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
Films scored by Ralph Benatzky
1940s German films
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