La Habanera

La Habanera
Directed byDouglas Sirk as Detlef Sierck
Written byGerhard Menzel
StarringZarah Leander
Ferdinand Marian
Karl Martell
Music byLothar Brühne
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • December 18, 1937 (1937-12-18) (Germany)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesGerman
English subtitles

La Habanera is a 1937 German romantic melodrama feature film directed by Detlef Sierck (later known as Douglas Sirk). Zarah Leander, who was recently signed by UFA, stars, in the lead role of Astrée Sternhjelm and also performs its title song, "La Habanera". Like many of her films of this era, it proved an enormous box office success.[1]

  1. ^ Cinzia Romani, Tainted Goddesses: Female Film Stars of the Third Reich p73 ISBN 0-9627613-1-1