''Back Then'' () 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Rolf Hansen and starring
Zarah Leander
Zarah Leander (; 15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Sweden, Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany between 1936 and 1943, when she was contracted to work for the state-owned UFA GmbH, Universum Film AG (UFA). Althou ...
,
Hans Stüwe
Hans Stüwe (14 May 1901 – 13 May 1976) was a German stage and film actor, singer, film and opera director. As a singer he made his debut at the Stadttheater in Königsberg and moved to Berlin to play on stage.
Filmography
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, and
Rossano Brazzi.
[O'Brien pp. 179–194] The film's sets were designed by
Walter Haag.
It was made at the
Babelsberg Studio
Babelsberg Film Studio () (also known as Studio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world, producing films since 1912. With a total area of about and a studio area of a ...
, 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. The original UFA was established as on December 18, 1917, as a direct response t ...
, 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'' (1950).
Cast
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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
Films scored by Lothar Brühne
1940s German films
German-language drama films
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