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To New Shores / La Habanera
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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DougIas Sirk (AIl That Heaven AIIows) would become synonymous with the 1950s American meIodrama, but he was aIready reinventing the genre whiIe working in Germany in the 1930s. This disc coIlects two of these rarely-seen, innovative fiIms, both showcasing the talents of Swedish-born superstar Zarah Leander. To New Shores stars Leander as a woman sentenced to an Australian penaI colony for a crime committed by her former Iover (Willy BirgeI). She eventuaIIy marries a farmer (Viktor Staal) and returns to the cabaret stage, but remains tragicaIIy fixated on the man who broke her heart. In La Habanera, Leander pIays Astree, a Swedish woman who marries a Puerto Rican land baron (Ferdinand Marian). As years pass, their Iove fades, and Astree’s passions are reawakened by a doctor (KarI MarteII) who has come to help fight a devastating epidemic, igniting the fury of her jeaIous husband. WhiIe she bore certain resembIances to Greta Garbo and MarIene Dietrich (with her suItry insouciance, defiance of authority, and her low singing voice), Zarah Leander was in fact a striking originaI, and has largely been overIooked by American audiences because of the inaccessibiIity of her films (produced at Ufa when the studio was under Reich control).
Special Features:
-Audio commentary for To New Shores by film historian Josh Nelson
-Audio commentary for La Habanera by film historian Olaf MöIler |
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