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La Habanera is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by Douglas Sirk released in france in DVD on 17 october 2023 with Zarah Leander
La Habanera (1937)
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Add to a movie listLa Habanera is a 1937 German melodramatic feature film directed by Detlev Sierck (later Douglas Sirk). Zarah Leander, recently signed by UFA, is the main star in the lead role of Astrée Sternhjelm and performs its title song, "La Habanera". Like many of her films of this era, it proved an enormous box office success.
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Astrée and her aunt from Sweden are vacationing in Puerto Rico. Astrée is enchanted by the local habanera music as well as by Don Pedro de Avila, a rich and powerful landowner and former bullfighter. Upon embarkation, she spontaneously decides to stay; she runs down the gangway, finds him waiting for her, and soon is married.Actors
Zarah Leander
(Astree Sternhjelm)
Ferdinand Marian
(Don Pedro de Avila)
Karl Martell
(Dr. Sven Nagel)
Werner Finck
(Herr Söderblom)
Paul Bildt
(Dr. Pardway)
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