Damals - Back Then - 1943

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Published on Jul 2, 2024
Back Then (German: Damals) is a 1943 German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Zarah Leander, Hans Stüwe, and Rossano Brazzi.[1] The film's sets were designed by Walter Haag. It was made at the Babelsberg Studio, by Universum Film AG, 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
Zarah Leander as Vera Meiners/Gloria O'Connor
Hans Stüwe as Jan Meiners, Reichsanwalt
Rossano Brazzi as Pablo, Radrennfahrer und Clown
Jutta von Alpen as Brigitte Meiners
Hilde Körber as Frau Gaspard, Mutter des operierten Kindes
Elisabeth Markus as Dr. Gloria O'Connor
Hermann Bräuer as Batejo, Manager
Hans Brausewetter as Corbeau, Friseur
Otto Graf as Dr. Lugeon, Chirurg
Karl Haubenreißer as Mendoza
Emil Heß as Alvarez, Vera's defense lawyer
Herbert Hübner as Professor Rigaud, Klinikleiter
Victor Janson as Kabarettdirektor
Karl Martell as Frank Douglas, Versicherungsagent
Giacomo Moschini as Fernandez, Marktbudenbesitzer
Alfred Schieske as Bassist
Erich Ziegel as Sanitätsrat Petersen
Curt Ackermann as Etagenkellner im Hotel
Olaf Bach as Hoteldiener Pedro Bicerkvez
Hellmuth Bergmann as Gefängniswärter
Peter Busse as Polizeikommissar
Vera Complojer as Frau Januschko
Karl Etlinger as Journalist am Tatort
Hanne Fey as Dienstmädchen bei Meiners
Hugo Flink as Diener bei Professor Rigaud
Lothar Geist as Zeitungsverkäufer
Fritz Gerlach as Zeitungsverkäufer
Fred Goebel as Journalist
Walter Gross as Kellner in der Hotelbar
Knut Hartwig as Herr Januschko
Friedrich Honna as Billardspielender Kellner in der Espresso-Bar
Ernst Karchow as Vorsitzender der Einwanderungsbehörde
Paul Klinger as Voice of Pablo (voice)
Karin Luesebrink as Junge Krankenschwester
Kurt Mikulski as Journalist
Leo Peukert as Rasierter Kunde beim Friseur
Hermann Pfeiffer as Nachtportier im Hotel 'Delfino'
Gustav Püttjer as Mann auf der Bahnstation nach dem Zugunglück
Erik Radolf as Prosecutor
Ernst Rotmund as Leiter der Kapelle in der Hotelbar
Hermann Sattler as Mitglied der Einwanderungsbehörde
Just Scheu as Polizeifotograf Vigo
Lili Schoenborn-Anspach as Emigrantenfrau in der Quarantäne
Hans Joachim Schölermann as Bahnstationsbeamter nach dem Zugunglück
Margarete Schön as Gast beim Abendempfang
Walter Steinweg as Journalist
Theodor Thony as Protokollführer of the Prosecutor
Eva Tinschmann as Arzthelferin Fräulein Gonzales
Margarethe von Ledebur as Oberschwester
Agnes Windeck as Gast beim Abendempfang