Cuba Cabana
Directed byFritz Peter Buch
Written by
  • Fritz Peter Buch
Based onCuba Cabana by Tibor Yost
Produced byHans Lehmann
Starring
CinematographyRichard Angst
Edited byWalter Wischniewsky
Music by
Production
company
Rhombus Film
Distributed byHerzog-Filmverleih
Release date
9 December 1952
Running time
90 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Cuba Cabana is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Zarah Leander, O.W. Fischer and Paul Hartmann. It was the second film of an early 1950s comeback for Leander, who had been a major star during the Nazi era.[1] [2] The film was based on a short story of the same title by Tibor Yost.[3] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla and Malga. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Bruno Monden and Hermann Warm.

Synopsis

In a South American island country, journalist Robby is wanted for murder after his attempt to secure photographs of striking oil workers lead him into a fatal fight. He goes to take shelter with Arabella, the owner and headliner of the nightclub Cuba Cabana. She has long been the subject of admiration of the governor, whose police are on the track of Robby. Arabella and the journalist are now lovers, but a deal is brokered in which he can be expelled from the country. She remains behind, with the governor now hopeful she will respond to his own love.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Marshall & Stillwell p.84
  2. ↑ Bruns p.269
  3. ↑ Goble p.514

Bibliography

  • Bruns, Jana Francesca. Nazi Cinema's New Women: Marika Roekk, Zarah Leander, Kristina Soederbaum. Stanford University, 2002.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Marshall, Bill & Stillwell, Jeananne. Musicals: Hollywood and Beyond. Intellect Books, 2000.
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