Illusion (Franz Grothe) : Ufa Divas revisited...

Franz Grothe wrote the valse lente "Illusion" for the 1941 melodrama of the same title starring Brigitte Horney and Johannes Heesters... An unusual movie(for that period) about a famous actress, who in the end choses her career over the man she has fallen in love with...

This recording is a recent one, and although some may be disappointed, I chose to upload this version over the 78RPM version I have as well. The simple reason is that by doing so the composition is presented in its full length.

It is a trip into the past... presenting photographs of female UFA stars from my personal archive : some famous, some notorious and some utterly forgotten. There are too many to name them all, if you would like to know who is who, just ask...

Enjoy!

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• Illusion
• Franz
• Grothe
• UFA
• 1941
• Zarah
• Leander
• Marika
• Rökk
• Marta
• Eggerth
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[raydebouvre]

Just by accident I arrived here ... and this is a marvellous video. I've never heard of the composer (Verzeihung !) but together with the photos this is pure nostalgy, sadness and joy together. I live in Antwerp (Flanders) the city where Johannes Heesters was a great star in the 20's ; his first wife was an Antwerp local musicalstar (Wiske or Louisa Gheys) I'll downoadad your video to my blog and show it tomorrow to my readers. Many, many thanks. Vielen Dank !

[Leotaurus1975]

Dank u wel voor de commentaar!

[vietgrove]

I'm particularly taken with the women at 0.57 and 1.39. Can you tell me who they are, please?

[Leotaurus1975]

The lady at 0.57 (colour picture)is singer/actress Marta Eggerth (°1912, living in New York). She was a world famous singer of opera and operetta, married to Polish tenor Jan Kiepura, they emigrated to the US in 1938.

The other lady (with the coat over her shoulder) is Lotte Koch (Brussels, °1913) a popular actress in the late thirties and early forties.

[ToastyOrangutan]

There is so much emotion in this piece, it brings tears to my eyes. :')

[patrickdcyau]

This orchestral version is great. But I have just uploaded the vocal version of ILLUSION. Maybe you would like to listen to it?

[zipzapusa]

This so beautiful thank you Leo.



[Rudipolt]

Hi There, you have missed Ilse Werner's girl friend Miss Elfriede Datzig!

Fine Music Thanks for posting!

Aloha From Hawaii!

[Thorneycroft1937]

Wunderbar!

[ennoABC]

Franz Grothe (* 17. September 1908 in Berlin; † 12. September 1982 in Köln; vollständiger Name Franz Johannes August Grothe) zählte zu den populärsten deutschen Komponisten und Dirigenten des 20. Jahrhunderts. Seit Beginn des Tonfilms war er der Filmmusik besonders nahe, wofür er viele Melodien und Schlager komponierte.

[BOHEMIANMEX]

I fall in love with this valse, it makes me feel sadness and happiness

[askland]

Beautiful. Thanks for posting!