Barnabas von Geczy - Tango Victoria Regia feat Zarah Leander (1939)

This tango, composed by Eduard Künneke and released as the B-side to von Geczy's version of "Tango Bolero", was unknown to me but I loved it from the moment I heard it! I especially like its dramatic opening and its rich, melodic orchestration... (giving it almost a symphonic quality).

For the video I decided to make a video featuring Swedish born singer and actress Zarah Leander (1907-81). While she is certainly not without controversy, she has full diva appeal and remains one of my favourite singers/movie stars... The video contains scenes/close-ups from : "Zu neuen Ufern" (1937), "Heimat" (1938), "Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht" (1939), "Das Herz der Königin" (1940), "Der Weg ins Freie" (1941), "Die grosse Liebe" (1941/42) and "Damals "(1943 the now quite famous kissing sequence with Italian hunk Rosanno Brazzi), all in random order. I felt these images combined with the drama of tango made for a rather good combination.

About the record :

His Master's Voice (Electrola) : EG6408/ORA3131

Released a B-side to "Tango Bolero". The record is in great condition.

Please select "Watch in high quality" for the best Video/Audio quality as this is an MPEG-File.
Enjoy!

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[Alparfan]

Wirklich eine sehr gelungene Komposition: Musik und Bild-Filmauswahl passen perfekt. Super, E!

Ich überlege aber dauernd wo ich das erste Zarah Bild (aus dem Zugabteil blickend) hinstecken soll. Ist es aus "Der Weg ins F" ?

[Leotaurus1975]

Hallo Alex! Danke schön... Du hast es richtig erraten : die Szene ist aus dem "Weg ins Freie". Es ist die Szene in der in Wien die Revolution aubricht und Zarah und Siegfried Breuer in einer Kutsche durch die Stadt fahren.

[camille885]

Magnifique Zarah Leander! La musique va très bien avec elle, merci beucoup!

[Leotaurus1975]

Merci Camille, j'apprécie beaucoup tes commentaires!

[PacoMalo747]

This is magnificient on every level, the montage tour of perfectly selected European classics set to this great tango. Bravo!

[pondeflouers]

Актриса талантлива...и красива.

[sbd650]

Magnifique Zarah Leander!

Best regards from Belgrade

Dejan

[DEFRANSS123]

le grand barnabas von gezcy ! merci merci !

[genia106]

Wonderful Tango and the clips are Marvelous. How I wish I could see these films especially the Rosanno Brazzi one. I loved him in Summertime!

Thank you.

[maitedelsol]

magnífica !

bienvenida en Buenos Aires

[dcourier]

Thank you for putting this together! You really did a wonderful job!

[scala78]

This is such a beutiful tango, can't stop listening. Thank you, one of the tresures I found in Youtube. (And I really love that you put Karlstad as a tag, beacouse I'm born there ;-) )

[ericlebeau]

La musique donne tout son sens à cette vidéo, ainsi qu'au charme plus que troublant de zarah leander qui fût une bonne tragédienne.