Today's video features another Swedish Zarah Leander recording : "I kväll faller en stjärna för mig" - meaning "Tonight a star will fall from heaven for me", recorded in Stockholm in September 1943.

This tender ballad is accompanied by colorised scenes from the movies "Das Herz der Königin", "Der Weg ins Freie", "Die grosse Liebe" and "Damals" all filmed between 1939 and 1942 and released in 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1943 respectively.

The colorization procedure largely done manually using Adobe Photoshop, resulting in more natural skin and hair color and details as Leander's famous red hair color is usually rendered as brown or dark brown. The colorization is AI based and NOT always historically accurate. It is purely intended for entertainment purposes and gives an impression of what the movies and Zarah Leander might have looked like had she made a color movie. The software used includes Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere and Topaz Video AI.

About the record :

"I Kväll faller en Stjärna för Mig "
Zarah Leander
med Orkester
Dirigent : Sune Waldimir

Odeon
D 5105 a / mx. Sto 7042-1
Stockholm,
29.09.1943

The record is in average condition.

The audio of the past videos was not as good as it should have been due to faulty settings in the equalizer. Hopefully this has been resolved. The record was transferred using a Graham Slee Revelation M Phono Preamp (bass Turnover 250 Hz - Rolloff 0) in combination with a Klark Teknik Tube Equalizer. The cartridge and stylus used is an Ortofon Om78. Editing was done in Adobe Audition.