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!