Bavarian flautist Theobald Böhm, inventor of the fingering system for the modern western concert flute, composed a theme and variations for flute and piano on this tune, as well as a setting for soprano, tenor, and orchestra.
The song is heard in the 1961 film Judgment at Nuremberg during a key scene between Spencer Tracy and Marlene Dietrich.
[2] In 1974's Blazing Saddles, Madeline Kahn, satirising Dietrich, sings it with a group of Nazis.
It also features in Top Secret!, The Winds of War, Le Silence de la mer, the Barbara Stanwyck film Ever in My Heart and in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat, sung by Walter Slezak.
German-American jazz keyboardist Clare Fischer recorded two dramatically contrasting versions in 1975 and 1980, a solo piano performance on Alone Together and his arrangement for a Latin jazz ensemble supplemented by the vocal quartet 2+2 on the eponymous album 2+2.
Bill W., cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous recorded this song in 1947 to send as part of a communication on reel to reel to his friend, cofounder Dr. Bob S. This is the only known recording of Bill playing the violin, and can be listened to at Dr. Bob's Home in Akron, Ohio.
Und, und wenn in der Ferne, mir, mir dein Bild erscheint, dann, dann wünscht ich so gerne daß uns die Liebe vereint.