Premiere (1937 film)

Premiere is a 1937 Austrian musical crime film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Zarah Leander, Attila Hörbiger, and Karl Martell.

The wealthy backer of a Viennese musical revue is murdered on the first night of the show.

It was Leander's first German language role after previously appearing in Swedish films.

[2] Her next film To New Shores established Leander as the leading star in Germany.

In 1938 the film was remade in Britain with many of the original musical numbers re-used.