Kristina Söderbaum

Kristina Söderbaum was born on 5 October 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was a professor's daughter from Djursholm, Stockholm, Sweden. After graduation she went to Paris to learn French and by chance got a role in the short film Hur behandlar du din hund? (1934). In 1935, she studied history of art in Berlin and attended acting classes. Between 1939 and 1945 they made together the successful films Covered Tracks (1938), The Immortal Heart (1939), The Trip to Tilsit (1939), The Golden City (1942), Immensee - Ein deutsches Volkslied (1943), The Great Sacrifice (1944) and Kolberg (1945). The most infamous was Jud Süß (1940), a strong antisemitic propaganda film. Three years after "Jud Süss" she became an honoury student at Uppsala University, Sweden. Söderbaum said after the war that she regretted the films, but she never made a comeback as a popular actress.