| Cuba Cabana | |
| Director: | Fritz Peter Buch |
| Producer: | Hans Lehmann |
| Studio: | Rhombus Film |
| Distributor: | Herzog-Filmverleih |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | West Germany |
Cuba Cabana is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Zarah Leander, O.W. Fischer and Paul Hartmann. It was the second film of an early 1950s comeback for Leander, who had been a major star during the Nazi era.[1] [2] The film was based on a short story of the same title by Tibor Yost.[3] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla and Malga. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Bruno Monden and Hermann Warm.
In a South American island country, journalist Robby is wanted for murder after his attempt to take photographs of striking oil workers leads to a brawl involving the chief engineer who later succumbs to an injury. Robby goes to take shelter with Arabella, the owner and headliner of the nightclub Cuba Cabana. She has long been the subject of admiration of the governor, whose police are on the track of Robby. Arabella and the journalist are now lovers, but a deal is brokered in which he is spared the death penalty and is expelled from the country. She remains behind, with the governor now hopeful she will be receptive to his advances.