Serenade or Schubert's Serenade (French: Sérénade) is a 1940 French historical film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Lilian Harvey, Louis Jouvet and Bernard Lancret. It portrays a fictional romance between the Austrian composer Franz Schubert and an English dancer. The film was the first of two the Anglo-German actress Lillian Harvey made in France, after leaving Nazi Germany.[1]
| Serenade | |
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| Directed by | Jean Boyer |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Robert Tarcali |
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| Edited by | |
| Music by | Paul Abraham |
Production company | Tarcali-Films |
| Distributed by | Astra Paris Films |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Plot summary
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Cast
edit- Lilian Harvey as Margaret Brenton
- Louis Jouvet as Baron Hartmann
- Bernard Lancret as Franz Schubert
- Félix Oudart as Schwindt the director
- Roger Bourdin as Vogl
- Marcel Lupovici as a friend of Schubert
- Auguste Bovério as Beethoven
- Marcel Vallée as Hostlinger the editeur
- Alexandre Rignault as the policeman
- Pierre Magnier as Prince Klemens von Metternich
- René Stern as an elegant man
- Madeleine Suffel as Anny
- Claire Gérard as the owner
- Marthe Mellot as the saleswoman
- Georges Bever as Le commis
- Jacques Butin as the secretary
- Edmond Castel as L'aubergiste
- Philippe Richard as Le prieur
- Robert Arnoux as Chavert
- Henri Richard as a diplomat
References
edit- ^ Ascheid p. 243
Bibliography
edit- Ascheid, Antje (2010). Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-843-2.
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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