Serenade (1940 film)

Serenade
Serenade
Directed by	Jean Boyer
Written by	Ernst Neubach; Pierre Wolff; Jacques Companéez; ;
Produced by
Starring	Lilian Harvey; Louis Jouvet; Bernard Lancret; Félix Oudart;
Cinematography	Boris Kaufman; ; Claude Renoir;
Edited by	Louisette Hautecoeur; Marc Sorkin;
Music by	Paul Abraham
Production; company	Tarcali-Films
Distributed by	Astra Paris Films
Release date	28 February 1940;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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]

Cast[]

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
as a friend of Schubert
as Beethoven
Marcel Vallée as Hostlinger the editeur
Alexandre Rignault as the policeman
Pierre Magnier as Prince Klemens von Metternich
as an elegant man
Madeleine Suffel as Anny
as the owner
Marthe Mellot as the saleswoman
Georges Bever as Le commis
as the secretary
Edmond Castel as L'aubergiste
Philippe Richard as Le prieur
Robert Arnoux as Chavert
Henri Richard as a diplomat

References[]

^ Ascheid p. 243

Bibliography[]

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.

External links[]

Serenade at IMDb

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[1] Ascheid p. 243

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