Gently My Songs Entreat (German: Leise flehen meine Lieder) is a 1933 Austrian-German musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Marta Eggerth, Luise Ullrich and Hans Jaray. The film was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna with art direction by Julius von Borsody. The film is a biopic of the composer Franz Schubert (1797–1828).[1] It was Forst's directorial debut.[2] A British version was made called Unfinished Symphony. The German title refers to the first line of the Lied "Ständchen" (Serenade) from Schubert's collection Schwanengesang, "the most famous serenade in the world",[3] which Eggerth performs in the film.
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| Directed by | Willi Forst |
| Written by | Walter Reisch Willi Forst |
| Produced by | Gregor Rabinovitch |
| Starring | Marta Eggerth Luise Ullrich Hans Jaray Hans Moser |
| Cinematography | Albert Benitz Franz Planer |
| Edited by | Viktor Gertler |
| Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Countries | Austria Germany |
| Language | German |
Cast
edit- Marta Eggerth as Countess Eszterhazy
- Luise Ullrich as Emmi Passenter
- Hans Jaray as Franz Schubert
- Hans Moser as pawnbroker Passenter
- Otto Treßler as Count Esterhazy
- Hans Olden as Hüttenbrener
- Raoul Aslan as Salieri
- Blanka Glossy as Schubert's landlady
- Anna Kallina as Countess Kinsky
- Paul Wagner as Lieutenant Folliot
- Gucki Wippel as Maria
- Ernst Arndt
- Karl Forest
References
edit- ^ Hake p. 155
- ^ Dassanowsky p. 7
- ^ Leonard, James. Franz Schubert: "Ständchen" ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4 at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
Bibliography
edit- Dassanowsky, Robert. World Film Locations: Vienna. Intellect Books, 2012.
- Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.
External links
edit- Gently My Songs Entreat at IMDb
- "Leise flehen meine Lieder" on YouTube, Schubert's song, sung by Marta Eggerth
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