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Gently My Songs Entreat
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Wikipedia article
'Gently My Songs Entreat' (German: ') is a 1933 Austrian-German musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Marta Eggerth, Luise Ullrich and Hans Jaray. Art direction was by Julius von Borsody. The film is a biopic of the composer Franz Schubert (17971828).Hake p. 155 It was Forst's directorial debut.Dassanowsky p. 7 A British version was made called 'Unfinished Symphony'. The German title refers to the first line of the Lied "Stndchen" (Serenade) from Schubert's collection 'Schwanengesang', "the most famous serenade in the world", which Eggerth performs in the film.
Cast
* Marta Eggerth as Countess Eszterhazy
* Luise Ullrich as Emmi Passenter
* Hans Jaray as Franz Schubert
* Hans Moser as pawnbroker Passenter
* Otto Treler as Count Esterhazy
* Hans Olden as Httenbrener
* Raoul Aslan as Salieri
* Blanka Glossy as Schubert's landlady
* Anna Kallina as Countess Kinsky
* as Lieutenant Folliot
* Gucki Wippel as Maria
*Ernst Arndt
*Karl Forest
References
Bibliography
* Dassanowsky, Robert. 'World Film Locations: Vienna'. Intellect Books, 2012.
* Hake, Sabine. 'Popular Cinema of the Third Reich'. University of Texas Press, 2001.
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