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1940 film

Serenade

Directed by	Jean Boyer
Written by	Ernst Neubach Pierre Wolff Jacques Companéez Max Maret
Produced by	Robert Tarcali
Starring	Lilian Harvey Louis Jouvet Bernard Lancret Félix Oudart
Cinematography	Boris Kaufman Maurice Pecqueux 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 (1940-02-28)
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.

Plot summary

Somewhat freewheeling romantic story of a British dancer in love with Schubert, who is jealous of the rival composer Beethoven, but is inspired by his love to write several of his greatest works.

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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
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

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

v t e Films directed by Jean Boyer
Calais-Dover (1931) Monsieur, Madame and Bibi (1932) Antonia (1935) Counsel for Romance (1936) On the Road (1936) Mother Love (1938) My Priest Among the Rich (1938) Cocoanut (1939) Extenuating Circumstances (1939) Miquette (1940) Serenade (1940) The Acrobat (1941) Romance of Paris (1941) Frederica (1942) Prince Charming (1942) At Your Command, Madame (1942) Bolero (1942) The Lucky Star (1943) The Devil Goes to Boarding School (1944) That's Not the Way to Die (1946) The Adventures of Casanova (1947) Mademoiselle Has Fun (1948) All Roads Lead to Rome (1949) Brilliant Waltz (1949) The Prize (1950) We Will All Go to Paris (1950) Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951) Monte Carlo Baby (1951) An Artist with Ladies (1952) Crazy for Love (1952) Women of Paris (1953) A Hundred Francs a Second (1953) My Seven Little Sins (1954) The Country of the Campanelli (1954) Madelon (1955) The Terror with Women (1956) Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956) Mademoiselle and Her Gang (1957) Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957) The Lord's Vineyard (1958) Nina (1959) The Indestructible (1959) It's Not My Business (1962) Virginie (1962) The Bamboo Stroke (1963) Relax Darling (1964)

Films directed by Jean Boyer

Calais-Dover (1931)
Monsieur, Madame and Bibi (1932)
Antonia (1935)
Counsel for Romance (1936)
On the Road (1936)
Mother Love (1938)
My Priest Among the Rich (1938)
Cocoanut (1939)
Extenuating Circumstances (1939)
Miquette (1940)
Serenade (1940)
The Acrobat (1941)
Romance of Paris (1941)
Frederica (1942)
Prince Charming (1942)
At Your Command, Madame (1942)
Bolero (1942)
The Lucky Star (1943)
The Devil Goes to Boarding School (1944)
That's Not the Way to Die (1946)
The Adventures of Casanova (1947)
Mademoiselle Has Fun (1948)
All Roads Lead to Rome (1949)
Brilliant Waltz (1949)
The Prize (1950)
We Will All Go to Paris (1950)
Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
Monte Carlo Baby (1951)
An Artist with Ladies (1952)
Crazy for Love (1952)
Women of Paris (1953)
A Hundred Francs a Second (1953)
My Seven Little Sins (1954)
The Country of the Campanelli (1954)
Madelon (1955)
The Terror with Women (1956)
Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956)
Mademoiselle and Her Gang (1957)
Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957)
The Lord's Vineyard (1958)
Nina (1959)
The Indestructible (1959)
It's Not My Business (1962)
Virginie (1962)
The Bamboo Stroke (1963)
Relax Darling (1964)

Franz Schubert

Compositions

By genre	Chamber music Church music Orchestral works (Symphonies) Piano music (piano solo) Sonatas, duos and fantasies Songs and part-songs (song cycles) Stage works Arrangements Copies Doubtful and spurious
By year	1810 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26 '27 '28 undated
Publications	Deutsch catalogue opus/Deutsch number concordance 19th century complete edition New Schubert Edition

Media

Schubertiade
Das Dreimäderlhaus (1916 operetta)
Schubert at the Piano (1899 painting)
1928 International Columbia Graphophone Competition
Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931 film)
Gently My Songs Entreat (1933 film)
Serenade (1940 film)
The Great Awakening (1941 film)
It's Only Love (1947 film)
La Belle Meunière (1949 film)
Franz Schubert (1953 film)
Angeli senza paradiso (1970 film)

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