Serenade (1940 film)

Serenade
Directed by	Jean Boyer
Produced by	Robert Tarcali
Written by	Ernst Neubach Pierre Wolff Jacques Companéez Max Maret
Starring	Lilian Harvey Louis Jouvet Bernard Lancret Félix Oudart
Music by	Paul Abraham
Cinematography	Boris Kaufman Maurice Pecqueux Claude Renoir
Edited by	Louisette Hautecoeur Marc Sorkin
Production company	Tarcali-Films
Distributed by	Astra Paris Films
Release dates	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 Le baron Hartmann
• Bernard Lancret as Franz Schubert
• Félix Oudart as Schwindt, le directeur
• Roger Bourdin as Vogl
• Marcel Lupovici as L'ami de Schubert
• Auguste Bovério as Beethoven
• Marcel Vallée as Hostlinger, le editeur
• Alexandre Rignault as Le gendarme
• Pierre Magnier as Le Prince Metternich
• René Stern as Un élégant
• Madeleine Suffel as Anny
• Claire Gérard as La propriétaire
• Marthe Mellot as La vendeuse
• Georges Bever as Le commis
• Jacques Butin as Le secrétaire
• Edmond Castel as L'aubergiste
• Philippe Richard as Le prieur
• Robert Arnoux as Chavert
• Henri Richard as Un diplomate

References

1. Ascheid p.243

Bibliography

• Ascheid, Antje. Hitler's Heroines: Stardom & Womanhood In Nazi Cinema. Temple University Press, 2010.
• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• Serenade at the Internet Movie Database