Schubert's Serenade

Schubert's Serenade

90 mins | Drama | Feb. 28, 1940

Serenade represented the return to the screen of international favorite Lillian Harvey after an absence of two years. Based loosely on the life of composer Franz Schubert, the film casts Bernard Lancret as Schubert, Harvey as his dancer sweetheart, and Louis Jouvet as a possessive Baron who has his own designs on our heroine.

Schubert's Serenade

90 mins | Drama | Feb. 28, 1940

Schubert's Serenade
Serenade represented the return to the screen of international favorite Lillian Harvey after an absence of two years. Based loosely on the life of composer Franz Schubert, the film casts Bernard Lancret as Schubert, Harvey as his dancer sweetheart, and Louis Jouvet as a possessive Baron who has his own designs on our heroine.
Producers Astra Paris Films, Tarcali-Films
Original title Sérénade
Directors Jean Boyer
Writers Ernest Neubach, Max Maret, Pierre Wolff, Jacques Companéez

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

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