Gently My Songs Entreat

Gently My Songs Entreat
Directed byWilli Forst
Written byWalter Reisch
Willi Forst
Produced byGregor Rabinovitch
StarringMarta Eggerth
Luise Ullrich
Hans Jaray
Hans Moser
CinematographyAlbert Benitz
Franz Planer
Edited byViktor Gertler
Music byWilly Schmidt-Gentner
Production
company
Release date
  • 8 September 1933 (1933-09-08)
Running time
85 minutes
CountriesAustria
Germany
LanguageGerman

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.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Hake p. 155
  2. ^ Dassanowsky p. 7
  3. ^ Leonard, James. Franz Schubert: "Ständchen" ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4 at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

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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