Schubert's Serenade (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.
Director:
Jean Boyer
Writers:
Jacques Companéez, Max Maret, Ernest Neubach.
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Lilian Harvey as Margaret Brenton |
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Louis Jouvet as Le baron Hartmann |
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Bernard Lancret as Franz Schubert |
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Félix Oudart as Schwindt, le directeur |
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Roger Bourdin as Vogl |
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Marcel Lupovici as L'ami de Schubert |
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Auguste Bovério as Beethoven |
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Marcel Vallée as Hostlinger, le editeur |
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Alexandre Rignault as Le gendarme |
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Pierre Magnier as Le Prince Metternich |
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René Stern as Un élégant |
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Madeleine Suffel as Anny |
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Claire Gérard as La propriétaire |
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Marthe Mellot as La vendeuse |
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Georges Bever as Le commis |
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Jacques Butin as Le secrétaire |
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Edmond Castel as L'aubergiste |
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Philippe Richard as Le prieur |
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André Volnay as |
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Georges Serrano as |
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Marc Dantzer as |
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Robert Arnoux as Chavert |
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Henri Richard as Un diplomate |
| Directing | Jean Boyer | Director |
| Writing | Jacques Companéez | Screenplay |
| Writing | Max Maret | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ernest Neubach | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pierre Wolff | Dialogue |
| Editing | Louisette Hautecœur | Editor |
| Editing | Marc Sorkin | Editor |
| Art | Maurice Colasson | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Robert Teisseire | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Paul Abraham | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Boris Kaufman | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Maurice Pecqueux | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Claude Renoir | Director of Photography |
| Art | Georges Wakhévitch | Production Design |
| Production | Robert Tarcali | Producer |