Gently My Songs Entreat

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Gently My Songs Entreat
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Directed by Willi Forst
Written by Walter Reisch
Willi Forst
Produced by Gregor Rabinovitch
Starring Marta Eggerth
Luise Ullrich
Hans Jaray
Hans Moser
Cinematography Albert Benitz
Franz Planer
Edited by Viktor Gertler
Music by Willy Schmidt-Gentner
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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.

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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.

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