Gently My Songs Entreat (1933)

Original title

Leise flehen meine Lieder

Directed by

Willi Forst

Genre

musical film

Country

Germany, Austria

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film is about the life of composer Franz Schubert. It shows his work and personal relationships.

romanticnostalgicelegantlyricalsweepingbittersweetgentleold-fashioned

What happens

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). It was Forst's directorial debut. 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", which Eggerth performs in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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